America Stands Tall
  • Ceremonies to mark anniversary
    NEW YORK (AP) -- A nation struggling to express the grief of losing thousands in airborne terror attacks will remember the first 102 minutes of that day mostly in silence, with few sounds other than bells, the roar of military jets and the recitation of victims' names.
  • From the front: Local soldiers in the War on Terrorism
    Across the North Shore, dozens of National Guardsmen and women have sacrificed time with their families and friends to serve the nation's wartime needs at home and overseas. Statewide, 3,000 Guardsmen, or one in every three, have been activated since Sept. 11.
  • On North Shore, Arab-Americans report few troubles
    T.J. Nabbout shakes his head when asked if he had any bad experiences after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "Obviously, everybody was concerned about what was going to happen," said Nabbout, a native of Lebanon who owns a gas station in Salem. "We never had any fear. We are in a neighborhood where we know everybody, and it is like a family."
  • Sept. 11 religious feelings were fleeting
    In the days after the terrorist attacks hundreds of people sought solace in their local churches, synagogues and places of worship. Religious groups across the North Shore held vigils, and attendance at religious services seemed to increase.
  • Web site provides remembrance of Christine Barbuto
    There are dozens of pictures on the Web site devoted to Christine Barbuto, a 32-year-old Peabody native killed when American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center.
  • William Weems: a TV producer, but a family man first
    He was a well-known television producer, whose work was seen by thousands. But his life, friends and co-workers say, was focused on two people, his wife, Lisa, and daughter, Zoe.
  • 'Outpouring of kindness' has kept Jalbert family going
    SWAMPSCOTT -- "I'm a history teacher," said Mike Jalbert. "I remember where I was for the Challenger (explosion), and I remember where I was when Reagan was shot. This is going to be one of those days, unfortunately."
  • Doctor's wife, alone now, finds new meaning in reaching out
    MARBLEHEAD -- When the commotion of funerals, arrangements and media calls after Sept. 11 stopped, the silence in Kimberly Trudel's house was overwhelming.
  • Janis Lasden: Sister still struggles with grief, fear
    PEABODY -- Linda LeBlanc didn't lose just a sister on Sept. 11. She lost her best friend.
  • Kershaw family sticks together after Sept. 11
    MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA -- Everyone from local basketball fans to members of the yachting industry felt a sense of loss here when Ralph Kershaw died on United Airlines Flight 175.
  • Karen Martin's legacy of laughter helped friends, family cope
    DANVERS -- "'I've found through losing people I love,'" Karen Martin wrote in the closing line of a letter to a friend, "'that life is too precious to waste even one day.'"
  • Remembering Erik Isbrandtsen of Marblehead
    MARBLEHEAD -- Erik Isbrandtsen was a standout soccer player who graduated from Babson College and spent six years working at prestigious firms along the Atlantic coast. He returned to Cantor Fitzgerald in New York City, where he spent some college days as an intern. He landed a job as a securities trader, assigned to the 104th floor of the World Trade Center.
  • For victim's mother, a year of 'surviving'
    LYNN -- Marjorie Ditullio has been to Ground Zero once already. She's not anxious to go back again. But as the mother of Don Ditullio, who died as a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 along with his girlfriend, Janis Lasden, she feels an obligation to attend services for the Sept. 11 victims this week in New York City.
  • The way out of the tower
    MARBLEHEAD -- Fred Eichler, 54, has told the story again and again, how he beat the odds on Sept. 11 and escaped from the 83rd floor of the World Trade Center, escaped without a scratch, with no visible scars.
  • His 'job to do': helping to get the stock market back online
    SALEM -- Dan Dugery's story begins when he was told to turn on the television set.
  • Hockey world still mourns Bailey's loss
    Garnet 'Ace' Bailey was perhaps best known for being the answer to a popular sports trivia question: 'Who, along with Bobby Schmautz, was the only NHL player to be a teammate of both Bobby Orr and Wayne Gretzky?' Sadly, the Lynnfield native will now also be remembered forever as one of the passengers who died about United Airlines Flight 175 on Sept. 11, 2001.
  • Never forget
    What Sept. 11 means to me
  • "In Remembrance of Our Heroes"
    Child's poem on what Sept. 11 means
  • "A Day in September"
    Child's poem on what Sept. 11 means
  • 'Ordinary people' turned heroes
    Child's letter on what Sept. 11 means
  • What I feel about Sept. 11
    Child's leter on what Sept. 11 means
  • Stars and stripes forever
    Child's letter on what Sept. 11 means.
  • Saugus man remembers role in Sept. 11 recovery
    BEVERLY -- On the morning of Sept. 11, Rick Cushman was awakened by his wife Karen just in time to watch the second plane hit the World Trade Center.
  • Birthday, interrupted: 9-11 a date etched forever in Americans' memories
    Kelsey Levesque's eighth birthday started out like any other. It was Sept. 11, 2001, but the blond-haired girl left for school unaware of the tragedies unfolding in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
  • September 11, 2201
    9.11.01: One Year Later - The Images