Articles filed under September 11
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Grieving mom says letters inspired her to join Sept. 11 peace groupSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - Mari-Rae Sopper, who grew up in Inverness and was a star gymnast at Fremd High School, was on the plane that crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. The 35-year-old...
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10 years later: What we've learned in the aftermath of 9/11Sep 11, 2011 12:00 am - For the past 10 years, Elgin Fire Chief John Fahy has hung on to a 4-by-6 photo he found at ground zero. He picked the bruised, color picture of a smiling baby girl out ...
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‘Our enemy is real,’ Beamer’s father saysSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - Todd Beamer, a 32-year-old Wheaton College graduate, uttered the words, “Are you guys ready? Let’s roll,” just before he and other passengers fought for control of U...
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Father: Soldiers past and present are 'my heroes'saysSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - James Bray Stack of Arlington Heights was a child on Sept. 11, 2001, but he lost his life in the war that followed. Stack, 20, a lance corporal in the U.S. Marines, ...
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Still hope for a truly new normalSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - And so we have remembered. In Arlington Heights, we stood with The Children of Abraham Coalition under baby blue skies and spoke of tolerance and understanding. In Elgin...
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Pause for a minute of silence at noonSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — The agency that owns the World Trade Center site is asking all Americans to participate in a moment of silence at noon Central time to remember the victims of...
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Across Lake County, 9/11 rememberedSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - A piece of the World Trade Center came to its final resting place in Mundelein Sunday during a memorial and dedication service for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist ...
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South Tower survivor finds strength in lifeSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - Vadim Lovinsky of Vernon Hills had recently started at Morgan Stanley and was on the 61st floor of the World Trade Center’s south tower on Sept. 11, 2001. He survive...
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Images: Honoring 9/11 around the worldSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - ...
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Beam from World Trade Center turned into Des Plaines monumentSep 11, 2011 12:00 am - About 500 people attended ceremonies at 8 a.m. Sunday at the Des Plaines Civic Center marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Members of th...