Tag: Sept. 11
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Survivor of Sept. 11 terrorist attack describes ordeal for Princeton audience
Michael Hingson needed to escape the north tower of the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, a life-or-death mission that would have been harrowing for anyone even if he had eyes that could see. But born blind, he managed to get from the 78th floor to safety with the help of…
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Jackson council members remember terror attacks on Sept. 11 anniversary
JACKSON – Township Council members paused from conducting regular business during their meeting on Sept. 11 to recall the terrorist attacks that took place in the United States 17 years to the day earlier. Council President Ken Bressi said, “What happened 17 years ago, most of us were here for that. That moment affected the…
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Army vet from Woodbridge donates flag that protected him to Middlesex County College
WOODBRIDGE – When Michael Barany graduated from U. S. Army basic training in 2006, he received an American flag. It never left his side. Not when he was in training. Not when he was deployed twice to Iraq. And not since he was discharged from the Army, came to Middlesex County College (MCC) graduated and then…
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Princeton University remembers alumni victims of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
Gray clouds hung over the Princeton University campus on Sept. 11, where 14 unlit candles rested on a covered table inside the memorial garden dedicated to the alumni killed in the terrorist attacks 17 years ago. The table occupied the middle place of prominence, around which a small crowd gathered in the late afternoon for…
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Lawrence Township dedicates first responders memorial
Dean Acquaviva and Ken Kandrac have vivid memories of their efforts to help in the hours after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that flattened the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City – the smells and the noise and the piles of rubble that had once been part of the…
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Rifle, ammunition allegedly recovered from heavily armed man taken into custody after incident at Sayreville strip club on Sept. 11
SAYREVILLE – Police officers safely apprehended a well-armed man who was wearing a ballistic vest on Sept. 11. Around 4:04 p.m., police were dispatched to the Visions Gentlemen’s Club located on Route 35 in the Melrose section of Sayreville after receiving a call that an employee was inside with a firearm, according to information…
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East Windsor pauses to remember victims of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
East Windsor Township residents gathered at the municipal building this week, as they have every September for the past 17 years, to remember the six residents who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks and to pay tribute to East Windsor’s first responders. Five township residents – Colleen Barkow, Debbie Bellows, Anil Bharvaney, Neil…
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Walk With Joe returns to Monmouth Battlefield State Park on Sept. 8
MANALAPAN – The men and women who lost their lives in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, will be remembered when the 17th annual Walk With Joe takes place at 10 a.m. Sept. 8 at Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Route 33, Manalapan. People of all ages are expected to converge on the hallowed Revolutionary…
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