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Spuyten Duyvil’s Steven Scher captured this scene of rubble and chaos of the World Trade Center in the days following the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Scher is a retired dispatcher with the New York Fire Department, and also served as the department’s deputy press secretary. He also worked as a photographer for both mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins, and spent more than four decades documenting fires and the brave men and women who fought them onto film. Below, Scher’s view from Riverdale.
Day of tears and terror: Families wait and pray
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arcie Donohue averted her face as a kindergarten class passed her in the corridor of P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen School, holding hands and smiling. She had just heard that the second tower of the World Trade Center had collapsed. She didn’t want the children to see her cry. Hundreds of families hovered by their telephones, praying for a call from a loved one who worked downtown. At P.S. 7 Spuyten Duyvil, Herb Barret was manning a polling place, his Walkman glued to his ear. His 43-year-old son works for Chase Manhattan Bank on Wall Street. Tears blurred his vision as he took off his headphones. “I’m sorry,” he said. “I can’t listen anymore.” From the streets of Riverdale, the day was bright, the sky blue. The black smoke of terror rising from the television seemed worlds away. But Riverdale was not exempt from fear. At the Three Counties Tavern in Kingsbridge, the patrons had come to watch the tragedy together, not to drink. “The scariest thing is this is where the highest Jewish area is,” Gary Gray said. “Riverdale. they are going to come up here sooner or later.” Police placed a guard on every local Jewish house of worship, but despite the fears, all of them were quiet. Students of the Yeshiva of the Telshe Alumni played a desultory game of basketball outside their school building on Henry
Hudson Parkway on Tuesday afternoon. Rabbi Stephen Franklin scheduled a special service for Riverdale Temple on Wednesday to pray for the dead and injured. “We can only pray because we don’t even know what other challenges we should expect,” he said. “Hatred is dividing the world.” Shortly after 9 a.m., on Tuesday at the West 238th Street subway station, disgruntled
commuters filed down the stairs, shaking their heads and complaining about train service. Then they heard the news. “It’s not safe to go anywhere anymore,” said Geanina Chauca, a student at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, as she learned she was stranded miles from her home in Brooklyn. Groups of Manhattan College students congregated along Broadway, wondering how they
would get home. The school canceled classes and hosted an afternoon prayer service in their stead. “Today it was them. Tomorrow it could be you,” said Malik Santos, 19, as he contemplated walking home to Manhattan. Supermarkets appeared to be doing a brisk but normal business, however. Shop Rite was brimming with shoppers, and at the Food Emporium, people standing on line leafed through Mademoiselle and Vogue, talking of gridlock in Manhattan as though this were a day when the president had come to town. Throughout the day, parents streamed to local schools. At M.S./H.S. 141 David A. Stein Riverdale School, many embraced their children, thankful to have them back. Parents seemed more business-like at P.S. 24 and P.S. 81. Donohue was one of many parent volunteers who offered to help at the schools — schools which were instructed to stay open to care for children whose parents were stranded and unable to get them. School buses were instructed not to drop off children unless a parent was there to meet them. Evening and after-school programs were canceled. At Keenan’s Bar on Broadway, bartender Dan Duffy said people had been filing in and out all day to watch the television. He said the patrons had been crying. “They just want for people they know to call home,” he said. “Some of their sons are down there. Nobody knows right now what’s gonna happen next.” Originally published Sept. 13, 2001
Monica Iken-Murphy turned grief into change n Widow dedicated life to building memorial for her late husband and others lost By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
Monica Iken-Murphy was in her Riverdale apartment the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when she got a call from her husband, Michael. “The phone rings a little before 9, and he says, ‘Everything’s OK, everything’s fine,’” Monica would later tell a documentary. “And he said, ‘Well, put on the TV.’ And the last thing he said was, ‘People are jumping out the window. I have to go.’ “It was the first time in my life I was ever frozen in my space of thought, where I couldn’t think straight.” Michael, a bond broker who worked in the south tower of the World Trade Center, never called back. It was the last time Monica ever spoke to him. “When I realized he wasn’t coming home, I wasn’t well,” Monica told The Riverdale Press. “So, I really wasn’t eating. I wasn’t sleeping. I wasn’t functioning.”
‘I survived by having God in my life and also doing something positive, as opposed to burying my head in the sand and doing nothing.’ MONICA IKEN-MURPHY widow of Michael Iken
Shortly after the terror attacks, Monica was joined by family and friends in her West 246th Street home near the Henry Hudson Parkway. It was there she had a life-altering realization. “I was kind of losing it a little bit,” she said. “Because delirium sets in when you don’t really eat. I laid down, and then that’s when the moment came. And God was like, ‘You’re going on a mission.’ And then the next thing you know, I go out and tell my GRIEF INTO CHANGE, page A4
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In her 9/11 ‘healing center’ on the Upper East Side, Monica Iken-Murphy records her podcast ‘Once Upon A Time’ — which aims to show how one can turn grief from a tragedy like Sept. 11 into something positive. And this is exactly what Monica did herself. After losing husband Michael in the collapse of the south tower, Monica devoted her life to getting the 9/11 Memorial & Museum built.
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If you want to leave a package for someone and expect it will still be there when they come to pick it up, it’s probably best not to leave it in a mailbox that others have access to. One unlucky victim could’ve used this advice when her package was stolen from her building’s mailbox on the 2700 block of Webb Avenue sometime between Aug. 7 and Aug. 9. The victim told police that her boyfriend left the package in the same place other tenants have access to. Police believe the package’s contents were valued at $1,200.
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A rough return home
There’s really nothing like returning home from a nice beach-side vacation only to find your belongings stolen. That’s exactly what happened to one woman at her Heath Avenue home. There police say she left for vacation July 31, returning two weeks later to find two Samsung televisions, 20 pairs of shoes, and two coats stolen from her apartment — in all valued at $15,400. Detectives are trying to get to the bottom of this vacationruining burglary.
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One tragic event, but two different recollections n Firefighters of earlier, later eras remember 9/11 from distinct perspectives By JOSEPH DE LA CRUZ jdelacruz@riverdalepress.com
For many alive and of age on Sept. 11, 2001, the memories of what happened that day are as clear as a crystal. But few more than first responders like Capt. Anthony Rich of the New York Fire Department’s Ladder 52, who can relive each moment of that day with so much clarity. “That morning, I wasn’t at work,” he said. “I actually was home with my wife that day. I was getting ready to go out and lay some tile for a friend of mine in church and that didn’t happen.” As soon as American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower at 8:46 a.m., the fire department recalled everyone. But Rich — who professes to not being a big television watcher — says he didn’t even know what happened until a neighbor caught him up that morning. Unfortunately, an explosion at the World Trade Center was nothing new. Just eight years before, a truck bomb exploded in the parking garage beneath the north tower, intended to cause one tower to topple into the other. Rich’s brother worked for a Wall Street firm at the time, and was one of more than 50,000 who were evacuated from the building after that lunchtime terrorist attack. He still worked there in 2001, so naturally, Rich called his brother to make sure he was safe. After that, Rich gathered his family as well as his nieces and nephews from school, dropping them all of with his sister-in-law. It wasn’t until all that was done Rich realized the day would be anything but normal. “I remember getting in my car and jumping on the Belt Parkway, which was empty because the cops weren’t letting anybody on,” he said. “I remember that stuck out as being strange that day.” Rich was allowed access after flashing his badge. He raced to Engine 210 in Brooklyn’s Fort Green neighborhood, grabbed his gear, and then waited for a bus to take him and his fellow firefighters into lower Manhattan. By the time they arrived, both towers had already collapsed. The 23-year veteran and the rest of Engine 210 ultimately witnessed 7 World Trade Center collapse more than eight hours
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Jonathan Gilliam, left, and Capt. Anthony Rich stand outside the Ladder 52 firehouse. Both have led similar career paths leading them to the New York Fire Department, yet they have different memories of Sept. 11, 2001. after the first plane had crashed. “My brain didn’t allow me to think that it was a building falling down,” Rich said. “What I thought was because everything is on fire, there’s smoke everywhere. So I just thought that winds maybe took some smoke from behind and” blew it off of the building. “In fact, I had a particle — a rock or a piece of concrete or something — hit me in my eye as it collapsed.” On that day in 2001, Rich had only been with the fire department for four years. He would spend the next two days working at Ground Zero during the initial rescue and recovery operations. “It took a lot out of you, but you had a lot of adrenaline too,” he recalled. “What I remember thinking was, ‘Man, I never realized my helmet was so heavy.’ Wearing that helmet for that long was a lot.” Fortunately, no one from Engine 210 was lost that day, according to Rich. But the same couldn’t be said for 343 other members of the New York Fire Department, who lost their lives running into the buildings when everyone else was running out, intent on saving as many lives as possible that day.
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John McKeon stands in front of a memorial in 2018 outside of Ladder 52 on Henry Hudson Parkway for firefighters Thomas O’Hagan, William McGinn and Kenneth Kumpel who died on Sept. 11, 2001. Reflecting on the days after the attack, Rich said he was fortunate not to have lost any close family members or friends. Still, dealing with the events of Sept. 11, and the days after, is not easy
for him to deal with. Even 20 years later. “I was angry, that’s how it was for me,” he said. “My wife would tell me that I was angry in a way that she
didn’t really recognize for a while after that. But that went away eventually.” But not everyone has the detailed recollections that day of Rich — even at Ladder 52. For others, the events of Sept. 11 are a vague and distant memory. “I believe I was in school,” said Jonathan Gilliam, another firefighter at the Henry Hudson Parkway station. “I mean, I remember it being on the news, but that was about it.” Gilliam was just 11 years old in 2001, living in South Carolina. Still, even with much more limited exposure from hundreds of miles away, Gilliam knew it would become a day that would change the nation forever. Especially these days, at 31 — the events of 9/11 have a far greater meaning for Gilliam now that he wears the uniform. Gilliam joined the fire department just over two years ago. Before that, he was a first responder of a different sort — working under the fire department’s umbrella, but as an EMS technician. It was a career path he pursed for nearly a decade. But the draw of fighting fires was something Gilliam said he couldn’t resist, because he thought it was cool and likened the experience of putting on a fire equipment to putting on a cape — like a superhero. “You know, they say when you find a job you love, it’s not really a job,” Gilliam said. “Well, this is what that is. I love it here.” While he points to his experience on the job as being a driving factor to his newly found sense of greater importance 9/11 has for him, Gilliam also cites another encounter that had a significant impact for him. “I remember visiting the 9/11 Memorial and hearing the transmissions from that day,” he said. “It gave me a sense of understanding of what they went through, like I was living in their shoes. “I’ve also heard the stories from one guy who works here about what he had to deal with that day. I think that’s also had an impact on me, hearing his account of what happened.” While many of the firefighters who were on duty 20 years ago may have retired, there are still more than enough seasoned veterans who were living witnesses to the tragedy of that day, Gilliam said. Hearing those stories, for him, is important — even when it’s not the anniversary of the attacks. “You know I always listen to the guys who’ve been here for a while,” Gilliam said. “When they talk, you just have to take it in.”
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Buried alive: Handschuh rescued just in time
IN MEMORIAM Gerard Jean Baptiste, 35
n Award-winning photographer thought it was just another accident, but instead he fought for his life
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utside, lower Manhattan bustles with activity. But within the confines of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, the waterfalls inside the twin footprints of where New York City’s original World Trade Center stood creates a serenity unmatched anywhere. David Handschuh finds himself drawn to the memorial pools — especially as the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks nears — slowly walking around both, quietly reading every name on each of the 152 bronze parapets that border the pools. More often than he would have ever wanted, Handschuh stops at a name he recognizes from his many years as a Daily News photographer. He thinks about them a bit, and then says a simple “hello.” He’ll do this over and over,. “I have some conversations in my mind with people who I remember,” Handschuh said. “It’s a good place to think.” Some of those names are from Rescue 1, racing down the wrong side of traffic toward the burning structure just before 9 a.m., that day. Handschuh snapped some photos of the truck with the smoking north tower in the distance. None of those first responders would return. But there are four other names Handschuh will never forget, either. Yet, he won’t find them at the memorial because they were not lost that day. Instead, they pulled him from underneath the rubble of the south tower. And if it weren’t for Jimmy Hart, Tom McGoff, Tommy Michel and Danny Naughton, Handschuh wouldn’t be alive today.
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As a teenager, David Handschuh would visit The Riverdale Press offices on Broadway, selling spot news photos he took and developed to David Stein. Becoming a celebrated and award-winning photographer as an adult, Handschuh never realized the biggest threat to his life would come in lower Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001. didn’t want to be a photographer. Growing up in Riverdale, he would transform the family’s bathroom into a makeshift darkroom. He’d set up his photo enlarger used to expose prints on the closed toilet, and carefully place the developer and fixer chemical trays in the bathtub. When he felt a picture was worthy, Handschuh would trek down to The Riverdale Press office on Broadway, and head straight for David and Celia Stein who he remembers were always there, always busy. He might have been a teenager, but the Steins were impressed with Handschuh’s work. Not only would they buy some prints, but more often than not they would end up on the front page.
Some of his earliest work, in fact, can be found on the front of the newspaper’s July 6, 1978 edition. A tattooed and mustached police officer named Fred Fata — donning his uniform cap — squares up with a baseball bat at home plate, part of a fundraiser baseball game between the 50th Precinct and the Riverdale-Kingsbridge-Marble Hill Chamber of Commerce. “They were always encouraging you,” Handschuh said of the newspaper’s founders. “You’d walk in, and they’d be sitting at a desk in the corner. They both were there all the time, and they were very, very hands-on. They had a strong belief in community, and BURIED, page A6
Community comes together to restore garden n New Endor Garden display set for rededication on 9/11’s 20th anniversary By ETHAN STARK-MILLER estarkmiller@riverdalepress.com
The effects of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have rippled throughout the city over the last two decades. People lost loved ones in most every community across the five boroughs, including this corner of the Bronx. Shortly after the attacks, someone anonymously constructed a wooden plaque in Endor Garden, a small wooded area near West 253rd Street and Fieldston Road. On it, they included the names of five area firefighters and police officers who lost their lives on 9/11. But more than 15 years later, this tranquil community memorial to fallen heroes was defaced, disrespecting the fallen first responders. “A few years ago, somehow it was taken apart,” said Laura Spalter, chair of Community Board 8. “It was vandalized. It’s painful to use that word, but it was.” Michael Courtney, a retired firefighter who lives near the garden, said he frequently visited the memorial before it was vandalized in 2017. “I knew a couple of the guys that were on the plaque,” he said. “And I knew a lot of firefighters that were killed on 9/11. I do a lot of walking, and I walked by there three or four times a week. And when it was vandalized, that really broke my heart. I mean, why would somebody do something like that?” Courtney erected a small replacement sign soon after the original plaque disappeared. While this was a nice gesture, Spalter felt the community needed something more permanent. She teamed up with her husband Rob in leading an effort to restore the community garden by commissioning
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Shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, someone constructed a wooden plaque in Fieldston’s Endor Garden honoring five local first responders who died that day. But someone stole the display in 2017, leaving it empty ever since. Laura Spalter and others are set to change that Saturday with the unveiling of a new plaque in time for the 20th anniversary of 9/11. a new 9/11 memorial plaque. Four years after it was vandalized, Spalter and other neighbors will unveil and rededicate it at a ceremony this Saturday just in time for the 20th anniversary of 9/11. “It means a lot to have something respectful in this spot.,” Spalter said. “The neighborhood, the neighbors, were very hurt and upset when it was vandalized. And so we came together to make it right.” Spalter and her husband have organized cleanups of Endor with Riverdale Country School students for years, since their campus is just across the street. Together they removed garbage and old furniture that littered the space because it had become some sort of de facto hangout. But the garden is even more important to Riverdale Country, according to administrator Milton Sipp — a connection stretching back over the past decade. “We would just (help) to maintain
the park,” Sipp said. “And our students go there regularly throughout the course of the year to do some cleaning and some planting and working with local organizations.” When the plaque was vandalized, Spalter teamed up with Sipp and other faculty at Riverdale Country to start the Friends of Endor Community Garden and 9/11 Memorial — an informal organization aimed at restoring the plaque. Courtney and some other retired first responders also joined the group’s executive board. Andre Brown, who works on Riverdale Country’s maintenance staff, is also part of Spalter’s organization, as is Tom Healy. The duo helped spur the group into action after leading a similar effort to maintain the Inwood 9/11 Memorial Garden. And it was Brown who took the lead designing and building the new Fieldston plaque, Spalter added. “Tom Healy and Andre Brown connected with me and they said, ‘Let’s
do it.’” she said. “And we had a couple of get-togethers and tours. I saw what they did in Inwood. And they kind of sparked this to make it happen.” Riverdale Country’s middle school student council raises money for local organizations through a dance-a-thon nearly every year, Sipp said, Recent events have raised money to restore the memorial garden with a new plaque. “The kids were into it, too,” Sipp said. “They were energized. They were fired up about it. They really wanted to see this happen. There was like a level of engagement that was pretty cool to see.” The plaque won’t just be new, it also will have three additional names of neighbors who lost their lives on 9/11, Spalter said. One is Andrew Zucker, who was 27 when he died. Witnesses say he used his skills as a former volunteer fireman to help save many of his colleagues who made it out of Tower Two when he didn’t. “I had always said, ‘When and if we ever do another plaque, I would add Andrew,’” Spalter said. The plaque also includes new language acknowledging the longer-term impact of 9/11. “We decided to update it because it mentions people who have died since (9/11) from their injuries that they sustained” that day, Spalter said. “So, it’s not only dedicated to the heroes and neighbors who perished in 2001, but we’re honoring our first responders and civilians who have succumbed to illnesses as a result of their service down there.” Sipp is proud of how the community pulled together, ensuring the memorial plaque was restored just in time for the 20th anniversary. “The families of some of those firefighters and those who died will be in attendance on Saturday too,” Sipp said. “We’re hoping not only to rededicate (the plaque), but just to re-energize people in the community that this is an important park with some great meaning to the community.”
Widow works to preserve memory of those lost GRIEF INTO CHANGE from page A1 family and friends, ‘I’m going on a mission … they’re not building over dead people so long as I walk the planet.’” Monica turned that vision into a reality by starting September’s Mission — a non-profit organization that spent a decade fighting to ensure a respectful memorial was built on the footprint of the fallen World Trade Center towers in lower Manhattan — instead of new commercial or residential buildings. That mission was accomplished in 2011 when the 9/11 Memorial & Museum was completed. Now she has a place to both mourn and celebrate her husband on Saturday’s 20th anniversary of Sept. 11. Michael’s birthday was Sept. 8, so Monica expected to start her remembrance early by visiting the memorial and celebrating what would have been his 57th year. September is extra significant for Monica — It’s also the month she and Michael first met at the now-closed Park Place restaurant in Riverdale back in 1999. “September is kind a wash for me because it’s all those things in one,” Monica said. “But at least I can go and celebrate his birthday (now), not his death.” But the road to actually building this place where Monica can mourn Michael and the nearly 3,000 others lost was a long and hard one. The days that followed the tragedy
thrusted Monica into the national spotlight for telling media outlets “they’re not building over dead people.” “Then the next thing you know, I’m on the cover of Newsday,” she said. “So, that catapulted me to getting (The Press) and News 12 Bronx coming to my house. And that’s where the mission started. It happened that quickly, and I just dove into it.” The main goal of September’s Mission was to build a memorial park on the 16 acres that made up the former World Trade Center site using publicprivate partnerships. The organization also set up what it called the “Living Memorial,” a website where families could upload information about loved ones they lost in the attacks. Monica’s first step in her long battle for what ultimately became the 9/11 Memorial was securing the necessary acreage — something that took years of fighting, she said, because there were many stakeholders who had their own ideas for how to redevelop the site. They included the site’s owner and developer Larry Silverstein, Manhattan Community Board 1, former mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg, former Gov. George Pataki, and many others. Pataki appointed Monica to the Family Advisory Committee of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. — which oversaw the redevelopment of lower Manhattan after 9/11. In Mon-
ica’s many leadership roles, she regularly met with and tried to balance the interests of the various political, business and family leaders involved in the development. Monica constantly pushed back against business interests trying to build the new World Trade Center exactly where the old towers once stood. “So, it wasn’t easy,” she said. “I got 8 acres out of 16, and you know they didn’t want to give that to us. They wanted to put the memorial in — first it was Governors Island, then it became Battery Park — and I was like, ‘There’s no way I’m taking a boat to my husband’s memorial. That’s not happening.’” After finally securing the acreage, Monica immersed herself in almost every aspect of building the memorial and museum. For instance, Lower Manhattan Development hosted an international competition to choose a design for the memorial — ultimately won by architect Michael Arad. Yet, even after his selection, Monica constantly found herself protecting Arad’s design from alterations by the others involved in the project. “I was working very closely with Arad,” she said. “I learned more about architecture than most humans.” To this day, Monica has stayed involved with the 9/11 Memorial as a member of its board of trustees. Once it was completed, Monica finally had time to go back to her previous career
in education, founding the Iken Science Academy, an Upper East Side preschool dedicated to Michael and others lost on 9/11. When the coronavirus pandemic hit the city last year — and Monica was no longer able to teach kids in person — she converted her preschool space into a 9/11 “healing center.” During the many months of lockdown, she worked with volunteers to organize all the paper materials she accumulated over the years of working on the memorial to create a publicly accessible research library. “I had people here in the winter doing work,” she said. “Just volunteers — sorting, highlighting, organizing. I had my board members here. We were having a party in the pandemic.” Monica also built a podcast studio in the space, launching her own audio program, “Once Upon A Time.” She hopes to use the platform to show how one can turn their grief from a tragedy like 9/11 into something positive. And showing people how to follow in her footsteps is ultimately the mark Monica wants to leave on the world, in memory of her husband, Michael Iken. “I survived by having God in my life and also doing something positive, as opposed to burying my head in the sand and doing nothing,” she said. “A lot of people couldn’t do anything, and I get it. But I want to help those people.”
