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Killing of Henryk Siwiak - The last person killed in New York on 9/11 although not a victim of the terror attacks earlier that day (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Man that was actually really frickin creepy but more sad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Frankist Mob hit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

NYC averages about a murder a day, so one murder on 9/11 is about average. People were even more jumpy in Bed-Stuy that day than usual, I would imagine. It's sad, but it doesn't seem unusual to me.