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In 2002, the world population was approximately 6,337,730,342 people[†]
2002Kim Hunter, American actress (born 1922)[†]
Kim Hunter was an American theatre, film, and television actress. She achieved prominence for portraying Stella Kowalski in the original production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, which she reprised for the 1951 film adaptation, and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
2002Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (born 1933)[†]
John Constantine Unitas was an American professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons, primarily with the Baltimore Colts. Nicknamed "Johnny U." and "the Golden Arm", Unitas was considered the prototype of the modern era marquee quarterback and is regarded as one of the greatest NFL players of all time.
2002David Wisniewski, American author and illustrator (born 1953)[†]
David R. Wisniewski, was an American writer and illustrator best known for children's books.
From ground zero to the Pentagon to Shanksville, Pa. From Wabash, Ind., to Dearborn, Mich., to Ghazni, Afghanistan. A Nation Challenged, a two-part special section, looks at the new age of terror one year later: the human toll -- the faces and names of most of the 3,025 victims -- and the effort to learn to live with death as a constant companion. The indelible day and its aftermath are captured in the words and haunted dreams of an 8-year-old in Omaha, in the memory of a rookie firefighter whose first day was Sept. 11, in the evident scars of an Arab-American community.
New York City Fire Department struggles to regroup operationally and emotionally after devastating losses last Sept 11; 343 firefighters died in attack on World Trade Center, 91 vehicles were destroyed, 213 senior commanders are retiring and as many as 500 firefighters may leave because of lung damage suffered at ground zero; 4,971 have applied to join force, fraction of 25,000 who usually apply each year; most affecting is emotional devastation; photos, including one of funeral just now held for Firefighter Peter Bielfeld; both frontline firefighters and senior officers are retiring in record numbers, some because of exhaustion and many because their pensions are based on last year of work, when they earned huge amounts of overtime; result is force filled with new recruits who have to be trained all at once (L)
Matthew Purdy describes mood in Summit, NJ, year after Sept 11 terrorist attacks; Summit lost eight people in attacks (M)
No Assessment of Iraq Although the administration is urging action against Iraq, intelligence officials acknowledge they do not have a comprehensive assessment of its arms capacities. PAGE A23 Little Choice on Alert New intelligence reports and political considerations left the White House with little choice but to heighten an alert about possible terrorism. NEWS ANALYSIS, PAGE A13
Jon F Snyder, 38, opens Il Laboratorio del Gelato on Lower East Side, returing to his roots in ice cream; worked at his family-owned Carvel franchise while growing up in Westchester County and founded gelato company called Ciao Bella when he was 19, selling it at 25; photos (M)
Hong Kong government-appointed panel of inquiry concludes that some officials made errors in connection with issuance of trading proposal that set off steep decline among penny stocks in Hong Kong, angering many investors; panel says that some of errors were 'understandable,' and largely confines itself to suggesting ways to improve regulatory structure instead of assigning personal responsibility for fiasco; Hong Kong's chief executive Tung Chee-hwa says he welcomes all of recommendations made by inquiry panel, but does not say whether they will be adopted; photo (M)
New York is still New York, one year after it faced its own mortality; it has not been unmade by terrorist attack on World Trade Center year ago, but remade; its sense of control and invulnerability is gone, but New York has become city of regeneration; it is a city pulsing with added exertion to be normal--its own kind of normal; it is also a city with its fingers crossed, as its citizenry hangs in delicate equipoise between faith and fear; photos (L)
First anniversary of Sept 11 terrorist attacks to be marked with public ceremonies and private moments across US, even as new intelligence information prompt Bush administration to put nation on high alert; plans include memorial services, bagpipe processions, peace vigils, and tree plantings, bells tolling from ground zero in New York to Southern California coast, and choirs singing Mozart's Requiem from one time zone to another; daylong observance in New York includes moment of silence at 8:46 AM, when first hijacked plane struck World Trade Center, and church bells at 10:29 AM, when second tower collapsed; memorial service also set at Pentagon (M)
New York Yankees defeat Baltimore Orioles, 5-2, and 2-1, in double header; photos (M)
Thailand's central bank leaves benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2 percent; economy is still expected to grow as much as 4 percent this year (S)