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Twenty years ago this week, about 100 Chicago firefighters packed up and headed to New York City after the Twin Towers fell in the 9/11 attacks.
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The photographer who captured one of the most memorable pictures of the terrorist attack on New York City 10 years ago is looking back at that moment.
Supt. McCarthy Recalls His Own Experience At Ground Zero
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ong those being remembered this week as we look back on the 9-11 attacks on America 10 years ago, is a 39-year old woman from the city's Northwest Side who had moved to New York.
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