Worked with Encompys, a computer software company. Was attending a business meeting at Windows on the World on the 106th floor of Tower One; lived in Kingsbridge
Thomas Dowd, 37
Bond broker for Cantor Fitzgerald in Tower One; family lived in Riverdale
Richard Gabriel, 54
A passenger on board American Airlines Flight 77, which crashed into the Pentagon; grew up in Riverdale
Calvin Gooding, 38
Financial trader with Cantor Fitzgerald in Tower One; lived in Riverdale
Michael Iken, 37
Worked with Euro Brokers on the 84th floor of Tower Two; lived in Riverdale
Ariel Jacobs, 29
Vice president of a technology company, was having breakfast at Windows on the World; grew up in Riverdale
Joseph Kellett, 37
Commodities trader with Carr Futures in Tower One; lived in Riverdale
James Joseph McAlary, 42 Commodities broker with Carr Futures, attending a meeting on the 92nd floor of Tower One; family lives in Riverdale
William ‘Bill’ McGinn, 43
Lieutenant in the fire department’s special operations command; was one of the first squads on the scene that climbed up Tower Two; lived in Riverdale
Thomas O’Hagan, 43
Lieutenant with Engine 6 in Manhattan; lived in Riverdale
Alan Richman, 44
Vice president of Marsh & McLennan, located on the 99th floor of Tower One; grew up in Riverdale
David Michael Ruddle, 31 Carpenter in Tower Two; grew up in Kingsbridge Heights
Kathryn Shatzoff, 37
Worked as a consultant’s assistant at Marsh & McLennan on the 100th floor of Tower One; lived in Riverdale
Craig Staub, 30 Senior vice president at Keefe Bruyette & Woods on the 89th floor of Tower Two; grew up in Kingsbridge Heights
Sean Patrick Tallon, 26 Firefighter with Ladder 10 in Manhattan; family lives in Riverdale
Paul A. Tegtmeier, 41 Firefighter with Ladder 46 on Bailey Avenue
Andrew Zucker, 27
Worked for Harris Beach law firm on the 85th floor of Tower Two; lived in Riverdale
THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, September 9, 2021 - A5
Families wait and pray: Attack takes heavy toll n A week after Sept. 11, some still hold out hope finding missing loved ones By JOE RYAN Originally published Sept. 20, 2001
At least five families locally continue to wait and pray for their missing more than a week after terrorists plunged two airplanes into the World Trade Center. Many more are visiting their injured or thanking their stars for narrow escapes. A few are mourning their dead. When Patricia Kellett learned that a Boeing 767 had crashed into one of the World Trade Center towers, she called her husband’s cell phone. Joseph Kellett, 37, normally trades commodities in the World Financial Center on Vesey Street. But on Sept. 11, he had an 8 a.m., meeting in the north tower. At 9:18 a.m., he said hello. Then the line went dead. A little more than 30 minutes later, the tower collapsed. “We are hoping he was on his way out,” said Kellett, who lives on Netherland Avenue. They have two children. Andrew Zucker, 27, worked for the Harris Beach law firm on the 85th floor of the south tower. Her last word of him, said his wife Erica, was that he and his secretary were heading down the stairs during the evacuation. The secretary — who made it out safely — reported last seeing Zucker near the 70th floor. Calvin Gooding, 38, is a financial trader who disappeared in the wreckage. He and his wife, LaChanze Sapp, live on Douglas Avenue. They have one daughter, and Sapp is expecting a child in October. While all local police and fire personnel are accounted for, they continue to search downtown for the missing — including firefighters who call the greater Riverdale area home, but work elsewhere in the city. Their families have been inspired by their heroism, but plagued by uncertainty. Thomas O’Hagan, 43 — a firefighter who lives on Fieldston Road and is stationed at Bleecker Street’s Engine 6 — was on the 44th floor of World Trade Tower One shortly before it collapsed. His wife Andrea said he had begun descending the stairs when the evacuation began. Andrea said that rescue workers believe there is a pocket in the debris in the area where that section of the tower collapsed. She prays her husband is alive in that pocket.
“There is still some hope,” she said. Bill McGinn, 43, is a lieutenant in the fire department’s special operations command. His wife, Anne, said he was last seen on the mezzanine level of one of the towers two minutes before it collapsed. On Friday, rescue workers found Lt. McGinn’s badge and helmet. The McGinns and their two children live on Henry Hudson Parkway.
Local Muslims fear backlash Many neighborhood Muslims say they fear both physical violence and social ostracism. A few say neighbors have threatened them, but they have not reported it. Most say the quiet, hostile stares thrown at them on the street are telling. They say they feel blamed for the tragedy. “How would you feel if you were Japanese and Pearl Harbor just happened?” asked A. Ibn-Ali Alishtari. He works in the Riverdale Avenue office of an internet company based in the United Arab Emirates. He said several employees in his office faced intimidation last week. A man approached the car of one woman who was wearing her flowing Muslim gown and veil and pounded on the windows, shouting curses at her, Alishtari said. But not everyone was worried. Fouad Matragi, president of the Riverdale Islamic Center, said “I am more afraid that a jumbo 747 will crash into the neighborhood and kill me than someone throwing a stone from the street.” — Joe Ryan
Vietnam veteran
Richard Gabriel, a longtime resident whose mother still lives here, lost a leg in Vietnam. On Tuesday, Gabriel — who moved to Virginia a decade ago — was a passenger on board American Airline Flight 77 from Washington to Los Angeles, the hijacked plane that smashed into the Pentagon. Everyone on board died. Gabriel was 54. He grew up in Riverdale, and attended P.S. 81 as a boy. His mother attends the Riverdale Presbyterian Church where his funeral will be held Sept. 22. Daily News photographer David Handschuh is in a New Jersey hospital, his leg shattered. Handschuh — who grew up in Riverdale, and whose first job as a news photographer was at The Riverdale Press — was taking pictures at the World Trade Center when an explosion blew him down the block. Handschuh said firefighters and EMTs saved his life twice by carrying him away from flaming debris. Not everyone with local connections involved in the relief efforts were police or firefighters. Bill Abramson, chair of Community Board 8, was charged with helping government officials set up a massive triage center and morgue at Chelsea Piers in lower Manhattan in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. Abramson, first vice president of the sports complex, steeled himself for carnage. What he saw was worse: Few injured, no bodies — an eerie calm amid the storm.
Best of humanity
Meanwhile, clergy and religious leaders from diverse faiths gathered at the site. As he scrambled to accommodate relief workers in a sleepless, chaotic 48 hours, Abramson took strength from their prayers. “I saw the best of humanity in the face of what the worst can do,” he said. For some who were fleeing downtown’s madness, Riverdale became a sanctuary free from fire, falling concrete and death.
Place. Their landlady, Alice Rumpler, was astonished to find the couple — confused, disheveled and dusty — on her doorstep, but willingly took them in. Writer Ted Conover and his wife took in a family friend who had walked all the way to their Riverdale home from lower Manhattan.
Miracles
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David Dillon holds a candle during a Netherland Gardens vigil on the fiveyear anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2006. Thor Kaslofsky and his girlfriend Lecia Smith were lying in bed looking out of their bay window on Reed Avenue and Church Street when the earth shook. Within minutes, the couple had run out of the building, hopped in Kaslofsky’s pickup, and were on their way uptown. In the back of the truck were 10 adults, three children and two
cats — complete strangers, whom the couple had plucked out of the ensuing chaos. One man, holding his infant son, had stopped Kaslofsky on the street, frantic. The couple dropped people off at various spots along the way, then decided the place they would feel safest was Kaslofsky’s former home on Dash
As rescue workers picked through the rubble downtown, miracles began arising locally as resident learned how saved loved ones narrowly escaped. Herb Barret, whose picture appeared on the front page of last week’s Press, spent Sept. 11 fighting back tears, terrified because his 43-year-old son works at Chase Manhattan’s Wall Street office. That night, he was relieved to learn his son had had a doctor’s appointment the morning of the attack, and arrived at his office just in time to see the second plane slam into the tower. “He is OK,” Barret said. “Thank God.” Additional reporting by Alexi Friedman, Nicole Howe and Marie Villani
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A6 - THE RIVERDALE PRESS - Thursday, September 9, 2021
Solemn Torah ceremony recalls day of infamy n Riverdale Jewish Center commissioned an Israeli scribe to create holy scroll
Firefighter remembered Saya and sister Yume Kitasei planted flowers at Endor Garden in Fieldston in honor of firefighters like William Edward McGinn, who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. McGinn was active with the parent association at P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen School, where his children attended. He was the den leader of Cub Scout Pack 613, which met at St. Margaret of Cortona School, and also coached his son’s team, the minor league Yankees in the North Riverdale Baseball League. Few parents could top McGinn when he walked into his children’s class each year in full firefighter gear. He would teach the students about fire prevention and what to do in case a fire broke out. He dazzled them every time, his wife Anne Golden said, and many children still talk about “Firefighter Bill” as they affectionately referred to him. On the night of Sept. 11, he was set to take part in a charity event for a local burn center. Three of the four fighters set to join him died that day. — Marie Villani (Oct. 4, 2001)
By NICOLE LaROSA Originally published Sept. 14, 2006
It seemed everyone at Sunday’s Torah dedication for 9/11 victim Andrew Zucker said the same thing: If you knew Andrew, you never forgot him. You either loved him or you hated him, but you never forgot him. As the Riverdale Jewish Center’s congregation gathered in Seton Park to honor the outspoken young lawyer who perished on that tragic day, it was clear he would never be forgotten. Family and friends commissioned a scribe in Israel to write a Torah scroll in his name, which will be forever housed in the Orthodox synagogue. “Of all the tributes to Andrew, this is the tribute he would most have wanted,” said his mother, Sue Zucker, who traveled from Long Island for the ceremony. From the time he was a little child, she said, he loved the Torah. “He was a passionate person,” said his sister, Cheryl Shemesh. Surrounded by her three toddlers, Shemesh said she gives tours at the World Trade Center memorial site where “I get to tell Andrew’s story. I get to talk about what kind of person he was, and why he didn’t leave.” A 27-year-old father with a baby on the way, Zucker started a job at top law firm Harris Beach on Aug. 1, 2001, on the 85th floor of Tower Two. When the planes hit on Sept. 11, he called his wife Erica to say he was OK. He made it down to the 78th floor, from survivor accounts, then heard that some of his coworkers were trapped. He ran back to rescue them. Seven of the 12 Harris Beach employees who survived the attacks said Zucker saved them. Under a white tent in the late-morning sun, some 300 people lined up, children in their arms, to have a hand in the new Torah scroll. A local scribe hired to write the last few lines at the ceremony, chose letters from congregants’ names to darken with his quill pen. “Mazel tov! Mazel tov! Mazel tov!” he said when the Torah was finished. Joyous music sounded from a saxophone. The 300-strong crowd spilled onto Independence Avenue, dancing and singing with the new scroll up to the synagogue steps. Inside, Erica Zucker sat far from
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Rabbi Shmule Traube, right, helps Jeff Kronisch and his 3-year-old son Avner write the last few lines of a Torah dedicated to Andrew Zucker, who died on Sept. 11, 2001. the pews in a neat white blouse, her reddish hair pulled back in a barrette. She does not grant press interviews, and did not speak at the service. But she sent a representative to the pulpit.
