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Nation, The, May, 2003 by Moser, Bob

On the first anniversary of 9/11, four men huddle on a busy street corner in Douglas, Arizona, clutching armfuls of homemade crosses and pretending not to notice the steady drizzle or the lightning strikes illuminating the nearby Mexican mountains. After a brief prayer for "our brothers and sisters who are so angry," the men begin to move up the puddled sidewalk. Every few feet, one of them holds a cross above his head and yells out the name of a victim over the sound of sloshing tires:

"Jesus Vidal Ramirez."

"Presente!" the other three answer.

"Maria Inez Gonzalez."

"Presente!"

"No Identificado."

"Presente!"

"Human Remains."

"Presente!"

This vigil is not for the 2,800 killed...

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