Twenty years after the tragedies of Sept. 11, Topsham paramedic and firefighter Elizabeth Reeves remembers the colleagues she lost.
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Posted inCoastal Journal, The Forecaster
Brunswick, Topsham, Freeport hosting 9/11 memorials
On Saturday, Sept. 11, the towns of Brunswick, Topsham and Freeport will honor victims of the 9/11 attacks on the 20th anniversary of the national tragedy. A community barbecue will be held in Brunswick beginning at 10 a.m. with an hour-long 9-11 Remembrance Ceremony by American Legion Post 20 at Lower Town Mall on Maine […]
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For sisters of Mainer on doomed flight, ‘It’s the day our family changed forever’
James Roux, a Portland attorney, was on the hijacked plane that crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center just after 9 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Here’s Something: Remember the Maine ties to Sept. 11
They say as people get older, they get wiser. I don’t think so. There are many wise young people and too many old fools. I also don’t see politicians getting wiser as they age. They callous over. They spin lies. They believe their own fairy-tale views of the world. Proof of that is last month’s […]
Posted inLocal & State
Soldier from Portland knew that 9/11 attacks would change his life
On Sept. 11, Todd Libby was a cable guy. The events of that day led him to a 20-year career in the military including a tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Local & State
Paintings from the dust of 9/11 to be displayed in Falmouth
Works by late New York artist Michael Mulhern, who witnessed the attacks and later moved the Maine, have emerged from storage.
Posted inLocal & State
Watching 9/11 attacks from classroom sparked social activism
David Morgan, then a senior at Kennebunk High School, looks back on how the day profoundly impacted him.
Posted inNation & World
9/11: As the decades pass, the act of remembering evolves
There are personal memories and cultural memories and political memories, and the line between them often blurs.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World
20 years later, they’re haunted by their encounters with 9/11 hijackers
Those who crossed paths with two of the World Trade Center terrorists reflect on what happened in Maine in the hours leading up to the worst attacks on American soil.