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Ex-Giants coach Jim Fassel was a compassionate leader in aftermath of 9/11

FILE - New York Giants coach Jim Fassel wears a New York Police Department cap while pausing during a moment of silence for those killed at the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, before an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., in this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2001, file photo. Fassel, a former coach of the New York Giants who was named NFL coach of the year in 1997 and led the team to the 2001 Super Bowl, has died. He was 71. Fassel's son, John, confirmed the death to the Los Angeles Times on Monday, June 7, 2021.