Simple message Standing at the knees of a family friend who sang at the service, 4-yearold Jason Zucker delivered a simple message to his father’s temple. “I love you, everyone!” he sang, with a shy smile. Then he ran back to his mother as she wiped away a tear. To Jews, the Torah is an eternal covenant with God. As Zucker’s community celebrated his life, people throughout Riverdale forged their own eternal covenants with lost loved ones this week, and with the collective memory of how this city was forever changed on that fateful morning. From informal gatherings, to art shows, to campus memorial service, many in the community marked the
five-year anniversary of Sept. 11 by banding together over something that, like Zucker, they will never forget. “It’s a sad day that is always going to be fresh in our minds,” said Patty Kellett at a candlelight vigil at Netherland Gardens on Monday. Her husband, Joseph, was a commodities trader with Carr Futures when he was killed in the attacks. He was 37. Standing outside the complex with her two daughters, 9 and 10, she remembered lighting candles on the same spot five years ago, praying with her neighbors while she waited to hear of her husband’s fate. She shared a hug with her friend Anne McGinn, who lost her husband, firefighter Bill McGinn. The two said life goes on through their children, who have become friends.
Somber serenade Some 150 people held candles in the cool night air, and sang along
quietly to “Amazing Grace” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” with singer and guitarist Maura Fogerty. Councilman Oliver Koppell and Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz spoke to the crowd, and local priests led gatherers in prayer. At Lehman College, students and faculty gathered on the path where the school’s 9/11 memorial sits. A faculty member played “Taps” on the trumpet, and Lehman president Ricardo Fernandez memorialized the three alumni and one student who died in the attacks. The ceremony included the tolling of a historic bell from the USS Columbia, presented by the U.S. Navy to acknowledge the role of the campus during World War II, when it was a training station for WAVES — Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. At 8:46 a.m., staff members at the College of Mount Saint Vincent tolled its bell to mark the time of the first plane’s crash, and rang it again at 10:28 — the time the second tower col-
lapsed. Later that day, all of them read the names of 9/11 victims, while some read poetry that related to the day. Students wrote messages on a banner that was hung at Ground Zero later that evening.
Artistic tribute Several local artists commemorated the day through their work. The Bronx Artists Collaborative exhibits visual art and hosted 10-minute openmic performances at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, where Riverdale poet and songwriter Jann Klose performed some tunes. Riverdale artist William Bird unveiled a painting that firefighters at Engine 26 in Manhattan commissioned him to create for their firehouse memorial, which includes a portrait of fallen firefighter Paul Tegtmeier. He was originally assigned to Ladder 46 in Kingsbridge, but called to work with another company that day. “As an artist, a New Yorker and a human being,” Bird said, being commissioned for the painting was “one of the most intense and amazing experiences of my life.”
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BURIED from page A4 also an understanding that probably carries on today that people need to start journalism somewhere, and that this is a good place to start.” When he became an adult himself, Handschuh quickly made a name for himself as a news photographer — first at the New York Post, and then for the Daily News, where he worked more than 25 years, beginning in 1988. On Sept. 11, he was racing to shoot pictures of a plane accident. Yes, it was one involving the World Trade Center, but even for someone like Handschuh who witnessed many unusual events in his life, nothing prepared him for what found when he arrived on scene. “Nobody would think that somebody would fly a full-sized passenger plane into a tower loaded with people going to work,” Handschuh said. “So in my mind process, it was basically some idiot flew a Cessna or a small plane and hit the building by accident. You were learning how to fly, or there was a gust of wind. “Up until the morning of Sept, 11, 2001, I don’t think anybody thought that jet airplanes were going to be used against civilians like this.” Handschuh was keeping what he thought was a safe distance from the spectacle, staying close to the south tower while its twin brother burned. He was snapping some pictures from his vantage point at 9:03 a.m., when a loud engine sound directly above him caught his attention, and he watched as United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the building right next to him. “It’s then that you realize this is no accident,” Handschuh said. “It was intentional. But there was still never any doubt in my mind that the thousands and thousands of people inside would be saved. There wasn’t a scintilla of belief in my mind that both towers would come down.” Because of that, Handschuh stayed put, working purely off his journalistic instincts to capture every moment he could with his lens. But all of that would change just 56 minutes later when the building Handschuh sought refuge near became no more.
Saved from the brink of death
“The only warning I had was a very, very large sound,” Handschuh said. “I looked up and I saw the building turning and starting to fall. I brought the camera up to my eye to take a picture, and then I started to run. I missed the picture, but I’m here.” Except Handschuh almost wasn’t. His legs could not carry him to safety in time as the south tower’s 110 floors crashed back down to the earth. Handschuh was completely buried in rubble. “I lost my lens. I lost my cell phone,” he said. “I lost my glasses, which I think was a very good thing, because it kept me from seeing how badly injured I was, and to realize what really happened.” Even 20 years later, Handschuh doesn’t remember much of his time under the rubble. He can’t even say how long he was there, except
he knows it was less than 30 minutes, since his lifesaving firefighters pulled him from the debris before the north tower collapsed as well. Leaving his shoes behind, the firefighters carried Handschuh out, shooting past another Daily News photographer, Todd Maisel. His picture of the first responders carrying the bearded, soot-covered man would become one of the iconic images of that day. Maisel followed them to a deli near Battery Park, and it was there he found out the man being rescued was his Daily News colleague. “I gave him my two cameras and lenses,” Handschuh said. “They had pixels and pixels of history on them, but I realized that I wasn’t going to be able to get into the office to upload my picture.” Handschuh’s legs were mangled from the debris, but it wasn’t until much later he realized how close he had come to death that day. If those firefighters hadn’t rescued him, Handschuh would have certainly been killed when the north tower collapsed. Even Maisel had a guardian angel that day — Handschuh believes if he hadn’t followed his rescue from the debris, he would have been caught in the north tower collapse and likely perished.
Already heroes
Life since that day hasn’t been easy. It took a long time and a number of procedures before Handschuh could walk again. And the memories continue to haunt him. “It could be a beautiful day, you know? You look out the window, and you say, ‘Wow, look at that sky,’” Handschuh said. “And then it’s like, ‘Oh (expletive), it’s just like that day 20 years ago.’” After 9/11, Handschuh stopped covering dangerous breaking news events, and instead focused on feature photography. Even now, calling himself the “Flying Manatee,” Handschuh concentrates more on the calm of nature and the quiet world around him. Every day he works to put what happened to him on Sept. 11, 2001, behind him. “You know, these days, I’m making cranky old-man noises, but it’s probably because I’m a cranky old man,” Handschuh said. “Then again, it’s remembering, ‘David, shut up. You’re here, and so what if you have changes and pains and things aren’t working the way they should be.’ I have the luxury of being alive to deal with those health issues.” Every year, he reconnects with the four men who carried him to safety that day, getting together at the same site where they first met. And his message to anyone he shares his story with is simple: “always remember.” “The number of people we lost that day was a ridiculous number of people,” Handschuh said. “They are not just names on the wall. They are people who were friends, and people who I knew, and people I covered for years. But 9/11 wasn’t the day they became heroes. They were heroes way before then.”
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Mourning for the far-too-many victims of 9/11 n Ariel Jacobs never got to meet his son, born six days after he was killed
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By JOE RYAN Originally published Sept. 27, 2001
Hope faded to grief this week as many locally who waited for word of loved ones who disappeared when the twin towers fell realized they were not coming home. The number of local families in mourning grew from five to at least eight last week, as city officials revised upward the list of those missing in the rubble left by the two jetliners who smashed into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. Six days after the attack, the first child of the missing was born. Gabriel Benjamin Jacobs will never meet his father, Ariel Jacobs, who grew up on Johnson Avenue. The executive vice president for Caplin Services, he had arrived for a conference at the Windows on the World restaurant atop the first tower minutes before the hijacked airliner crashed into the building. Jacobs had called his wife Jenna from his car at 8:15 a.m., to let her know he was running late, and tell her he loved her. It was the last time she heard from him. “Now I have a beautiful son that looks just like him,” Jenna said. “He is the love of my life, but nothing is going to replace Ariel. My son is not going to replace him. He’s an addition.” The couple would have celebrated their first anniversary on Sept. 23. Jacobs would have turned 30 on Sept. 16 — five days after he disappeared. The Jacobs family recently moved to Westchester County, but Ariel’s parents — Melvin and Sylvia Jacobs — still live in Riverdale. Sylvia sings with the Riverdale Choral Society. Her son marked his bar mitzvah on the pulpit of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale with Rabbi Avi Weiss, the synagogue’s spiritual leader. The family has established a fund to raise money for Gabriel’s college education. Ariel Jacobs had no life insurance. “Who thinks of life insurance when they are 29?” asked Dan Jacobs, Ariel’s older brother. He said that his brother had planned to buy a policy after his son was born. Alan Richman worked on the 99th floor of Tower One. There are no known survivors from that floor. His family combed the downtown hospitals for three days, searching for
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Hundreds of American flags were scattered throughout Manhattan College’s Quad in memory of the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on its 10th anniversary in 2011. the Henry Hudson Parkway resident. They gave up looking last Friday. “My mother and I know that he is gone,” said Jane Gewant, Richman’s sister. Richman, 44, was vice president of Marsh and McLennan. He grew up in Riverdale, attending P.S. 24 and Riverdale/Kingsbridge Academy, and celebrated his bar mitzvah at Riverdale Temple. His father, the late Martin Richman, was well-known in Riverdale. He ran for local office as a Republican to “keep the Democrats honest,” he would say, and was an active participant in veterans groups, and at Riverdale Temple and other Jewish organizations. The Riverdale B’nai B’rith Humanitarian Awards are named for Martin Richman. Alan was very close to his family, Gewant said. He had telephoned his mother Ruth, who lives on Hudson Manor Terrace, to say goodnight on the eve of the attack. In April, Richman kept a vigil while his father lay dying of cancer. “Alan was the only one my father wanted at the end,” Gewant said. Kathryn Shatzoff, 37, worked in Tower One for Marsh and McLennan. Her husband Neil said good-bye that morning as she left for her office on
Hundreds gathered in the main chapel of Manhattan College on the 10th anniversary of the attack — an event that included former mayor and college alumnus Rudy Giuliani. the 100th floor. He said that no one on her floor survived. Neil Shatzoff runs Magnum Comics and Card on Riverdale Avenue. He and his wife had lived on West 235th Street for 16 years. “I have been with her for half of my life,” he said. “And it was the better half of my life.”
