"The Women of Rockaway Beach" And "A Smile Gone, But Where?" - Two Short Films to Mark September 11TH Tragedy On Oxygen.Business Editors & Entertainment/Television Writers On September 11th more than 40 women with children and baby carriages stood on the side of the church of St. Francis de Salles in Rockaway Beach Rockaway Beach may refer to: Places:
In the distance, the black smoke from the World Trade Center drifted towards them. Before the smoke reached Rockaway Beach, many of these women were already widows. Their stories, how they have coped, and how they have helped each other will be told in "The Women of Rockaway Beach" a 30-minute short film that will air on September 11, 2002. This film, together with "A Smile Gone, But Where?" as well as interview footage will make up a one-hour special for Oxygen. "The Women of Rockaway Beach" is a documentary about the women in this tight knit community, where parents live on the same street as their grown children, who live blocks away from their brothers, sisters and cousins. Nearly every family has been affected by September 11th. "Two doors one way and five the other," is how one woman put it. Nearly one third of the firefighters killed on September 11th lived in this beach community. Rockaway was further devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. two months later when American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the Flight 587 crashed into the neighborhood, killing all 260 people aboard, five local residents and destroying six homes. In the days following September 11th the columnist Jimmy Breslin Jimmy Breslin (born October 17, 1930) is an American columnist and author who has written numerous novels and appeared regularly in various newspapers in New York City, where he lives. wrote "A Smile Gone, But Where?" about his morning ritual and how it had changed. Every morning on his way home from his swim Mr. Breslin would pass the same woman on the street and over time they formed a unique friendship without ever speaking. After September 11th she disappeared. He did not know her name or where she was from, but he was worried. This short film, which stars Mr. Breslin and Karen Duffy Karen Duffy (born May 23, 1962) is an American model, television personality, and actress. Born in New York City, she attended Park Ridge High School in Park Ridge, New Jersey, graduating in 1979. , is based on that column. Rosemary Breslin, author, journalist and daughter of Jimmy Breslin serves as producer of both "The Women of Rockaway Beach" and "A Smile Gone, But Where?" with her husband Tony Dunne Anthony Peter Dunne (born July 24, 1941 in Dublin), Irish football player who regularly appeared at left-back. He had 33 caps for the Republic of Ireland, playing for the national team in 1962-1975. He was Irish Footballer of the Year in 1969. . Kevin Breslin directed the film and Roy Bittan Roy Bittan (born July 2 1949 in Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York City) is an American keyboardist, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, which he joined on August 23, 1974. Bittan, nicknamed "The Professor", plays the piano, organ, accordion and synthesizers. from the E Street Band composed the score. About Oxygen Media Oxygen Media is an integrated media brand that combines the best qualities of cable television and the Internet to serve women. Founded in 1998 by Geraldine Laybourne Geraldine Laybourne founded Oxygen Media and has served as its chairman and chief executive officer since its inception. Oxygen was launched in 2000 to fill a void in the television landscape -- creating a television network targeted to younger women. , Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Caryn Mandabach and Oprah Winfrey, Oxygen consists of web sites including oxygen.com and Oprah.com, and a 24-hour cable network, available in 41 million homes, featuring music, talk, health, comedy, movies and sports. |
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