Changed by 9/11: Bill Christofidis, Activist

Immediately after 9/11, Bill Christofidis became closer to family and he also subsequently fell into politics. Christofidis switched political parties and began reading up on the issues.

"I didn't change parties because of that event; I just changed parties because I was really into politics," Christofidis explained. "I realized there was a lot of baloney going on ... You just have to weed through all the baloney to try to find what's real."

This grew into now becoming the campaign coordinator for Lee Tu, a candidate running for Town of North Hempstead supervisor this year.

"I believe that government begins locally," Christofidis said.

Christofidis considers this his way of making a difference post-9/11.