White Firefighters Who Raised Flag at WTC depicted "racially diverse" in New Statue

Newsmax ^ | 1/8/02

[narby]

Racial Changes Made in Ground Zero Firefighter Tribute

It happened more than two weeks ago, but at least one New York City firefighter is still steaming over the politically correct changes made to a sculpted tribute to the firefighter heroes who raised the American flag at Ground Zero just hours after the World Trade Center was leveled on 9/11.

The three flag-raising fireman, as depicted in a widely publicized photograph taken by New Jersey's Bergen Record, were white.

But when a statue commemorating the event was unveiled at the FDNY's Brooklyn headquarters on Dec. 21, the three white firefighters had been replaced by a more racially diverse trio of unidentified Fire Department staffers.

The $180,000 statue is the first memorial to the 343 firefighters and emergency medical personnel killed Sept. 11, reported Newsday at the time.

The racial modifications came at the behest of Fire Department officials, artists with Studio EIS, located on York Street in the Dumbo section, told the paper.

Our firefighter-reader complained:

"What Firefighters McWilliams, Johnson and Eisengrein did inspired the people of the United States in one of its darkest hours. ... This photograph is as sacred as the famous photograph and sculpture of the U.S. Marines raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. ...

"The 343 firefighters [who] were killed at the WTC (54 of whom I knew personally) consisted of all races and creeds.

"But the fact is that the three firefighters who hoisted the Flag on the afternoon of Sept. 11th at the WTC were white and should be depicted as such."

We couldn't have said it better ourselves.

[Britton J Wingfield]

Thanks! I hadn't seen it close up since I was a little kid.

[weegee]

Why do they need to change history?

Because leftist know that it can help you control the future. Remember, communists are the only people who can predict the past!

Look for this book.

"Making People Disappear, An Amazing Chronicle of Photographic Deception" by Alain Jaubert

[New Horizon]

McWilliams, Johnson and Eisengrein

[JD86]

Thanks. That's beautiful and awe inspiring. I am going to use it as a screen saver.

[weegee]

Trust me: history books will be coming out in which all historic figures who smoked will have their cigars/cigarettes/pipes airbrushed out. Old movies, too.

Disney is already doing this to the cartoons. The most extreme example is that of Pecos Bill, who now rolls a cigarette that no longer exists! In other shots it is also brushed out (this has been released to DVD on Melody Time). I cannot find the frame comparisons right now.

The CENSORED CARTOONS Page

[weegee]

James Dean's cig was airbrushed out on the stamp the USPS issued.

Jackson Pollack lost his cigarette too. I drew mine on the stamp when I mailed it. On anther envelope where I used the Pollack stamp, I drew an arrow to it and said, "hey, what happened to his cigarette?"

[weegee]

...all that, PLUS they booed Hillary off the stage! What an outrage! I'd like to see a statue of that! And there were enough NYFD booing that we should be able to represent every race with multiple figures...

[Little Ed]

They wouldn't have changed it if all three of the men were black. Everyone wants to appease all fo the different groups because they're afraid of being seen as "racist." Actually, along with crap like this, a lot of the commercials on TV since 11 Sept make me think of the Tower of Babel, the One World Order, and the coming Kingdom of Antichrist.

[StriperSniper]

Who does Hannity trust?

He said about five minutes ago that someone he trusts just e-mailed him an article about this from the Weekly Standard. This was the first he said he heard about it.

Let's hope this has legs!

[gridlock]

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[AAABEST]

I think the appropriate response would be to cut the damn thing up with an Acetylene torch and feed it up the rear of everyone involved in this atrocity!

LMAO

[Diverdogz]

I'm quite sure that one of statues will be gay.

[varon]

It is for this same reason that you will never see a statue of Janet Reno that looks like Janet Reno.

The reason you will never see a statue of Janet Reno is because no one will create one, but just in case she commissions one herself, it will not look like her because of all the pigeon crap on it ;-)

Actually, the pigeon crap would improve her appearance.

[proudofthesouth]

I agree with you completely. Words can't express how this sickens me. I am so sick of political correctness and resolve NOT to be anymore!

[Woodkirk]

Maybe they will do the same thing at Mount Rushmore -- Who would be the lucky President [s]?

[agave]

Ira Hayes must be rolling over in his grave.

[gridlock]

I think that somebody with better photoshop skills than I should work on that photo and show what the statue will look like. By the time every group is represented, there will be about 120 people standing around that flag.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

If I was a black person I would be outraged at being singled out in order to be added to this statue. Nothing worse than racial profiling keeping people from getting the respect the deserve and earn, and not charity.

[sweetliberty]

Can you blame them for being angry. The politically correct whiners don't give a flying d**n about about accuracy in history or cultural representation. It is BS. If we are going to enact ridiculous legislation then lets do it to control political correctness. At least that would be a service to the country, which is more than legislating the misrepresentation facts is doing.