The ***Official*** Weekend Singles Thread - Remembering 911(September 8-10)

DollyCali and All of the Singles & their FRiends | September 8, 2006 | DollyCali

[DollyCali]

Remembering 911

On Monday is the fifth Anniversary that our country was savagely attacked the united hearts of our nation cried out in pain.. Here are a few pix that I chose out of the more than 500 I have on file. Feel free to post your pix, your memories, where you were and what you were doing “that day” and perhaps how this has impacted your life.

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[DollyCali]

have you been to the site? it might be a good meeting place for FReepers in days ahead. to have a picnic, discuss, cry , whatever

[DollyCali]

thank you Meg.. that is an interesting graphic.. covers a LOT..

[MEG33]

Your collage of the Memorial service brought back how important that service was to me..I was in shock that first day..Hearing Barbara Olson's name made it real and then the anger rose up and my favorite picture became one of of a big bomber with its load of bombs on the tarmac ready to be loaded.Free Republic helped me through..and I wasn't even registered.

I was heartbroken for the victims, and so very, very angry.

May we unite and defeat this wicked ,hateful cult of murderers.

[rzeznikj at stout]

Excellent Point!!

I've seen it happen. The results aren't pretty...

[silent_jonny]

Thank you, Snugs :)

[silent_jonny]

Thank you very much, Kate :)

[silent_jonny]

Thanks, Nord :)

[silent_jonny]

Thank you, Apples :)

Wow, that is a stunning photo ...

"First you saw it, then you heard it, then you felt it."

I can't even imagine ...

[DollyCali]

continuing with our 911 Memorial Tribute

Lots of WONDERFUL graphics & comments. Where were you? What were you doing? How have the events of 911 impacted your mind & your life?

Off to movie & dinner. Nice doggie outing, chiropractor & shopping earlier. Will be back later.

911 Movies

2 good & one ???(didn't/wont see it due to MIchael Moore)

World Trade Center

United 93

Farenheit 911

[DollyCali]

Firefighter With Law Degree (and a FReeper) Died on 911 at Ground Zero

John Moran was a Fire Department battalion chief and his cousin Joseph Crowley was a congressman. But when they united their voices that last Saturday afternoon, at the block party in the Rockaways -- well, "The Star of the County Down" never sounded sweeter.

At 42, Chief Moran was a kayaking, tin- whistle-playing firefighter with a law degree. But he never put himself before others. When his wife, Kim, was working out of town, he fed, bathed and smothered with love their two children -- Ryan, 7, and Dylan, 4 -- all the while ensuring that Peggy Moran, his mother who lived above him, never went wanting.

"When I saw his car outside, back home from work, that was a comfort to me," his mother said.

People may never forget the taunt that Michael Moran, John's younger brother and fellow firefighter, delivered to Osama bin Laden during a nationally televised concert in October, a taunt so profane and yet so eloquent, full of Irish anger and grief.

But Kim Moran will remember the late afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 9, the day after the block party and two days before the disaster that swallowed him. Trudging up from the beach came her beaming husband, pulling his sons on that wheeled contraption he had built for his kayak.

His wife grabbed a camera and caught it: John Moran in his glory.

Profile published in THE NEW YORK TIMES on October 25, 2001.



Congressman Joe Crowley with cousins John Moran,

article here

[lysie]

Yes, I remember seeing his picture. Thanks, Dolly.

[Portmeirion]

My statement is my byline -
NEVER FORGIVE - NEVER FORGET!!! Ever so, until further notice!

[lysie]

It seems like more than 5 years and yet..it feels like yesterday.

[DollyCali]

MEANT TO PING YOU TO POST 189, AS YOU POSTED A THREAD ABOUT JOHN MORAN AFTER 911 ...2001.

[DollyCali]

Those years have flown, haven't they?

[MEG33]

Your drawings are beautiful,jonny!!

[DollyCali]

[Portmeirion]

Thank you for posting that photo. That, and others like it will always appear as a temporary memorial for a friendly person I once knew.

[MEG33]

*We Will Remember John Moran*

[pcottraux]

Hard to believe it was five years ago.