“The Day the Towers” Fell was written to help explain what happened on September 11, 2001. This book tries to explain the horrors of 9/11 in a less graphic way. It was written with love by a 27–year NYC Public School teacher/childhood educator who is also the mother of one of the 343 Firefighters who lost their lives that day.

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“My Son Christopher” is the story of a mother’s unconditional love for her son. “No matter what he ever did I loved him because he was my son,” the author, Maureen Crethan Santora, explains.

Written for the 5–8 year old age group, this is a book that seeks to nurture and reassure, something all of our children can use more of.

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Maureen Santora was recently in Los Angeles to promote her newest book, “We Remember,” a memorial of several of the Firefighters lost in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

She took some time to sit down with her book publisher, Xlibris, and record this promotional video for her previous book, “My Son Christopher.” Take a look…

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A Special Scholarship that honors Cooperative Giving and Service

If you are a graduating 2010 High School Senior with at least a ‘B’ average in Social Studies, an American Citizen, a full-time resident of one of the Co‑Ops listed and have contributed via time or talent to your community, you are eligible to enter for a chance to win $8,000 towards College.

Entry deadline is February 26th, 2010, so hurry!

Find out if you’re eligible…

The question for the 2010 Essay contest was recently announced. School/Firehouse eligibility info and more can be found on our scholarships page. You can see the essay question itself here.

If you are eligible to enter the Essay Contest this year, you should review the question carefully and give it your best shot.

Good Luck!

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2010 graduating 8th and 5th graders whose schools are listed and who have at least a ‘B’ average in Social Studies and are American Citizens, you are eligible to enter for a chance to win our Middle School and Elementary School Scholarships, respectively. Entry deadline is February 23rd, 2010, so speak with your Social Studies teacher as soon as you can!

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If you are a graduating 2010 High School Senior with at least a “B” average in Social Studies and your FDNY active duty parent is stationed at one of the eligible Firehouses, you are eligible to enter for a chance to win $8,000 towards College.

Entry deadline is February 26th, 2010, so hurry!

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Group Seeks to Ensure Rank and Title Appear with Names of 9/11 Responders

Mayor Bloomberg, along with the 9/11 Memorial Planning Board, have long proposed that the Ranks and Titles of First Responders be stripped from the Memorial, and that they not be grouped separately as FDNY or PAPD or NYPD, etc. Rather, they would have the Rank-less and Title-less First Responder names be mixed amongst those of all of the deceased, so as not to “single them out” for extraordinary notice.

Please support the group ”911 Rank-Title Matter For All” in any way you can.

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Early in January the Huffington Post reported on International Living’s 30th annual “Quality of Life Index.” France ranked #1 and the image used as that country’s national symbol was, of course, the Eiffel Tower. The United States placed seventh and symbolizing us wasn’t the US Capitol or the Empire State Building; it was the missing World Trade Center…

It would be hard to imagine a worse message to send the world than a 1776-foot tombstone and the “largest manmade falls in North America” — whose roar will recall the horrifying sound of crumbling towers — instead of the simple, stirring memorial that belongs there. They might as well include a neon sign flashing “Second-Class Country.” A headline about a mock-up of the morbid memorial falls in the 1/23/10 New York Post read: “9/11 shrine’s cascade of grief begins flowing!” Who thinks we’ve become the kind of country that enshrines grief? Whose doing is that? Not the people’s — that’s for sure.

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