Sault Star remembers 9/11 coverage: LSSU community found solace at evening vigil

On this, the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., the Sault Star’s Jeffrey Ougler recalls how the Star, given the news operation’s close geographic proximity to the U.S., quickly sought to cover as many local angles as possible. This was, of course, prior to the emergence of widespread online news and social media, so details were initially extremely scarce. For one story, Ougler, a young reporter at the time, crossed what appeared to be a near empty