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World Trade Center

Fire in the Morning

By Niall O’Dowd
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by 1 Comment

In a strange twist of fate, Ron Clifford escaped the WTC unaware that his sister and niece were on the plane that crashed into the North Tower. ℘℘℘ United Flight 175, a Boeing 767 non-stop from Boston's Logan Airport to Los Angeles with seven flight attendants and 56 passengers on board, rolled back from Gate 19 shortly after 7:45 a.m. on September 11th. The captain was … [Read more...] about Fire in the Morning

Paul Crotty:
Emergency Communication

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

As Group President for Public Policy and External Affairs in New York and Connecticut for Verizon Communications, Paul Crotty played an important part in their post-September 11 recovery plan. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks, Verizon faced the tough task of trying to restore their downtown telecommunication services. Underground cables at a Verizon building at 140 … [Read more...] about Paul Crotty:
Emergency Communication

A Family Tradition

By Georgin Brennan, Contributor
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

On a day that seemed like hell, a father and son found solace in working together. Balancing against twisted beams on the remains of the World Trade Center, ironworker John Mooney was clearing the way for the rescue effort when he put his hand on the shoulder of the man working next to him. "He turned around and I saw it was my dad. I hadn't known he was there," says John, 24. … [Read more...] about A Family Tradition

Pete Hayden: Working
Through the Crisis

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by Leave a Comment

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

Kevin E. Gallagher: Union Man

By Irish America Staff
April / May 2002

April 1, 2002 by 2 Comments

Kevin E. Gallagher, President of The Uniformed Firefighters Association was in the thick of things when the Giuliani administration made the decision to remove firefighters from recovery duty at the World Trade Center site, when so many of their brother firefighters and thousands of civilians were still missing. Infuriated firefighters and family members of the missing joined … [Read more...] about Kevin E. Gallagher: Union Man

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329 passengers were killed in a plane crash off the coast of Ireland. Air India flight 182 was en route from Montreal to Dehli, when it was blown up in Irish airspace by a bomb. Investigation into the flight led Canadian officials to believe that a Sikh militant group called Babbar Khalsa was responsible for the bombing. 280 Canadian citizens, 27 British citizens and 22 Indian citizens were lost, resulting in the largest mass murder in modern Canadian history. A monument remembering the event was unveiled in 1986 in Ahakista, Cork.

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