Bronx News: For some, feast serves as distraction from 9/11

Glenda Torres didn’t want to think about 9/11 on the 10th   anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. Instead of going to any of the ceremonies marking the anniversary on Sunday, she went to Ferragosto, an annual street festival in the Bronx’s Little Italy.

“It takes my mind off of it,” said Torres, 34. “I saw some things that I would rather not remember.”

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