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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana 
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 We'll never forget  Eleven years have now passed  But our tears still fall (personal photos from top to bottom: Empty Sky, Liberty State Park in New Jersey. 9/11 Memorial, Manhattan. The Sphere - from the plaza between the twin towers, now in Battery Park.) |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
This is very nice suthern, but I have to tell you I am sick to death of our government kow-towing to the very people who are in league with the killers of anybody not Muslim. America, even under Bush, kow-towed to the haters of this country. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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jwesley Member Rara Avis
since 2000-04-30
Posts 7563Spring, Texas |
Love the pics ... and agree with you and essentially Jerry's ... just another form of "don't tell my Jenny she's failing in school" and patting their hands. What ever happened to "Backbone!" j. |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
They don't teach backbone in school, J, they teach compassion, they teach so much compassion I feel like puking. Sorry, suthern, didn't mean to take over and start rambling. I'll stop. ~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~ |
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ebonygirl Member Elite
since 2011-07-14
Posts 2000California U.S.A |
Thank you, Suthern for helping us to remember. Ms. E |
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JL Member Ascendant
since 2004-04-01
Posts 6128Texas, USA |
Let us not forget. Love the pictures! Love the write! Total number killed in attacks in New York: 2,753 Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343 Number of NYPD officers: 23 Number of Port Authority police officers: 37 Number of WTC companies in the towers that lost people: 128 Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402 Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614 Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658 Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom: 2,108 Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115 Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1 Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39 Bodies found "intact": 291 Remains found: 21,744 Thank you for the reminder, suthern. JL  Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Thank you, dear Ruth, for this intense reminder. Yes, tears still flow. And even when there are no more tears, the sorrow will still flood the hearts. Love and peace. Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
jwesley: I'm glad you like the pics. Ms E: Thank you, sweet lady... so very much. (((HUGS))) People I never knew... I will never forget. *S* JL: Thank you so much... for both the liking and the statistics. I took my niece this spring... I'd warned her I'd cry at the 9/11 memorial because my last trip to NYC was in 1996... and where I'd waited in line for discount theatre tickets and swayed to sweet music at free concerts was gone. What I didn't expect was my hands touching the fence that surrounds The Sphere... as if reaching for that time of music and theatre and innocence - and the wave of emotion that survivor of hell unleashed in me. Margherita: I knew I didn't have the words... thus the pictures. *S* Thank you very much for reading my heart!!! |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you for this stark (in the nicest sense) and very effective reminder, Ruth. Owl |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writing and pictures...James |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Something none of us will ever forget and it seems that Lybia and Egypt gave us another little reminder yesterday. Ida |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Beautiful pictures of beautiful memorials. It's almost paradoxical with the emotion most of our generation associates with 9/11, but completely in line with the human spirit exhibited by those 343 fire fighter, the people of New York, and our nation as a whole in supporting them. I hope the significance of these memorials is never lost to younger generations. Michael |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Owl: Thank you very much! Stark is a very appropriate adjective. *S* I can't imagine how much more my heart would have been wrung if One World Tower/Freedom Tower, which is nearing completion, wasn't now rising into the skyline... for it is a shining statement of resilience. JM: Thank you so much - I'm very glad you liked! Marchmadness: Thank you. Michael: My hope joins yours, dear friend... and if the somber, respectful explanations I heard parents sharing with their children is the norm, our hopes will be fulfilled. Thank you very much! |
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miscellanea Member Elite
since 2004-06-24
Posts 4060OH |
Yes. Remembrance. Thanks for posting your words and the pictures of the memorials. They leave one thinking... Misce' |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
Misce: Thank you, sweet lady! *S* |
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