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...believe he helped purchase a boat for bin Laden. DIED CHRISTOPHER REEVE, 52, chiseled star of the Superman movies, who became even better known for his inspiration and activism after a 1995 horseback-riding accident that left him paralyzed; of an infection from a pressure wound; in Mount Kisco, New York. He became a powerful spokesman for spinal-cord injuries, including the use of fetal stem cells for medical research, while continuing to work in films as an actor and director. DIED GERARD PIERRE-CHARLES, 68, influential Haitian author and politician; of heart failure after a lung infection; in Havana...
...feeling that at any moment it might happen again. The initial symptoms of my first heart attack were so mild that I unwisely finished the tennis match I was playing. Women should recognize the symptoms of a possible heart attack and seek medical help immediately. MARY E. FARLEY Mount Kisco...
...Mount Kisco is 54 minutes on the train from New York City, and something less than thoroughly in the city's grasp. It used to be, not so long ago, "the country." Now it's certainly a commuter suburb, but in its hilliness and leafiness and in its sense of self as the center of Northern Westchester, it keeps a psychic arm's length...
...appointment at Dr. Cronenberg's children's dentistry office was at noon, and we were the only ones there. By now, knowledge of the attack was general in Mount Kisco and everyone was offering greetings that began with, "Awful," or "What a day" or "Simply inconceivable." Dr. Cronenberg had the radio on, as was usual, but it offered news, not Muzak. As Caroline sat patiently through her checkup, assistants kept giving the doctor updates on news from southern Manhattan. "Pace has been let out," one said finally. Pace University was mere blocks from ground zero, and Dr. Cronenberg...
...Driving down Main Street, I noted how weird it was, the reports from the local radio station full of premature closings. It was like a snow day in Mount Kisco, with the school busses rolling early, but it was 81 degrees and pleasant. Very strange. And then, in the large parking lot, as I held Caroline's hand and we made our way to Belizzi Pizza for her post-dentist reward, I noticed another odd thing. Kisco lies 15 miles north of Northern Westchester Airport, a stone's throw further from LaGuardia and another from Kennedy. There are few distractions...