Second tragedy for Rockaway

The New York district where the jet came down was already mourning dozens of victims of the September 11 terror attacks.

Mon, 12 Nov, 2001 - 16:27

The New York district where the jet came down was already mourning dozens of victims of the September 11 terror attacks.

A large number of the firefighters and port authority officials killed in the World Trade Centre horror happened to live in the Rockaway area of the Queens district.

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