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9/11, 10 Years Later
LET THE PUBLIC SPEAK: On 9/11 anniversary
September 14, 2011
Editorial Director Paul Gullixson invited readers to share their thoughts on the 9/11 anniversary and answer such questions as 'Are we safer 10 years later?'
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9/11 memorial plaza in N.Y.C. opens to public
September 12, 2011
The plot of land known for a decade as 'the pile,' and 'ground zero' opened to the public Monday for the first time since that terrible morning in 2001.
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1,500 people gather in Santa Rosa to remember 9/11
September 11, 2011
About 1,500 gathered on Sunday to dedicate an F-15 fighter jet that responded to the 9/11 attacks a decade ago, while others prayed for forgiveness and unity.
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GULLIXSON: In your words: Moments now part of history
September 11, 2011
Editors from other areas are often amazed when I tell them how many letters we receive on a daily basis here at The Press Democrat. But nothing prepared us for the outpouring of correspondence that came in the hours and days following 9/11.
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PD Editorial: A changed nation remembers 9/11
September 11, 2011
For 10 years, Americans have tried to make sense of despicable acts that claimed 3,000 lives in New York, at the Pentagon and aboard a jet whose passengers and crew sacrificed themselves to save others.
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Sept. 11 marked with reading of nearly 3,000 names
September 11, 2011
The names of the Sept. 11 dead, some recited by children barely old enough to remember their fallen parents, echoed across ground zero Sunday.
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Forever changed by Sept. 11
September 11, 2011
Over 10 years, the shock has worn away. But the impacts of Sept. 11, 2001, ripple on.
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Voices of 9/11
September 10, 2011
EDITOR'S NOTE: What follows are excerpts of letters published in the hours and days following the attacks of 9/11.
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LOOKING BACK: Press Democrat pages from 9/11 and aftermath
September 10, 2011
Presented here are .pdf versions of the Santa Rosa Press Democrat's extra edition put out on the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, as well as front pages from the Sept. 12 and Sept. 13 editions of that year.
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Volunteers spruce up Windsor park for 9/11 'Day of Service'
September 10, 2011
More than 50 volunteers came together for a clean-up of Foothill Regional Park in Windsor to honor the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Courage of Flight 93 victims lauded at crash site dedication
September 10, 2011
Those who fought back aboard Flight 93 on Sept. 11 performed one of the most courageous acts in U.S. history, former President Bush said Saturday.
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Fallen SEAL 'made it to the top'
September 10, 2011
Darrik Benson of Angwin joined the Navy right after 9/1. He was among those who died after being shot down in Afghanistan last month.
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Where were you on Sept. 11, 2001?
September 9, 2011
Petalumans share their memories of the terrorist attacks and the days that followed.
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POST-9/11, HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED: Martin Espinoza
September 9, 2011
The day before the World Trade Center was brought down, my wife, Remi, and I were standing before a judge and jury in Jersey City, across the river from Lower Manhattan.
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POST-9/11, HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED: Jack Grandcolas
September 9, 2011
Jack Grandcolas of San Rafael no longer goes to the Sept. 11 reunion in Shanksville, Pa., for friends and family of the 40 people who died on United Airlines Flight 93.
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GUEST OPINION: Three local lessons of Sept. 11
September 9, 2011
Ten years ago, time stood still as Americans, and indeed, the world, watched in horror and disbelief as attacks took place on the East Coast.
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Observations set for 9/11 anniversary weekend
September 9, 2011
A volunteer workday and a memorial gathering in downtown Santa Rosa are some of the Sonoma County events this weekend marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
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POST-9/11, HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED: Mac McDonald
September 9, 2011
Mac McDonald and his wife, Lil, had a reservation for breakfast at Windows on the World on Sept. 11, 2001. She was running late, thankfully. 'I have flashbacks,' he says.
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POST-9/11, HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED: Marshall Kubota
September 9, 2011
Dr. Marshall Kubota of Larkfield took it in stride when his son, Evan, joined the National Guard in 2002. 'Everybody’s patriotic in their own way. He was, too,' said Kubota, 58.
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POST-9/11, HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED: Herb Williams
September 9, 2011
Midway through his second tour in Iraq, about a month before he died, Army Staff Sgt. Jesse Williams called his father in Santa Rosa and said: 'I don't know why we're still here.' The two never got to discuss it further.
Gallery 9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Cathy Carey
September 8, 2011
Cathy Carey remembers the phone ringing and thinking her mother-in-law had forgotten the time change between Cleveland and California.
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Brian Webb
September 8, 2011
Brian Webb was working at SFO for Continental Airlines and had been assigned to the gates, waiting for a final passenger to board. When she arrived, she made a disturbing announcement.
