By WRHU Staff
More than 50,000 volunteers gathered at the U.S.S. Intrepid in Manhattan on Sept. 11 this year, working together to pack over 18 million meals for hungry families across the country.
What started as an event to mark the anniversary of the day the Twin Towers were struck in New York City has become a movement for all who share painful memories of the attacks to turn their grief into a public good. Singers from the musical “Wicked” marked the start of the afternoon’s meal packing. WRHU’s Jonathan Padilla was at the scene and had this report:
WRHU’s Angelina LeTellier, Autumn Rose Palmer, Memphis Everest and Jonathan Padilla sat down with Mark Lukasiewicz, dean of Hofstra University’s Lawrence Herbert School of Communication, for an interview on his coverage of the Sept. 11 attacks. Lukasiewicz was executive producer for NBC News and was in the control room when the Twin Towers were hit. That day, he and his team covered the attacks and went on to produce the overnight coverage in the weeks that followed.
Lukasiewicz brought with him four pages of handwritten notes as well as part of a script that he delivered on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
The Town of Hempstead hosted its annual 9/11 memorial ceremony on Sept. 11 this year along the shoreline at Town Park Point Lookout to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks. WRHU’s Jonathan Padilla was there and spoke with attendees. Here was his report for WRHU 88.7FM Radio Hofstra University:
