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Valley Stream residents gathered to pay tribute to those who died in the attacks of Sept 11, 2001.

Valley Stream Highlights: Marking 22 years since 9/11 terror attacks

A split sky — with clouds casting a gray shroud, threatening rain, on one side, and on the other a near-cloudless light blue — hung over the solemn crowd gathered around the … more

By Juan Lasso | 9/15/23

It’s time to deliver on our promise to never forget

We all remember where we were that day. I remember every detail. more

By Andrew Garbarino | 8/24/23

At this dinner, true patriotism was on vivid display

Recently I was privileged to attend the annual Patriot Award Dinner hosted by the Seaford High School 9/11 Memorial Committee. This event, and other 9/11 programs and projects in Seaford, are administered by the Memorial Committee . . . more

7/20/23

Column writing through hell and high water

I wrote my heart out after 9/11, scribbled my way through blackouts, epic blizzards, hurricanes and, for three years, the pandemic. more

6/15/23

James A. Dever Elementary School students sung the national anthem and recited poems on the meaning of heroism seen throughout the country during the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Valley Stream 13 honors 9/11 victims and heroes

T o mark the twenty-first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Valley Stream District 13 students wore red, white, and blue as a tribute to the first responders who died in the rescue … more

By Juan Lasso | 9/22/22

The village’s 9/11 annual remembrance ceremony began with the presentation of colors by members of the American Legion Post 854, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1700, the Valley Stream Boy and Girl Scouts, and the New York Naval Cadet Corp.

Valley Stream memorializes 9/11 victims

Gray clouds that had lingered on for most of the evening blotted out the sun. A gentle rain soon fell over Arthur J. Hendrickson Park as solemn faces standing beneath umbrellas crowded around the … more

By Juan Lasso | 9/16/22

President George W. Bush’s address to the nation, 9/11/01

Today our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. more

9/8/22

Firefighter Matthew Roth lifted his daughter Janah, 6 1/2, so she could place a carnation on the memorial

Village of Valley Stream honors the victims and their families at 9/11 ceremony

Last Saturday, religious leaders, a school superintendent, public officials and village residents gathered at the 9/11 memorial in Arthur J. Hendrickson Park to remember the nearly 3,000 people who … more

By Juan Lasso | 9/16/21

Members of the Rockville Centre Fire Department served as the color guard at the Town of Hempstead’s 9/11 ceremony on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa.

Hempstead salutes 9/11 heroes in moving ceremony

Sept. 11, 2021, dawned as a stunningly beautiful late summer morning, the sky an azure blue and the sunshine a bright yellow — just as it was on the same day 20 years ago. At the Hempstead … more

By James Bernstein | 9/12/21

Current Valley Stream Fire Chief Eugene O’Brien II served as a lieutenant in the rescue company that was on standby at a firehouse in Queens following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Valley Stream fire chief recalls dark days of 9/11

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, current Valley Stream Fire Chief Eugene O’Brien II was at his home as he watched on TV as the World Trade Center’s North Tower burst into flames after a … more

By Juan Lasso | 9/9/21

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