Tom Condon, chair of the Seaford 9/11 Memorial Committee, is the ‘Seaford Herald’s’ 2021 Person of the Year

By Kimberly | Published: December 30, 2021

Tom Condon, 74, chair of the Seaford 9/11 Memorial Committee for the past 20 years, has been named 2021 Person of the Year by the Seaford Herald for his commitment in honoring the five Seaford High School alumni killed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 –  Thomas Haskell, FDNY; Timothy Haskell, FDNY; Robert Sliwak, Cantor Fitzgerald; John William Perry, NYPD; and Michael Wittenstein, Cantor Fitzgerald, reports Kate Nalepinski for the Long Island Herald.

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Shanksville, PA 9/11 Fire Chief’s family asks for help

By Kimberly | Published: December 28, 2021

Terry Shaffer, who was Shanksville’s Fire Chief at the time of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, is in need of a heart transplant.

Shaffer, 66, has been in declining health for some time and now has advanced heart failure.

His friends and family have started a fundraiser to help, reports Firehouse Magazine.

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Art imitating life: Summerfield woman Katja Brown saw “Come from Away” compassion firsthand 

By Kimberly | Published: December 23, 2021

Katja Brown and her family will attend the touring production of Come from Away next week, but they know its plot all too well. Brown and her two children are three of the “plane people” trapped in Newfoundland by the grounding of commercial planes after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Brown spoke with Dawn DeCwikiel-Kane of News & Record about her gratitude for the kindnesses she received from the roughly 10,000 people of Gander, who found themselves suddenly hosts to nearly 7,000 people from 95 countries.

Brown compared the Gander story to that of Mary and Joseph looking for shelter in Bethlehem.

“But the people in Gander — there were no questions asked. They’re like, ‘Come on. We are here. No matter where you are from, what your belief is, we welcome you here.'”

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