15,000 Rally For Troops At WTC Site "Photo Gallery"

NewsDay ^ | 4-10-03 | Bryan Virasami and Pete Bowles

[JustPiper]

Iron worker Francisco Nejias wears flag glasses duirng a rally at Ground Zero Thursday in support of the troops fighting in Iraq.

A worker crosses his heart during a prayer for the soldiers lost during the war in Iraq at a rally at Ground Zero on Thursday.

A worker sits upon a large dump truck and listens to the speeches during a rally at Ground Zero on Thursday in support of the war in Iraq.

A worker stands on a large dump truck listening to the speeches during a rally at Ground Zero on Thursday in support of the war in Iraq.

Workers rally at Ground Zero on Thursday in support of the troops in Iraq

Ray Fiore of Brooklyn participates in the "We suport our troops" rally at Ground Zero on Thursday

Olga Pabon expresses her views during a rally in support of the troops at Ground Zero. Pabon's brother, Andres Gomez, is a Marine serving in the Middle East.

New York Gov. George Pataki, at podiumi, speaks to thousands of union workers bearing American flags rally in support of U.S. military efforts in Iraq Thursday. The crowd stretched for several blocks north from the World Trade Center site.

More than 15,000 union workers and relatives of service members rallied at Ground Zero Thursday to show their support for American troops fighting in Iraq.

Among the crowd was Joan Stewart of Houston, who rushed to the rally after hearing about it while visiting here. She held up a photograph of her stepson, Cpl. Heath Long, 28, who is assigned to a Marine helicopter unit in Iraq.

"I feel so proud," she said. "I am from Brooklyn originally, and I am proud to be an American and a New Yorker. It makes me feel great to be an American." Many in the crowd along with politicians who spoke saw a connection between the war and the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center.

"The war started right here on Sept. 11, 2001," Gov. George Pataki told the gathering, which included dozens of firefighters in bunker gear mixed in with carpenters, electricians and ironworkers.

[JustPiper]

About time we got in depth coverage of pictures of a rally!!

There are 13 more pictures :

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[JudgemAll]

Support our troops, support our workers against dictators.

Take that fascist leftists!

[JustPiper]

Take that fascist leftists!

Yeah, what Judge said!

[gonzo]

Take that fascist leftists!

Yeah, what what's-his-name said........FRegards

[JustPiper]

Yeah, what what's-his-name said........FRegards

Giggling, too tire to LOL ;)

[gonzo]

Take that fascist leftists!

Yeah! Where's my meds. .............FRegards

[GailA]

DON'T FORGET TO FREEP THE POLL

[Vet66]

Good old CBS news feed here in the midwest this morning said there was "a thousand or so" at the rally! Real news reporting!

[TexasNative2000]

Take that fascist leftists!

What he said.

This has got to be the Democrats worst nightmare come true; hard hat union guys marching in NYC in support of the war and GWB.

[Jeff Head]

GREAT pics! I'll use some at the following site, under the PROTEST page which documents the feeble anti-war crowd and the overwhelming "Support our Troops" response!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...What, a HILLARY No-Show..?

.."IS it SAFE?" = HILLARY on Armed Services Committee..

http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=629

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...T'was US at the OSCARS =

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Signed:..ALOHA RONNIE Guyer / Yellow Jacket Vet-U.S. 7th Cavalry's Opening Days of the Vietnam War 1965-66

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[Frances_Marion]

Going by Media-Math, surely there must be 100,000 people there!

[SpookBrat]

Awesome pictures. Where can I get some of those glasses?

[Valin]

What, a HILLARY No-Show..?

I was just thinking the same thing.
Amazing how great minds think alike!

[anymouse]

Among the crowd was Joan Stewart of Houston, who rushed to the rally after hearing about it while visiting here. She held up a photograph of her stepson, Cpl. Heath Long, 28, who is assigned to a Marine helicopter unit in Iraq.

"I feel so proud," she said. "I am from Brooklyn originally, and I am proud to be an American and a New Yorker. It makes me feel great to be an American."

Leave it to a Texan (naturalized :) to show New Yorkers that the rest of the country is proud of their rebound from the 9/11/01 attack.

Not a surprise at all that her son is a marine either. :)

[Audit_Jesse]

Since I'm a pretty shallow fella, I can say with all certainty: Olga Pabon is beeeeeeeyooooooteeeeeefulllllll! :)

[hunyb]

go Olga, go Olga, go Olga!!! :)

[ALOHA RONNIE]

.."New York Sen. HILLARY CLINTON, who was appointed to a coveted post on the Senate Armed Services Committee in January and who has made 9/11 constituent services her cause celebre, did not attend the support-the-troops rally."

From other "Great Minds" at Newsmax:

'PATAKI: Melt Down SADDAM Statue for Ground Zero'

http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/4/11/23801