More than 250 families of WTC disaster to visit Ireland

MORE than 250 families of police and fire officers killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York's World Trade Centre are due to arrive in Ireland for a special holiday this year.

Sat, 27 Jul, 2002 - 01:00
Sean McCarthaigh

The first beneficiaries of the US-Ireland Alliance, Innisfree project landed in Dublin yesterday to personally thank members of the police and fire brigade in Ireland for supporting the initiative.

New York widow, Sheila Langone, lost her two sons in the terrorist attack which killed more than 3,000 people.

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