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    Maureen Santora's son Christopher was one of the youngest firefighters to die in the September 11 attacks. Initially, she was profoundly sad but decided to honor Christopher's memory through charitable works including writing two children's books about 9/11 to help kids understand the events and promote non-violence. She and her husband have also started a scholarship fund in Christopher's name and advocate for 9/11 causes. To commemorate the 10th anniversary, Maureen will give public readings of her books around New York City to raise funds to donate 5,000 copies to local schools.

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    We had 911 Survivors tell us how their lives are now....ten years later.

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    Maureen Santora's son Christopher was one of the youngest firefighters to die in the September 11 attacks. Initially, she was profoundly sad but decided to honor Christopher's memory through charitable works including writing two children's books about 9/11 to help kids understand the events and promote non-violence. She and her husband have also started a scholarship fund in Christopher's name and advocate for 9/11 causes. To commemorate the 10th anniversary, Maureen will give public readings of her books around New York City to raise funds to donate 5,000 copies to local schools.

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    9/11 Survivors Ten Years Later (Page 2)

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    Maureen Santora's son Christopher was one of the youngest firefighters to die in the September 11 attacks. Initially, she was profoundly sad but decided to honor Christopher's memory through charitable works including writing two children's books about 9/11 to help kids understand the events and promote non-violence. She and her husband have also started a scholarship fund in Christopher's name and advocate for 9/11 causes. To commemorate the 10th anniversary, Maureen will give public readings of her books around New York City to raise funds to donate 5,000 copies to local schools.

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    Maureen Santora IN HER OWN WORDS...

    My son Christopher was one of the youngest firefighters to die in the attacks on September 11. He became a hero that day by giving his life to saving others; but to me, he was always special because he was my son. Initially, I was just profoundly sad all the time. I cried myself to sleep for months. But then I started to think about Christopher and what he wouldve wanted from us. His father Al and I felt that Christopher would be very angry with us if we just shriveled up and died into ourselves. So we decided to work very hard to remember Christophers life. One of the first things I did was to write two childrens books about 9/11. I wanted to help children overcome their fears and understand what happened. So I wrote The Day the Towers Fell to teach them that this terrible event was an act of hatred, and that we all have to work very hard not to be consumed by hate. With My Son Christopher, I wanted children to know that their parents love them very much, no matter what happens, just as I loved Christopher. There is a rainbow at the end of terrible events, but you have to actively look for the rainbow. You have to make the death meaningful, and share the lost loved ones personality and gifts. Thats what Al and I have decided to do in our journey. The books I wrote, the causes we got involved with, the scholarship fund that we started in our sons name, our 9/11 advocacyall these efforts are steps along the path that weve walked together since Christophers death. Its been tremendously helpful to us personally, and, I hope, to others as well. Maureen will commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11, by giving 11 days of public readings from her childrens books all around New York City. Her goal of the 9/11 Speaking tour is to raise the funds need to donate 5,000 of the books to NYC elementary schools. You can nd out more at www.maureensantora.com/Speakingtour0911. Maureen Santora would like readers of A Distinctive Style to have an opportunity to read her books. She is donating 3 autographed copies of My Son Christopher and The Day the Towers Fell.
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