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Northridge, said. "The son should bury his father and mother." He writes almost daily on a website for his son, iskandar.com/waleed911 which also counts down the number of days, hours and seconds sinceWaleed was killed. On the website is the line: "Wherever he wasbecame the best place in the world to be." The 9-11 terrorist attacks claimed the lives of 2,977 victims inNew York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. Of the four airlinersused as missiles against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon,and crashed into a field in Shanksville, Pa., three were bound forLos Angeles, one for San Francisco. And of the nearly 250passengers who perished, 25 lived in Los Angeles County, while manyothers in the twin towers also had roots in the region. For some family members and friends left behind, time has donelittle to ease their grief. For others, 10 years has passedpainfully slow, even as life had to go on. Some share storieseagerly while others choose to reflect quietly, their voicesbreaking as they remember. For Dr. Steven Taback, a pulmonary specialist who works atProvidence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, the memory ofhis friend and co-worker brings on heartache. For some reason, Taback said, it seems like whenever he looks at aclock, it is either 9:11 a.m. or p.m. And that's at least twice aday he remembers Dr. Yeneneh Betru. "For me, it's as if no time has passed," Taback said of Betru, a35-year-old internist who had visited his native Ethiopia and wason his way back to Los Angeles. Betru was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77, which thehijackers crashed into the Pentagon about an hour after taking offfrom Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. Like WaleedIskandar, Betru also left behind a fiancee. He had been fixing up six used dialysis machines to send to hishometown hospital in Ethiopia. A foundation in his name was laterset up, and on Sept. 11, 2008, the Dr. Yeneneh Betru HemodialysisCenter was inaugurated at Bethel Teaching General Hospital in AddisAbaba, Ethiopia. Today, as millions observe Sept. 11, Taback will quietly recallBetru, described by those who knew him as a gentle spirit. OnMonday, a special ceremony of prayers, music and inspirationalmessages will be held at Providence Saint Joseph to remember Betruand those who died in the attacks. "There was nothing but goodness to him," Taback said. "He's deeplymissed and will be forever. Everybody's still in the process ofmourning and healing." A legacy of pain Across the nation, there also will be children remembering a mom ordad. Some were yet to be born when their parent died. Kellie Lee was expecting her second daughter when her husbandDaniel boarded American Airlines Flight 11. Daniel Lee, a34-year-old Van Nuys man and set carpenter for the Backstreet Boys,wanted to return home to be with Kellie as their child was born. "It doesn't seem like 10 years have passed," said Kellie Lee, wholives in Las Vegas now with her two daughters. Two days afterFlight 11 slammed into the World Trade Center, Kellie gave birth toAllison Danielle. "In the hospital, there were both cards of congratulations and ofcondolences," Kellie Lee said. "It's always been like thishappy-sad event." She said she thinks of her "Dan the Man" all the time. "He had a great sense of humor, a big smile, and when he was ontour, he met a lot of people," Kellie Lee said. Her daughters Amanda and Allison are doing well, Kellie Lee said.She tries to raise them with as much happiness as possible. "The kids were my saving grace," Kellie Lee said. "I had to go onbecause of them." Another father-to-be, Ruben Ornedo, 39, of Eagle Rock, was also anewly married Boeing Co. engineer. The Philippines native was on a three-week business trip toWashington and was flying home on Flight 77 to see his wife ofthree months, Sheila, who was pregnant. The handsome graduate of Fairfax High and UCLA is remembered forbeing an avid hiker, a do-it-yourself MacGyver and a family man whoespecially loved kids. Dr. Eduardo Ornedo, his older brother, was working at OliveView-UCLA Medical Center, in Sylmar, when he learned Ruben was onthe plane that hit the Pentagon. "I feel sad, especially for my niece, Robin. She won't grow up withher dad," said Ornedo, who now practices in El Monte. "Earlier inthe year, they had a father-daughter dance at her school, and hewasn't there. "He would be so proud to see his daughter now." At the Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, where scientists andresearchers work to find cures for diseases, a reflection garden istucked away in the corner of the property for Dora Menchaca, a45-year-old mother of two who put herself on an earlier plane homefrom Washington D.C. - Flight 77 - to be with her family. To commemorate Menchaca's interest in finding a cure for cancer,Amgen donated $3 million to build a patient care center wing atUCLA, where she received her Ph.D. In addition, a tree and rose garden were planted in her memory, astone bench installed, and a plaque erected bearing the words"Scientist. Mother. Wife. Colleague. Mentor. Friend. Much admired.Greatly missed," Amgen officials said. Others honored the memory of loved ones by doing good deeds. In August 2001, Marian Farkas of Encino had flown to Florida toreunite with her nephew, 23-year-old James Gadiel, on her mother'sbirthday. A few weeks later, Gadiel was one of 658 employees of investmentfirm Cantor Fitzgerald to die in the World Trade Center attack. "I'm still crying," said Farkas, 70, who now lives in Winnetka. "Wenever heard from James again. Nothing from him was ever found.Nothing. "He's buried at Ground Zero. To me it's sacred ground." For five years, Farkas has volunteered for Operation Gratitude, inEncino, to support U.S. troops in memory of her slain nephew. On the eve of Sept. 11, Dr. Carlton Valvo was in Lake Tahoecelebrating a 41th wedding anniversary with his wife, Coletta. They learned their 38-year-old son Carlton, a vice president ofinternational bond trading at Cantor Fitzgerald, hadn't escaped the105th floor. "It's really bad here," the executive told his brother Brandon viacellphone minutes after the attack. "It's filling up with smoke. "I don't know if we're going to make it." Carlton, a charming defensive back at St. Francis High School, hadflourished on Wall Street while being generous with needystrangers. He had traveled to 50 countries. His daughter Dante, now 17, will read out names during the GroundZero memorial service. "We don't get over it," said Valvo, 75, who practices at GlendaleMemorial Hospital. "He's still missed, especially on Christmas. Tosee Dante without her father.. "But I'm proud of her. She looks so much like her dad. I see somuch of Carl in her." Return to Ground Zero Meanwhile, Joseph Iskandar planned to be in New York today to visitthe 9-11 Memorial and Museum to see his son's name on a plaqueplaced there. He was bringing four of Waleed's charred credit cardsthat rescue workers had found in the rubble of the World TradeCenter and he wanted museum officials to have them. Several special memorial funds will continue in his son's name,including at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Northridge,where the family worships. He will also continue to write to Waleed, as he has done for thelast 10 years. May 2011: "My son! Today, May 1 2011, the US Navy Seals killed theperson responsible for that horrific act of terror against the USA.After almost ten years, Bin Laden is killed in a compound inPakistan. Justice has been done." "After the fourth and fifth year, we started with acceptance,"Iskandar said of himself and his wife, Samia. "I'm much better. I realized if we want to go on living, we have tohave faith in God, and then acceptance and then the will to go onliving.". The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as China P84 Filter Bag , China Boiler Bag Filter, and more. For more , please visit P84 Filter Bag today!
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