Families valiantly face, try to accept death of loved ones
Kathy Ashton is relieved her son was not alone when the World Trade Center collapsed. Though Thomas Ashton's body has not been found, his family has chosen to accept that...
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Terrorist attacks claim future CEOs, patriots, heroes
Friends of Bob McIlvaine can't get around the idea that a future world leader was lost. Linda Boone has chosen to focus on her husband's patriotism. Patrick Welsh thinks of...
Loving dads, husbands and brothers
When those who knew Cantor Fitzgerald employee Michael Lunden gather to memorialize him this week, they will do so without socks. That's the way Lunden dressed, and that's how they...
Families find sweet memories to help them through grief
Days after the terrorist attacks killed James F. Murphy IV, his family found something he had given his father just a month before. It was a flag. Like countless flags...
Grief-stricken find solace in prayers, vigils
As the horror of Tuesday's terrorist attacks reached Chicago, many area residents turned to prayer. Religious leaders spoke words of comfort and guidance at services and prayer vigils. At interfaith...
Immigrants find new pride in U.S.
On the day an excited Judith Acosta was to become an American citizen, she put on a navy blue suit. Then she turned to the television and watched in horror...
Faiths unite at services to cry, pray
Seeking solace the day after terrorist attacks turned buildings to rubble, everybody from firefighters to families turned to religion.Hundreds gathered Wednesday at churches, mosques and temples while others attended interfaith...
Faiths unite at services to cry, pray
Seeking solace the day after terrorist attacks turned buildings to rubble, everybody from firefighters to families turned to religion.Hundreds gathered Wednesday at churches, mosques and temples while others attended interfaith...
Jews all too familiar with pain of atrocities
Chicago-area Jews on Tuesday declared high security alerts at synagogues and schools and said they felt some of the terror their Israeli brothers and sisters have known for years. Although...
Jews all too familiar with pain of atrocities
Chicago-area Jews on Tuesday declared high security alerts at synagogues and schools and said they felt some of the terror their Israeli brothers and sisters have known for years. Although...