September 7, 2008
September 13: The Awful Toll
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Slideshow: The Towers in Flames
Twin terrorist attacks set the World Trade Towers aflame.
Slideshow: Scenes of Horror
Rubble replaced New York's proud towers.
Photos: Artists' visions for WTC site
These are some of the artistic designs for what the World Trade Center site could become on display at Max Protetch galleries in Manhattan.
Profiles of Those Missing or Presumed Dead
The following profiles are of people missing or presumed or confirmed dead in the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.
The Lost
SOME OF THE DEAD and the missing had been in the summer of their lives - accomplished people in the prime of distinguished careers. There was a movie actress, a chief financial officer, a TV producer.
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Losses Run Deep At Port Authority
Neil D. Levin, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, was among the 150 missing at the agency yesterday.
A Legend's Family Keeps Hope for Him Alive
Among the elite rescue firefighters who served under him, Ray Downey was held in awe for his uncanny ability to arrive at a major disaster and size up the mayhem with little more than a glance. In a quiet voice, with no discussion, he would start doling out instructions and assignments and call for equipment no one had thought of. Somehow, miraculously, the chaos would transform itself into a smooth and orderly rescue operation.
An Inspiring 5th-Grade Teacher
James Debeuneure, a 58-year-old elementary school teacher from suburban Washington, died while making the kind of effort to which he dedicated much of his adult life - helping children learn.
Diamond Executive, A Loving Family Man
Robert Speisman of Irvington, whom friends described as a "wonderful father and very warm neighbor," was among the 64 people who died aboard American Airlines Flight 77 when it crashed into the Pentagon Tuesday at about 9:40 a.m. after being hijacked by terrorists.
Rescue 4 Home Safe
Only one of the Fire Department's five top-of-the-line rescue vehicles survived the withering cascade of debris when the World Trade Center towers collapsed, officials said yesterday.
FDNY Faces a Loss of Its Top Brass
As firefighters continued to grapple with the twisted remains of the World Trade Center yesterday, they also had to face the loss of many top commanders in the tragedy.
Time for Mourning, Time for Prayer
Matilde Samuels said her footsteps out of the dark chaos inside Tower One were guided by God.
Sifting for Evidence a Huge Job
In what is likely the largest crime scene in U.S. history, every shred of debris stretching for blocks in the heart of New York's financial district could contain the crucial piece of evidence that would link the masterminds of the World Trade Center destruction to the terrorist attack.
He Was Fighting Fires Right Up to the End
William M. Feehan, New York City's first deputy fire commissioner, lived to fight fires. A 42-year department veteran, he died Tuesday when the emergency services command center at the World Trade Center collapsed. He was 71 years old-fighting fires to the end.
'Robert, There's Another Plane Coming'
Moments before 9 on Tuesday morning, Denise DeAngelis picked up the ringing telephone at the brick house on Peach Grove Drive in West Hempstead.
A Professor and Her Family On an Adventure to Australia
Georgetown University professor Colin Campbell thought he was helping a bright and well-liked colleague get a great opportunity to do scholarly research in an exotic setting. But when a Los Angeles- bound plane crashed into the Pentagon Tuesday morning, Campbell realized his efforts helped put Leslie Whittington in harm's way.
Grim Reality
Thousands of rescue workers sifted mightily through the mound of debris that was once the World Trade Center yesterday, as New Yorkers came to the grim realization that few survivors may be found amid the wreckage.
No Degrees of Separation
In her memory they have cheerful, sincere faces and speak flattering words. She met them one year ago during a job interview. Michelle Dvorkin can remember a few of their names, although only first names. Andy. Beth. They never spoke again, because Dvorkin decided not to take the job as human resources director at Cantor Fitzgerald, whose offices then occupied the highest floors of World Trade Center Tower Two.
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Thousands of City Workers Respond
Thousands of municipal employees have been drafted for a thousand odd tasks required by the massive emergency response to the Twin Towers nightmare.
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Four Survivors Pulled From Rubble
Rescue workers fought the odds and the clock yesterday to make miracles happen.
