<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/magazine/spring-2002/very-public-grief.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Very Public Grief</title><excerpt>Like most San Francisco residents, Bob Paskins ’96 awoke Sept. 11 to the horrifying news of the World Trade Center towers burning and buckling. He knew that his father, Jerrold Paskins, was scheduled to be in New York City that day, and he was greatly alarmed.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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