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Year in Review: Lackawanna Six Top Local Story of 2002

Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Published December 31, 2002 at 3:36 PM EST
Lackawanna Six
Lackawanna Six

By Mark Scott

Buffalo, NY – The arrest of six Lackawanna men on charges of supporting a terrorist organization was the most significant local news story of 2002. But the effort to save a beloved hospital, the fall of a prominent company and its founding family and the confession of an accused killer were not far behind.

Click the "listen" icon above to hear Mark Scott's review of the year 2002.