9/11 Widows: Five Years Later

PEOPLE revisits the new moms who lost their husbands on the day of the attacks

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Updated: Friday Sep 08, 2006 | 07:30 PM EDT

LINDA DICKINSON

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Dickinson's husband Patrick, 35, was at Windows on the World restaurant the morning of Sept. 11. So it was a bittersweet moment when the Marlboro, N.J., mother gave birth to second child Patrick Joseph on Dec. 4 – the day his father would have turned 36. "I miss my husband. I'm emotionally and physically drained," said Dickinson, who was left to raise little Patrick and daughter Erin, 8. "You do the best you can."