As we reflect on the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, I hold in my heart the nearly 3,000 lives lost that day, along with the nearly 48,600 first responders and survivors now living with 9/11-related cancers. This represents a staggering 143 percent increase in cases over the last five years.…
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REMEMBRANCE—9 a.m. “9/11 Ceremony.” Community gathers to reflect on the anniversary of 9/11 and remember the 7 SUNY Oneonta alumni lost that day. 9/11 Memorial Pillars, Upper Quad, SUNY Oneonta, 108 Ravine Parkway, Oneonta. Visit https://connect.oneonta.edu/events…
A member of the Cooperstown Police Department drops the Main Street flag to half mast on September 11, in memory of those who lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks. (Photo by Chip Northrup)…
Steve Fabrizio has been coming to Oneonta to visit his cousins since he was 9 years old. Born in Rockaway Beach, Fabrizio identifies as a New Yorker from Queens. On September 11, 2001, Fabrizio and his life partner, Lisa Schwartz, said goodbye to each other like every other day.…
Flags Around the Village Cathy Raddatz, Village of Cooperstown resident, lost her brother in the 9/11 attack in 2001, 21 years ago. Some 2,750 people were killed in New York, 184 at the Pentagon, and 40 in Pennsylvania (where one of the hijacked planes crashed after the passengers attempted to retake the plane). All 19 terrorists died. Each year, Ms. Raddatz puts around 2,500 flags in the Village.…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6 Sport Shooting at Rod & Gun Club TRAP SHOOT – 1 & 6 p.m. Bring out your shotgun and shells for fun afternoon and evening trapshoot. (Weather permitting). Cost, $1/round. Please follow all firearm regulations. Crumhorn Rod & Gun Club, 574 Crumhorn Lake Rd., Maryland. 607-638-9379 or visitwww.facebook.com/crumhornrodandgunclub/…
20th anniversary of 9/11 is honored in Milford, Oneonta By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Across Otsego County, there were remembrances for the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that rocked the world and changed the course of history. The First Presbyterian Church in Oneonta rang the church bell 20 times for each moment of the attack. It range at 8:45 a.m., when the first plane hit the World Trade Center, 9:03 a.m., when the second plane hit, at…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Commemorative 10K Races HEROES RUN – 9 a.m. Come Commemorate 20 years since 9/11 with local firefighters, Assemblymen Salka and Oberacker, and others. An a capella group will be singing ‘God Bess America’ and there will be a flag raising ceremony ahead of the run. Will feature a 5K and 10K run starting at 10 a.m. Cost, $20 for the 10K. Proceeds will go to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Begins and…
From M*A*S*H to Bassett Full Immersion In Afghan War Prepared New Trauma Director By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com It was Christmas Day. “The Taliban likes to attack on holidays,” said Dr. Joon K. Shim, who arrived at Bassett Hospital Jan. 26 as a surgeon, as well as program director of the Columbia-Bassett Residency, training young doctors. She heard “a huge ‘kaboom’” – a mortar attack. “I was on the floor with my face to the ground. I thought…
EDITORIAL ‘Trusted Traveler’ Revocations Aside, ‘Green Light’ Bad Law On Sept. 11, 2001, the 19 terrorists who attacked the World Trade Center and Pentagon, or crashed in Schwenksville, Pa., had 30 driver’s licenses among them that allowed them to gain access to and hijack the four jets. Nineteen licenses were from Florida, eight from Virginia, one each from Arizona and Maryland, plus two from California that were issued to two “watchlisted” participants. None were from our state’s DMV, but if…
