Some ran to honor the dead and wounded. Others were out to prove something to the world about their sport, the city or their country. And some wanted to prove something to themselves.
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The Ultimate Warrior, one of the most colorful stars in pro wrestling history, died at 54 on Tuesday, the WWE said. Warrior, who legally changed his name from James Hellwig, collapsed while walking with his wife to their car at a Scottsdale, Ariz., hotel and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
A large brawl broke out during an annual charity hockey match between New York City police and firefighters on Long Island.
Stifling sobs, Oscar Pistorius took the witness stand Monday in his murder trial and apologized to the family of the girlfriend he shot dead, describing himself as traumatized and now on antidepressant medication, and sometimes waking from nightmares to the “smell of blood.”
