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The best of us: 25 years later, reflecting on windows of hope

For those who remember the way savagery shattered serenity on Sept. 11, 2001, the last 25 years haven't dimmed the memory of the evil that occurred that day. One remembers the photos of the missing, murdered plastered on Manhattan's buildings and street poles and The New York Times obituaries ...

The day that changed the world forever

It’s 25 years later as I sit writing this column on 9-11 and the events of that day and the ensuing emotions all come flooding back. The tears and the fears most certainly are there. So is the anger, the shock and the uncertainty of that day. But they aren’t all negative emotions. The ...

Sept. 11 is my generation’s Pearl Harbor

For years, I listened to my grandparents talk about where they were and what they were doing when they learned that Japan had bombed Pearl Harbor. Of course I couldn’t relate to what they felt, what the nation suffered through, or understand the significance of Dec. 7. That all changed ...

A Sept. 11 coming-of-age story

It was both collective and personal. A shockwave that reverberates still today. As we all reflect on 9-11, some only through historical footage, I am reflective that everyone’s experience was both unique and identical. My parents were working in a newsroom when the first plane hit the ...

Recalling Sept.11: From a local police perspective

September 11, 2001 started out as any other day. At the time, I was a sergeant at the sheriff's office in Alpena County. As I remember it, it was a beautiful sunny day. I had a preliminary hearing scheduled for the morning on a domestic violence case that I had investigated. I went into ...

Twenty-five years

It’s been 25 years since the events of September 11 forever changed our lives. Like other major events, those of us old enough to remember also remember where we were and what we were doing when it happened. For me, it was a normal day that started with a four-mile walk at sunrise, ...