Yankees, Mets Gave 9/11-Shaken New York a Lifeline After Nearly 3,000 Deaths
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Updated · New York Daily News · Sep 11
Yankees, Mets Gave 9/11-Shaken New York a Lifeline After Nearly 3,000 Deaths
3 articles · Updated · New York Daily News · Sep 11
Summary
Mike Piazza’s post-9/11 home run and the Yankees’ three straight World Series wins at Yankee Stadium gave New Yorkers brief relief as the city struggled through the attacks’ aftermath.
Shea Stadium also became a relief hub—taking in supplies and housing out-of-town responders—while Ground Zero workers and first responders said baseball offered a few hours of normalcy after days surrounded by death.
Joe Torre later said the Yankees’ seven-game World Series loss mattered less than what Tino Martinez, Scott Brosius and Derek Jeter’s late home runs did for the city’s spirit.
Nearly 25 years after Sept. 11, the account casts those Mets and Yankees moments not as healing the loss of almost 3,000 people, but as helping New York get through it.