OT: "May We Never Forget... September 11th ~ 12 years Ago"

[the 'stache]

Steve,

Firefighters are the very best people there are. I have known a few, and they are just made differently than the rest of us. They have a strength I could never know. So many of them lost their lives on September 11th. They knew the risks, and yet they went in anyway when every instinct in their body was telling them to run the other direction. They are heroes, every single one of them, and I literally cried when I heard how many of these wonderful people we lost.

There is a national holiday to remember those that have fought and died for our country. I am of the opinion that there should also be a day to remember the firemen and police officers that have died in the line of duty. It is the very least we can do for them.

Edit: of the 2,977 people that died on 9/11, 412 were emergency responders. 341 members of the FDNY and 2 paramedics, 37 police officers from the New York port authority and New Jersey police department, 23 officers from the NYPD, and 8 EMS paramedics and technicians. 412 heroes.

[buymycards]

I'm still amazed by these events. Amazed that more people weren't killed. Amazed that someone thought they were doing the right thing by flying planes into the towers. Amazed that the towers collapsed. And especially amazed at the bravery of the firefighters that had the courage to go up 70 or more stories into burning buildings. Can you imagine walking down the street with all of your gear and looking up at the fires raging in the top floors and thinking to yourself -"I'm going to go up there and see if I can put the fires out and help people get away".? Amazing courage.

Rick

[tedzan]

Let us not forget the bravery of the passengers on Flight 93 who prevented that United Airlines jet from striking its intended target.

Consider this....their ultimate act of bravery was our 1st Strike against the terrorists we have been fighting to defeat these 12 years.


TED Z

[Pythonfactory]

To build on what Ted Z said, Mark Bingham is supposedly one of the people who helped bring down Flight 93. He was the president of my fraternity at University of California, Berkeley in the early 90's and everything I've heard about him from other members is that he was a selfless person who brought positive energy wherever he went. This website has a bunch of great stories about the man and the hero.

http://www.markbingham.com/

[Rich Klein]

http://www.sportscollectorsdaily.com...world-changed/

Rich