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Remembering September 11, 2001

Coney Island Beach. (Photo: Erica Price/Bklyner)Today marks 19 years when planes were hijacked and struck into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania, killing 2,977 people. Lives were changed forever. Thousands of survivors were diagnosed with 9/11 related illnesses, people lost their loved

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9/11 Remembrances In Brooklyn

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – This year marks the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that took the lives of 2,996 people, including 266 Brooklyn residents. Special events are planned in the borough next week to commemorate the day and remember those lost. 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony, 2017 (Photo by Pamela

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Tunnel to Towers 5K Race

By Bryan Vazquez RED HOOK- It was a hot Sunday morning in Red Hook for the 6th annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk race yesterday. [https://tunnel2towers.org] The event pays homage to the FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who is known for his bravery as a firefighter during

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Teen Arrested For Vandalizing 9/11 Memorial At MCU Park

Cops handcuffed a teenager Sunday for defacing part of the 9/11 memorial at MCU Park, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/teen-desecrated-brooklyn-9-11-memorial-graffiti-cops-article-1.2402449] . A witnessed spotted the 15-year-old vandal spray painting “JD SMU” on part of the Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance, located at at MCU

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Task Force To Aid Workers Disabled By World Trade Center Attacks And Cleanup Extended

Marty Golden, Photo By Erica ShermanA bill signed into law yesterday extended the September 11th Worker Protection Task Force Act, which supports those afflicted with a disability as a result of working at the World Trade Center, for another five years. The extension, sponsored by Senator Marty Golden and Assemblyman

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Local Pols And 9/11 Hero’s Family Gather To Remember Firefighter Billy Tropea With Street Co-Naming

Source: Treyger’s officeThe following is a press release from the offices of Councilman Mark Treyger: Council Member Mark Treyger was joined on Saturday morning by hundreds of Gravesend residents and FDNY members to co-name the corner of West 11th Street and Highlawn Avenue “Firefighter William ‘Billy’ Tropea Way” in

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Attention: 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund Deadline Is October 3

Source: 9/11 Photos via flickrLast week was the 12-year anniversary of September 11, 2001, and lawmakers are urging any eligible New Yorkers to register for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund before the deadline of October 3. CBS News is reporting [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/09/09/deadline-to-register-for-911-victim-compensation-fund-fast-approaching/

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The Horror Of Flight 587, Seen From Manhattan Beach

Saturday marked the 10th anniversary of the Flight 587 plane crash in Belle Harbor, Queens. On that day – November 12, 2001 – Allan Rosen snapped the above photo from Manhattan Beach, showing the ominous smoke bleeding into the wintry sky. Two months earlier, just after purchasing his first digital camera, Rosen

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Videos: Sheepshead Bay’s Bedford Park 9/11 Memorial

We weren’t able to get our videos of the Brooklyn/Bedford Park 9/11 Memorial [/bedford-park-911-memorial-2010-bill-brown/] processed on Monday, when we gave our coverage and photo gallery. Technical complications delayed it until now. Many of the songs played in between speakers, as well as inaudible speakers, were cut out

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Bay Area Remembers 9/11

(Posted Flyer – Photo by Ray Johnson) 9/11 Memorial Service and Candlelight Vigil to take place at Bill Brown Park (Ave. X and Bedford Ave.) this Thursday, September 11, at 6:30 p.m. Please refer to the above flyer for more details.