Category Archives: Families in the News

Rick Rescorla award named for hero of Vietnam War, 9-11 terror attacks

By Kimberly | Published: May 22, 2013

Staff,  The Joplin Globe — The Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience is named for a 62-year-old vice president of security for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co. who directed an evacuation of the company’s 2,700-person workforce in the South Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2011 [sic  - 2001]. Rescorla is [...]

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Bergen County renames tennis courts to honor former Leonia player, coach killed on 9/11

By Kimberly | Published: May 18, 2013

By Dan Ivers New Jersey Local News LEONIA — A former tennis player and coach who was killed during the September 11 terrorist attacks was honored with a court dedicated in his honor Saturday morning. Andrew Kim was just 26 when a plane crashed into the World Trade Center, where he worked with a mutual [...]

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Hurricane Sandy, 9/11 help fuel Boston College in national lacrosse tournament in Greenville

By Kimberly | Published: May 14, 2013

By Ann Green Greenville Online Hurricane Sandy, the bombings at the Boston Marathon and the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center all have left their marks on Boston College’s Gavin Tisdale and his lacrosse teammates. The Eagles rode a perfect season (13-0) into Greenville in pursuit of a national championship in the Men’s Collegiate [...]

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