Category Archives: 9/11 Community

Six Fallen NYPD Officers Added to Memorial Wall

By Kimberly | Published: May 10, 2013

News from the Blue Room Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today presided over a Police Memorial Day ceremony at One Police Plaza honoring six members of the New York City Police Department. The following five members of the NYPD died of illnesses developed after performing rescue, recovery and clean-up work [...]

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Flight 93 Advisory Commission meets

By Kimberly | Published: May 4, 2013

By Vicki Rock Daily American The Flight 93 Advisory Commission on Saturday discussed the needs of the youngest visitors to the Flight 93 National Memorial. Commission member Michael Watson asked how what happened on Flight 93 is explained to elementary school children who weren’t born prior to September 11, 2001. He said that the need [...]

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9/11 responder Charles Wassil, former Peekskill detective, dies at 52

By Kimberly | Published: May 2, 2013

By Terence Corcoran Lower Hudson Journal PEEKSKILL — Charles “Charlie” Wassil, a former Marine and Peekskill police detective who helped search for 9/11 remains, died Wednesday at Hudson Valley Hospital Center. He was 52. The cause was sarcoidosis, an inflammatory disease he contracted after responding to Ground Zero, where he spent hours searching for victims and [...]

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