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NEWS ARCHIVE - INDUSTRY AND RELATED NEWS
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Rumsfield: Prepare for worse attacks Based on information found in Afghanistan.... 01/31/2002 Red Cross unveils plan for September 11 funds "The Red Cross deserves credit both for acknowledging its mistakes and changing its policies...." 01/31/2002 Archeology of grief Far below WTC, 'Dirt Team" sifts through debris and emotions 01/31/2002 Profession didn't prepare them for Ground Zero "The most difficult cases that I have experienced in nearly 20 years of funeral service pale in comparison...." 01/30/2002 Hawaii to add new fees for burials, cremations Health department needs more money to automate storage of vital records.... 01/29/2002 Most detainees are Saudis According to top Saudi Arabian official.... 01/29/2002 Dead reckoning: You want your ashes scattered over West Ham's ground? No problem. Barry Goold tells Oliver Robinson about life as director of a funeral service.... 01/28/2002 Bush: Twins tougher than war "I've been to war. I've raised twins. If I had a choice, I'd rather go to war...." 01/28/2002 Flag helps family of veteran find peace "This was his way of finding closure...." 01/25/2002 Bin Laden's cronies quiet, ploy likely He may be executing a ruse to convince Washington he is dead.... 01/24/2002 National cemetery requested in north FL Florida VA estimates that 325,000 veterans live in a 75-mile radius of Duval County.... 01/23/2002 Pentagon memorial nearly complete 184 names will be etched on dark acrylic panels.... 01/23/2002 Al Qaeda leader revealed plot against U.S. embassy During interrogation by U.S. forces in Afghanistan.... 01/23/2002 Knowledge of towers saved his life Borst knew the towers like the back of his hand.... 01/23/2002 Grief Still Fresh for Children "A week ago they found a part of his face and we had a funeral...." Fla. Court to Supervise Cemeteries Two cemeteries accused of misplacing bodies and dumping remains agreed to let a judge supervise their operations.... 01/22/2002 A year of 'moral clarity' Mr. Bush had found the voice of a nation — and it was his own.... 01/22/2002 Son's quest for father's award leads to WWI hero's grave "I'm extremely happy to know that my father is in a respectable grave...." 01/22/2002 Shoe-bomber's e-mail flurry Used e-mails to contact numerous people, including his mother and people at mosques in Europe.... 01/22/2002 U.S. Says Walker Knew of Suicide Missions Three months before the Sept. 11 attacks.... 01/16/2002 Islam course at middle schools angers parents "We could never teach Christianity like this...." 01/16/2002 Bravest Died Together and Buried Together The men of Ladder 118 died side by side — and three of them will spend eternity that way.... 01/14/2002 Stock Focus: Funeral Industry Revival? Earnings gains for funeral companies will have to come from streamlining and consolidating operations.... 01/11/2002 Pilot survives two successive crashes Rescuers insist he's a hero.... 01/11/2002 Additions Possible to Nebraska's Patriotism Law "We need to make sure our kids know why they are free...." 01/11/2002 Service Corp seeks overseas joint partners Will take a $620 million fourth-quarter charge.... 01/10/2002 Services today for soldier killed in Afghanistan Green Beret Sergeant Nathan Chapman was gunned down last week.... 01/10/2002 U.S. Servicewoman Dies in Crash Sgt. Jeannette L. Winters, 25, of Du Page, Ill., was a radio operator who joined the Marine Corps in 1997.... 01/10/2002 Insuring safety at Ground Zero Liberty Mutual is knee-deep in cleanup operation.... 01/10/2002 Critics Slam Proposed U.N. Tax Authority Charge the organization wants to create a powerful worldwide tax bureaucracy.... 01/09/2002 Security considered for city cemeteries Trash and traffic have no place on sacred ground, City Manager Larry Deetjen said.... 01/09/2002 Thieves Strike Rockingham County Cemetery Deputies said someone stole from a Piedmont cemetery to make a profit.... 01/09/2002 Blood banks appeal for donors As the nation's supply dwindles to pre-attack levels.... 01/08/2002 1,300 enemy men killed by handful of Green Berets The so-called A-team, codenamed Tiger 03, helped to unseat the Taliban and made a huge contribution to the war.... 01/08/2002 Pentagon to divulge less information in enemy locations Declining to discuss details with press.... 01/08/2002 War on Terror Accelerates Worldwide The U.S. has tangible evidence that attacks have been disrupted, delayed or prevented by the four-month global effort.... 01/07/2002 Britons look on the bright side of death Want funerals that are more cheerful, colourful and personal.... 01/04/2002 Helping grieving mother Funeral home as a rule pays the expenses for children's funerals, but not to transport the body for an out-of-country burial.... 01/04/2002 Americans living longer 76.9 years, on average.... 