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Posted on 09/09/2007 6:20:01 AM PDT by UKrepublican
Hero baggage handler at 9/11 event
5 hours ago
Hero baggage handler John Smeaton has travelled to the US, where he will take part in a ceremony marking the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
The airport worker, who found worldwide fame after his courage during the terror attack on Glasgow Airport, has been invited to this year's commemoration service at the World Trade Centre in New York.
The 31-year-old, from Renfrewshire, jetted off from Heathrow airport in London.
He was pushed into the limelight after he raced to help when a burning Jeep was driven into the airport terminal.
During a TV interview immediately afterwards, he won respect around the world with his laid-back Glaswegian patter.
In a global broadcast, he described how his first thoughts on being confronted by the two suspects in the burning vehicle were: "What's the score? I've got to get this sorted."
The ceremony at Ground Zero on Tuesday will remember the thousands who lost their lives when two planes crashed into the Twin Towers and one into the Pentagon in 2001.
Important figures from US politics will attend, including New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Rudolph Giuliani, who was mayor at the time of the attacks.
Mr Smeaton has been invited by the American Scottish Foundation, an organisation which aims to build links between Scots and US citizens.
During his visit he will be feted by congressmen in Washington, DC and take part in a round of TV and newspaper interviews. He will also attend a reception organised by the foundation at Scotland House, on Madison Avenue.
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Meet John Smeaton: One Kick and He Is The Hero of Glasgow [Kicked Terrorist Butt]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862327/posts
“Mr. Smeaton also gave us one of the best new headlines ever: “
Amen to that!
This guy is a national treasure.
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