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Life-and-Death Decisions
The workers in Nancy Cassidy's office on the 80th floor of Two World Trade Center had a head start on their escape: They fled after a jet smashed the neighboring tower.
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'The Pile' Holds Out Little Hope
Ground zero at the World Trade Center is a nightmarish jumble of steel and pulverized concrete and human remains.
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Hoping Against Hope At City's Hospitals
They came clutching photos and homemade fliers of their missing family members.
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Port Authority Reports Employee Losses
The Port Authority, which had more than 2,000 staffers assigned to 14 floors at its headquarters in the World Trade Center, is among the agencies that suffered major losses of personnel in Tuesday's catastrophe.
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Jimmy Breslin: Those Who Rush When Alarm Sounds
YESTERDAY, the city belonged to those who do real work.
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Providing Love as a Mother and Hope as a Scientist
Dora Menchaca, a research scientist for one of the nation's top biotech firms, flew to Washington for a two-day meeting designed to help get the government's approval for a new prostate cancer drug.
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A New Papa, United Pilot Often Helped Others
LeRoy Wilton Homer Jr., 36, a commercial airline pilot who went to high school in West Islip, was celebrating the birth of his daughter and looking forward to her first airplane trip last winter.
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Husband Saw Fligth Disappear in Cyberspace
When his wife left from Boston to Los Angeles, Dr. Stephen Holland watched the plane's flight path on the American Airlines' Web site, tracking the altitude, speed and even images of the plane turning on a map.
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Rescue Efforts Painfully Slow
They were hailed as heroes each time they returned from "The Crater," the site where the World Trade Center once stood, to the staging area near Chelsea Piers, with volunteers hooting and hollering for every returning vehicle.
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A Bomb Scare
A bomb scare late yesterday afternoon emptied for a time a Kew Gardens office building that houses the FBI, the Queens district attorney's office, JetBlue Airways and Newsday's Queens office.
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The Altered Skyline
The photo above, taken yesterday, shows the New York skyline without the World Trade Center towers.
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Dennis Duggan: He's in a Better Place, Too
They found Fire Chaplain Mychal Judge's body under a crushed firetruck outside the World Trade Center Tuesday evening and carried it to St. Peter's Church, the oldest Roman Catholic church in the city.
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Blood Boon May Lead To Shortage
As volunteer donors continue to pour into blood centers around the region, concern is rising among blood center officials that the current enthusiasm among donors could lead to blood shortages in coming weeks.
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Destruction Collapses More Than Towers
Two more buildings were deemed in danger of collapse last night in the devastated surroundings of what had been the World Trade Center.
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Few Survivors Pulled From Rubble
Hospital officials expressed grave concern late yesterday after around-the-clock efforts to extricate victims from the World Trade Center ruins produced few survivors.
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Ellis Henican: Our President Shows That He's No Giuliani
Where's Bush?
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Subway Trains Running - With Restrictions
Most subway trains in the city are expected to operate today, with some lines bypassing stops below 14th Street in Manhattan, the Transit Authority said yesterday.
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Next Door to Disaster
National Guardsman Tony Soika sat atop a tank at the corner of Broadway and Walker streets, holding an M16 rifle. Without letting go of the rifle, Soika mentioned that 90 percent of the people passing by stopped to take pictures with him.
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From Inside: Survivors' Tales
Dan Baumbach, a software engineer who lives in Merrick, had an 80th-floor office at One World Trade Center, where he saw the flying debris and knew it was time to move.
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Hoping Beyond Hope
They came clutching photos and homemade fliers of their missing family members.
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Ray Sanchez: Fear, Confusion and Courtesy
Angela Fisher's heart raced with every screeching stop, every time her A train paused in the darkened tunnels under Manhattan.
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Hoping Beyond Hope
They came clutching photos and homemade fliers of their missing family members.
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Helping Out, Any Way They Can
The corpses were taken out one by one, passed along over the heads of a line of emergency workers that stretched through piles of ashes and rivers of debris.
