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Congress awarded its highest civilian honor to "Pea
nuts" creator Charles Shultz, saying the comic strip
characters created by the cartoonist "embodied
human potential." Schultz died in 2000, and his
widow Jean accepted the award in his place.
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S om e o f th e p e o p le A m e ric a w ill
m o st re m e m b e r in 2001 and fo r
years to co m e are those w h o risked
th e ir lives to save others d u rin g and
-4 Actress Angelina Jolie a fte r the Sept. 11 te rro ris t attacks.
was appointed ambassador
for the United Nations
High Commissioner of Ref
ugees. She will work with
U.N. High Commissioner M As terrified crowds poured down the stairs
Ruud Lubbers to help bring and out of the Word Trade Center towers, fire
refugee issues to the atten fighters and police made their way in. Through
tion of young people. rubble and darkness, they provided oxygen
masks and helped people escape to safety. By
nightfall on Sept. 11, the estimate of those
Timothy McVeigh missing or killed in the line of duty included
was put to death by lethal more than 300 firefighters and at least 85
injection on June 11, six police officers.
Joe Raedle G eliy Images
years after he parked a
truck bomb next to an Outgoing New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who
Oklahoma City federal rallied his city after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
building, killing 168 and helped nurture its recovery, was named Time
people. magazine's 2001 Person of the Year.
M Rhode Island's
Brown University inaugu ▼ One of the four hijacked planes in the terror
rated Ruth J. Simmons ist attack, United Airlines Flight 93, crashed
Alex W ong Getty Images near the woods of Shanksville, Pa. The FBI
as the new president in
believes the plane was intended for another
October. Simmons is the
strategic target (possibly the White House)
first black woman to lead
and that some of the passengers, including
an Ivy League University. Thomas Burnett and Jeremy Glick, battled
with the hijackers in the final moments before
the plane crashed. Both Burnett and Glick had
M Cartoon legend Chuck phoned family members and spoke of a plan
Jones, creator of famous to foil the hijackers We are all going to
characters like the Road die," Burnett reportedly told his wife minutes
Runner and Bugs Bunny, Dave Breen Getty Images before the crash, "but a group of us is going to
do something about it."
died of heart failure at
the age of 89. Jones won
M Thousands of American Red Cross volun
three Academy Awards teers across the country came to the aid of
and a Lifetime Achieve Sept. 11 attack victims, raising money and col
ment Award, and was the lecting blood donations. The Red Cross set
first inductee into the Ani up the Liberty Fund which collected approxi
mation Hall of Fame. mately S500 million intended to help victims
and the families of those who died or were
reported missing after Sept. 11.
AP Photo M icheal Dwver
