grandfather
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Logan Miller, 32, lost his uncle during the attacks, and his grandfather to 9/11-related illness in the aftermath.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
His grandfather, Francisco, 74, who rode beside him in a straw cowboy hat, shook his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
In his statement, James O'Sullivan concluded: "Always kind-spirited, good humoured, a doting grandfather and a wonderful dad – I will miss him dearly."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The project has resulted in five clips featuring accounts from those touched by the attacks, including an 11-year-old girl whose grandfather responded to the attack on the Pentagon.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
His grandfather had been neither mad nor lying.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
The vintage movie footage—one of Mr. Magnason’s grandfathers was a camera buff, so images abound—gives a solid sense of a place, its people and its self-image.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But for most of my life, they felt like the domain of grandfathers, finance bros and people who knew what vermouth was without having to Google it.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
“We’re asking airmen to strap into jets that their grandfathers, fathers and now they are flying, and it is time for a reset,” said Doug Birkey, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
She acknowledged that it was still "not enough" and promised a "special plan for our grandfathers and grandmothers."
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Does Apa think I can be an important Park like our past grandfathers?
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
