Articles filed under Terrorism
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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...
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Habitat for Humanity to participate in National Day of ServiceSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - In remembrance of the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Habitat for Humanity of Northern Fox Valley will participate in the 9/11 National Day of Servic...
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'My kids are so much like him': Wife, friends remember St. Charles native and 9/11 victim Andrew KingSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Andrew King called his wife shortly after the first plane hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center. "He was saying that something had hit the building," Judy King r...
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'Sometimes, heroes need to be saved,' says brother of Air Force pilot called to duty on 9/11Sep 10, 2021 1:00 am - The brother of an Air Force pilot who scrambled to New York City to protect U.S. airspace 20 years ago during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 had a poignant message Fr...