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Scott Swanson
September 8, 2011
'Like the assassination of President Kennedy, the loss of the Space Shuttle Challenger and the death of my own father, I will always remember the time, my location and my emotions that were my world in the terrorist attacks on America of 9/11/01.'
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POST-9/11, HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED: Jim Wood
September 8, 2011
Dr. Jim Wood, a forensic dentist from Healdsburg who helped in the New York City medical examiner's office for 10 days after Sept. 11, still has many unanswered questions.
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POST-9/11, HOW LIFE HAS CHANGED: Evan Kubota
September 8, 2011
As Montgomery High School senior 10 years ago, Evan Kubota remembers watching TV on Sept. 11 and 'trying to figure out what was going on.' A decade later, Kubota is married with a 22-month-old daughter and a job as a Marin County sheriff's deputy.
Gallery 9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Katherine Hastings
September 8, 2011
Katherine Hastings was already grappling with the trauma of her partner’s life-threatening cancer when 9/11 struck, adding a whole new layer of anxiety.
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Sean Ramsey
September 8, 2011
Sean Ramsey and another American engineer were testing a new fiber optic filter-making machine in a small factory north of London when a factory worker rushed in panting, “You need to come with us and you need to see.”
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Sam Carruth
September 8, 2011
In 2001, Sam Carruth was in college at CSU Chico, a 25-year-old single dad with an 11-month-old boy. After hearing of the first plane to hit the World Trade Center, he spent the morning at the school farm, unaware of the extent of the attacks.
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Lise Ciolino
September 7, 2011
Lise Ciolino and her husband Vincent were four hours into a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to San Francisco after six weeks in Europe when the pilot broke in with a petrifying announcement.
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Nancy McLerran
September 7, 2011
Like most Americans, Nancy McLerran first learned that the World Trade Towers had been struck when she turned on the TV in her New York City hotel room overlooking Central Park.
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Karen Lockert
September 7, 2011
The school staff, including counselor Karen Lockert, was gathered in a conference room for a meeting at the Los Angeles school when someone barged in, declaring that they needed to turn on the TV.
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Robert Carley
September 7, 2011
Standing by the window of his office in Stamford, Conn., Robert Carley saw the billowing smoke from the World Trade Center towers coming from across Long Island Sound.
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Linda Tatrai
September 7, 2011
Linda Tatrai of Santa Rosa, a stay-at-home mother of four, remembers watching the stunning news on television and being utterly terrified. 'My blood ran cold,' she recalls.
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Nancy Hudock
September 6, 2011
Nancy Hudock, of Santa Rosa, who had a personal connection to the tragedy, remembers feeling shock and disbelief as she watched the events unfold on TV at home.
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Padi Selwyn
September 6, 2011
Padi Selwyn, of Sebastopol, got a call from a friend alerting her to the attacks, interrupting what had been a normal weekday morning.
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9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Nick Goldschmidt
September 6, 2011
Nick Goldschmidt, of Healdsburg, awoke to radio news about the attacks, ahead of a busy day of winery work.
Gallery 9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Gary Helfrich
September 6, 2011
Gary Helfrich, of Camp Meeker, was a student at SRJC and remembers watching the events unfold on a campus TV.
Gallery9/11 WHERE WERE YOU: Sara Malone
September 5, 2011
Sara Malone, of Petaluma, then a managing partner for a small investment firm, was giving a breakfast talk before a group of businessmen at an exclusive golf club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. when a waitress broke in with the news.
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ECONOMIST: Ground Zero plus 10
September 4, 2011
Lower Manhattan is recovering from the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and remembering those lost.
Gallery 9/11 warning for U.S. travelers
September 3, 2011
The U.S. has issued a worldwide travel alert ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The alert cautions Americans about the continued threat posed by al-Qaida and other groups.
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'Team Jesse' cyclists nearing Ground Zero
September 2, 2011
Cyclists Kevin Mincio and Matt Sauri are nearing their goal of being in Manhattan for the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
TV shows look back at 9/11
September 2, 2011
Hard as it is to believe, 10 years have passed since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and television will lead up to the anniversary with programs attempting, again, to make some sense of a day that changed America. Some programs will look back; others, forward.
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Obama salutes 9/11-era veterans
August 31, 2011
Recalling 'those awful attacks,' President Barack Obama saluted the 9/11 generation of veterans Tuesday and publicly relished the prospect of U.S. forces getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Obama to the nation: Rekindle post-Sept. 11 unity
August 30, 2011
President Barack Obama is calling on Americans to rekindle the spirit of unity that characterized the response to the Sept. 11 attacks. 'It can be a lasting virtue,' he said.
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AP Interview: Post-9/11 politics of Rudy Giuliani
August 30, 2011
He was the living symbol of the terror attacks. Walking miles through the streets of Manhattan, Mayor Rudy Giuliani urged New York and the world to be calm, said the city would survive. 'It was the worst experience of my life,' he said.