DeKALB – NIU’s ROTC program commemorated 9/11 at Huskie Stadium Thursday.
The ROTC program climbed 220 flights of stairs, equivalent to the height of both towers, to honor the victims of the terrorist attack and recognize America’s resilience...
By Kahlil Kambui, News Reporter
| September 11, 2024
DeKALB – In honor of Sept. 11, 2001, the DeKalb’s Fire Station #1 held its 9/11 Patriot Day Ceremony to honor the memories and sacrifices from those who died as a result of the event.
At 8 a.m. Wednesday there was a gathering of about 25 people...
Jason"I don't really remember because I was like 4 years old and young, but I heard when I got older. ... People who were working, they didn't even know what was going ... on. They were working at their jobs and something just happened, and they ended...
Dramatic Studios Inc. will hold Walk of Silence on Friday in honor of 9/11 victims.Participants will meet at the Holmes Student Center’s seating area around Subway at 8:45 p.m. and will march to the East Lagoon at 9:11 p.m., said Jason Warrior, founder...
The Sycamore Fire Department will host a 9/11 memorial service starting 8 a.m. Sept. 11 at Johnson’s Junction, across the street from Sycamore Fire Station one, 535 DeKalb Ave.Fire Department Chaplain Drew Whitfield will lead a short prayer service...
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are ongoing, and there's debate as to whether these conflicts are necessary. Tonight, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian will offer his take on the wars in Altgeld Hall. John W. Dower, a Harvard graduate who has published...
This past weekend I was really proud of local governments and community groups throughout this great nation. The numerous community events they planned gave time for us Americans to unite and have fun with our loved ones.Although family time this weekend...
Kiara herring Columnist On Sept. 11, 2001, I sat in my kitchen waiting for my mother to make me a bowl of cereal. I went to the TV to turn on the Power Puff Girls, but it had been left on the news station my father watched the night before. I was looking...
Just over one month after Sept. 11, Madison Square Garden hosted the "Concert for New York City" to raise money for the Robin Hood Relief Fund and honor the first responders to the World Trade Center.The benefit concert raised over $35 million and featured...
Ten years ago, the attacks on the World Trade Center changed the world drastically, and the effects were felt over 800 miles away at NIU. Angie Dreessen, director of Off-Campus and Non-Traditional Student Services, was a Grant Residence Hall Director...
A decade after Sept. 11, junior education major Bettunia Diab still clearly remembers what her fifth grade classmate called her that morning: "terrorist." "Stuff like that happens everyday, but you can't dwell on it," Diab said. "People are just so ignorant...
9/11 Events in the City At 1 p.m. at the Healing Garden of the Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive, there will be a memorial honoring the 9/11 victims. Members of both the DeKalb and Sycamore fire departments will attend. From 4 to 6...
