Posted on 05/05/2011 8:56:45 AM PDT by Qbert
NEW YORK (PIX11)—As 50 carefully selected families prepare to join President Barack Obama for a ceremony at the World Trade Center site Thursday, one of the invited 9/11 families have decided to pass on the Commander-in-chief's visit.
Although many consider it to be a once in a lifetime invitation, the Vigiano family of Deer Park, Long Island have respectfully declined.
"If this form letter was the invitation, it was kinda lame," John Vigiano told PIX 11 News when describing the email invitation sent to him from the White House.
Jan and John Vigiano received the email invite Tuesday and admitted that they nearly deleted it, thinking it was spam.
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What rubbed the Vigiano's the wrong way was not what the email said, but how it was addressed.
"It says 'Dear 9-11 family member,' - no names" " John Vigiano said, reading the invite aloud to PIX 11 cameras. "I don't know if its disrespectful, but it doesn't work for me."
The Vigianos lost both their sons on September 11, 2001. John Vigiano Jr. was 36, and a FDNY firefighter, while their youngest Joe Vigiano was an emergency services detective with the NYPD.
"There is no closure," a sobbing John Vigiano said. "There is none."
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Jeannie Evans, of Elmont, who lost her baby brother firefighter Robert Evans on 9/11 will also not be there Thursday. She wasn't invited.
"I guess I feel lucky and leftout," Evans said as she held a picture of her brother. "Its always a select few. Is it fair? No. We all have voices."
Evans says she will probably watch Obama's visit on television but wishes she could ask him a few questions.
"Why not show us proof, that Bin Laden was killed? I would like to see that," wondered Evans.
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He should be embarrassed to go to Ft. Campbell. The 101st has taken an incredible amount of casualties!!! After all it is his ROE that they are following!!!
He should be embarrassed to go to Ft. Campbell. The 101st has taken an incredible amount of casualties!!! After all it is his ROE that they are following!!!
Here is another true story for you...My brother was a first responder on 9/11. He spent months down there, they all did. All the guys basically lived at the precinct, catching naps here and there and then getting back to the site. Clinton came EVERY DAY and was ignored. The brass tried to get the guys to acknowledge him but they were all no way.
shouldn’t not = shouldn’t
They were supposed to jump for joy at being invited by the Resident.
I can’t imagine that ANY family would go after what he has done. I wouldn’t that’s for sure.
Maybe Bachman or Palin should give the families Tea Party t-shirts & have Ben Gleck distribute them.
And the surprise of that would be what.
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