01/04/2002 Bodies of 7 WTC Firefighters ID'd Found New Year's Day as excavation crews opened up the lobby of the Marriott World Trade Center Hotel.... 01/03/2002 Alderwoods Group launched A new beginning for North America's second largest funeral services company.... 01/03/2002 Wedding ring found in wreckage consoles Flight 93 widow After her husband died in the September 11 crash, Dorothy Garcia told FBI agents she wanted just one thing.... 01/02/2002 13 bodies found at WTC As excavation crews opened up the lobby of one of the collapsed towers.... 01/02/2002 Pilgrims jam platform to view ground zero For some, this Sunday morning at ground zero was a religious epiphany.... 12/31/2001 Six feet under with the car There are rumours that drivers departing for the big parking lot in the sky are requesting burials in their favourite vehicles.... 12/31/2001 DNA, intact bodies' recovery increases IDs More intact bodies found in underground spaces.... 12/28/2001 Builder's plans, historic site vie Two U.S. lawmakers from Pennsylvania want to designate the land as a veterans cemetery.... 12/28/2001 Adopting the dead The 245-resident slice of rural America has become a living memorial.... 12/28/2001 US investigating whether nukes in country Under "coercion," the suspect said that agents of bin Laden had smuggled two portable nuclear weapons into the United States.... 12/21/2001 NY Probes Fake Sept. 11 Charities The state is investigating groups that may be posing as charities collecting money for New York City.... 12/21/2001 FBI focusing on portable nuke threat Investigation whether terrorist groups have acquired these deadly devices from Russian stockpiles.... 12/21/2001 Worldwide, "opinion leaders" think U.S. brought attacks on itself International Herald Trib poll.... 12/21/2001 Service Corporation International Responds to Lawsuit Filed in Florida 12/20/2001 Inside the World Trade Center after the attacks What happened in the time between each plane's impact and each building's collapse.... 12/20/2001 Florida cemetery accused of abuses dating back to 1980s Property purchased by SCI in 1995 now subject of class action lawsuit.... 12/20/2001 Holiday travel has new routes, meaning With low gasoline prices and plenty still wary of flying, more trekkers will travel by automobile.... 12/20/2001 Treasuring holiday in aftermath of tragedy For many families, this will be a holiday season like no other.... 12/20/2001 Court backs confederate banner ban at cemetery Where 3,000 Southern prisoners are buried.... 12/20/2001 Twin Towers Memorial Being Planned Families are deciding what sort of monument to the dead should be built at the World Trade Center site.... 12/17/2001 Terror attacks spark rise in sales of life insurance Sales of the formerly unpopular product have skyrocketed since September 11.... 12/17/2001 Designs of mass destruction Irrefutable and chilling proof that the Qaeda network was schooling warriors in most forms of mass destruction.... 12/17/2001 House Committee OKs Arlington Bill Legislation would expand burial privileges at Arlington National Cemetery.... 12/14/2001 |
Fighters Say bin Laden Was in Cave Tribal fighters claimed to have seized a cave Friday that a top Afghan commander said was recently occupied by Osama bin Laden.... 12/14/2001 Ridge: U.S. to Stay on High Security Alert Until Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network is destroyed.... 12/14/2001 More Men Are Outliving Their Wives At midmorning, the Rev. Carl Ehrhart is in no hurry to clean up his breakfast remains from the kitchen table.... 12/13/2001 U.S. goal: To defeat - or kill? Recent statements suggest priority is extermination of al Qaeda.... 12/13/2001 France will oppose death penalty for U.S. terrorism suspect Will offer him dipomatic support.... 12/12/2001 Bush says military is moral necessity of our time Calls for military transformation "to save our children from a future of fear...." 12/12/2001 Indictment Opens a Door Into Attack Planning Indictment outlines for the first time how the federal government believes the plot unfolded.... 12/12/2001 At 3 a.m. Ground Zero a Lonely Place Lee Rivera bounds from his truck, ready to unload its cargo of eggs and sausages for the weary and dispirited.... 12/11/2001 Official Count of Sept. 11 Victims Current count of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.... 12/11/2001 A season of peace in a time of war The solidarity of the American people is palpable now in the nation's capital.... 12/11/2001 What's Returned to Normal Since Sept. 11 Three months later, Americans are slowly, uncomfortably, returning to routines.... 12/11/2001 Celebrating a hero, clinging to memories They brought Frank Callahan's memory home Monday. They're still looking for his body.... 12/11/2001 Feds Mull Arlington Burial Rules The chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee wants to revise rules on burial of reservists.... 