Family still grieves over ex-national cricketer killed in over 9/11

Sarah Khan

As the world observes the tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, which claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people, Guyanese both home and abroad will be mourning their loved ones.

Among them will be the family of Nezam Hafiz, 32, a former national middle-order batsman, who worked on the 94th floor of tower one of the World Trade Center, which collapsed after hijackers crashed two planes into it. He is among at least 25 Guyanese who perished in the attacks and for whom there will be remembrances as families continue to try and come to grips with the loss.

The September 11, 2001 attacks saw four assaults by terrorists from the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda on