Posted on 09/06/2003 1:45:49 AM PDT by jriemer
Its 4:46am September 6.
Its a little more than 100 hours from the Second Anniversary of Start the World Trade Center Attack and the subsequent Strike on the Pentagon and the Crash in Pennsylvania. 100 hours seems to be a long time; however, it is barely enough to reflect and remember all those who perished on the ground and in the air. Each one of the victims has a story, a life, that if retold would take more than 100 hours to appreciate the richness of their stay on this earth before it was snatched away.
Since 911, there has been more sacrifice. More have taken from this earth this time not in tragedy but in a quest for justice and the expansion of freedom. They were not helpless victims but Heroes of liberation for the Afghanis and Iraqis and protectors of our domestic security.
We would hope that you would take the time and reflect on the lives of those who died on 9-11 and those who have sacrificed their all since that day in these next 100 hours. Please contribute a post of reflection, a prayer, a memorial, a picture or even just a ping to your friends to let them know that 9-11 has not been ignored this year.
Never forget
Francis Joseph Trombino, 68, Clifton, N.J., USA
security guard, Brinks
Confirmed dead, World Trade Center, at/in building
Joe, don't let the parole of this White, Communist Terrorist interrupt your just-deserved eternal rest. Her parole epitomizes what's wrong with America. Your life epitomizes what's right.
Portrait of a Progressive Terrorist
http://www.sptimes.com/News/091601/Worldandnation/96_hours.shtml
9:10 A.M. -- Joe Trombino, a Brinks guard, called his dispatcher from the basement of the north tower. He could see water leaking into the basement. "Something's happening," he said. "What should I do?"
Though he was just 100 feet from an exit, Trombino, 68, decided to stay with the truck and its cargo of securities.
http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/terrorists/brinks/4.html?sect=22
At approximately 3:55 p.m., Paige, a 24-year Brinks veteran and his partner, Joe Trombino, 48, exited the doors to the Mall rolling out the moneybags on a hand truck. They walked over to the Brinks truck and began to load up the bags onto the rear deck. Simultaneously, the red van pulled up and the rear doors swung open. One of the suspects, armed with a shotgun, ran to the front of the truck and immediately fired two blasts directly at the bulletproof windshield. The guard in the front seat ducked just in time and was unhurt. |
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Another suspect, wearing a ski mask, opened up with his M-16 automatic rifle before his feet even hit the pavement, striking Paige in the neck, arm and chest. He was killed instantly. Joe Trombino fired just one shot before he was hit several times in his upper arm and shoulder. The bullets all but severed his arm off his shoulder. Ive got no arm! he screamed. But Trombino would survive that day, only to perish years later in another terrorist attack at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. |
Missing Brinks Guard Dodged Death at WTC Before
Edward C. Murphy, 42, Clifton, N.J., USA
managing director, Cantor Fitzgerald
Confirmed dead, World Trade Center, at/in building
Past Grand Knight
Knights of Columbus
Damian Meehan, 32, Glen Rock, N.J., USA
trader, Carr Futures
Confirmed dead, World Trade Center, at/in building
Damian, your brothers and their friends from NYC were the greatest at summer camp. I'll never forget the good times we had. They truly miss you, RIP
John Patrick Salamone, 37, North Caldwell, N.J., USA
broker, Cantor Fitzgerald
Confirmed dead, World Trade Center, at/in building
I know your family misses you.
bttt
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