After losing her father on 9/11, a young Yankees fan built an unbreakable bond with Derek Jeter

After losing her father on 9/11, a young Yankees fan built an unbreakable bond with Derek Jeter

Brielle Saracini came full circle at her cherished Yankee Stadium on Friday, throwing out the first ceremonial pitch 25 years after her father's death on Sept. 11.

Daughter of 9/11 victim throws out first pitch of Yankees-Mets series

NEW YORK — Twenty-five years ago, Brielle Saracini was 10 years old and trying to cope with losing her father, Victor Saracini, the pilot on United flight 175, which was taken over by the 9/11 hijackers and crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center. Spurred on by a friend, she wrote a letter to Derek Jeter, met the Yankees captain at Yankee Stadium and formed a lifelong friendship. On Friday, as New York commemorated the 25th annive…

25 years later, Jeter's bond with daughter of 9/11 victim is rekindled

NEW YORK – Derek Jeter remembers wondering if they should play at all. In the days after Sept. 11, 2001, baseball felt inconsequential amid the fear and grief that gripped New York. Yet as the wounded city grappled with an altered skyline and a new reality, the Yankees came to