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Palatine Fire Department. On Thursday, February 23, 2012, the Palatine Fire Department will be conducting a brief ceremony to recognize the service and sacrifice of three Palatine volunteer firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty. On February 23, 1973, volunteer firefighters; John Wilson, Richard Freeman and Warren Ahlgrim lost their lives fighting [...]

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September 11, 2001 — “Our First Class Galley Flight Attendant and our Pursor has been stabbed.” Just before the crash of American Airlines Flight 11, flight attendant #3 Betty Ong called American Airlines Reservations/Operations to report conditions of a hijacking. [PART 1] September 11, 2001 — “All the first class passengers have been moved back [...]

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The Village of Arlington Heights will host a short ceremony honoring those who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001 attacks that killed about 3,000 people in New York City (World Trade Center Twin Towers/AA Flight 11 and UAL Flight 175); Arlington County, Virginia (Pentagon/Flight 77); and near Shanksville, Pennsylvania (Flight 93). The event [...]

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Palatine Fire Department. Citizens are invited to join active and retired police officers, firefighters and their families and friends to participate in an event to honor and remember the 343 firefighters ad 72 police officers that died in the line of duty on September 11, 2001. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 AT NOON

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Ron Boyd (family friend) Chris Brown Kobe Bryant LeVar Burton Mariah Carey Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds Corey Feldman Lou Ferrigno Jennifer Hudson The Rev. Jesse Jackson Magic Johnson Berry Gordy Shaheen Jafargholi Bernice A. King Martin Luther King III Queen Latifah Spike Lee Mario Lopez John Mayer Lionel Richie Smokey Robinson Mickey Rooney and wife, Jan [...]

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