Lafayette College paid tribute to the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with an Interfaith Service of Unity in the Colton Chapel. The service included readings from Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Christainity and the Native American tradition. It was followed by a 'Chain of Unity' on the Quad involving members of the campus community.

Editor's note: For this story, Patch contributor Gail Scudder interviewed kids at the Easton Area Community Center and in her West Ward neighborhood. Darshon Holden was six-years-old when terrorists attacked the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York. His daycare teacher said the school would be closed for the rest of the day. His mother later explained to him about the terrorist attack on the United States of America“My Mom made me feel safe about it and that it wasn’t a big threat to us,” the now 17-year-old said. His next recollection of the event came in 4th grade when during a…

Ricardo Sonny of Easton was talking to his mother on the phone as he headed to class at New York University in Manhattan on Sept. 11, 2001. His mother worked two blocks away from the World Trade Center and suddenly told her son something startling: "A plane just hit the tower." As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks takes place Sunday, city residents and workers and college students recalled where they were on the day the nation was traumatized by terrorists a decade ago. "The city was covered in smoke and fire," Sonny said. "It was just amazing how New York City was shut down. You …

To this day, Colleen Supinski is very much a part of the Notre Dame High School girls cross country team. "We constantly talk about Colleen," Coach Art Corrigan said. "I'm so proud when I talk to them about her. The kids listen. They all know who she is, even though they may have been 5 or 6 years old when it happened." What happened is something that Corrigan and the nation will be reliving Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on America. The 1992 graduate of Notre Dame High School-Green Pond in Bethlehem Township worked as an associate trader for Sandler O’Neill & Partners L…

In Sept. of 2001, Easton's Muslim community was five or six families meeting to worship at the chapel at Easton Hospital. "We really didn't have much of a presence," said Rizwan Butt, president of the Easton Phillipsburg Muslim Association. The fact that such an organization now exists should tell you that the region's Muslims now have a presence in the community. And so far, they've been fortunate. After three years in Easton, the center has yet to experience any sort of anti-Muslim backlash, Butt said. They figured they would, he said. Graffitti, at the very least, or some sort of vandalism…

There are movies – such as Schindler’s List – that you know you should see but don’t want to go through the experience of actually watching that kind of human horror.  Knowing that the terror, cruelty and pain inflicted are based on true events from the Holocaust makes it all the more agonizing. So you steel yourself because sometimes your job as a human being is to not look away.  I couldn't bring myself to watch United 93 when it first came out because when I rent movies, escapism usually wins out over “painful but important.”  But with the 10th anniversary of September 11 upon us, it …

Shannon Moran remembers little about the day when terrorists tore a hole into America's heart. She was only 9 years old. But as each anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks arrived, Moran gained a little more perspective. And now that the date nears marking the 10-year anniversary, Moran is doing her share to pay tribute. The Lafayette College student, a member of the Class of 2014, is responsible for coordinating a massive effort dubbed 'World Trade Center Remembrance Week.' The week involves numerous campus events which are open to the public, starting on Sept. 6 with an arts and music program …

Normally I'd start the week with a "5 things to know today" column. Instead, I'm thinking about Sept. 11, 2001. I was in Nazareth that morning, interviewing a guy about monster trucks (he was speaking at a grade school). A teacher pulled me aside and asked me if "it's true about New York." This was before 9 a.m.  The rest of the day is a blur of phone calls (to public officials and to loved ones) and I-78 rest stops (my editor wanted me to find people who'd been driving through Manhattan when the planes hit, or who were trying to get into the city) and endless, endless TV news viewing. We all…