|
| |
Never Forget!!
Let's review. Suicidal terrorists trained
under Osama Bin Ladin lived in the United States, some legally some illegally
for at least two years or longer. Their entire purpose for living was to inflect
a deadly blow against America, taking out, KILLING, as
many Americans as they could along the way, in the
name of Allah! They succeeded in ending the lives of
over 3-thousand innocent people in the most horrific and graphic fashion since
Pearl Harbor. Thousands of people were crushed or burned to death or propelled
into the soil at over 300 miles per hour. Their last few moments of life were
filled with unimaginable pain both physically and emotionally. Some of the
firefighters and police officers killed at the World Trade Center may have lived
for as long as seven to eight hours buried beneath rubble, in small air pockets,
waiting for their lungs to collapse or choking to death on their own vomit. Some
were subjected to heat so intense it literally peeled their flesh from their
bodies while they were still alive. Some choose to leap over one thousand feet
to their deaths. No one was there looking after their civil rights. No one was
asking them if they felt uncomfortable or if the minded being cremated alive. No
one asked them if it was okay to fly their plane into the Pentagon. No one asked
the flight attendants if they felt a little uncomfortable having their throats
slit with box cutters. Remember these images and don't forget what happened on
September 11th.
Have You Forgotten?
A musical and shockwave 9-11 tribute by Darryl Worley
FINALLY! 9/11 MEDALS
By IAN BISHOP
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
December 7, 2004 -- EXCLUSIVE
WASHINGTON - The hero cops and firefighters who gave
their lives on
9/11 will finally receive special presidential medals, under legislation
approved by Congress last night.
Authorization for posthumous "9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor" - long delayed in
Washington - received final passage in the House as part of a massive $388
billion omnibus spending measure. The bill now goes to President Bush for
his signature, which is expected soon.
Rep. Joe Crowley (D-Queens), whose cousin, FDNY battalion chief John Moran,
was killed at the World Trade Center, began pushing for the medals shortly
after the attacks.
"It helps to close a chapter," Crowley said when the House gave final
approval to the measure last night - 1,182 days after the terror atrocity.
The bill had previously passed the Senate.
The medals will recognize the sacrifice of the 343 firefighters, 23 NYPD
officers and 37 Port Authority cops who gave their lives on 9/11.
Crowley fought to slip the long-delayed medals amendment into the spending
bill to ensure it would pass.
"We've been struggling with this for a while," said Crowley. "It's been
31/2 years of tough negotiation."
In 2002, The Post revealed that Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) had stalled
approval of the 9/11 heroes medals because he felt it circumvented an
existing process for honoring valor.
After The Post report - which sparked outrage from family members, emergency
responders and the American Legion - Leahy backed down and let the measure
clear his Judiciary Committee.
The special medals will be awarded next fall to family members of the fallen
to commemorate the four-year anniversary of 9/11.
"Obviously, we're very pleased because this is a great honor for those
heroes," said Dee Ragusa, whose firefighter son, Michael, was killed.
"But the fact that it took so long does put a little damper on it for me. If
they wanted to honor them, they should have just done it. But don't get me
wrong, I am very pleased."
|
