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On Sept. 9, 2001, Franklin Square resident Michael Kiefer, 25, completed the Town of Hempstead Triathlon, in Point Lookout, in just under 1 hour, 12 minutes.
Michael’s parents, Bud and …
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By Steve Smirti
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9/7/16
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Sept. 11 will be etched into most people’s minds forever. Those who were alive to witness the tragedy of that day can paint a vivid picture of where they were and how the events unfolded.
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By Steve Smirti
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9/7/16
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A local congressman and county residents are urging Nassau County officials to repair cracked tiles, peeling paint and other damage to the Sept. 11 memorial in Eisenhower Park. The monument …
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By Julie Mansmann
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5/12/16
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At 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, Congress missed an important deadline to reauthorize the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, and that, my friends, is totally unacceptable.
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10/8/15
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Firefighter Michael Kiefer, of Franklin Square, was killed in the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. His father, Bud Kiefer, and the rest of his family, have planned a dinner dance fundraiser in …
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9/15/15
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Five thousand, one hundred twelve days have passed since Sept. 11, 2001. People who are 21 now were only 7 then; students who will graduate from high school this school year were 3 or 4. They cannot know how life was different before the attacks . . .
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9/10/15
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After the World Trade Center collapsed in a fireball on Sept. 11, 2001, a cloud of toxic dust enveloped Lower Manhattan. That dust contained a witches’ brew of cancer-causing agents . . .
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7/15/15
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Among those on hand to pay his respects to the victims of 9/11 during Oceanside’s remembrance ceremony at the Schoolhouse Green was Elias Gomez, a 2013 Oceanside High School graduate who is now serving in the United States Air Force.
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By Tom Jordan
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9/17/14
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At 6 p.m., the Schoolhouse Green was filled with children’s laughter. There was a soccer game being played next door, and kids from the Boardman Elementary School Chorus frolicked near the gazebo with kids from Cub Scout Pack 230. Their exuberance was a welcome sight, their laughter a welcome sound. None of these kids had yet been born on September 11, 2001.
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By Tom Jordan
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9/17/14
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Flags flew at half-mast throughout Oceanside as the community remembered the events of 9/11 and paid its respects to all who were lost that day. In the early evening, the community gathered at Schoolhouse Green on Foxhurst Road for a ceremony of remembrance co-hosted by the Oceanside Interfaith Council, Oceanside Fire Department, Oceanside Education Foundation and Oceanside School District.
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9/17/14
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