25 years later, who was the 9/11 victim with a Global News reporter’s name?

It’s an awkward thing to say.

But every Sept. 11, when the names of the 2,977 people killed in the terrorist attacks are read aloud at the World Trade Center site … I hear my name.

Michael J. Armstrong.

It’s a name I share, right down to the middle initial.

For more than two decades, I wondered about the other Michael Armstrong. Who was he? What was his life like? Who had he left behind?

Years ago, I came across something written by one of his sisters about the family’s efforts to keep Michael’s memory alive. They had created a foundation in his name. So, as I began putting together stories to mark 25 years since the attacks, I decided I wanted…

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