Alyssa Cwanger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Linda Mitchell, whose son Franklin Sheffey Jr., was shot and killed in Homewood, cries with Mr. Sheffey's sister, Partena Pollard, at a vigil held in Homewood at Murtland and Mount Vernon streets.
Alyssa Cwanger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Val Jimerson, center, screams with delight as the bus carrying her son, Justin Pape, along with other soldiers from Battery B, 107th FA, who are returning after a year in Iraq, pulls up to the Hunt Armory. She cheers with Justin Pape's girlfriend Alexis Borowski, front left. Justin's sister Kaylee Curcio, age 6, waves a flag behind.
New York, NY -- Ground Zero, September 11, 2004, Memorial Service for family of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
New York, NY -- Ground Zero, September 11, 2004, Memorial Service for family of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Ground Zero, September 13, 2001 The silhouette of a man watches the scene at Ground Zero on September 13, 2001, following the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City. The smoke could be seen rising in the distance as the bright lights stayed on all night, illuminating Ground Zero for the rescue efforts.
Alyssa Cwanger/Daily Pennsylvanian President George Bush greets twins at a private barbecue in Philadelphia.
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Alyssa Cwanger/Post-Gazette Camp Shelby, Mississippi--Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, including Captain MaCallister, right, (who is from Tennessee), train during target shooting practice at Camp Shelby Tuesday morning. They will be leaving for Iraq early this summer.
July 4th Smile-- A child in the Philadelphia July 4th parade smiles and puts the American flag over his shoulders when his group's leader wasn't looking before the parade was about to begin.
Alyssa Cwanger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette fall weather rain photo
Alyssa Cwanger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette fall weather photo feature
Alyssa Cwanger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette feature photo, Steelers win and are on the way to the Super Bowl
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of Theresa Heinz Kerry
Alyssa Cwanger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette weather photo, a rainbow at the University of Pittsburgh
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Captain Todd McTavish, of Mt. Pleasant, is greeted by his daughters Meghan, 2, and Madison, 5, after returning from an 18 month deployment in Iraq with the 128th Forward Support Battalion. He brought them both back the army backpacks. This took place Friday evening at the headquarters for the 128th Forward Support Battalion, located at 826 Crane Ave.
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Husband and wife Rick and Brandi Dixon stand on the foundation of what used to be inside their home. They lost their house, all of their possessions inside, a car that also washed away and one of their two businesses to flooding. McKinleyville sits on a sort of peninsula, surrounded by a horseshoe curve of Buffalo Creek. When the creek rose suddenly on Sept. 17, residents had about 20 minutes to get to higher ground.
Alyssa Cwanger/Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, PA--Level Four dancers (foreground to background) Katie Klodowski, Olivia Davis, and Alaina Finney, all in the 10 and 11 year old age group, place their hands on the barre to practice pointe work during class at the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School Wednesday evening. This was the first day of this ballet class, which was taught by Pollyana Ribeiro.
Alyssa Cwanger/Post-Gazette PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA - Official groundhog handler Bill Deeley holds Punxsutawney Phil on the stage after the weather proclamation was read around 7:20a.m. in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Phil predicted six more weeks of winter in front of an estimated crowd of over 18,000.
Alyssa Cwanger/Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, PA--"The Clown Gordoon" (Jeff Gordon) helps Samuel Watson, 4, of Sewickley, right, blow bubbles at Family Fun Day at the Sewickley Heights History Center located on Glen Mitchell Road in Sewickley Saturday afternoon. The event also included antique cars, ponies & carriages, jugglers, face painting, acrobats, magicians, and balloons.
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The PSO's Night of the Proms "A Knight to Remember" Gala at Heinz Hall Garden Plaza.
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A swarm of birds flies over Mt. Washington Tuesday evening around 6:30pm after congregating on the Fort Pitt bridge. PG Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Alyssa Cwanger/Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, PA-- Local actor Gorman Lowe is on dialysis at Allegheny General Hospital Wednesday afternoon. PG Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
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Dick Gephardt shakes hands with Mary Lou Vandendries of Mt. Lebanon, at a rally stop at Steelworkers Plaza in Pittsburgh, PA. PG Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
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Runners are silhouetted by the bright afternoon sky as they participate in a high school cross country meet at Schenley Oval Wednesday afternoon. PG Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Alyssa Cwanger/Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, PA--Santa visits Megan Tiffany, age 2 and 1/2, in her hospital bed during his morning rounds through Children's Hospital in Oakland Christmas Day. Megan's uncle, Lars Tiffany, smiles behind. 120 patients spent Christmas (many with family members and friends) in Children's Hospital; the patients were given special bags filled with donated toys to help make their holiday a little brighter.
Alyssa Cwanger/Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, PA--Lynn Swann formally launches his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor at a rally at the Heinz History Center Wednesday evening. Mr. Swann has been campaigning for the nomination for most of the last year, but the Strip District appearance marks the first formal declaration of his candidacy.
Alyssa Cwanger/Post-Gazette Harrison City-- Pamela Hoebeck of Harrison City, gives treats to the cats she keeps in her house that can be adopted out. She is a volunteer with Animal Friends in New Ken; when Katrina struck she traveled with a friend from Apollo down to Mississippi and brought back 59 former pets rescued from the storm: puppies, dogs, cats, and kittens. She decided to not go back for more until she adopted out every one of them: She has four cats left.
