Articles filed under Terrorism
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9/11 memories fresh here 10 years laterSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - They hopped in vans and borrowed cars, driving all night to get to ground zero: Hundreds of first responders from Illinois volunteered after the Sept. 11 terrorist attac...
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Batavia needs help with 9/11 luminaria riteSep 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Volunteers are needed to prepare nearly 3,000 luminarias Sunday afternoon for Batavia's 9/11 memorial ceremony. The event will take place at the Riverwalk, Houston Stree...
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List of 2,977 Sept. 11 victimsSep 08, 2011 11:00 pm - The overall death toll from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks stands at 2,977 — including 2,753 killed as a result of the attacks at the World Trade Center, 184 killed at the ...
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Grayslake students make pinwheels for peaceSep 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Grayslake Middle School students made their own 9/11 statements on Friday. Each one made a Pinwheel for Peace, which were then arranged in the shape of a giant #8...
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Rekindling our 9/11 spirit of unitySep 08, 2011 5:00 am - So many people turned up at a suburban LifeSource blood donation center that the line was six hours long. Seeing the throng, a restaurant sent sandwiches. Volunteers flo...
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A decade later, we remember the silenceSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Playing football, watching football…it seemed so surreal. In fact, doing almost anything, routine or otherwise, seemed surreal in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, 20...
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Carol Stream begins Sept. 11 memorial with beams from World Trade CenterSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Two steel pieces of the World Trade Center will become part of a permanent memorial in Carol Stream dedicated to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the em...
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Naperville lights will symbolize Twin TowersSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - For the next few nights, two World War II-era searchlights will send beams of light into the Naperville sky. The beams are meant to represent the World Trade Center’s T...
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9/11 prayer service FridaySep 08, 2011 12:00 am - A Wheaton private school will hold a public prayer service to remember the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The service will be held at 1 p.m. ...
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Harper College hosts emotional tribute to 9/11 victimsSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - Like most people, when Sam Giordano heard a plane had hit the World Trade Center, he hoped it was an accident. An active duty firefighter in the suburbs, his thoughts im...