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Built to provide prestigious office space, shops, and fine restaurants (including 'Windows on the World' at the top of the towers). An easy commute from Bethpage via Long Island Rail Road or by car. The World Trade Center was the target of an attack on September 11, 2001, as well as The Pentagon in Washington D.C., and the victims of flight 93 in Shanksville Pennsylvania. In the World Trade Center over 3,000 people lost their lives.
Bethpage has suffered the loss of:
 
* Captain Brain Hickey, FDNY Rescue 4 (Source: Newsday 09/19/01, NYT 12/18/01)
* Gary Herold (Source: Bethpage Tribune Vol. 39 No. 48)
* Christina Flannery (Source: Bethpage Tribune Vol. 39 No. 48)
* Brian Magee (Source: Bethpage Tribune Vol. 39 No. 48)
* Douglas Miller (Source: Bethpage Tribune Vol. 39 No. 48)
* Charles Waters (Source: Bethpage Tribune Vol. 39 No. 48)
* Mr. Granados (Source: Bethpage Tribune Vol. 39 No. 48)
* Glen Oettit (Source: Bethpage Tribune Vol. 39 No. 48)
* Peter Siracuse (Source: Newsday).
* Harry Raines (Source: Newsday 10/15/01)
* Rand, Adam - born in Bethpage (News.? 11/19/01)
 
 
 
== A SURVIVOR'S TALE ==
 
by:  Kathy Comerford, a survivor of September 11, 2001
 
<center>The day will go down in history,
Why there was so much hate is a mystery.
 

Three thousand people went to work that day<br />
Happy to work, travel or play.<br />
 

The day was crystal clear and oh so bright<br />
The Towers rose tall, almost proud of their height.<br />
 

But in an instant everything exploded and shattered.<br />
Fire, steel and lives lost, everything that mattered.<br />
 

Heroics from everyday women and men<br />
Trying to make sense out of all the mayhem.<br />
 

Crippling sounds, smells and fright<br />
Came across each of us, who were praying the building<br />
would stand up with all its might.<br />
 

We searched our surroundings for this exit of fear,<br />
Trying to hold back the horrible thoughts and tears,<br />
 

Death and destruction where everywhere.<br />
Hopelessness and desperation filled the air.<br />
 

The Towers that stood so strong and so high,<br />
Were in crumbling and twisting as they fell from the sky.<br />
 

The Earth shook so violently as the Towers fell.<br />
We realized we were all now in a living hell.<br />
 

Our thoughts of safety seemed far and fleeting,<br />
But our endurance kept us moving forward without heeding.<br />
 

The calls to stay put in our space, in our meetings, in our chairs,<br />
Made us even more certain to exit down those stairs.<br />
 

Our thoughts as we fled, were of our family and friends left in the dark.<br />
Yet when the dust and smoke cleared the sun shone over the park.<br />
 

We knew that life was different forever that day,<br />
Our leaders said those who did this would have to pay.<br />
 

As we moved across the bridge in silence and fear,<br />
Voices of our loved ones is all we could hear.<br />
 

Thoughts of the people who went to work that day,<br />
Happy and full of life and promise in every way.<br />
 

Thankful forever for family and friends<br />
Whose love and good wishes kept us moving forward to the end<br />
 

Life changed that day and so did I<br />
I cherish life and don't let a day pass me by<br />
 

Things can change in an instant so have no regrets<br />
Learn from the past and embrace your life without frets.<br />
 

Love all you can, live each moment and each day.<br />
Take nothing for granted, say what you need to say.</center>
 

The above poem is taken from The BETHPAGE TRIBUNE Poetry Corner - September 9-16, 2011