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Duquesne, PA--shot8/1/06-- Suzanne Rudy of Johnstown kisses her daughter, Kaleigh Owens, 6, at Kaleigh's home in Duquesne Tuesday afternoon. Kaleigh Owens was with her mother on June 8, looking for a pet dog at the Humane Society shelter there. The Alaskan malamute she was looking at adopting ended up attacking Kaleigh on the street outside, biting off the tip of her nose and leaving numerous scars on her face. She has been undergoing surgery and counseling ever since, and her parents have hired a lawyer to deal with the Humane Society.
Alyssa Cwanger/Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, PA--shot9/10/05 Sir Andrew Davis and Yo-Yo Ma at The PSO's Night of the Proms "A Knight to Remember" at Heinz Hall. Photo ran in The New York Times.
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Reneta Kaethler, 16, from Dormont, wrestles J.J. Zanetta, 20, from Greentree, (a summer assistant) during wrestling practice with her Keystone Oaks High School wrestling team Tuesday evening at the Keystone Oaks High School gym on McNielly Rd. in Mt. Lebanon. She is the only female on the team.
Alyssa Cwanger/Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, PA--Libby Musacchio, 9, from Forrest Hills, sits in a tree in Mellon Park wearing fairy wings with her mother, Heidi Musacchio. They came together to May Market, held at Mellon Park today during which vendors sold products, gardening supplies, flowers, and various spring items. They bought the wings at the DreamWeaver stand; the fairy wings are handmade in Point Breeze.
Morrisville Manager Dan Greenewald reacts as members of his team pour a cooler of ice water over his head following their win in the District 21 12 year old softball finals between Bristol/Neshaminy at the Morrisville Little League complex in Morrisville.....Courier Times Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Tullytown Firefighter Robby Woram and Deputy Chief Scott Gilmore put out a truck fire on Bordentown Rd. in Tullytown Tuesday evening....Courier Times Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Sierra Smith, 10, of Newtown, looks at the Countryside Gardeners Flower Show at Half Moon Court Inn in Newtown Borough Friday afternoon...Courier Times Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Allison McDonald, 6, center, and Emily McDonald, 3, left, of Jamison, visit "Gleam" and Hurley," from Ensenada Farm, at the annual Middletown Grange Fair on Penns Park Road in Wrightstown....Courier Times Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Fazal Ahmed, General Secretary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Philadelphia, far left, greets Geshe Kelsang Menlam, a Tibetan Buddism representative, as Suketu Patel, of the Levittown Hindu Temple, far right, speaks with Rabbi Sigal Brier of Tzedek V'Shalom of Newtown, prior to their talks about their definition of peace and what their congregations are doing to work towards that harmonious goal at an event sponsored by the Peace Center, a nonprofit in Langhorne....Courier Times Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Pennsbury High School's softball team celebrates in front of their school in Fairless Hills after arriving there on firetrucks Friday evening. They beat Greater Latrobe at the Shippensburg University field to become the PIAA Class AAAA champs earlier in the day...Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Pennsbury High School's softball team celebrates in front of their school in Fairless Hills after arriving there on firetrucks Friday evening. They beat Greater Latrobe at the Shippensburg University field to become the PIAA Class AAAA champs earlier in the day...Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Kierra Gaskin, 14, of Bristol, center, and Cynthia Toe, 13, of Bristol, far right, hold up signs as they march down Airacobra Street in the Bloomsdale-Fleetwing community in Bristol Twp. Tuesday evening as the "Platinum Steppers" march behind, left. This took place two days after a local man was found dead in an alley. The residents of the Bloomsdale-Fleetwing neighborhood decided to rally against violence....Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Jay Becknell of Levittown, Randy Watts of Morrisville, and James Cochran of Levittown erect a wall of remembrance today, September 7, 2013, so that visitors to the Garden of Reflection 9-11 memorial can leave their thoughts and comments during ceremonies to mark the 12th anniversary of the attacks. Photo by Alyssa Cwanger/ For The Bucks County Courier Times
Nancy Shill works on her collage and mixed media artwork at the Pellegrino/Shrill Gallery on N. Union St. in Lambertville, NJ, Wednesday afternoon......Courier Times Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Children play with balloons inside of the "Balloon Typhoon" at Bensalem's 6th Annual Family Fun Day at Commerce Bank Amphitheater on Byberry Road in Bensalem....Courier Times Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Rain falls down as graduates make their way to the stage for their diplomas during Pennsbury High School's graduation at Pennsbury High School's stadium in Fairless Hills Monday evening.....Courier Times Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Philadelphia Daily News Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Philadelphia Daily News Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Philadelphia Daily News Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Philadelphia Daily News Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Philadelphia Daily News Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
Philadelphia Daily News Photo by Alyssa Cwanger
(L to R): Donnay Chambers, age 6, in first grade at Penn-Hebron, Aaliyah Boyd, age 8, in third grade at Penn-Hebron, and Destiny Ringgold, age 8, in third grade at Penn Hebron, greet their Assistant Principal at Penn-Hebron Academy Dale Sleva, while he works at McDonald's for McTeacher's Night at McDonald's of Penn Hills.
Photo by Alyssa Cwanger for WPN Warrendale, PA-- Chairman and CEO of the H.J. Heinz Company Bill Johnson during an interview with London Financial Times reporter Jeremy Grant Monday afternoon at Heinz North America's Innovation Center. Photo is for the Financial Times features page.
Alyssa Cwanger/ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette July 4th Fireworks in Pittsburgh.
Alyssa Cwanger/Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, PA City Council President Luke Ravenstahl, left, is sworn as the new mayor of Pittsburgh by Judge Robert Gallo, right, inside chambers in the mayor's office, Friday. Mayor Bob O'Connor died earlier in the evening.