A moving tribute to those that lost their lives on that tragic day. Thank you for listing the names of those that we lost....makes it real, even today, 23 yrs later.
I was a volunteer firefighter in a small community in Washington State for about 10 years. While my record of fighting fires and emergencies was fairly modest, I did learn the mantra that when everyone was trying to get away from a fire or disaster, the firefighter and/or first responder's job was go TOWARDS the fire. I shall always carry in my memory the pictures of those men and women going UP the flights of stairs toward what, they didn't know -- and pictures of them helping people escape.
Substack needs more than just a heart button. We need a down vote and a sad too I think. Well done Erick but it hurt me to press the heart on this because no one should like this post. We should support it, but we shouldn't "like" it. You know what I mean. God bless.
I love how your first email today is the list of those who lost their lives on that horrible day. Thank you.
May we never forget. May we forever protect. May we once again come together as a united country.
Damn Arabs!
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Thanks for posting this list. Helps us keep things in perspective.
Here we are, 23 years later, with the Taliban as powerful as ever...
And I was ready to jump on here and comment about the debate.
Thanks for the reality check.
Thanks for continuing to post this Erick.
Erick, thank you for listing the victims of that awful atrocity!
A moving tribute to those that lost their lives on that tragic day. Thank you for listing the names of those that we lost....makes it real, even today, 23 yrs later.
Thank you for not forgetting 👍
RV
So heart-wrenching to see all those names in black-and-white . . .
Less we forget. / Thank you!
I was a volunteer firefighter in a small community in Washington State for about 10 years. While my record of fighting fires and emergencies was fairly modest, I did learn the mantra that when everyone was trying to get away from a fire or disaster, the firefighter and/or first responder's job was go TOWARDS the fire. I shall always carry in my memory the pictures of those men and women going UP the flights of stairs toward what, they didn't know -- and pictures of them helping people escape.
Thank you.
Substack needs more than just a heart button. We need a down vote and a sad too I think. Well done Erick but it hurt me to press the heart on this because no one should like this post. We should support it, but we shouldn't "like" it. You know what I mean. God bless.
The heart in this case is that we have love/remembrance for our fellow Americans who lost their lives and their families who still grieve.
Thank you.