9/11 Stories: Loving A Grieving Husband

September 08, 2011, 4:09 AM
Jeff, Stephanie and son XX (Courtesy)

Stephanie Galvani shares the story of her relationship with her husband Jeff Gonski, who lost his fiancee in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

9/11 Rescue Dogs Serve As Tools, Companions

September 07, 2011, 4:09 PM
Moxie, 13, next to her owner, Mark Aliberti, in Winthrop's Coughlin Park (Kathleen McNerney/WBUR)

WINTHROP, Mass. — Urban Search and Rescue dogs from Massachusetts were among the first to arrive at the World Trade Center and played a crucial role in the initial response to 9/11.

9/11: Menino On Leading Boston Through Chaos

September 07, 2011, 6:57 AM
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino talks to WBUR's Bob Oakes about the events of Sept. 11, 2001. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Thomas Menino has been mayor of Boston for 18 years. On the morning of Sept. 11, 10 years ago, he was at a fundraising event at a florist shop in Brighton.

9/11 Stories: The Fighter Pilots Who Got The Call

September 07, 2011, 6:27 AM
Lt. Col. Dan Nash, left, and Col. Tim Duffy, at WBUR (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

When word of a hijacking came, two fighter pilots flew at supersonic speed from Otis Air Base on Cape Cod to New York City. They say they couldn’t have stopped the attacks, even if they responded faster.

9/11 Stories: A Hijab And Fatigues

September 06, 2011, 4:27 PM
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U.S. Army reservist Shareda Hosein thought becoming a chaplain would bring her Muslim life and her military life together. But she encountered personal and organizational hurdles after Sept. 11.

9/11 Stories: A Flight Attendant’s Calm Final Call

September 06, 2011, 4:08 AM
Betty Ong's name is seen on the Sept. 11 memorial in the Boston Public Garden. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Betty Ong, a flight attendant from Andover, was on board the first of the two planes from Boston to hit the World Trade Center. Her sister and brother remember that day and their battle to present the public with an accurate picture of Betty.

10 Years Later, Boston’s 9/11 Wounds Still Felt

September 06, 2011, 4:08 AM
A portion of the Sept. 11 memorial at Logan International Airport is seen. American Airlines Flight 11, one of the two planes that departed Boston and crashed into the Twin Towers, left Boston at 7:59 a.m. that morning. (File/AP)

BOSTON — In Boston, there are no physical reminders of the Sept. 11 attacks. But the city’s wounds are deep because the first attacks originated from Logan International Airport.

Remembering 9/11: A Poet On Star Island

September 05, 2011, 3:55 PM
Steven Ratiner, in Star Island's Gosport Chapel (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

On Sept. 11, Arlington poet Steven Ratiner was in a small chapel on the remote Isles of Shoals, off New Hampshire’s coast. He takes us back to that day and the poem that came out of it.

9/11 Stories: A Harvard Grad’s Call To Duty

September 05, 2011, 12:02 AM
Jim Meeks, at right (Courtesy)

Unlike his father, Jim Meeks had never thought of joining the Army. Then Sept. 11 occurred, and the Harvard student drove down to the recruiter’s office and signed up.

Slideshow: A Downtown NYC View Of The Attacks

September 05, 2011, 12:02 AM
I turned on my roommate's little TV and hopped in and out of the window, trying to watch the real thing and the TV at the same time. My view from the balcony was larger and clearer, but the TV might tell me what I was seeing.

WBUR’s Rachel Rohr was living 10 blocks from ground zero on Sept. 11. She retells the experience through photos she quickly captured.

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