Easy question — do you remember what you were doing on 9/11/01? Everyone does, but I am going to take you into uncharted waters using nameless non-fiction characters.
One week after the tragedy of 9/11, I took my teenage son on a ferry from NJ to NY to view history I will not forget. This is what we were witness to:
We saw huge slabs of concrete still standing behind chain-link fencing.
On that fencing were handwritten notes from people begging to know if anyone had seen a missing loved one.
Notes from people offering meals and free housing to anyone missing a loved one.
Vendors selling sweatshirts labeled “official 9/11 shirts.” I purchased one and wear it proudly on and near the date.
What I noticed most was the quiet — no horns blaring and virtually no voices. The respect level was palpable.
On the ride back to NJ on the ferry, a dog wandered around people, and I discovered it had found its way on the ferry about a week before; the boatmen took care of it and referred to it as a “therapy dog” until they found its owner.
It was a time I will never forget, but 25 years later, did “we” forget?
In 2002, my daughter was prescribed a dangerous opioid that killed her, and I began a journey of exposing the pharmaceutical company while working with the Department of Justice. In time, we realized that “America’s Mayor,” dubbed that name by a very wealthy public figure, was very connected to the criminal pharmaceutical company.
Shortly thereafter, a journalist for the largest NJ newspaper connected me with a relative of a young firefighter killed in the Twin Towers on 9/11. What I was told was mind-blowing.
Family members of the dead firefighters followed America’s Mayor as he campaigned for the Office of President of the U.S. to enlighten voters on the candidate’s culpability in the 9/11 tragedy.
Motorola was the root cause of the failure of the radio communications during 9/11, and that failure to communicate with the firefighters in the Twin Towers was due to a sole-source contract. That sole-source contract benefited Motorola (millions of dollars) but redirected money from FDNY and resulted in the death of over 100 firefighters on 9/11.
By now, it is fairly well known that on 9/11 the New York City Fire Department’s radios simply did not work. In fact, it was the exact equipment that had malfunctioned in the 1993 attacks on the World Trade Center.
The fact that no radio upgrade was made in the eight-year interim was something of an albatross for America’s Mayor presidential campaign, considering he was mayor of New York during that very time period.
America’s Mayor called off his bid for president because of very determined family members of dead firefighters.
For 25 years, family members of the killed firefighters have fought to have their loved ones’ remains removed from the basement of the “non-profit” memorial/museum at the site of the World Trade Center to a respectful resting place.
Since it is a “non-profit” financially benefiting individuals and not a national museum, the uninformed should be aware of the following:
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I vividly remember what my son and I saw 25 years ago and hearing “we will never forget.
Since a picture is worth a thousand words, look at the photo in this article of the current mayor and governor of New York. Shame on those who are responsible for this happening. How quickly we forget!
