The Day of Terror, September 11, 2001, when America was Attacked.
This year marks the 15th Anniversary and we should Never Forget. So many innocent lives were taken away. Including:
343 - New York City Firefighters (FDNY)
37 - Police Officers of the Port Authority of NY/NJ (PAPD)
24 - New York City Police Officers (NYPD)
8 - EMT/Medics
It was the "Deadliest Attack on American soil".
2,606 - killed from the World Trade Center, plus 6,000 injured
265 - killed from the Four Planes that crashed (Two into the WTC, one in a field in Shanksville, Pa., and one into the Pentagon)
125 - killed at the U.S. Pentagon
2,996 - Totally innocent Americans murdered that day. Each one not just a number, but a human being with families and friends who still miss them. Today that count continues to rise as more people are dying from the effects of that dust cloud when those Two - 110 story buildings collapsed. For many, this was all live on our televisions as we watched. WE MUST NEVER FORGET.
All flights in America were ordered to land. For the first and only time in America, there were no planes flying. The only planes in the air were US Fighter Jets.
Many of the injured were expected to be transported by train to some outside hospitals. Most nurses and doctors were ordered back to work. For my sister in law, an RN at Bridgeport (CT) Hospital, a Code D was activated. Meaning all off duty nurses were to report back to work. As they waited, nobody arrived.
Sometimes there were five or six funerals a day for those FDNY Firefighters. It was sometimes impossible for those FDNY firefighters to go to these funerals. There was a request made for firefighters from anywhere, just to show up in uniform, to try and give each member the full fire department honor they deserved.
As I understand it, not only was it necessary to fill those 343 firefighter positions to give the city adequate coverage, but there was also a required amount of firefighters to continue searching through the huge pile from the collapse of those two buildings.
In addition, members of the FDNY needed to cover each and every firehouse in which a funeral was occurring. Just so those that worked in the same firehouse could attend the members funeral. There were sometimes weeks that went by in which these FDNY members never got home to be with their families. And this went on for almost a full year.
Today, many Ground Zero Firefighters, EMTs, Police Officers, and other nearby Ground Zero workers have come down with 9/11 linked cancer. Some have passed on because of it. Others have severe breathing problems. PLUS, there are over 5,400 people who suffer today from the 9/11 linked cancer, who were also exposed to that dust cloud.
There were many heros that day. Each one with a story to be told.
A country singer by the name of Alan Jackson decided to write a song about it. He called it "Where were you when the World Stopped Turning". And for those of us who watched these events play out it is a day we will never forget. To this day, 15 years later, it is still hard to believe. We offer our condolences on the loss of so many of your friends and family members. We Thank ALL of YOU for the job you did. A job that no one else in our civilized society has ever had to do.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ittG66J8_hQ
This year marks the 15th Anniversary and we should Never Forget. So many innocent lives were taken away. Including:
343 - New York City Firefighters (FDNY)
37 - Police Officers of the Port Authority of NY/NJ (PAPD)
24 - New York City Police Officers (NYPD)
8 - EMT/Medics
It was the "Deadliest Attack on American soil".
2,606 - killed from the World Trade Center, plus 6,000 injured
265 - killed from the Four Planes that crashed (Two into the WTC, one in a field in Shanksville, Pa., and one into the Pentagon)
125 - killed at the U.S. Pentagon
2,996 - Totally innocent Americans murdered that day. Each one not just a number, but a human being with families and friends who still miss them. Today that count continues to rise as more people are dying from the effects of that dust cloud when those Two - 110 story buildings collapsed. For many, this was all live on our televisions as we watched. WE MUST NEVER FORGET.
All flights in America were ordered to land. For the first and only time in America, there were no planes flying. The only planes in the air were US Fighter Jets.
Many of the injured were expected to be transported by train to some outside hospitals. Most nurses and doctors were ordered back to work. For my sister in law, an RN at Bridgeport (CT) Hospital, a Code D was activated. Meaning all off duty nurses were to report back to work. As they waited, nobody arrived.
Sometimes there were five or six funerals a day for those FDNY Firefighters. It was sometimes impossible for those FDNY firefighters to go to these funerals. There was a request made for firefighters from anywhere, just to show up in uniform, to try and give each member the full fire department honor they deserved.
As I understand it, not only was it necessary to fill those 343 firefighter positions to give the city adequate coverage, but there was also a required amount of firefighters to continue searching through the huge pile from the collapse of those two buildings.
In addition, members of the FDNY needed to cover each and every firehouse in which a funeral was occurring. Just so those that worked in the same firehouse could attend the members funeral. There were sometimes weeks that went by in which these FDNY members never got home to be with their families. And this went on for almost a full year.
Today, many Ground Zero Firefighters, EMTs, Police Officers, and other nearby Ground Zero workers have come down with 9/11 linked cancer. Some have passed on because of it. Others have severe breathing problems. PLUS, there are over 5,400 people who suffer today from the 9/11 linked cancer, who were also exposed to that dust cloud.
There were many heros that day. Each one with a story to be told.
A country singer by the name of Alan Jackson decided to write a song about it. He called it "Where were you when the World Stopped Turning". And for those of us who watched these events play out it is a day we will never forget. To this day, 15 years later, it is still hard to believe. We offer our condolences on the loss of so many of your friends and family members. We Thank ALL of YOU for the job you did. A job that no one else in our civilized society has ever had to do.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ittG66J8_hQ
