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Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was born in 1896 in Calcutta, India. He first met his spiritual master, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami, in Calcutta in 1922. Bhaktisiddhanta...
Officer Uhuru Houston

Officer Uhuru Houston

"Whatever you do, don't come down here." Those were the last words Sonya Houston ever heard from her husband. He was calling on September 11th from his regular beat at the World Trade Center,...
Officer George Howard

Officer George Howard

September 11, 2001, wasn't the first time George Howard rushed to work on his day off. He did the same thing in 1993 after the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. He won a medal for his...
Senior Court Officer Thomas Jurgens

Senior Court Officer Thomas Jurgens

Court Officers are the uniformed, law enforcement arm of the New York State Unified Court System. Their training academy is just two blocks from the World Trade Center. Thomas Jurgens was one of approximately...
Captain Kathy Mazza

Captain Kathy Mazza

Kathy Mazza, 46, was already a life-saving hero long before 9/11. The former operating room nurse and wife of a NYPD officer switched to law enforcement in 1987. Her program to train over 600 Port Authority...
Sergeant John Gerard Coughlin

Sergeant John Gerard Coughlin

John Coughlin, a big, burly NYPD sergeant and ex-U.S. Marine, had one especially memorable trait -- a heart of gold, especially for children. That tenderness was most evident with his own three daughters....
Crime Specialist I Clyde Fraizer, Jr.

Crime Specialist I Clyde Fraizer, Jr.

Clyde Frazier's legacy was set long before his life ended on 9/11. Back in the early '90s, this former Amateur Athletic Union basketball coach saw how hard it was for inner city girls to be scouted...
Master Special Officer Craig J. Miller

Master Special Officer Craig J. Miller

Based in Virginia, Craig Miller was on temporary assignment in New York on September 11, 2001. He was with the Special Services Division, which provides protection for vehicles carrying important officials...
Officer John Perry

Officer John Perry

His life reads like a Hollywood movie script. Officer Perry was a tall, handsome, intelligent man who spoke five languages. Before joining the NYPD he served in the National Guard and later earned his...
Officer Moira Smith

Officer Moira Smith

Moira Smith introduced herself to her future husband, James, another NYPD officer, by grabbing his Yankees cap off his head and tossing it across the squad room. But beneath the Brooklyn native's fun-loving...