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Captain Patrick J. Brown, USMC and FDNY On this Memorial Day 2009, I am remembering your service as a Marine during Vietnam. On September 11, 2001, both your Marine Corps training and your FDNY training were with you in those hellish minutes in the North tower. You and the guys from 3 Truck could have made a run for it but none of you would leave the burned victims in need of your assistance.You are missed every day but the life that you lived provides a guide for us on how to treat others - the homeless person, the veteran and anyone going through a rough time. Companies sell products with "WWJD" on it. Those of us that were privileged to know Patrick J. Brown, FDNY and USMC, when situations present themselves, we ask ourselves "What Would Paddy Brown Do? and you always show us the right way." God Bless Paddy Brown. | ||||
THANKS TO OUR BROTHERS IN THE ARMY. JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO THOSE WHO GIVE THERE LIVES SO WE ALL CAN BE FREE AND PRIOD TO CARRY THE NAME AMERICAN.MAY GOD BLESS THEM AND GOD BLESS AMERICA,TO THOSE WHO PASS, MAY THEM REST IN PEACE. | ||||
9/11 I lived in New Jersey at the time of the horrific terrorist attacks on September 11th. I had a co-worker who lost two of her cousins, Joseph and Nicholas at the World Trade Center. My friend Marie is a friend of Judy Jones, who lost her beloved son. I'll never forget driving home from work that day and seeing the huge plume of smoke in the sky. It was an awful day and I still shed tears from time to time. | ||||
message In Memory of my Friend Daniel Brandhorst on this Memorial Day 2009. You are in my thoughts and prayers 24/7. Rest in Peace my Brother and Friend. | ||||
God speed... I have been reading through these tributes and eulogies. Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, sisters and brothers...all sharing sweet stories of everyday extraordinary people. Thank you for sharing and know that we will never, ever forget. | ||||
Mark K. Bingham In memory of all who died on September 11, 2001, and especially, my dear friend, Mark K. Bingham, who was on Flight 93. You will never be forgotten. | ||||
Weber Though I did not lose a loved one September 11, 2001 it is an intensely personal day for me. At that time I worked for a United States Senator and for the first time in my life saw how sharply life could change in one second. Like everyone else I saw incredibly brave firefighters and police officers running into buildings while they told thousands of people to run away from them.Those sights will stay with me forever. That day and those that followed after made me the person I am today. | ||||
Poem: "11 September 2001" ’Be still my soul,’ you say. I cannot find my soul. My soul is roaming amidst mountains of ashes Searching for my heart. Amidst the ashes of my brothers and sisters And our beloved country's fathers and mothers And children. There, mingling with the sacred dust, Are the remains of my heart. A heart pierced by four burning planes. My soul is roaring in anguish and despair. It cannot exist without my heart. And it cannot be still. (Written on September 11, 2001) | ||||
John Salamone For John Salamone on behalf of Alex, 7, Aidan, 6, and Anna, 4. On an unseasonably cold and misty evening in May, seven-year-old Alex reached his glove in the air with his eyes closed, and pulled it down to see the ball ... the last out. The parents cheered, the kids hugged. Alex ran over and said to me, ‘Do you think Daddy saw that?’ “Because what he did not get to see was his dad's beaming smile on the sideline, his pride, a father-son moment. Alex's dad was killed on September 11 at the World Trade Center. At age 37, John Salamone was robbed of the years he waited for all his life, the years to be a dad. He loved sports, he loved fun, he had so much to share, so much to teach, so much is lost. He could have been their strength, he should have been their comfort ... and now he is their hero, but a hero they cannot hug. Aidan is so much like him, Anna struggles to remember him. They will never forget him, they will never get over how he was lost. They deserve to be able to look back and know that our country did not stop securing our freedom so that a tragedy of this magnitude never again happened on our soil. They deserve to know that their Daddy did not die in vain. They deserve to remember his smile ... God, I pray they remember his smile. | ||||
Major Kevin Nave, USMC I was fortunate enough to serve alongside Major Kevin Nave, USMC. There was no finer officer than Kevin. May God bless his family. Thank you for a very respectful concert. | ||||
My beloved son I lost my beloved son on September 11th ... he was on the 194th floor of Tower #1. I watched on that fateful day the smoke billowing up into the clouds and couldn't believe my eyes. I kept telling myself that he got out once before and he would do it again. My husband and I stood transfixed in front of the television not believing what we were witnessing. I only spoke to my son the night before and he as so happy and full of life. He had just moved into his home that past March and had so many plans for it. The sky was so blue and the clouds so white that the unfolding events seemed surreal. We grieve each and every day... for the wife and son and daughter that will never again know his love and kindness. We, his parents, remember him as a little boy and young man and then as a husband and father. How could this happen to this wonderful son of ours? ... When will the hurt be less sharp or the sadness go away for even one whole day? Will there ever be a day when I will not cry for him? I don't think so. | ||||
Stephen Scott Dorf I would like to remember my brother Stephen Scott Dorf on this Memorial Day 2003 who lost his life on that fateful day called September 11th. Stephen was a hardworking person, a family person, and my youngest brother. On September 11th, he was like all those who worked in the World Trade Center, going to a job and earning a living. I want America to always remember those who lost their lives on September 11th and their families who deeply miss them. Keep them always in your prayers. | ||||
Det. Joe Vigiano We just finished watching this year’s concert, and it brought back such wonderful memories of last year when you honored our family. Since then, a short documentary was made about our youngest son, Joe the Police Officer, and it won an Academy Award. Our life has never been filled with more kind and wonderful people since September 11th. Such tragedy brought so much good. Again, thank you for everything. | ||||
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