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Monday, September 11, 2006
My 9/11 Tribute Five Years and counting......
Articles:
Title: 9/11 Tribute Begins
Author: Unknown
PENTAGON -- A solemn marker outside the Pentagon conveys a simple message: "We will never forget."
And Saturday, more than a thousand people came to pay their respects to the 184 people who perished at the Pentagon on 9/11.
Walking tours begin where a hijacked plane slammed into the building's southwest wall. Reconstruction has made the impact point impossible to detect. But there is a stone charred by burning jet fuel that reads "September 11, 2001." A majestic American flag hangs on the building's side.
The tour then continues inside to a chapel and memorial.
The memorial room is simple. The words "America's Heroes" separate black panels that contain the names of all who died in the attack. The adjacent chapel contains stained-glass windows, and 184 rose chips encircling the flag, an eagle and the Pentagon. The rose chips represent each victim of the attack.
Just outside the building, a 2-acre memorial park is under construction.
Healing Field Marks Anniversary
Volunteers have placed thousands of American flags in a field in Ohio to pay tribute to soldiers, firefighters and others on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
By Sunday morning, more than 2,600 flags were waving atop 8-foot-high flagpoles at Maria Stein Spiritual Center, which is about 60 miles north of Dayton.
Five hundred more flags lined the highway leading to the so-called "healing field."
The woman who spearheaded the project says the parents of soldier Matt Maupin came to the field today. Maupin has been missing in Iraq since 2004, when his fuel truck convoy was ambushed by insurgents.
Ohio's healing field is patterned after similar efforts around the country.
A by-the-numbers look at the World Trade Center cleanup: Tons of debris removed: 1,642,698 Tons of debris in steel: 190,568 Number of truckloads required: 108,444 Days of labor for cleanup: 242 Hours of labor: 1,642,698 Number of serious injuries incurred during cleanup: 35 Total killed at the WTC on Sept. 11: 2,823 Victims positively identified: 1,102 Body parts collected: Over 19,500 Death certificates issued without a body: 1,616 Average number of viewing platform tickets issued daily: 6,000 Source: The Associated Press
Title: Many Prepare for 9/11 Tributes
Author: By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff
From town greens to churches to the State House, the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks will be marked with subdued ceremonies that reflect quietly on lost lives and new vulnerabilities.
In Boston, Governor Mitt Romney will gather Monday with families of many of the state's 92 victims. At Trinity Church in Copley Square, singers and musicians will perform through much of Monday for those seeking a refuge for contemplation. And in Dracut, where American Airlines Flight 11 pilot John Ogonowski owned a farm, a remembrance ceremony tomorrow will begin the town's sixth annual Old Home Day.
In Taunton, a statue honoring native son Peter A. Gay and other victims will be dedicated Sunday in a city park.
In Lawrence, a refurbished mural that depicts the heroism of New York City firefighters will be unveiled Monday. And at the September 11 Memorial Garden in Sudbury, a community with ties to three victims of the attacks, church bells will toll at 8:46 a.m. Monday, when Flight 11 struck the World Trade Center.
The pain and the memories are still fresh for Stephanie Holland-Brodney, 35, of Wayland, whose mother, a Sudbury resident, was on Flight 11, the first of the hijacked planes to strike the World Trade Center.
``It's just sort of a nightmare that never ends," Holland-Brodney said of the death of her mother, Cora Holland, 52. ``I think so many people are starting to forget how terrible we felt that day, that I think people need to be reminded of the enormity of it."
Holland-Brodney said she will travel to the State House to attend an annual ceremony in which a flag will be lowered and the names of the Massachusetts victims will be read.
Later, a private luncheon for the families will be held at the Park Plaza, where the relatives can be with others who understand and share their pain.
``I want to remember my mom, and not the way that she died, but it's so hard to split those two," Holland-Brodney said.
Her 5-year-old daughter, Amelia, who began kindergarten yesterday, is a daily reminder of the passage of time since that tragic day five years ago, Holland-Brodney said.
Some Massachusetts residents will travel to New York City for services at Ground Zero on Monday, including Suzanne Tinley, 49, of Wellesley, who lost her brother Michael Tinley, 56, of Dallas, who was attending a business meeting on the 100th floor of the World Trade Center.
Tinley, a former New York resident who watched the World Trade Center burn from her apartment windows, attended the New York memorial service alone last year.
This year, she will bring her brother's two adult daughters, as well as her sister .
``The pain of the day cannot be forgotten, and we need to share the memories together," Tinley said. ``That's where my children were born, that was my neighborhood . . . and my brother is still there."
In Boston, Mayor Thomas M. Menino will attend a private wreath-laying ceremony Monday with some victims' families in the Public Garden. The city has no official commemoration scheduled.
Other 9/11 activities include a plan to fly the American flag tomorrow from each of the 48 New Hampshire peaks over 4,000 feet. From today to Sunday, the widows of two victims of the attacks, Susan Retik of Needham and Patti Quigley of Wellesley, will lead a cycling fund-raiser from Ground Zero to Wellesley. And on Sunday, the Muslim American Society will host an interfaith gathering at the Cambridge mosque of the Islamic Society of Boston.
In Taunton, Peter B. Gay, 91, is reminded daily of his son, who died on Flight 11, when he walks by a photograph in his home.
Gay raised most of the $15,000 cost of the city's memorial, which will consist of an American bald eagle set on a pedestal and a plaque. Contractors have donated time, labor, and materials.
To Gay, the memorial will serve its purpose if, when the public passes, "they realize our time is limited on earth and remember what happened here -- not necessarily the evil and anger -- and try to make the world change."
Links:
http://www.cantcryhardenough.com/: "Can't Cry Hard Enough" A Tribute to the Victims of September 11, 2001 ...
http://www.link4u.com/littledidsheknow.htm: I'm not often at a loss of expression, and I've seen and heard a lot of tributes to the 'heroes of 9/11', and this is special.
http://www.september-11th.us/Video-Tributes-Music-Flash.html :Video-Tributes-Music-Flash Related To September 11th ... 33) Video 9 - People Jumping (Some of the content on this site is mature and graphic. You have been warned!)
Pictures:
Word of the Day: Freedom free-dom (fridəm) –noun
1. the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
2. exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.
3. the power to determine action without restraint.
4. political or national independence.
5. personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery: a slave who bought his freedom.
6. exemption from the presence of anything specified (usually fol. by from): freedom from fear.
7. the absence of or release from ties, obligations, etc.
8. ease or facility of movement or action: to enjoy the freedom of living in the country.
9. frankness of manner or speech.
10. general exemption or immunity: freedom from taxation.
11. the absence of ceremony or reserve.
12. a liberty taken.
13. a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed, as by a city or corporation: freedom to levy taxes.
14. civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government.
15. the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like.
16. the right to frequent, enjoy, or use at will: to have the freedom of a friend's library.
17. Philosophy. the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination.
My 9/11 Tribute