12/10/2001 20 Bodies Found in WTC Ruins Some survivors already held memorial services, now may have funerals as well.... 12/10/2001 Bin Laden Said to Be Cornered, Fighting Fiercely "He is here for sure...." 12/10/2001 WTC site illuminated by menorah to commemorate Hanukkah "They can't take away the symbols we hold so dear...." 12/10/2001 A terrorist's' guide to Western living Handbook in Afghan house taught al Qaeda members how to blend in.... 12/09/2001 Slain CIA officer had interviewed "American Taliban" ABC News video shows Spann interrogating Walker immediately prior to prison riot.... 12/08/2001 Pearl Harbor's Infamy Is Echoed by 9-11 September date will reverberate for generations, some say.... 12/07/2001 Tora Bora Said Captured, No Sign of Osama Bin Laden Possibly has slipped into Pakistan.... 12/07/2001 Taliban fall even quicker than they rose Formed in 1994, within two years controlled most of Afghanistan.... 12/07/2001 Historical parallels link Pearl Harbor, September 11 12/07/2001 U.S. court OKs Loewen reorganization Will be reborn Alderwoods if Canada also approves plan Dec. 7.... 12/06/2001 Arlington Burial for Afghanistan CIA Officer First American combat death in Afghanistan, with full military honors.... 12/06/2001 U.S. dropping as many bombs as at start of Afghan campaign As target area narrows.... 12/06/2001 Charity tied to calls to kill Israelis Treasury Dept. cites evidence for freezing assets.... 12/06/2001 Photo negatives from Kennedy years lost at WTC Camelot, quite literally, has gone up in flames.... 12/05/2001 Arlington Burial of Pilot Allowed The pilot of the jet that terrorists crashed into the Pentagon will receive a burial at Arlington National Cemetery.... 12/05/2001 WTC survivors recall day of terror For New York City firefighter Damian Vancleaf, the second Tuesday of September started out routinely.... 12/05/2001 Many WTC victims may have been "vaporized" According to medical examiner.... 12/05/2001 AMA won't yet study paying organ donors A slim majority of the 538 AMA delegates voted to table the matter.... 12/05/2001 Anthrax may have tainted thousands of letters Mail could have picked up trace amounts of anthrax while passing through a contaminated Trenton postal facility.... 12/04/2001 Matthews International Announces the Completion of the Merger With The York Group York Casket will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Matthews.... 12/04/2001 AMA debates paying would-be donors for organs Grappling with a possible solution once thought taboo.... 12/03/2001 Slain CIA officer's body arrives in U.S. CIA officer Johnny Micheal Spann, killed during prison uprising.... 12/03/2001 A Family Gets Closure; Misidentified firefighter buried Ever since Sept. 11, retired Deputy Chief Al Santora had been living on hope.... 12/03/2001 Flyer's remains are laid to rest "Welcome home brother," read a card attached to a bouquet sent by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.... 12/03/2001 Remains of WWII Airmen Reburied To a bagpiper's mournful tune, the remains of five allied airmen were buried.... 11/30/2001 DOJ: Detention of Immigrants Necessary to Contain 'Sleeper Cells' "Woe unto us if we don't learn the lessons of what they're teaching" 11/29/2001 Administration to buy smallpox vaccine Contract will bring U.S. stockpile to 286 million doses.... 11/28/2001 New FBI team tackles anthrax Searching for clues in "mystery" deaths of two women.... 11/28/2001 First U.S. casualty identified Mike Spann, 32, of Winfield, Alabama.... 11/28/2001 Ground Zero Flag Heads to Marines Scrawled with messages of anguish, vengeance and patriotic fervor, an American flag that flew at Ground Zero is being sent to U.S. troops.... 11/27/2001 Hundreds Still Displaced After Attacks With the holiday season under way, more than 1,000 people in lower Manhattan still cannot go home because of damage.... 11/27/2001 Family finds no Nevada law bans burying mom in backyard Those who want to keep their loved ones near, after death as in life, can find Nevada's burial laws quite accommodating.... 11/27/2001 Western journalist kidnapped by Taliban Freelance journalist Ken Hetchman is being kept in a small cell bound hand and foot.... 11/27/2001 Veterans Groups Arrange Burials When Allen Armstrong went in search of the unclaimed ashes of his uncle, he made a discovery that unnerved him.... 11/27/2001 After the outpouring Americans gave generously after Sept. 11. Will the trend continue, extending to low-profile nonprofits...? 11/26/2001 Families rebuild their lives around a loss Thousands of American families have broken hearts.... 11/26/2001 Toll From WTC Attack Falls Below 3,900 Nearly 3,000 less than initially feared.... 11/21/2001 Five Pentagon victims still unidentified Bodies too badly burned.... 11/21/2001 ID bracelets for terror victims now available People who never met or even knew Allen Boyle while he was alive were praying fervently for his family in recent weeks.... 