Leaders from diverse faiths and Palestinian-American activists gathered to remember Balbir Singh Sodhi. He was the first victim of a hate crime after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Sodhi, a Sikh-American gas station owner, was shot dead in Mesa, Arizona, in 2001. His family and community leaders honored his life and the subsequent hate crimes. The event also remembered other victims of hate crimes following the attacks. Leaders from diverse faiths and Palestinian-American activists gathered to remember Balbir Singh Sodhi. He was the first victim of a hate crime after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Sodhi, a Sikh-American gas station owner, was shot dead in Mesa, Arizona, in 2001. His family and community leaders honored his life and the subsequent hate crimes. The event also remembered other victims of hate crimes following the attacks.
