0 Community Corner No one can forget the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, but for some, serving others cuts through the pain of loss and despair. Beth Dalbey Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply ACROSS AMERICA — Saturday marks the 20th time Americans have come together to reflect on the enormity of 9/11. Anyone old enough on that day to know what was going on remembers the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. What they remember in many cases isn’t as important as what they’ve done with it. Below are 20 stories of valor, perseverance and hope on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, told by Patch editors across our hyperlocal news network of more than 1,000 sites. ‘Oh, No.’ The pain still feels fresh for Michael Burns of Eastport, a hamlet of about 1,900 people on Long Island. He watched the 9/11 news coverage with the false confidence that his father, one of the Fire Department of New York’s highest-ranking officers, was safely away from the inferno and crumbling debris of the World Trade Center. His dad — Assistant Fire Chief and Citywide Commander Donald J. Burns — didn’t answer his phone because he was in… Read full this story
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