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World shares in painful remembrance

...bit like yesterday" to Rae Tompsett, whose son Stephen was killed on the 106th floor of the World Trade Center's north tower. The 81-year-old retired teacher and her 92-year-old husband, Jack, were among more than 1,000 people who...

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A real-life war movie unfolds on TV

...exploded outside the State Department," said ABC's Peter Jennings. Within minutes, more unfathomable pictures: The North Tower of the trade center collapsing, just wiping the symbol of New York commerce from the skyline. "One can scarcely comprehend...

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Minnesotan in WTC presumed dead by family

...three years ago. He was a computer programmer for Marsh & McLennan, an insurance brokerage firm with offices in the north tower. He lived on Long Island with his wife, Amy, and two step-children, Nicholas, 14, and Jessie, 12. Family members...

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Queen Elizabeth, former President Bush join service for Britons killed on Sept. 11

...speak with Caileigh, 7, and Kyle, 4, with 16-month-old sister Sydney nearby. Their father, 40, worked on the north tower's 103rd floor as a contractor for Cantor Fitzgerald. As the ceremony began, Lt. Amy Monroe, a New York City Fire...

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Widow of World Trade Center attack victim commits suicide

...her will to live." Pat Flounders, 51, had been at home watching television Sept. 11 when she saw a jet hit the north tower. She called her husband, Joe Flounders, 46, and told him to leave his office on the 84th floor of the trade center's...

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Greek Orthodox church in shadow of World Trade Center struggles to rebuild

...church site was a section of the wing from American Flight 11, the airliner that crashed into the trade center's north tower on Sept. 11. Two church workers inside the building during the attacks got out in time, but several members of the...

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World Trade Center burn victim released from hospital

...Authority's real estate department, had gone to sign for a package in the hallway of her office on the 88th floor of the north tower when a jetliner slammed into the building a few floors above. A co-worker found her standing in the corridor, half-naked...

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Last beam cut down at Ground Zero

...attended by many elected officials and other dignitaries will begin at 10:29 a.m., the time of the collapse of the North Tower on Sept. 11. Sunday, a third event will be held, one that has been organized for the families of victims.

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Little things mean a lot to families of victims

...Strada brought home baby gifts from three Cantor Fitzgerald coworkers, all of whom died with him in the trade center's north tower the next day. Strada also posted a heading on his e-mail that day, announcing baby Justin's birth, "9 pounds...

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Man changing his life after escaping death first in quake, then on Sept. 11

...Stephan did consulting work for the Port Authority in the north tower. His wife did contract work in the south tower. On...fireball shot by her window when the first plane struck the north tower. She recalls thinking: "Somebody got sucked out...

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