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Ritchie Moran:
PATH Trainmaster

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

The PATH (Port Authority Trans Hudson) railroad normally discharged up to 5,000 passengers in the period between 8:47 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. at its World Trade Center station. However, shortly after the first plane flew into the North Tower, quick-thinking and fast responses from the PATH personnel ensured the safe evacuation of thousands of passengers from the WTC area. Ritchie … [Read more...] about Ritchie Moran:
PATH Trainmaster

Standing Tall

By Jim Dwyer, Contributor
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Love, courage and the kindness of strangers. And now, memory crashes all of 2001 into the 100 minutes between 8:48 and 10:28 of that morning in September. When the clock ran out and the losses were counted, the lists of the missing turned out to be rich with Kevins and Brians, Patricks and Moiras, Seans and Anns. Among the 2,874 names of those lost at the World Trade Center, … [Read more...] about Standing Tall

Rusty Staub:
More Than a Legend

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

Daniel "Rusty" Staub, 57, is more than just a baseball legend to New York firefighters and police. The ex-Met has been operating the New York Police and Fire Widows and Children's Benefit Fund since 1985. Staub, who hit 292 career home runs in 23 seasons with five different teams, including two different stints with the New York Mets, started the fund after reading a newspaper … [Read more...] about Rusty Staub:
More Than a Legend

Karen Curry: CNN Coverage

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

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In her role as vice president and bureau chief of CNN in New York, a role she has held since 1999, Curry has contributed to CNN's coverage of the September 11 attacks which have been broadcast around the world as well as in the United States. She is part of the decision making process at CNN which determines when and how news should be covered. In December, she was CNN's … [Read more...] about Karen Curry: CNN Coverage

Pete Hayden: Working
Through the Crisis

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

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Pete Hayden was one of the principal Fire Department officers in charge on September 11. Hayden was in the North Tower, and made an early decision to move the command post out of the tower, which led to many lives being saved. Hayden spent the next couple of months working tirelessly through the crisis, leading the Fire Department's task force at the World Trade Center site. … [Read more...] about Pete Hayden: Working
Through the Crisis

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