Articles filed under September 11
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A 9/11 Soapbox: Daily Herald editors offer brief reflections on anniversary of terror attacksSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - If there was a silver lining to be had after 9/11, it was that as a nation we were all rowing in the same direction. At least it felt that way at the time. In the two de...
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'I haven't slept well since': Kane County safety expert toiled at ground zero for more than 100 daysSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - On page after page, filling spiral-bound notebooks, Mike Fagel wrote about the hazards thousands of workers faced at ground zero. The back of the first cover held contac...
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Wheaton pays tribute to lives lost on 9/11, 20 years laterSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - On a sunny morning, much like the start of that horrific day 20 years ago, a ceremony Saturday in Wheaton's Memorial Park marked the Sept. 11 anniversary with prayer and...
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Images: 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 memorialsSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - People from across the Chicago suburbs gathered on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks at memorials honoring the fallen. ...
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Americans can feel some pride about our reaction to terrorSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - The 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and in the ski...
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Terror attacks were just part of our true 'longest war'Sep 11, 2021 1:00 am - When the last U.S. forces lifted off from Kabul Airport, it was said that America's longest war had come to an end. It had not. The 9/11 attacks on America raised the an...
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Unity a theme as 3 presidents commemorate 9/11 in New YorkSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Three American presidents stood somberly side by side Saturday at the National September 11 Memorial in New York, sharing a moment of silence to mark the anni...
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'That's when I broke down and cried ... that's when it all sank in'Sep 11, 2021 1:00 am - Not many memories from 20 years ago are as vivid in my mind as the drive into work on that fateful Tuesday morning of Sept. 11. On most morning commutes, I'd be listenin...
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Images: 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 national memorialsSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - A solemn nation gathered Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with memorials throughout the country. ...
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Elgin residents gather to honor those who died on Sept. 11Sep 11, 2021 1:00 am - As people did across the nation, a large crowd gathered outside the Elgin Civic Center Saturday to observe the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The mood ...