11/21/2001 Afghan girls giddy over return to school The laughter of little girls will break a silence of five years when schools open today.... 11/21/2001 Anthrax found in Kennedy, Dodd offices Likely came from cross-contamination with Daschle, Leahy letters.... 11/20/2001 U.S. Says Bin Laden Can Run but Not Hide Insisting that "evil has no holy days," the United States bombarded strongholds of the strict Muslim Taliban.... 11/20/2001 Aid distribution to attack victims delayed Government and charitable organizations struggling to construct a database listing thousands of victims.... 11/20/2001 Hundreds of ancient tombs found in China Some dating back nearly 3,000 years.... 11/20/2001 Top aide of bin Laden detained in Pakistan "A prize quarry...." 11/20/2001 US Navy searches for Bin Laden Stopping vessals in Arabian Sea.... 11/20/2001 "Not inclined to negotiate surrenders" Rumsfeld says U.S. not looking for deals, prisoners.... 11/19/2001 Forgotten find some rest Next to the lush Chapel Hill Cemetery one of Orange County's paupers' fields stands in stark contrast.... 11/19/2001 Bridal Retailers Report a Sales Surge Engagements seem to be on the rise.... 11/19/2001 International Passenger Lists Given to Customs Under New Law "Will go a long way in helping the U.S. Customs Service identify known or suspected terrorists...." 11/19/2001 |
Cultures come together over loss Communities hit by Flight 587 unite.... 11/19/2001 Caskets fill niche for Trappist monks who want to remain self-sufficient Hope to build 300 caskets this year and double that in 2002.... 11/16/2001 Herschel Auerbach, former intelligence officer and NAC president, dies at 83 In 1955, he answered an advertisement in The New York Times that led to a long career as a cemetery executive.... 11/16/2001 U.S. says senior Taliban leaders captured Capture occurred Wednesday.... 11/16/2001 U.S.: Taliban collapse imminent Expect collapse within a couple of days, freeing U.S. forces to hunt for Osama bin Laden.... 11/16/2001 Few Safe Havens Possible for Bin Laden The options were once abundant.... 11/16/2001 Govt providing money to survivors of police, firefighters killed Sept. 11 Families are eligible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in existing government benefits.... 11/16/2001 Bin Laden supporters drew skyscraper plan According to papers found in the homes, which were abandoned on Monday.... 11/16/2001 Bin Laden's nuclear secrets found? UK Times discovered the partly burnt documents in a hastily abandoned safe house in Kabul.... 11/15/2001 "Complete chaos in Kandahar" "The Taliban have lost control of the situation and no Taliban officials are to be found...." 11/14/2001 War on terror boosts ranks of service, fraternal groups Remarkable increase in volunteers since Sept. 11.... 11/14/2001 Program aims to provide graveside honors for every Missouri veteran The difference in Missouri is that these honor details now are arranged by the Missouri Military Funeral Honors Program.... 11/14/2001 Missing WWII Pilot Laid to Rest By the time the downed World War II airman's remains were finally found, most of his family had died without knowing his fate.... 11/14/2001 MD scholarship set up for children of Sept. 11 victims At least 53 Maryland families lost a father or mother.... 11/13/2001 Season of Death Extends at Rockaways For two months, Monsignor Martin Geraghty presided over funeral after funeral for firefighters and bond traders.... 11/13/2001 Latest tragedy hits as Sept. 11 victims' families still reeling Relatives still grieving the loss of their loved ones regarded yesterday's catastrophe as another setback in their attempt to heal.... 11/13/2001 Sept. 11 grief counselors kept busy Two months after the trauma, time has not healed all wounds.... 11/12/2001 Remembering wars, lives past Honoring veterans and victims of Sept. 11 attacks.... 11/12/2001 New suspected anthrax case reported Involving an editorial assistant who opened mail at The New Yorker.... 11/10/2001 Sedition Law Used to Hold Suspects Prosecutors turn anew to a very old weapon - the Civil War-era law.... 11/09/2001 Four NJ post offices test positive for Anthrax All served by Trenton distribution center.... 11/09/2001 U.S. ready to award contract to make smallpox vaccine Merck and Glaxo finalists; government wants to add 250 million doses to stockpile.... 11/09/2001 Advice for the grieving Letter from Challenger astronaut's daughter reaches out to children of Sept. 11 victims 11/08/2001 Some D.C. Mail Still Has Not Gone Through Roughly 1 Million Pieces Yet to Be Decontaminated.... 11/08/2001 Bin Laden network 'plotted hundreds of attacks' Some thwarted by arrests or stepped up security; others appear suspended or still pending.... 11/08/2001 Sept.11 blood donors are encouraged to return There is an on-going need for life-saving blood transfusions.... 