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Touching Steel

The offices of the World Trade Center Tribute Center occupied an upper floor in a building across from Ground Zero. When I arrived, Lee and Jen met me at the door. A retired career firefighter, Lee lost one of his two firefighter sons in the towers on 9/11. Jen, a local resident, had volunteered soonContinue reading “Touching Steel”

Posted bylbender59September 9, 2021May 26, 2024Posted inMilitaryTags:20th Anniversary 9/11, USS NEW YORK4 Comments on Touching Steel

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