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This is a simple tribute we make to our fellow amateurs who were killed in the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. More than 90 days of the great tragedy that befell the American people, a list of missing this attack was prepared, having been proven that more than 5,000 people are missing, are people born in over 100 different countries, but the vast majority It is American.

As previously mentioned, this also confirmed that 07 radio amateurs are among the many killed in the terrorist attacks of the day September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington.

Along with the 110-story Twin Towers, several buildings around were destroyed or seriously damaged, including buildings 3-7 of the World Trade complex and the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas. The North Tower, South Tower, the Marriott Hotel (WTC-3) and the WTC-7 were completely destroyed. The US Customs located in WTC-6, 4-WTC, WTC-5:02 pedestrian bridges linking the buildings were severely damaged. The Deutsche Bank Building, located on Liberty Street and that was part of the World Trade Center complex was later condemned and destroyed because of toxic conditions inside the office tower. The Fiterman Hall, Borough of Manhattan Community College, located at 30 West Broadway, was condemned due to the damage in the attack and is being rebuilt. Other neighboring buildings, the 90 West Street and the Verizon Building suffered major damage, but were restored. The World Financial Center buildings, One Liberty Plaza, the Millennium Hilton and 90 Church Street had moderate damage and have also been restored.

All telecommunications equipment located at the top of the North Tower and among them the tower of television and a radio transmitter were destroyed, but quickly TV stations, Radio, Media and Internet were able to redirect their signals and resume broadcasts.

The Pentagon was severely damaged by the impact of Flight 77, American Airlines and subsequent fires, causing the collapse of one of the building sections. As you approach the Pentagon, the wings of the plane downed light poles and its right engine broke a generator before falling on the west side of the building, killing all 53 passengers and five hijackers and 6 crew members. The plane hit the Pentagon at first floor level. The front fuselage disintegrated during impact, while the central section and the tail is maintained in movement for a fraction of a second. Debris from the tail penetrated deeper into the building, breaking by 94 meters, three of the five most outer rings of the building.

The New York authorities said among those listed missing, include the following amateur colleagues:

***** N2SJ - Steven A. Jacobson " Steve" - 53 years old, of New York, one of those responsible for transmitters WPIX television channel;

***** William V. Steckman "Account" WA2ACW - W. Hempstead, New York, one of the coordinators of the transmitters for television WNBC. Steckman was technical in the area of New York City and operated a large number of repeaters at the World Trade Center, including "434" who was a repeater in megahertz for ATV;

***** KA2OTD - Robert D. Cirri "Bob" - 39 years old, a member of ARRL Nutley, New Jersey was the emergency coordinator ARRL District to Hudson County. Cirri was a police officer, was playing a the authorities aid work trying to evacuate workers and visitors of the building when it collapsed;

***** AA1GO - Michael G. Jacobs - 54 years old - Danbury, Connecticut. Jacobs worked as an employee of an international trust company that had offices destroyed the World Trade Center (World Trade Center);

***** KA2KET - Gerard J. Coppola "Rod" - 46 years old, was one of the coordinators of WNET, Channel 13, lived in New York City;

***** KA2DRF - Winston A. Grant - 59 years old, was a computer technician, lived in West Hempstead, New York;

***** W3HRD - William Ruth, W3HRD, died in the attack on the Pentagon. William was a professor of Maryland who served in the US Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and the Army Reserve when the war in the Persian Gulf;

A special financial fund was established to help the families of missing hams in Word Trade Center.