Remembering the 9/11 Tragedy

[ctyhntr]

I can confirm this. Friend who worked as a nurse in local hospital told me they were bracing for flood of casualties. They ordered extra from blood banks in anticipation of survivors.

I was working at the Syracuse Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Syracuse administering chemotherapy to outpatient veterans in our small infusion room. 5 chairs with veterans of Vietnam, Korean and WWII. I typically through the Today show on in the morning. As we sat there watching everything live it was the most surreal thing to be there with men who had sent combat reacting. The silence and determination was incredible. They knew we were now at war.

There was an immediate canvassing of our staff to go and help , as we are all federal employees. By noon that day it was very apparent that extra medical help was not what the people at ground zero required. The hope that survivors would be found vanished. All the remained was the resolve to respond to those who committed this atrocity.

That day and for the next few months we who worked working in the largest federal building perched at the top of the hill was a very unnerving reality.

A month prior to 9/11 my wife and child were on the exact flight that was the one hijacked to hit the Pentagon. I could not help but think what my reaction would have been. A group of Muslim men take over the plane with box cutters and a box described as a bomb. Would I have chosen the path those did in the plane that went down in that Pennsylvania field? When they said, "Let's roll."

America is the single greatest force for good in the world. Something we should never forget. We must also remember that our kindness will be tested at times and we must maintain our strength.

 

[ctyhntr]

In 2002 anniversary, the NYC lottery number came up as 911.

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/WhosCounting/story?id=97845&page=1

the Mets won last night with 9 runs on 11 hits.

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A story of another hero from the day the twin towers fell.

There was an old Jewish shoe store owner a few blocks from ground zero and when people went scrambling trying to stay ahead of those awful plumes of dust, smoke and debris that were forced through the nearby streets when the towers fell, he provided access to as many people as could fit in his store and gave away sneakers and other comfortable shoes to the ladies who were wearing high heels to make it easier for them.

There were many stories like this following the 9-11 terrorist attacks. America came together; we were one. It's a shame what's happened to our country in the 18 years since.

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forgive me if you disagree but I feel this needed to be posted:

http://www.fox5ny.com/news/son-of-9...dZvmyaLwsuQdOHNHUvu1HZnV6o1KdvfVIik5MahpMizsE

 

[SBC]

Great post, be let me clear up one issue specific to the medical profession. Yes, for so many at Ground Zero, there was nothing that could be done and there was no hope.

However, in the aftermath of the bombings, tens of thousands who'd been nearest to the explosions suddenly needed hospital care and getting them that care was one of the greatest challenges that had to be met. In many hospitals in New York City, non-critical patients were removed temporarily to make room for those requiring immediate treatment.

An entertainment center known as Chelsea Piers (located on about West 18th Street) which contained a restaurant, a bowling alley, a golf driving range, and offered some other leisurely pursuits was quickly converted into a hospital, and thousands were treated there.

Little was written about the phenomenal performance of those working in the medical profession, but they were among the unsung heroes.

Even here in upstate NY we have treated people, one a police officer, who developed cancers as s result of their being at ground zero. The policeman died as horrifically as any person I've seen in 23 years in oncology.

As a country we need to stay the course, push our agenda because radical Islamists will never stop pushing theirs.

 

[SBC]

I always questioned the official narrative of what happened that day. Watch this 5 minute interview and you will too.

Here’s Richard Clarke, former National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism for the United States. He has worked for multiple presidents. He was working directly for Bush when 9/11 happened. If you want to know what the guy whose job it was to read all intelligence reports and brief the president daily has to say about this, here you go.

https://youtu.be/bl6w1YaZdf8

The federal government is so fragmented. With high level, highly paid people whose first priority is themselves. This video is believable to me having worked as a federal and now state employee. Nothing is more screwed up than the motivations and senseless tactics of government.

 

[pt109]

What are the odds?