Monday, September 11, 2006

Those Who Lost Loved Ones Sustain Memorial Charities

Those Who Lost Loved Ones Sustain Memorial Charities: "Those Who Lost Loved Ones Sustain Memorial Charities

By Jacqueline L. Salmon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 11, 2006; Page A06

Five years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the billions of dollars donated to the families of those killed have largely been spent, but the charity work hasn't stopped.

Now the families themselves have taken the stage. They have started scholarship funds and international relief efforts, raised money for memorials to honor the dead and launched organizations that have coalesced into multifaceted crusades for a variety of issues, including skyscraper safety, airline security and national security."

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