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‘On 9/11 there was a sense of unity in the country. We’ve taken a collective step back.’
By Simran Jeet Singh — September 8, 2023
(RNS) — A surgeon who volunteered at Ground Zero recalls the aftermath.
Tree of Life names renowned architect Daniel Libeskind to design synagogue complex
By Yonat Shimron — May 4, 2021
(RNS) — Libeskind, the architect behind such high-profile designs as New York’s ground zero site plan and Berlin’s Jewish Museum, is the son of Holocaust survivors.
How remembering the dead has evolved from graveside eulogy to farewell address
By Yonat Shimron — May 24, 2019
(RNS) — 'A great eulogy cannot beat back death, but it can give new meaning to life and this moment,' says Cyrus M. Copeland, who has written three books on the subject.
Construction halted at church destroyed in Sept. 11 attacks
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 26, 2017
(AP) Construction on a Greek Orthodox church to replace one that was crushed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been temporarily suspended.
‘Blind sheikh’ convicted in 1993 World Trade bombing dies in NC prison
By Reuters — February 18, 2017
(Reuters) With his long gray beard, sunglasses and red and white clerical cap, the charismatic Abdel-Rahman was the face of radical Islam in the 1980s and 1990s.
Muslim mother seeks justice for the son she lost on 9/11
By Omar Sacirbey — September 9, 2013
(RNS) It’s been five years now that Talat Hamdani has been able to talk about her son without crying, but she still prefers mostly not to tell his story. “It’s all over the Internet,” she said. She’s stopped talking about how she initially didn’t worry when her son, Mohammad Salman Hamdani, who was a cadet […]
How the Lord’s Prayer saved a 9/11 survivor
By Kay Campbell — September 11, 2012
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (RNS) For John Mahony, a retired U.S. Army colonel who was managing projects for Blue Cross/Blue Shield, instinct came before analysis as he fought to stay on his feet the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. By Kay Campbell.
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