| 9-11 - Ten Years Ago; 11th year update - Now 14 years | |
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| Baldo | Sep 9 2011, 04:00 PM Post #31 |
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Memories of Glen Wall![]() Glen James Wall, age 38 Partner and Senior Vice President at Cantor Fitzgerald, 105th Floor North Tower Glen was my baby, the youngest of six and very, very special. He was full of life, funny, loving, dedicated, loyal and always a pleasure to be around. He was so loved by all his family, friends and everyone who knew him. His charm and big smile simply embraced you. Glen was a devoted husband to his wife and soulmate, Diane, and an amazing and outstanding daddy to his two daughters Payton, 4, and Avery, 3. The above picture was taken in August, a month before 9/11 when life was full and wonderful and everyone so happy. The girls were the love of his life. He would rush home every day to be with them, feeding them, playing with them, bathing them and reading stories at bedtime as well as giving back rubs which he and they enjoyed. He wanted to give them the world. Sept. 11 shattered all his dreams and our lives forever and life as we knew it would never be the same making each day a challenge and extremely difficult. There are just no answers to ease the pain of this horrible nightmare. How do you explain to Glen’s two loving daughters that their amazing daddy is not coming home to share each day with them. Especially heartbreaking is knowing that Glen is missing so much and was taken from us too soon. I remind Payton and Avery their daddy is always with us and he is smiling down on them and know he is beaming with pride for all his girls. Glen’s true wealth was his family and I have tremendous praise and admiration for Diane for the phenomenal way she raised Payton and Avery, always keeping Glen so very much alive and part of their everyday lives. Glen said she was strong and could do anything and she certainly has proven him right. A testament to this is how Payton, now 14, on her own, wrote to President Obama. He was so touched by her letter that he asked her to meet him at Ground Zero for a wreath laying ceremony. She said by being there she was honoring her commitment to her father’s memory. She said: “My father is the reason that we came together today, I miss and love him and don’t go a day without thinking about him. This day will help me move on.” Diane, Avery and her friend, Madison, who also lost her father on Sept. 11 shared the honors. We were all amazed but not surprised that Payton did this. I could hear Glen chuckling and saying “Way to go- That’s my Girl-Love you and miss you too.” We see Glen in Payton and Avery all the time, whether in a certain smile, expression, humor or competitiveness but especially in their love and closeness to family and friends. Glen believed in living every day to the fullest, either it be his disciplined work ethics, excelling in sports, being there for a friend in need, raising money for the Make-A Wish Foundation or Boomer Esiason’s Golf Tournament for Cystic Fibrosis. Glen’s true passion was simply sharing fun and happy times with everyone and wanting nothing for himself nor any acknowledgement for his enormous success and accomplishments. Glen, we lost you suddenly on Sept. 11 and all our hearts were broken once again but we know you are with daddy. Your being together is my only consolation but the pain never goes away. We are certain you and daddy are sitting on the Bright Side of the Road listening to Van Morrison along with your closest friends, Matty O’Mahoney, who is also Avery’s Godfather, Jim Kelly, Farrell and Sean Lynch, Jason Celalu, Eamon McEneaney and too many more to mention. I could see all of you enjoying basketball, telling jokes, playing pranks on one another and laughing but still watching over all your loved ones. You are all our special guardian angels and missed every single day. Forever in our hearts and thoughts. All my love always, Mom and your devoted family http://www.newsday.com/911-anniversary/memories-of-glen-wall-1.3102626 Edited by Baldo, Sep 9 2011, 04:54 PM.
