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WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT
EMT professionals, police officers, and firefighters rushed to the twin towers and arrived at the Pentagon ready to take on the massive destruction on 9/11/01. They were not invited. They were not asked if they could do it. They weren't offered much in the after-math, either. Despite the lack of invitation, first responders still showed up 10 years ago and saved thousands of lives, risked their own -- many sacrificing their own -- and spent countless hours searching debris with the desperate hope that they would retrieve one more survivor.
On September 11th, 2001, my youngest uncle, Gerard Dewan, was killed along with 342 other New York City firefighters including 10 other members from his house (Ladder 3 & Battalion 6). He was on duty that fateful day and we knew there was no chance of him shirking away from his responsibilities to people of New York. We never heard from him again. It took over 2 ½ years to collect, identify and bury all of his remains. Many of his comrades are still missing. [ read more at link ]
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I am absolutely ashamed of the 10th Anniversary Ceremony, I will not be attending and I will not even watch it! Shame!!! The Heroes of 911 are NOT invited to the 10th Anniversary Ceremony! OMB Pitiful …ignorant, arrogant, ungrateful! Unbelievable! What has the world come to, that we no longer honor heroes .. that is absolutely horrifying!
talk about bull crap!
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