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‘We’re Having a Problem on the Plane’: Husband Writes About Losing Pregnant Wife on 9/11
On Sept. 11, Jack Grandcolas lost the two people he held most dear: his wife, Lauren, and their unborn child.
On Sept. 11, Jack Grandcolas lost the two people he held most dear: his wife, Lauren, and their unborn child.
COMMENTARY: The somber 20-year anniversary was met this year with another somber development — the American withdrawal from Afghanistan and its return to the Taliban. And it need not have been.
Afghans and Afghan-Americans have found themselves caught up in a national catastrophe due to the U.S. withdrawal of military and civilian contractors that led to the Taliban’s takeover.
Once upon a time, everyone recognized the importance of marking a shared history as a nation and a people. That consensus is progressively eroding.
After the attack on our country I left Islam and held religion in disdain. But against the odds, I would come to learn that God became flesh and dwells among us.
COMMENTARY: Catechism Section 409 provides clarity on the 20th anniversary of unspeakable evil.
Those who were near to the locations of the tragic attacks recount their experience and how they have come to see it two decades later.
COMMENTARY: Prayers will be offered on the 20th anniversary of 9/11. But fewer will be praying than previously, as there are fewer people who pray at all.
Father Stephen McGraw was a newly ordained priest when the deadly attacks took place.
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