On this day nineteen years ago, nineteen men boarded airplanes and turned them into weapons. Their act of violence triggered a million acts of kindness, bravery, and compassion. There’s a whole generation that only knows of the 9/11 attacks as an historic event. That generation will live their entire adult lives in a post-COVID world.... Continue Reading →
On a beautiful Tuesday morning eighteen years ago, the world changed. Let us honor the thousands who were killed on the day of the attacks, and the thousands more who are still being killed by the lingering impacts of the toxic dust from Ground Zero. The best way to honor them is by heeding the... Continue Reading →
Like all of us, especially in and around NYC, this year on 9/11 I recalled where I was on that tragic day and the days that followed. The below passage is an excerpt from a piece I wrote last year for the newsletter of the Chappaqua Friends Meeting where I worship with my family. I lived in... Continue Reading →
Victoria Gearity, Former Ossining Mayor 