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| Baldo | Sep 9 2011, 04:36 PM Post #32 |
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A Beautiful Tribute Rescue Dogs of 911 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e1mlwZYbyw&feature=player_embedded |
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| cks | Sep 9 2011, 10:15 PM Post #33 |
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Just watched the program on FOX this evening. Very emotional, very well done. All the emotions of ten years resurface with even greater intensity. I am struck by the calmness and the resoluteness of President Bush even more so now than I was at the time of the attacks. He was a president who put the nation first and who, to this day, is truly a man of principles and honor. |
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| agatha | Sep 9 2011, 10:26 PM Post #34 |
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I watched it as well. It is rough, but reassuring. Rough, because that day was rough. Reassuring, because I still feel. I have not forgotten. My heart has not hardened. |
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| comelately | Sep 9 2011, 11:52 PM Post #35 |
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I guess my heart has hardened. Or perhaps it was hard to start with. I wanted retaliation - massive and fairly indiscriminate - the kind that deters such nonsense for decades to come. I still want retaliation. In my opinion, it is the only proper way to honor the victims: find and destroy the murderers and their supporters, such as the creatures that danced in the streets on 9/11. Remember those charming scenes? Instead, we invade Afghanistan (how many among the 9/11 terrorists had come from Afghanistan?), conduct pat-downs at airports, and elect Edited by comelately, Sep 9 2011, 11:53 PM.
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| LTC8K6 | Sep 10 2011, 12:19 AM Post #36 |
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Assistant to The Devil Himself
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Just came across some stories about the people who had to jump from the buildings... Haunting... There's info in here that I didn't know, particularly the number of people who jumped or fell, and the fact that NIST had such records of when and where they fell/jumped from. It's hard to read and look at some of this still... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2035720/The-9-11-victims-America-wants-forget-The-200-jumpers-flung-Twin-Towers-airbrushed-history.html I don't understand the suicide label. These people did not commit suicide. They had no choice. You can't stand there while you burn... Edited by LTC8K6, Sep 10 2011, 12:23 AM.
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| Baldo | Sep 10 2011, 01:10 AM Post #37 |
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And in this country of intense religious fervour, many believe that to be a ‘jumper’ was to choose suicide rather than accept the fate of God — and suicide in whatever circumstances is considered shameful or, indeed, a sin that will send you to Hell. By Tom Leonard Mr Leonard you are an Azzhat. No one I knows thinks that, no Man of God that I know thinks that. I think you are the one who should go to hell! |
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| cks | Sep 10 2011, 06:29 AM Post #38 |
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How anyone who jumped could be considered committing suicide is beyond me - they were taking action - trying to save themselves from what was a certain death - immolation. While there was little chance of surviving a jump there was NO CHANCE of surviving the towering inferno. Agatha - yes, it was reassuring to know that one can still feel deeply but if anything, watching last night's program has only hardened my resolve that we have a duty to destroy those who wish our country harm. If anyone thinks that Islamo-fascism is dying out, the events last night in Cairo demonstrate that it is alive and well. So much for the beliefs held by our Chamberlain/Daladier president (thank you Comelately for the reference) that the Arab spring was such a good thing. |
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| Duke parent 2004 | Sep 10 2011, 08:00 AM Post #39 |
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Intellectuals often puff themselves out for “getting beyond” obvious explanations and for “transcending” simple patriotism and reflexive fellow-feeling.. I have found no better way of exploding their preening and condescension—in short, for showing their rank inhumanity—than asking them to comment on the attacks of ten years ago tomorrow.. I especially enjoy pointing out to those who equivocate and who spend more time chronicling America’s sins than condemning the vile terrorists of 9-11 that their very responses validate a core belief of the common man so alien to so many “deep” thinkers:. There is evil in the world; and the greatest evils must be met with righteous indignation and resolve backed by overwhelming force.. This is one of the few conversations in which I do not apologize for breaking my own “rules of engagement,” for an interlocutor either unwilling to or incapable of holding hands with ordinary Americans who both honor their countrymen who died in those attacks and revile those who murdered them deserves no respect whatsoever. For those posters here more prudent than I—who, that is, balk at debating low-life apologists—I suggest you have at the ready the link to Baldo’s post above on the tribute to Glen Wall.. If that tribute does not shame to blubbering incoherence the equivocators, then you know you are dealing with persons short on tear ducts and bereft of everyday decency. |
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| agatha | Sep 10 2011, 08:04 AM Post #40 |
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Suicide? Not even close. