Honouring the victims of tragedy

CONSIDERING the week that was in it, it was nice to see Dublin organising a series of special events to honour the courage of victims of September 11.

First there was the launch of Niall O’Dowd’s book, Fire in the Morning, by An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in the Merrion Hotel. Telling the story of the Irish and the Twin Towers, O’Dowd (editor and publisher of the Irish Voice newspaper) focused specifically on the many Irish Americans who lost their lives when terror struck America.

“The Irish built New York and when the World Trade Center collapsed on September 11, it took over a thousand Irish with it,” he said.