Obituaries
New Jersey Community Remembers Victims Of Sept. 11 Attack With Poem, Flags
Joyce Rodak's husband, John, was 39 and working at a small investment firm on the 104th floor of the World Trade Center.

September 12, 2024
SEWELL, N.J. (CBS) — On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when terrorists hijacked planes and attacked the United States, Jeannie Trombetta penned a poem to channel the nation's grief.
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"When I awoke this morning how was I to know. The heavy burden I would be leaving behind. As I left the house this morning," she wrote, in part.
Twenty-three years later, we haven't forgotten the 2,977 lives lost.
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