For the 19th anniversary of 9/11, there is an added poignancy given all the losses caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic. It’s true that these two, massive events have completely different circumstances, and are not remotely related. But the horrible results are the same — we have lost too many we love and hold dear,… Read More >>
Doing What We Can for 9/11 Survivors
Today, Americans are honoring those we lost on Sept. 11, 2001, including those who were in the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers. I will be taking time out to remember those Wall Street friends, former co-workers, and acquaintances who were taken away too soon. I will wonder what their lives would have been like, if… Read More >>
The Ongoing Aftermath of 9/11
It’s been 15 years but for many September 11, 2001 is frozen in time with all the shock, hurt and tragedy easily accessible. The full horror experienced by those who lost spouses, life partners, children, siblings, coworkers, friends and neighbors is not a distant memory. Their lives were forever changed by that day and its… Read More >>
Reporter’s Notebook: 13 Years After 9/11
As we were approaching the 13th anniversary of 9/11, I kept remembering Frederick T. Varacchi. He was the former president, chief operating officer and director of eSpeed who was lost in the terrorist attacks upon the World Trade Center. I interviewed him several times in the late nineties and the year 2000 to get useful… Read More >>