Paul Tegtmeier was a firefighter assigned to Ladder 46 in Kingsbridge, but was rotated several months ago to Engine 4, which was one of the first companies to respond to the attack. All 13 men on the truck — including Tegtmeier, 41, are missing, said Ladder 14 captain Richard Lee. Tegtmeier became a firefighter at
More than 400 people packed Riverdale Presbyterian Church for the funeral of Richard Gabriel. The Riverdale native was on board the hijacked American Airlines flight that crashed into the Pentagon. The Rev. David Cockcroft, the church’s pastor emeritus, eulogized Gabriel, speaking of the incomprehensible pain wrought by the tragedy. “There are no simple answers,” he said. Instead, comfort must be found through community and Jesus Christ. “We cannot do it alone,” Cockcroft added. “We walk together holding hands as we pick our way through the rubble that has buried us.” At St. Gabriel’s Church, Father Thomas Kelly said that while the nation may not be ready for closure and forgiveness, it needs to remain flexible, open, and rooted in faith as it grapples with the tragedy. Rabbi Avi Weiss of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale visited the World Trade Center rubble after the attack to pray with rescue workers. During his Shabbat reflection, he said even in darkness and destruction that he witnessed at the site, hope emanated from rescue workers digging through the debris. “I have never seen a more horrific site,” Weiss said, “and yet it was the holiest of sites. May holiness prevail.” — Joe Ryan 40, leaving a job at the telephone company — taking a pay cut to fight fires. “We always teased him: ‘Why would you want to come to this job when you are 40 years old?’” Lee said. But Tegtmeier seemed happy at the firehouse, and the captain remembered him with a perpetual smile. Tegtmeier lived in Hyde Park with his wife Cathi, a nurse. They have two children, 3 and 6. Emergency Service Unit Truck 4, which is headquartered at the 50th Precinct station house on Kingsbridge Avenue, was one of the first rescue crews to respond to the attack. Sgt. John Coughlin, 43, and Officer John Driscoll, 38, were among the workers who rushed into the first tower after it was hit. Both are missing. Coughlin lived with his wife and three daughters in Rockland County. Driscoll was married with one son. He lived in Putnam County.
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For 12 families, 9/11 changed lives forever n One year after attacks, pain remained raw for those suddenly left behind
bare. Neil, who runs Magnum Comics and Cards on Riverdale Avenue, cannot muster the strength to redecorate the apartment. He’s doled out her clothes to family and the Salvation Army, keeping only the things closest to his heart, like the 60 Barbie dolls he gave her during their five years of marriage. He, too, tries to ward off grief by keeping busy, traveling and perpetually cleaning the apartment. “I feel like I am doing it for her, you know,” Neil said. “It’s because of her that I am this person.
By JOE RYAN Originally published Sept. 12, 2002
One young widow has wallpapered her apartment with photographs of her husband she lost on Sept. 11. She wants the pictures close, but she cries if she stares at them too long. An older man seethes with anger when he talks about how his son was murdered, robbing his grandson of his father. For a year, a mother has been patiently explaining to her two sobbing children that daddy is never coming home. Last year’s terrorist attacks killed at least a dozen people with ties to the greater Riverdale community. Each loss was unique, but aspects of the pain each survivor feels are similar. They describe their experience as a nightmare, and they say the ache is constant. “I don’t know if you can ever get over it,” said Patty Kellett, a North Riverdale resident whose husband Joseph — a 37-year-old commodities trader — died when a plane hit the north tower. Kellett’s two children, 5, and 6, ask her where the World Trade Center buildings were. They ask her if they’ve caught Osama bin Laden yet. She tries to answer as best she can. Counseling has helped, she said — both Kellett and the kids go. It’s also consoling that Monsignor John Farley, Sister Dorothy DeYoung and parishioners from St. Margaret’s Church have reached out to her, as has Rabbi Barry Dov Katz of the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale. “It’s a comfort,” Kellett said, “knowing they’re around to help.” Six days after Ariel Jacobs perished at a breakfast meeting at Windows on the World atop the north tower, his wife Jenna gave birth to their first child. One year later, Ariel’s mother Sylvia said nothing could have prepared her for losing her son. Sylvia Jacobs, who is trained as a psychologist, still cries when she talks about Ariel. People tell her time will ease the pain. But so far, it has not. Trying to keep busy, Sylvia volunteers at the American Cancer Society, takes classes, and works out daily at the gym. It’s a brief escape, she says, while still living on Kappock Street and singing with the Riverdale Chorale Society. Her grandson, Gabriel Benjamin,
Too painful Others who lost loved ones did not want to speak, or could not be reached. Ruth Richman said the emotions are still too raw to talk about her son, Alan, who worked on the 99th floor of Tower One. He was 44. Richard Gabriel, 54 — who attended P.S. 81 Robert J. Christen School as a child — was aboard the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. His funeral was held at Riverdale Presbyterian Church, where is mother Barbara is a member of the congregation. Calvin Gooding was a 38-year-old Douglas Avenue resident, and a financial trader. He and his wife, LaChanze, had a daughter and were expecting a second child last October. A lieutenant in the fire department’s special operations command, Bill McGinn, lived on Henry Hudson Parkway with his wife, Anne Golden. He was 43 and a father of two. Another firefighter, Thomas O’Hagan, 43, lived on Fieldston Road with his wife Andrea and their two children, who are twins. Andrew Zucker, 27, worked for the Harris Beach law firm on the 85th floor of Tower Two. He and his wife Erica lived on Independence Avenue. Erica was pregnant when her husband died, and was due to have a baby last March. Gerard Jean Baptiste, 35 — who moved from the Dominican Republic when he was 5 — was stationed at a SoHo firehouse. Most of the bereaved said they would spend the anniversary of the tragedy with family. A handful planned to attend citywide events. But most said they looked forward to the day passing quickly. They don’t need ceremony to remind them of what happened. Empty chairs and empty beds do that.
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Patty Kellett’s husband Joseph died during the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. One year later, she talked about raising her daughters — 5-year-old Julie Anne and 6-year-old Cameron — without their father. will celebrate his first birthday on Sept. 16. He’s delightful, Sylvia says, but he does not replace Ariel, who was 29. “The roughest part is for the baby, because he would have made a hell of a father,” said Ariel’s own father, Melvin Jacobs, with tears stinging his eyes. Melvin, who lives on Johnson Avenue, admits to a thirst for retribution: The assault on Afghanistan eased his pain, he said. About a week after the attack, Monica Iken realized that office buildings might rise on her husband Michael’s remains. She founded an organization to preserve some of the 16-acre site as a memorial. The endeavor consumes her. A former teacher and real estate manager, Iken now works full-time at the foundation, September’s Mission. “This is all I do,” she said. “I eat,
sleep and breathe September’s Mission. I’ve taken my grief, and I’ve channeled it into something positive.” A tall, striking woman, Iken has become a leading advocate for victims’ families. But whenever in the thousand interviews she estimates she has given over the last year she talks about her husband at length, she cries. She still can’t set foot in Park Place, the Mosholu Avenue restaurant where she and Michael first met, or eat the little prosciutto appetizers he liked so much. And she can’t bear to watch their wedding video, which was shown on CNN recently. Iken decorated her south Riverdale apartment with countless photos of Michael, who was 37. They make her cry sometimes, but seeing his face gives her strength. “He’s my motivation to get up in the morning.”
Shattered engagement The terrorist attacks shattered the marriage plans of Patrice Braut, 31, and Lupe Mendez. Braut, who moved to New York from Belgium about six years ago, worked for Marsh and McLennan, and was in the company’s World Trade Center office when the planes hit. The couple lived on Greystone Avenue and planned to marry in Braut’s hometown within the next year or so. Now Mendez lives with her mother in Yonkers, hoping to adjust to life without her Patrice. Last Sept. 10, Kathryn Shatzoff, 37, was getting the West 238th Street apartment she shared with husband Neil ready for painting. She removed every photograph from the walls. She died the next day in Tower One. One year later, the walls remain
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EDITORIAL
Living with terror after 9/11
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ach person who works at The Riverdale Press got the phone call on Tuesday morning. Probably nearly everyone who lives in Riverdale got it. “An airplane has hit the World Trade Center. It’s in flames.” Then the appalling sequel: The second plane. The confirmation that terrorists had attacked New York. The collapse of the twin towers. The assaults in Washington, D.C. In our office, people wept. All over Riverdale, the same tears were shed. Teachers and parents hid their stricken faces from the little children at P.S. 81 to spare them from the horror. Residents of the top floors of Spuyten Duyvil co-ops could see the smoke shrouding the tip of Manhattan — those on the lower floors found only a bright autumn day in their windows. Riverdale is defined by its distance from Manhattan: Close enough, yet far enough. That tension imparted a feeling here that was something eerie. Those who had loved ones working downtown were frantic, but quotidian life went on. Traffic may have been a bit sparser, conversation a bit more hushed. But shoppers shopped. Drivers drove. Workmen worked. Perhaps that itself is a testament to an unquenchable optimism that is the cornerstone of the human spirit. By all accounts, New Yorkers responded courageously to the assault. Emergency workers were magnificent. Journalists — who, like police, are often
maligned — risked their own safety to keep us informed. Young people found the suicide bombing incomprehensible. We can be thankful for that. They have lived through no war. Their consciences haven’t been taxed by their country’s mistakes. They haven’t watched friends or family sent to kill and face death. Their indignation was raw. “Daddy, what kind of sense does it make for people to kill themselves, and kill people they don’t know because of something that happening in another country?” asked a college student. It may be a naive question, but it’s the right one. None of us are innocent any longer, however. We all flinched at each drone of an airplane overhead on Tuesday. We all wondered, “What’s next?” If what’s next is a retaliatory raid somewhere on the other side of the world, only the terrorists will have profited. They welcome death — their own, and others’. They will celebrate if American bombs kill innocent people and lead others to vow to embrace martyrdom. No one is invulnerable to terrorism, but it can be fought — not with bombs and bullets, but by refusing to give in. By staying the course we believe is right. Ultimately, it can be vanquished. But only by building a world that offers justice to all.
— Originally published Sept. 13, 2001
George W. Bush’s address to the nation on Sept. 11, 2001
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ood evening. Today our fellow citizens, our way of life, our very freedom came under attack in a series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts. The victims were in airplanes or in their offices — secretaries, businessmen and women, military and federal workers. Moms and dads. Friends and neighbors. Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil, despicable acts of terror. The pictures of airplanes flying into buildings, fires burning, huge structures collapsing, have filled us with disbelief, terrible sadness, and a quiet, unyielding anger. These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat. But they have failed. Our country is strong. A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. America was targeted for attack because we’re the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining. Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America, with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could. Immediately following the first attack, I implemented our government’s emergency response plans. Our military is powerful, and it’s prepared. Our emergency teams are working in New York City and Washington, D.C., to help with local rescue efforts. Our first priority is to get help to those who have been injured, and to take every precaution to protect our citizens
at home and around the world from further attacks. The functions of our government continue without interruption. Federal agencies in Washington, which had to be evacuated today, are reopening for essential personnel tonight, and will be open for business tomorrow. Our financial institutions remain strong, and the American economy will be open for business as well. The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I’ve directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and bring them to justice. We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them. I appreciate so very much the members of Congress who have joined me in strongly condemning these attacks. And on behalf of the American people, I thank the many world leaders who have called to offer their condolences and assistance. America and our friends and allies join with all those who want peace and security in the world, and we stand together to win the war against terrorism. Tonight I ask you for your prayers, for all those who grieve, for the children whose worlds have been shattered, for all whose sense of safety and security has been threatened. And I pray they will be comforted by a power greater than any of us, spoken through the ages in Psalm 23: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me.” This is a day when all Americans from every walk of life unite in our resolve for justice and peace. America has stood down enemies before, and we will do so this time. None of us will ever forget this day, yet we go forward to defend freedom, and all that is good and just in the world. Thank you. Good night, and God bless America.
