Articles filed under Terrorism
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ECC student recalls 9/11Sep 09, 2011 12:00 am - Elgin Community College student Chris Doss had a unique perspective of the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. At time, Doss was a 24...
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Suburban Sept. 11, 2001 attack victimsSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - Todd Beamer Wheaton native, 1991 Wheaton College graduate Ÿ The father of three is among those credited with foiling hijackers’ plans aboard United Flight 93. The f...
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Arlington Hts. priest works for interfaith workSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - The Rev. Corey Brost, a priest with the Clerics of St. Viator and chairman of the religion department at St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, has been honored by...
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9/11 threat puts cities on alertSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — Undaunted by talk of a new terror threat, New Yorkers and Washingtonians wove among police armed with assault rifles and waited with varying degrees of pati...
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Flag display commemorates Sept. 11 in Glendale HeightsSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - Ten thousand U.S. flags will decorate the front yards of every home, business and park in Glendale Heights to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist ...
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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...