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Honoring a 9/11 Legacy: How One Family Turned Tragedy Into $130K in Student Scholarships

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Turning Loss into Hope: The 25-Year Legacy of Neil G. Shastri

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Midland Park NJ, On a bright Tuesday morning in September 2001, 25-year-old Neil G. Shastri was just starting a brand-new chapter of his life. Neil, who grew up in Ho-Ho-Kus , married only three months earlier to his college sweetheart, he had recently moved into a New York City apartment and was two weeks into his role as an IT consultant for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 103rd floor of the World Trade Center’s North Tower.

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