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Dates that live in infamy: 12/7/1941 and 9/11/2001
By RICHARD GILBERT
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ust three months short of 60 years ago, we lived through another barbaric horror. Most of us thought it would never be repeated. Yet, the images of Pearl Harbor and the twin towers are so tragically sickening. In December 1941, I was in college, the president of the student council at City College’s School of Business — today Baruch College. On Monday, Dec. 8, at a college assembly with many city officials including Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia in attendance, I was on the platform to pledge the college’s full support behind President Franklin D. Roosevelt in our war with Japan. The previous day, I had been at the Polo Grounds watching a New York Giants-Brooklyn Dodgers football game. Eerily, the loudspeakers echoed with frequent calls for generals and other officers to return immediately to headquarters. Ace Parker outplayed Tuffy Leemans, and the Dodgers won 14-7. As we left the stadium, walking down the long, narrow, circular ramp, young newsboys in caps and knickers with orange-hued copies of the New York Graphic held aloft, were shouting: “Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor! Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor!” I held the hand of my younger brother. Along with all the other exiting fans, I had no idea what or where Pearl Harbor was or its military significance. That evening, on radio, we all learned as FDR made his historic “day of infamy” speech. President George W. Bush, speaking to the nation following Tuesday’s hijacking of four commercial aircraft — the unbelievable destruction of the World Trade Center and the attack on the Pentagon — could have called it nothing less than an “act of insanity.” For it truly was. At 9 o’clock last Tuesday, Sept. 11, I made a call to Long Island and was told all circuits were busy. A few moments later, I tried again. Unsuccessfully. My wife turned on the television set. It was horrendous. We saw replay after replay of the plane flying right into the World Trade Center. For the next 15 hours, we were glued to that screen. Sixty years ago, there was radio, and we had to wait for the “Fox Movietone News” for any visual reporting. Today, we are instant spectators, and the images are overwhelming. New technology — the explosive marriage of sight and sound, hand-held digitized video — allows anyone with skill, equipment and nerve to become on-the-scene reporters. All day, new video kept bringing that tragedy closer and closer, making it more explicit and so much more painful.
This was New York, where dogs were sniffing for victims. Not some nameless, far-off country. At the end of the day, I listened to two Davids — one a noted historian, David McCullough; the other a leading author and journalist, David Halberstam — solemnly discuss the unspeakable terrorist violence, and how this was far worse than Pearl Harbor. Then, we were approaching war. Hawaii was a critical naval target, home of our entire Pacific fleet. Now the target is innocent civilians and the very spirit and structure of democratic, Western civilization. Mindless hatred of Israel — another democratic outpost — further inflames the terrorist passion for blood. In ‘41, Japanese planes and suicide pilots took 2,300 lives, destroying and sinking 19 naval vessels — including eight battleships. The Arizona — of those battleships — now serves as a tomb and shrine. Today’s anonymous enemy turns our own commercial aircraft into human bombs and crashes them into landmarks of American strength and commerce. In so doing, they take a frightful, numbing toll of innocent, human life that far exceeds anything we could ever imagine. Pearl Harbor changed us, and ultimately strengthened us. The World Trade Center’s destruction will ultimately do the same. But what a price to pay. In reviewing today’s tearful, historic events, there’s a final twist to the story. Those who planned and carried out the World Trade Center operation were undoubtedly armed with detailed intelligence, and aware of critical security lapses. The same was true of Pearl Harbor. In 1942, by coincidence, I was drafted and stationed in Hawaii. It was not difficult to relive the attack and see why those enemy planes came in at 6 on a Sunday morning. Saturday was always a spirited late-night, fun time at officer clubs and enlisted man hangouts. The military slept late, and on-duty sentries were sleepy and slow to react. But I was always puzzled that while Japanese planes destroyed our ships and leveled Hickam and Wheeler air fields, they ignored the many oil drums and tanks that dotted the shoreline of Honolulu. This would certainly have spread more damage and destruction. I subsequently made friends with Hawaiians and asked that specific question. I was told we were dealing with a foreign enemy that had skilled intelligence, field cells and many accomplices. Why didn’t they bomb these drums? They were empty. — Originally published Sept. 20, 2001
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Salvation’s price: A terrorism fable To the editor: There was once a very old woman who was very small and bent over. Because she had always been so tiny, her name “Sadie” became “Sadeleh,” and remained that way. She often frowned and sighed and mumbled to herself because she was ill and very lonely. Sadeleh lifted her soup spoon and sipped her warm vegetable soup. Then she broke off a piece of day-old challah and started spreading a thick layer of butter on it. She smiled softly as she ate the soft, yellow bread. But the smile faded as she watched the small television set in the corner of the dining room. She squinted and frowned at the scene of a huge building surrounded by thick clouds of smoke and fire. She felt the pain in her chest for which the clinic doctor had given her some pills. But fumbling in her apron pocket, couldn’t find them. She saw images of beautiful young people, smiling faces, all kinds of people — young moms and dads holding happy children. Friendly looking young men sitting in front of computers. Older, serious businessmen. Beautiful brides. Notations described each person — their names, locations in the building, and the words: “If you’ve seen my brother, please call me at ...” There were even little babies holding teddy bears. And at the bottom of the picture were the words, “Where are you, Daddy?” Sadeleh couldn’t take her eyes off the screen. She felt hypnotized, and tried to raise her hand to hide the scene. Then the pain came again — her chest, her arms, her head — and she cried out, “Oh, God! Take me instead! I’m so old! I’m so sick! Nobody needs me anymore! Save those young people.
Please, God! Take me instead.” At the scene of terror — the diggings — the desperate search for survivors went on. Few live survivors were being found. Hours went by. Days went by. More and more pictures of the missing were being shown. People wandered the streets numb, stricken, disbelieving. But on the fifth day, an exhausted volunteer named Sam thought he heard a faint sound, and started frantically picking away at the rubble. He saw a small hand, and heard another sound. Crying out frantically to other workers, he kept digging until he uncovered what appeared to be the body of a young woman whose legs were caught between pieces of debris. But she was trying to move her arm toward him, trying to say something. Crowds of workers scrambled to the scene, and great care was taken to remove the young woman. She was covered carefully, and gently carried on a stretcher to a nearby ambulance. Television, newspapers, people on the street — everyone cheered and cried and exclaimed over the miracle. The young woman’s family shook their heads in disbelief — overcome with happiness, but shaken with the enormity of how and why she had survived when so many others perished. In the local paper in a corner of the Bronx, a small article appeared on the obituary page announcing the death of a very old, unknown, tiny woman named Sadie. It was said that the super who had found her body told a neighbor, “You know, it seemed strange. But I think she had a smile on her face.” ZELDA LEVITAN — Originally published Oct. 4, 2001
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here was nothing more exciting to me growing up than a trip to the airport. And it was certainly an adventure, considering the closest airports from my small town in Pennsylvania’s rural Appalachia was more than two hours in either direction. But it meant going to the city — either Pittsburgh or Buffalo. It meant someone from our family was visiting. It meant seeing commercial airliners up close — something I wouldn’t even ride myself until my early 20s. Pittsburgh International Airport was my favorite of the two we would frequent, especially in 1992 after a $1 billion upgrade turned the facility into something that almost seemed akin to Disney World. Its trams were the most fun, stepping on board the miniature subways while also feeling like we had somehow transported ourselves into a science-fiction movie. I was always ready for airport security. It really wasn’t much — take everything out of your pockets. Step through a metal detector. “Thank you, and enjoy your stay.” Then it was what could sometimes feel like a forever wait staring out the large airside windows next to the gate, waiting for the plane to taxi in. Watching the ground crew work fast as the plane parked and ready to empty was fascinating to me. The coordination alone was a spectacle that could never be missed. Of course, going to the airport to greet your loved ones off the plane now is a much different experience. Security is much different — and far more complex. And the only way you can wait at the gate is if you buy a ticket to depart. Otherwise, your relegated to the main terminal. If you see any planes at all, it’s from your car window when you arrive and leave the airport itself.
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hose were a few of the many changes that happened after Sept. 11, 2001. I was 1,000 miles away that morning, asleep in my bed in the New Tampa community of central Florida. My roommate — a college student who moonlighted as a substitute teacher at local schools — pounded on my door. I thought maybe our building was on fire. “Get up! Turn on the TV! The World Trade Center exploded!” I slowly opened my eyes and moaned, irritated by the rude interruption of what had been a very peaceful slumber. As I pulled myself up into a sitting position, I remembered that I didn’t have a television in my room. So I stumbled over to my Gateway computer, turned it on, and signed onto AOL. Among the unread messages was a breaking news alert from CNN. A plane had crashed into the north tower. I shrugged, believing it was nothing more than some small private plane blown off course and crashing into one of the radio towers atop the building. Dismissing my roommate’s excitement as a mere over-reaction, I finally emerged from my bedroom. My roommate’s door was right next to mine, and it was wide open. His own television blaring cable news. I didn’t even look his way as I headed to the bathroom. “Mike, you have to see this! There is smoke billowing out of the windows! I can’t believe that this is happening!” So the plane didn’t hit one of the radio towers. It actually hit one of the buildings. Yet again, I dismissed this with a tired wave. I mean, small
planes crashing into skyscrapers was hardly unique — especially in New York City. Anyone who knows some of the more interesting history of Manhattan can tell you about the B-25 bomber that crashed into the upper floors of the Empire State Building in 1945. Was it tragic? Yes. More than a dozen people were killed, but fog was to blame. There was no fog outside our window, but then again, September weather in Florida was far different than September weather in New York. Then my roommate yelled something I can’t quote here. Let’s just say it got my attention. A second plane had crashed, this time into the south tower. I walked up to the television for the first time, watching in disbelief as the horror unfolded in front of us on the television screen.
