9/11, Ten Years Later: Stories From Home and Abroad

On Thursday, Port Washington-Saukville Patch brought you the story of , who spent much of 9/11 wondering about the whereabouts of their son, Bill, a cardiologist and electrophysiologist who was attending a conference in New York.

The Grohs did not know the exact location of the conference, and — for all they knew — Bill could have been in the towers, Joe said. The morning went by, but nothing seemed to be moving.

"Everbody's eyes were glued to the TV," Joan said. "We did nothing."

By the afternoon, the Grohs finally learned from Bill’s family that he was OK — and "OK" was all they needed to know, Joe said.

Their story and so many others reveal how the events of 9/11 have affected people across the United States and the world.

At the 10th anniversary, Patch journalists throughout Milwaukee and the entire country are telling those stories. A dazzling photo gallery collecting 911 anecdotes resides on Huffington Post, and a Patch in Western Pennsylvania that are memorialized around the nation. I also invite you to read these in-depth articles from the southeast Wisconsin Patch communities:

Brookfield:

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Fox Point:

Greenfield:  

Menomonee Falls:

Muskego:

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Oak Creek:

Port Washington:

Shorewood:

Sussex:

Whitefish Bay:

Waukesha:

Wauwatosa: