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Locos coach Fassel helped N.Y. heal in tragedy's wake

By Steve Carp
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Sep. 11, 2011 | 1:59 a.m.

He had seen the destruction up close, and it forever changed Jim Fassel's outlook on life.

Ten years ago today, airplanes were flown into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pa. Fassel, who was coach of the New York Giants on that fateful day, was shocked, bitter and angry over what had happened to his country. But it took a special visit to Lower Manhattan for Fassel to get true perspective.

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