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Giants’ shoulders support us all To the editor: When I used to pass the World Trade Center at night, I would always be sure to look at the red beacon flashing atop the tower. That, I would remind myself, represents the best within us. The culmination of endless hours spent at infinite tasks over the course of centuries to bring us to the point where we can flash that beacon against an unyielding sky, as if to say that we as a people and a nation rise against even the very force of gravity. That beacon, I told myself, was the very pulse of America. And so long as it beat, so would our country and freedom be sustained. My anguish was refreshed anew when I realized that that beacon now lies in rubble, indistinguishable from the ruins. Moments later, however, I realized something else. While that beacon may be destroyed, the heartbeat of our country goes on. That heartbeat lies in our rights, our freedoms, and our unquenchable fighting spirit. Those towers represented what we as a nation can do. They were only the effect, not the cause. In the eyes of those that I passed yesterday in the streets of New York, I saw focus, resilience and commitment first to help those in need, to then punish those responsible, and finally to resume their lives. In this country, each of us stands on the shoul-
ders of giants. As we ride the train to work, use our phones and eat our food, we do so with such great ease because of those who have come before us — men of intransigent spirit and unyielding will. This intransigence will now be found in all of us. As the pain subsides, we will all realize that we have a newfound respect for our lives. A desire to make the most of them. To be our bravest our strongest, our smartest, and most productive of all times. We are a nation of warriors. We fight to educate ourselves. To get good jobs. To improve our lot in life. To help our friends. To raise our children. To build, to create, and one day to become giants ourselves. That is the cause. That is the best within us. Sept. 11, 2001, will be remembered as the day when a nation shook, and when a generation was reborn. As we reflect on what has happened and plan for what is to come, I leave you with this most comforting of thoughts. Somewhere in America today, there is someone — an architect, a real estate developer, or just a dreamer — who is looking at the site of the World Trade Center, and envisioning what we can build their next. DANIEL RON — Originally published Oct. 11, 2001
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Balance Due: Balance of the purchase price is due and payable 120 days after approval of the Contract of Sale by the Office of the State Comptroller. Broker’s Commission: A 2.5% broker commission will be paid by the State of New York to a qualified real estate broker who represents the successful bidder. Bidder and Broker Affidavits must be submitted to the Office of General Services, Legal Services, by close of business 4:00 p.m. on Friday, September 24, 2021. Bidder Notice: The Commissioner of General Services retains the right to reject any and all bids. Other important terms and conditions are applicable to this sale, including, but not limited to bond defeasance, broker commission and pre-registration, bidder pre-qualification, auction bidding through authorized representative, and forfeiture and default provisions. See Public Lands Law Section 33 as well as 9 NYCRR § 276. To obtain a copy of the Contract of Sale with applicable terms and conditions, together with a copy of a more detailed description of the premises, call (518) 4742195 or write to: State of New York, Office of General Services, State Asset & Land Management, 39th Floor, Corning Tower, The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12242. Web site: https://ogs. ny.gov/nysstore RoAnn M. Destito, COMMISSIONER OF GENERAL SERVICES Dated: August 3, 2021 3668 Legal Notice NOTICE OF FORMATION OF UPTOWN TALES LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on July 27, 2021. Office location: Bronx County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process against it may be served. The Post Office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against Uptown Tales LLC served upon her is: 950 Underhill Ave 10H, Bronx, NY 10473. The principal business address of Uptown Tales LLC is: 950 Underhill Ave 10H, Bronx, NY 10473. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. 3669 Legal Notice The following vehicles will be sold on Wednesday 10/13/2021 at 9:30am at
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21/BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Amir (Middle) Ramel (Last) Copeland. My present name is (First) Amir (Middle) Ramel (Last) Bryant (infant). The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Manhattan, NY. The month and year of my birth are December 2019. 3692 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on August 31, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-00024521/BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Jeyden (Last) Gonzalez. My present name is (First) Benny (Middle) Joe (Last) Gonzalez. The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Bronx, NY. The month and year of my birth are January 1991. 3693 Legal Notice Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Bronx County on August 31, 2021, bearing Index Number NC-00024221/BX, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 851 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10451, grants me the right to assume the name of (First) Lizzette (Last) Padilla. My present name is (First) Lizette (Last) Padilla AKA Lizzette Padilla. The city and state of my present address are Bronx, NY. My place of birth is Bronx, NY. The month and year of my birth are September 1968. 3694 Legal Notice NOTICE OF FORMATION of KOSMIK COLLECTIONS LLC. Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) ON 6/18/21 . Office location: BX County, SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and mailed to against LLC: 811 Crotona Park N, Apt #C4, BX, NY 10460. r/a: US Corp, Agents, Inc. 7014 13th Ave, #202, BK, NY 11223. Purpose: any lawful act. 3695
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ore rain fell on Central Park on Sept. 1 — more than 7.1 inches — than all of September 2020. It was all thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which despite being nothing more than a subtropical low by the time it reached New York City, still wreaked havoc on the country’s largest metropolitan area. The Bronx, already prone to flooding thanks to its hills and low-lying areas, was hit hard, filling basements and temporarily shutting down streets. But when the sun rose on Sept. 2, there was a new spectacle for anyone crossing the various overpasses of Kingsbridge — the Major Deegan Expressway was completely overrun with water, leaving cars, tractor trailers and even tour buses stranded in what wound up being a muddy river. The water and vehicles were cleared within a day, reopening the highway to traffic. But still, there is plenty of damage to deal with, and not enough cash to take care of it. Last week. U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman called on the Biden administration to heed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s call to release more federal funding to help flood victims in the region.
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Faye Fein, beloved teacher, 88 Faye Fein, who grew up a child of immigrants on Pelham Parkway and dedicated her life to children of the New York City public schools, died Aug. 16, 2021, in New Orleans, where she had moved to be closer to her son. She was 88. The cause was Alzheimer’s disease. Born Florence Schenker in 1933 to parents Kate Wasserman and Sol Schenker — of Romanian and Russian origin, respectively — she grew up in a boisterous immigrant household where Yiddish was the primary language. And it was the values of that home — faithfulness to family and the Jewish faith, a belief in public schools as a champion of the child, and as an honorable calling for a learned adult — that became her lifefaye long calling cards. fein Emblematic of this was her name: It wasn’t the name Florence that stuck, but her Yiddish nickname, Faygeleh, becoming over time her chosen name — and then her legal one. She went to Christopher Columbus High School, graduating in 1951, and then to Hunter College, where she enrolled in the school of education. After graduation, she found work in New York City public schools, teaching home economics Bronx Press 5.375 X 5.25
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at J.H.S 141 — which later became Riverdale/ Kingsbridge Academy. It was a job she would have for the rest of her adult life. It was also at RKA she met Milton Fein, a social studies teacher considered a rising star in the school district. They married in 1959, and settled into an apartment on Kappock Street. They became parents 10 years later by a means that was then considered unconventional: adoption. The day they brought 1-year-old Robert home from Louise Wise was, she always said, the best day of her life. After 20 years of marriage, the couple separated, and she learned how to be a single mother — something the “home ec” teacher of the 1950s had never dreamed of, but which the now middle-aged Faye addressed with unshakeable integrity. Beyond being a teacher and a mother, she was a friend: indefatigably social — and at her building on Henry Hudson Parkway, was known for welcoming the newcomer. She is survived by her son, Skylar Robert Fein. By her niece, Robyn Sokol, and nephew Steven Deutsch. She also is survived by her sisterand brother-in-laws, Deborah and Bartholomew Schiavo of Riverdale, and by scores of friends, hundreds of fellow teachers, and thousands of students. Even as Alzheimer’s began to take her memory, Faye found all of you unforgettable.
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What’s on? Kusama now in final weeks at botanical garden
Advance tickets are now on sale for the New York Botanical Garden’s continuing exhibition, Kusama: Cosmic Nature. It features work by internationally celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, and will be on view through Oct. 31 across the 2900 Southern Blvd. attraction’s 250-acre landscape, as well as in and around the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, and the LuEsther T. Mertz Library building. Other events include: • Improve Everywhere: Surrounding on Sunday, Sept. 12 and Sunday, Sept. 19 at 1, 2 and 3 p.m., at the Library Lawn. • Contemporary dance series on Saturdays and Sundays through October, beginning at 2 p.m., featuring the Paul Taylor Dance Company in September. Founded by the legendary dancemaker in 1954, the company houses 64 years of Taylor’s unrivaled creativity and more than a dozen contemporary commissions. • Trainor Dance on Sept. 11 and Sept. 12, as well as Oct. 2 and Oct. 3. Founded in 2011, the group’s choreography maintains a commitment to highly musical, visually stimulating work, with soundtracks ranging from Mozart and electronica, to breath and body percussion. • Ballet Hispánico on Oct. 9 and Oct. 10. The nation’s renowned Latino dance organization and one of America’s cultural treasures. • Dance Theatre of Harlem on Oct. 16 and Oct. 17. Founded in 1969 by Arthur Mitchell and Karel Shook, this is a multi-ethnic classical ballet company known for its forward-thinking repertoire. To get tickets or for more information on various events, visit NYBG.org.
Buzzing around KHCC
You don’t have to be a busy little bee, but you can certainly watch some very busy ones work at the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center’s community garden tours. Available by appointment, it’s a chance to get up close and personal with the queens and their worker bees at the 3101 Kingsbridge Terrace facility. You can learn amazing bee facts from the neighborhood beekeeper, and maybe even get a chance to extract some honey from the hives. Cost to RSVP is $25, and tour attendees receive a 5.5-ounce jar of honey.
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Visiting Untermyer Gardens in the fall Untermyer Gardens is open once again seven days a week from 9 a.m., to an hour before sunset at 945 N. Broadway in Yonkers. No reservations are necessary, and admission is free. Tours are scheduled each Sunday beginning at 11 a.m., with costs ranging between $12 and $25. Select tours are also scheduled on Saturdays, including Sept. 18 at 10 a.m., Oct. 9 at 6 p.m., and Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. The costs of these tours range from $20 to $30. Advanced reservations are available through UntermyerGardens.org. To register, visit tinyurl.com/KHCCBees. Also, the community center’s First Saturday events continue Saturday, Sept. 11 with garden work and upkeep from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. More information? Email gsherman@khcc.nyc.org.
Family adventure tours are available Sundays at 10 a.m., for kids between 7 and 12 with an accompanying parent. Cost is $12 for each kid, but parents and anyone younger than 2 can join for free. Kids between 2 and 5 can enjoy storytime in the garden Sundays at 11 a.m. Cost is free. Classes are also available most weekends, with prices ranging from $20 to $50, covering drawing and tree tours, tai chi, among others. Advanced registration is required. For more information, visit UntermyerGardens.org.
