Zelfs dertien jaar na de terroristische aanslagen van 11 september in New York worden er nog slachtoffers geïdentificeerd. Het gaat veelal om botresten van mensen die omkwamen in de Twin Towers.
Zelfs dertien jaar na de terroristische aanslagen van 11 september in New York worden er nog slachtoffers geïdentificeerd. Het gaat veelal om botresten van mensen die omkwamen in de Twin Towers.
Susan Cossette Eng was named development director for Voices of September 11th, headquartered in New Canaan. In her new role, Eng will be responsible for partnering with Voices' leadership and volunteers to develop and execute fundraising strategies to advance the organization's work in mental health, community resiliency and long-term support services for victims' families, responders and survivors.
As college students around the U.S. head for warm ocean waves and white-sand beaches this summer, Bucknellian Devon Bruzzone will be testing water wells and getting her hands dirty in the soil of rural northern Zimbabwe.
The National September 11 Memorial Museum opened this week to outrage among some victims' families over a gift shop at the site and a black-tie reception held close to the unidentified remains of people killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Jonathan Best might never step inside the 9/11 Memorial Museum, which was dedicated Thursday in a ceremony led by President Barack Obama.
On Sept. 11, 2001, Best was in charge of Regional Medical Transport, one of the largest ambulance companies in New York. He lost several friends who were first responders trying to help people out of the World Trade Center towers before they collapsed. More.
Frank Fetchet, of New Canaan, stayed away from the somber ceremony at the new 9/11 Memorial Museum, but his presence is all around the 110,000-square-foot underground gallery that was dedicated Thursday by President Barack Obama as a symbol that says of America: "Nothing can ever break us."
It was a particularly somber morning for many in Greenwich as television and radio channels switched to broadcast the ceremony at the new 9/11 Memorial Museum, dedicated Thursday by President Barack Obama as a symbol that says of America: "Nothing can ever break us."
Much has been written about 9/11. Although Ladyjustice is a confident writer after all of these years, even as a homicide survivor, how does anyone do justice to such an event? ‘Nearly impossible! There have been numerous memorials in every state, dedications, fundraisers, media tributes and movies as well as personal gestures from young and old alike.