Teresa Mathai, with her son, Robert, of Arlington. Joseph Mathai, Robert’s father, was killed Sept. 11, 2001.
(John Blanding/ Globe Staff)
Building a life around a hole in the heart
Nine years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the children of the terrorists’ victims are still coming to terms with their utterly unfathomable loss
Teresa Mathai, with her son, Robert, of Arlington. Joseph Mathai, Robert’s father, was killed Sept. 11, 2001.
(John Blanding/ Globe Staff)
He was only 8 years old, but he knew better. He’d been told early on that the Sept. 11 attacks on the Twin Towers had claimed his father’s life. But months later, Robert Mathai still wondered: Could his father just be on a prolonged business trip? (Full article: 1253 words)
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