11/07/2001 Pondering Ways to Remember Sept. 11 Monuments can tell the story, generation after generation..... 11/06/2001 At ground zero, a cleanup of epic scope The desperate search for survivors has been largely overtaken by a massive public works project.... 11/06/2001 Postal worker wins battle with anthrax Got sick with inhalation anthrax after she stood next to a jammed mail sorter.... 11/06/2001 Ceremony blesses cemetery section for Hispanic dead Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis has designated some of its acreage to accommodate the dead of the state's Hispanic residents.... 11/05/2001 Pa. Coroner Thrust Into Spotlight County Coroner Wallace Miller went from being a small-town funeral director to caretaker of a national tragedy.... 11/05/2001 WTC Victims Were Mostly Young Men The average age of those killed was 40.... 11/02/2001 Many forming procession to funeral jobs All of them hope to become funeral directors one day, and they're not the only newcomers to choose the industry over some previous livelihood.... 11/02/2001 Few WTC families seek death certificates Paperwork has been submitted for about 1,800 individuals out of the more than 3,900 who city officials believe were killed.... 11/01/2001 Latest official count of terror victims 10/31/2001 Service brings Flight 11 passenger home Linda Gay always believed they would find her husband's body.... 10/31/2001 Mourning a New York victim The sun shined brightly for Christine Olender's funeral Saturday, just the way everyone expected.... 10/31/2001 Red Cross: no more September 11 donations Has raised more money than it can spend on victims of the attacks.... 10/31/2001 Families search for solace at Trade Center Memorial Thousands of mourners made a pilgrimage today to the World Trade Center site.... 10/29/2001 All the Trappings of a Funeral, With the Exception of One The funeral could not have been more beautiful had there actually been a body.... 10/29/2001 Funerals take toll, even on veteran directors "We're funeral directors, but we're people, and we don't have ice water in our veins...." 10/26/2001 DNA procedure helps close painful chapter for victims' families Bruce Kane held a Sept. 30 memorial for his missing son, fearful that he'd never have a body to bury.... 10/26/2001 Trying to make mail safe from anthrax The Bush administration struggled Wednesday to make the nation's vast postal system and its 800,000 employees safe from anthrax.... 10/24/2001 Arlington rites for the first casualty Facing the Pentagon's charred, punctured wall, mourners buried the first U.S. military man killed in the campaign against international terror.... 10/23/2001 New rites of mourning In addition to the common problem of not having a body to bury, families are grappling with where to hold memorials and what mood they should take on.... 10/18/2001 Lessons From One Tragedy May Be of Help in Another Now the dead are yielding up their identities to a team of Bosnian pathologists, DNA specialists, forensic experts and computer scientists.... 10/15/2001 A town tested by grief Glen Rock lost more of its residents Sept. 11 than it did during the Vietnam and Korean wars combined.... 10/14/2001 Pentagon Victims To Be Honored Today A memorial service at the Pentagon today will honor victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.... State holds Day of Remembrance to honor attack victims More than 6,000 Californians saluted, sang and wept Tuesday in salute to the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the relatives, rescuers and workers who are living with the aftermath.... A genetic blueprint for justice The devastation of the Sept. 11 attacks is so vast, the human toll so high, that New York has enlisted the help of three private laboratories to help identify victims killed at the World Trade Center.... Sept. 11 is a huge task for DNA experts She said, "If I go first, I'd like to be cremated and have a nice urn like this...." Memorial Ceremony for Victims, Firefighters About 6,000 people attended Arlington's Day of Remembrance and Appreciation.... Little closure left for loved ones "The death certificate does not bring me closure....I had that the moment the towers came down." Grieving and the Power of Memorials; Rethinking the Process of Mourning in a Changed Environment Without a body, some people may have a difficult time accepting the death of a loved one and may spend a great deal of time in denial.... "I just want part of him to say goodbye to" Since American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon more than two weeks ago, authorities have identified only about a third of the 189 people presumed dead after the attack.... Estate planners report surge in interest from younger clients Suddenly, people who would have put off estate planning are wondering what would happen to their loved ones should a disaster unexpectedly strike them.... Restoring Identities to Victims With a name, a family can bury a loved one.... |