Posted on 09/10/2004 7:18:58 PM PDT by Cacique
On September 11, 2001 our nation was attacked. Like many New Yorkers Steve Golding lost a friend in the World Trace Center attack. He created a flash video that became one of the most watched videos on the internet. I was webmaster for WABC radio host Steve Malzberg at the time and contacted Steve Golding to see if we could run the video from our website. It was the most requested video that we had on the site. It is appropriate that on this anniversary I link to it again so that we can be reminded what this anniversary is all about. Why our friends, neighbors and relatives who serve in our armed forces are sacrificing their lives. It must also serve as a reminder why we must mnake the right choice on November 2, 2004. Too many of my fellow New Yorkers have forgotten or at least they have become complacent, thinking we can negotiate with evil. We cannot. I am linking to the video so that we can remind ourselves of that day and also so that some newbies to this site who have never seen it may have the opportunity to view it. You can view the video by clicking on the link below, a new window will pop up. It is a large file (7 megs) so please be patient.
Steve Golding is also a member of Rolling Thunder and the webmaster of http://www.powforum.org
After the attack and during the recovery a memorial light was put in place. Two powerful spotlights facing the sky where the towers stood. The following shots were taken by me from pier 58 in Brooklyn on April 13, 2002 one day before the lights were switched off. It was also my 50th birthday.
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Thanks for the post This should be mandatory viewing by all....and yes at least once a day
Thanks for your ping...as always the stuff you give me aheads up on is great
"Never Forget" BUMP. More details when I've had some sleep.
Mega Dittoes to those who serve, so that I can sleep in peace and freedom.
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When I can I try to help.
Stay Strong,
Fuzzy122
thanks.
You are welcome very much. So, how on earth did you come up with that name??? Should I ask?
Thank you! :)
I dressed as quickly as I could and raced downstairs to the living room. I didn't want to believe it, but then I turned on the TV. Every channel was out except for CBS (we didn't have cable then). I watched the snowy picture of what I thought were two towers. Wow, look at all that smoke, I thought. So much smoke you can only see one tower. Then I focused on what the newscasters were saying, and I read the headlines on the screen, and that was when I realized what had happened. The reason why I could only see one tower was because the other tower was gone. And as I was getting this through my head I saw the other tower begin to sag and sway, and then it slowly crumbled into dust. The CBS camera recording this was set up at some point in midtown, I think -- it might have been the Empire State Building. Anyway, there was no audio of the collapse. To this day, when I remember the tower collapsing that's the way it happens in my mind: slowly, silently. I felt so numb I could hardly believe it. All I could think was that I might have just seen ten thousand people die.
It took a while for the shock to pass, and for the anger to take hold. I remember the exact moment that the anger rose in me: when I saw on FR the pictures of the Palestinians celebrating in the streets. If I ever start to lose the anger, a quick memory of those "people" dancing in the streets will pump it right back up for me.
And a Freeper too. My memory is fuzzy but I believe she's not the only Freeper lost that day.
BTTT
That is really AWESOME! Thank you!!! I hope you don't mind I have sent an email to some friends to also check out your site. Thanks again!
Thank you. A 9/11 bump.
You're welcome. You are very kind.
Yes! Absolutely! Everyone is welcome!
I built this page right after 9/11 (it gave me something to occupy my mind) and although I've added a couple of pictures (the steel crosses) and the song "Have You Forgotten?" since then, it still takes me right back to that moment in time when we were ALL AMERICANS!!
PLEASE! If you have a few minutes to spend - check out my 9/11 memorial page and turn up your speakers to hear "Have You Forgotten?"
If you don't like the auto-scrolling click here for a none scrolling version of the page.
(It takes awhile to load due to all the pictures and the music.)
Disclaimer: I do NOT make any money off of my site. It's just a place for me to play.
When I can I try to help.
Stay Strong,
Fuzzy122
There was a site where people could post their thoughts and these were mine.
THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED!
Stay Strong,
Fuzzy122
You are welcome! another 911 bump! :)
Oh yes. That's the key. When we were all Americans. Seems we have a candidate on the other side who may not have forgotten because it never meant much to start with. His wife sort of made that clear when she said that anyone who does not agree with her husband's healthcare plan was an idiot! {Well! Excuse me, Ms Ketchup! I think your husband and his healthcare both suck and I am no idiot!}
OK. I am better now. :)
Going to hit the sack. PARodrig (who is running for congress) and I will participate with the rest of the Tri-State chapter in tomorrow's NY March against Terror. If I don't get my four hours of snooze I won't be any good.
Thankyou for that page. I plan (depending on skills) to have one up for the fourth anniversary....
bttt
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