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September day when terrorist attacks claimed thousands of lives and broke millions of hearts. Hearts. This weekend marks the fifteenth anniversary of the attack. In rememberence leaders from two corridor faith communities are joining hands in a labor of love. Love. Cbs 2 News ReporterConnor Morgan has the story. Story. Two congregations one purpose. Trying to put our faith into practice. Members of st. Stephens Lutheran Church and the Islamic Center of cedar rapids spent their saturday painting cleaning to help those who use waypoints many services. The weekend workers are also aiming to build bridges were doing this together to show that we have solidarity and interfaith connection here in cedar rapids. Because of the environment and the things that are happening a ....
The Waverly Community of veterans is already a tightknit family. And that was proven after the flooding of 2008 ruined several posts. These veterans came together and after the floods of 2008 ripped through townmany veterans were left with no place to turn. The amvets had to get out of there, so they had to go somewhere. This was the spark for the waverly area veterans posta place to unite all veterans in the area. And after a few months of construction and veterans post now standing tall and ready to serve each and every veteran under one roof. Then they realized that gee why not. And they still have their autonomy, each one has an office. Where patriots gather. A place they hope will allow both young and oldactive and returning vets to come together. Support each other. And most importantly a place to honor them. Take a look inside the elevatora mural with all five branches of the armed forces. As you ride the elevatorthe mov ....
Warnings the rains continued in greene making the Small Community one of the first to see the flood waters but also one of the first to see it leave. It is a sight that has become all too familiar in the recent weeks. High waters and sandbags protecting as much as they can. A different story a week later the main street nearly back to normal. I think everybody got back into going again. We learned a lot from 08 i think. Only minor water reaching these businesses. Said for some of the homes in greene. A letterman jacket amongst the dumped debris and a graveyard of ruined applicances. For one retired couple there isnt much difference between now and 8 years ago. These photos showing the water after it had receded for several days. Water every place things floating. Every thing looked like a mess. The basements in this it was just below this drywall this deep freeze floated off these cinder blocks and tipped over and many of the too ....
History. In new york Memorial Services honor the victims who lost their lives 15 years ago this morning. The name of every person who died when planes hit the towers was red and echoed across the fountains. At the pentagon president obama spoke at a ceremony for the 184 people who lost their lives when a plane there. People gathered in pennsylvania where flight 93 crashed when passengers fought back to save the lives of others. Here in the corridor came to pray for the souls for tonight. Also to address the aftermath. The gatherings in cedar rapids has created sometimes an irrational fear of things we do not understand. Joe huisinga is here with the story. Tonight st. Stephens pain shared by all. The Interreligious Council for about 50 people but more than double that filled the church pews. There were spekers and prayers from christians, jews mulims, bahai and nat ....
Person dead, marking the first fire death since august 2013. No one was injured at the west 4th fire. Investigations for both fires are ongoing. Well keep you updated as more details come in. Live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. Deborah as you just saw here on abc9. Iowa improved to eight andoh for the First Time Since 2009. Alex walker joins us now with highlights. Alex thanks deboroah. The hawkeyes are on a roll. And with a favorable schedule ahead, each win brings them one step closer to punching their ticket to the big ten title game. Iowa native zach johnson the honorable captain for the hawkeyes today. He won the open championship this year. Firsst quarter. The hawkeyes strike first. Leshun daniels is in for the easy oneyard score. 70 iowa. Second quarter now. Akrum wadley continues his twoweak tear with the 11 yard score. 140 hawkeyes. And they would add on right before the half. Derrik mitchell right up the gut. Iowa st ....