9/11
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2021
Mainers honor loss, sacrifice 20 years after Sept. 11 attacks
In Portland, citizens, city officials and members of police and fire departments gathered at Fort Allen Park for a solemn remembrance ceremony.
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PublishedSeptember 11, 2021
U.S. marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war’s end
The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero began with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, exactly 20 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
Exclusive: 9/11 as seen from the Midcoast – an oral history
Those in the southern Midcoast – including shipbuilders, sailors and a now-U.S. Senator -- vividly recall in their own words the events of Sept. 11, 20 years later.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
Angus King recalls governing Maine during nation’s worst terrorist attack
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
20 years later, workers at Navy Base and BIW recall how 9/11 hijackings shook their world
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2021
Looking back on fateful first day, teacher says, ‘How it affected people is still palpable’
Caroline Patrie was launching a new career as a teacher on the day of the terrorist attacks. The excitement of her first day was replaced with a feeling of chaos and dread.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2021
‘It was complete annihilation’: Bath firefighter remembers working at Ground Zero
“What really threw us off was (the towers) were gone," Michael Clarke, a first responder in the 9/11 attacks, said. "It’s hard to ... see New York City on its knees.”
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2021
‘They didn’t know me or what I would do for this country’
Yasin Ahmady, who had come to the United States from Afghanistan 20 years before 9/11, is one of many Muslim Americans who suffered verbal and physical attacks in the wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2021
‘Everything around was chaotic’: Topsham first responder recalls time in the New York Fire Department during 9/11
Twenty years after the tragedies of Sept. 11, Topsham paramedic and firefighter Elizabeth Reeves remembers the colleagues she lost.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2021
Brunswick, Topsham, Freeport hosting 9/11 memorials