Articles filed under Terrorism
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Suburban Sikh Americans reflect on safety 20 years after 9/11Sep 10, 2021 5:22 am - The murder of a Sikh entrepreneur from Mesa, Arizona, in a post-Sept. 11 retaliatory attack sent shock waves within immigrant communities nationwide. Balbir Singh Sodhi ...
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'Count us in': How four Elgin firefighters delivered a ladder truck to ground zero after 9/11Sep 10, 2021 5:15 am - Twenty years ago, four Elgin Fire Department firefighters set out on the most important road trip of their lives. Days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Anthony Bialek,...
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How 9/11 changed Muslim, immigrant communities foreverSep 10, 2021 5:00 am - Noman Hussain was studying Quran recitation at a Kankakee boys boarding school when news broke of the attack on the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Hussain a...
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Where were you on 9/11? Our readers share their memoriesSep 10, 2021 5:00 am - There's a reason we see the hashtag #NeverForget in our social media feeds over and over again every year on Sept. 11. It was a day unlike any other. It was a day that ...
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'Let's roll': Todd Beamer's father on the valiant fight for Flight 93Sep 10, 2021 1:00 am - His son's last known words have been stamped on fire trucks and police cars, hockey helmets and the nose of an F-16 jet. A Washington state school that has no affiliatio...
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True believer: On 9/11, Inverness' Mari-Rae Sopper was poised to fulfill her dreamSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Inverness native Mari-Rae Sopper, the Navy attorney turned college gymnastics coach killed when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, ...
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Mary Lenz Wieman, raised in Arlington Heights and killed on 9/11, was driven at work and homeSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Arlington Heights native Mary Lenz Wieman was 43 years old and the mother of three young children when the insurance marketing executive with Aon Corp. hosted a business...
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Lincicome: When sports are played so close to the ashes of terrorSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - The New York Yankees were the home team of 9/11, some several weeks later and in another World Series, fourth in a row. Maybe it was the only time anyone outside New Yor...
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Wheaton mother remembers 9/11 victim Mark Schurmeier for his 'upbeat, positive look on life'Sep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Susan Schurmeier of Wheaton remembers her only son, Mark, as someone who "really always kind of carried an upbeat, positive look on life." The 44-year-old husband and fa...
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'It is a bit of a tough day': Siblings to be at Wheaton ceremonies to recall their sister, Sue SauerSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Editor's note: Jos. Sauer's name was corrected in this story. Jos. Sauer suspects that on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Unite...