Around
150 volunteers marked the anniversary of the September 11th
terrorist attacks in true Vermont
fashion Tuesday. They helped cut, stack and deliver firewood to needy
families in Lamoille County.
Flags will be lowered to half-staff at the
Vermont State House and all federal, state and public buildings and grounds
throughout the day on this September 11th.
VPR remembers 9/11 with this special 9/11 Audio Memory Quilt Project and with programming from NPR News throughout the day on Sunday, September 11, 2011.
Next month marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist
attacks. In Manchester, town officials are already making preparations to
commemorate 9/11.
Don Goodrich of Bennington lost his son Peter on September 11, 2001,
when Peter was as a passenger aboard one of the planes that hit the
World Trade Center. We asked Don to share his personal reaction to the
news that Osama bin Laden had been found and killed, about to comment on
the larger context he sees.
The parents of a Bennington man who died in the World Trade Center attacks say they’re
dismayed at what they believe the September eleventh anniversary has become. They say it’s being used to promote fear and
political polarization, which they say plays into the hands of those who hate
the U.S.