9/11 families are rightly remembered
Jane Pollicino, of Plainview, lost her husband, Steve, in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Credit: Arnold Miller
Congratulations on your wonderful series ["9/11: A decade later LI remembers," News, Feb. 27]. I, too, marvel at the many ways the survivors, families, friends and co-workers, have created to remember and honor their loved ones lost on 9/11.
As a bereavement counselor, I have worked with many of the survivors of 9/11. Each one had a painful gash in their hearts, an empty space, where their loved one once lived.
Through our work together, they filled this "grief hole" with memories and legacies to honor their loved ones and slowly developed a new relationship with their loved ones - a relationship that eased the pain that does not go away, and as your article stated. They carried on.
I continue to be in awe of these survivors and read their stories with a sad heart, but with pride in the strength of the human spirit that exists in these inspirational survivors.
Diana Nash
East Hampton
'Success is zero deaths on the roadway' Newsday reporters spent this year examining the risks on Long Island's roads, where traffic crashes over a decade killed more than 2,100 people and seriously injured more than 16,000. This documentary is a result of that newsroom-wide effort.
