By JOHN CHURCH and DAN O’LEARY
When Antonio DeJesus closed the Brooks Brothers store on Sept. 11, 2001, located across the street from the World Trade Center complex, two airliners had already crashed into the towers. Within an hour the two tallest buildings in New York City collapsed into a blocks-long heap, changing the physical landscape and the […]
By MICHAEL DRURY
A two year old can barely grasp the concept of language, let alone the events that took place on 9/11. That’s exactly how old my sister, Ariana Drury, was 10 years ago. Now, at the age of 12, she is just beginning to understand what 9/11 is; however, her knowledge and the change […]
By BECKY PENHAKER
Most people can give you the exact time and place of where they were when the attacks on the World Trade Center occurred. They can remember the immediate disbelief and confusion they felt in that moment. For Chuck Howard of Montvale, he can remember that feeling twice.
Howard, 63, worked for the Port Authority […]
By JEREMY KELLY
Nearly every year, Hollywood releases a slew of disaster films; they can concern manmade tragedies, such as “Titanic,” or acts of nature, such as “Deep Impact” and “The Day After Tomorrow.” Viewers are invariably drawn to these movies, and they’re bound to create astounding box office numbers.
But when it comes to true events, […]
By COURTNEY LEIVA, JILLIAN PARKER and MIKE DRURY
Although she lost no one that September morning, Donna Gaffney remembers the anxiety she felt when she realized that her son who worked in buildings surrounding the World Trade Center, was missing for four hours.
“I was in Michigan when I heard the news, my son worked in one […]
By MICHAEL DRURY
At this time 10 years ago, the world came to a screeching halt. The Sept. 11th attacks left its mark in Major League Baseball, perhaps more so on the Mets and Yankees. Following the events of 9/11 both teams felt it necessary to help out a city in need. The Yankees erected a […]