Community Board 8 continues to meet virtually through September, using the Zoom online videoconferencing app. Upcoming meetings include: • Public safety committee on Thursday, Sept. 9 at 7 p.m. • Aging committee on Monday, Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. • Both the environment and sanitation committee as well as the traffic and transportation committee on Monday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. • Full board on Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. • Economic development committee on Thursday, Sept 23 at 7:30 p.m. • Parks and recreation committee on Thursday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. For more information, visit NYC. gov/bronxcb8.
the Zoo beer- and wine-tasting festival returns Friday, Sept. 17, from 5 to 10 p.m. The after-hours events is designed for adults 21 and older, featuring dozens of craft breweries serving more than 100 varieties of ales, lagers, porters, IPAs, and more. Food options include city food trucks, local eateries, and classic beer hall bites. All ticketholders will be required to show proof of vaccination in order to attend. Masks will be required in all indoor areas, including exhibits, restaurants and restrooms, as well as some outdoor areas, and for certain activities. Some exhibits — like grizzly bears, lemurs and sea lions — will be open until 6:30 p.m. There also will be live bands and DJs. Tickets start at $40 for designated drivers, and $70 for those who are participating in the tastings. Proceeds support the Bronx Zoo’s mission to save wildlife and wild places throughout the world through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature. For more information, visit BronxZoo.com/Brew.
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Remembering 9/11 in pictures
CB8 continues to meet throughout September
The Walter Chadwick Memorial Nature Walk is set for Saturday, Sept. 11 at 8 a.m., at Lenoir Nature Preserve, 19 Dudley St., in Yonkers. The walk includes viewing of birds, butterflies, dragonflies and nature, all ending with a hawk watch at 10 a.m., in front of the preserve’s mansion. To register, email hrasbirder@ gmail.com, or visit the Hudson River Audubon Society website at HRAS.org.
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The Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White St., in Manhattan, hosts an exhibition in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with “9-11: Our First Responder Heroes.” Running between Sept. 10 and Sept. 12 and curated by Linda Sandow, the 49 photographs featured in the exhibit were taken by members of the New York Fire Department and the New York Police Department. Hours are 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., by appointment, or viewed online at SohoPhoto.com.
Make your way back to the library
Neighborhood libraries are open again, as are many of their in-person events like at the Spuyten Duyvil Library, 650 W. 235th St. The Spuyten Duyvil Library is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Kingsbridge Library seeks teen ambassadors — young people who are sophomores, juniors or seniors in high school interested in working with children and exploring library-related careers. Those interested can search teen ambassadors at NYPL.org. The Kingsbridge Library, 291 W. 231st St., is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Van Cortlandt Library, 3882 Cannon Place, is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Riverdale Library, 5540 Mosholu Ave., is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Golf your way into history
The Bronx County Historical Society hosts its 20th annual golf tournament Thursday, Sept. 23 at the Pelham Split Rock Golf Course, 870 Shore Road. Honorees include Anna Rickman from Jerome Environmental Services and Steve Zervoudis from Galaxy Contracting Corp. To learn more about early registration or sponsorship opportunities, contact Teresa Brown at (718) 881-8900, or at tbrown@bronxhistoricalsociety. org.
Virtual exhibit made to be virtual
Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection is gearing up for its first virtual exhibition “F11: Digital Paintings for Full Screen” with an event through the Zoom online videoconferencing app. The exhibit features works that are actually best viewed on a computer screen rather than in person. It includes 10 artists from different places around the country and world including Adam Blitz, Elaine Chao, Luise Eru, Donald Hargrove, Samhita Kamisetty, Annie Lee, Carlos Torres Machado, Collin Pollard, Polina Protsenko and Stefanie Wolfson. To learn more, or to register for the artist talks, visit DerfnerOnline.org.
Flea market comes to the Bronx
It will require a little bit of traveling, but it might very well be worth it. Fordham Flea brings together a market dedicated to merchandise, arts and crafts, apparel, accessories, and self-care products. It takes place the last Sunday of each month through October at 1 Fordham Plaza. To learn more, visit TheBronxNightMarket.com/fordhamflea.
Eat healthy this summer
The Riverdale Community-Supported Agriculture program is accepting members for its summer deliveries of organic and biodynamic vegetables. Deliveries are weekly each Thursday from 3:30 to 7 p.m., running through late November. Full shares (for three to four people) and half shares (for one or two people) are available, and include up to 10 vegetables each week. For more information, visit Facebook.com/RiverdaleCSA, or email riverdalecsa@gmail.com.
Cooling off in the flowerbeds
Would you like to help keep flowerbeds beautiful, but don’t want to work in the summer heat? The city’s parks department is looking for volunteers to help maintain the flowerbeds at West 232nd Street once the weather cools down in September. While a knowledge of plants and gardening is helpful, a willingness to learn also is essential. Anyone interested can email Dan Reynolds at dp.reynolds@verizon.net.
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exclusiVe sPuyten duyVil web #925 Newly built 6-bdrm, 5-full and 2-half bath house with front porch, rear deck, covered patio and level grassy yard. $2,400,000
exclusiVe nortH riVerdAle web #913 3-Family townhouse with driveway, patio and garage. Laundry room in basement with coin-operated W/D. $1,295,000
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exclusiVe fieldston web #905 Bright 3-bdrm, 2.5-bath Tudor-Style house w/ sunken living room with ceiling beams, WBFP, patios & yard. $1,700,000
sPuyten duyVil web #901 Newly built 5-bdrm, 5.5-bath 3,920 sq ft house w/ main floor guest rm with full bath and open plan living. $1,790,000
exclusiVe nortH riVerdAle web #911 Classic 3-bdrm, 3.5-bath house features living rm with WBFP, finished attic w/ 2 rms and landscaped yard. $1,200,000
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fieldston web #904 Spacious 4-bdrm, 5.5-bath stucco house with patio and level grassy yard. Center hall, gas fireplace and FDR. $2,350,000
fieldston web #919 Bright and open 5-bdrm, 2.5-bath with wide welcoming porch, formal entry vestibule w/ ample storage. $1,395,000
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new exclusiVe 3530 Henry Hudson PrKwy #cc674 Spacious top floor 2-bdrm (Conv 3), 2-bath w/ great closet space, windowed kitchen, balcony& 24-hr DM. $555,000
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3800 blAcKstone AVe #cc630 Contemporary 2-bdrm, 2-bath duplex penthouse with private roof terrace & indoor parking. $675,000
620 west 239tH street #cc668 Bright & renov 2-bdrm, 2-bath corner unit w/ dining foyer & southern picture window from living room. $425,000
620 west 239tH street #cc673 Spacious and renovated 3-bdrm, 2-bath with entry foyer with custom built-ins and windowed kitchen. $650,000
exclusiVe 750 KAPPocK street #cc659 Spacious & bright top-flr 2-bdrm, 2-bath w/ enclosed sunrise balcony, 24-hr DM & parking avail. $499,000
new exclusiVe 3299 cAmbridge AVenue #cc676 Spacious 3-bdrm, 2-bath w/ lrg entry foyer, living room w/ picture window, kitchen with S/S appls. $499,000
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3614 JoHnson AVe cc646 2-bdrm, 2-bth with open plan living and dining area with glass sliding doors to balcony. $425K
exclusiVe 3935 blAcKstone cc652 Spacious 3-bdrm, 2-bath with sunset balcony, majestic river vus & 24-hr DM. $795K
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exclusiVe 4555 HH PArKwAy cc665 Bright & renov Jr-4 (conv 2-BR) w/ 24-hr doorman & majestic river views. $305K
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fieldston Vic. rr642 6-bdrm, 3.5-bath, 7,500 sq. ft. house w/ Expansive wraparound porch & pool. $19,500/mo
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condo exclusiVe 640 west 237tH st cc671 Contemporary lux 4-bdrm, 4.5-bth with balcony, 24-hr DM and river views. $8000
3001 HH PArKwAy cc853 Spacious 3-bdrm, 2-bth, PT DM. Entry foyer, large entral foyer & sunken LR. $625K
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609 KAPPocK st cc663 Bright & spacious 2-bdrm, 1.5-bath corner unit w/ eat-in kitch. Pool & indr prkg. $350K
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exclusiVe 3601 JoHnson AVe. cc587 Walk-in level doctor’s office with separate entrance and reception area. $295K
Pet-friendly rentAls west of PArKwAy - Spac. 3-bdrm, 2-bath, balcony, partial river views, DM & fitness rm. Dogs ok. rented $3,375/mo west of PArKwAy - 2-bdrm, 2-bath, balcony, partial river views, DM & fitness rm. Dogs ok. rented $2,550/mo west of PArKwAy - Rent stabilized 1-bdrm, parquet floors, balcony, DM & fitness room. Dogs ok. rented $2,075/mo
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3475 greystone AVe cc667 Bright 2-bdrm, 2-bath with entry foyer, living rm with picture window and dining “L”. $330K
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2711 HH PArKwAy cc666 Spacious low floor 2-bdrm, 2-bath with windowed kitchen and large dining “L”. $375K
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exclusiVe 3530 HH PArKwAy cc654 2-bdrm (conv. 3), 2-bath with windowed kitchen, balcony & 24-hr DM. $605K
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no fee rentAls west of PArKwAy - Large and luxurious 2-bdrm convertible to 3, 2-bath with great closet space, balcony, doorman, healthclub and pool. 2 months free rent rented $3,895/mo west of PArKwAy - Large 3-bdrm, 2-bath with great closet space, balcony, doorman, healthclub and pool. $3,495/mo west of PArKwAy - Large and luxurious Junior-4 with great closet space, balcony, DM, healthclub and pool. $2,795/mo west of PArKwAy - Spacious 1-bdrm with great closet space, doorman, healthclub and pool. $2,550/mo west of PArKwAy - Large renovated 1-bdrm with balcony, doorman, healthclub and pool. $2,395/mo west of PArKwAy - Luxurious L-shaped studio with dishwasher, granite counters, DM, healthclub & pool. $1,925/mo west of PArKwAy - Newly renovated rent stabilized studio with doorman, healthclub and pool. $1,823.93/mo
new exclusiVe 601 KAPPocK st cc677 Spacious, newly renov 1-bdrm corner unit w/ eat-in kitchen and PT DM. $205K
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2727 PAlisAde AVe cc656 Bright 2-bdrm, 2-bath w/ remodeled kitchen, balcony, 24-hr DM & parking avail. $525K
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3235 cAmbridge cc675 Bright L-shaped studio with separate updated kitchen, entry foyer and renovated bth. $149K
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exclusiVe 3530 HH PArKwAy cc664 Renov 2-bdrm conv 3, 2-bath with dining foyer, large living rm and open views. $565K
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no boArd APProVAl west of PArKwAy - 3-bdrm, 2-bath, w/ balcony, L-shaped LR/DR area, DM, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. Indoor parking available. $525K west of PArKwAy - 3-bdrm, 2-bath, w/ balcony, L-shaped LR/DR area, DM, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. Indoor parking available. $515K west of PArKwAy - Top floor Junior-4 with stunning river and sunset views, doorman, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. sold $305K west of PArKwAy - 1-bdrm with L-shaped living/dining room area, doorman, fitness room, private playground and childrens recreation room. Dogs OK. $290K
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3536 cAmbridge AVe cc660 Contemporary 3-bdrm, 2-bath condo w/bright open views & in unit lndry. $639K
4555 HH PArKwAy cc670 Bright Jr4 conv. 2-bdrm w/ renovated kitchen, 24-hr DM and river views. $325K
3935 blAcKstone cc646 Spacious 2-bdrm, 2-bath with open plan living, dining area and balcony. $415K
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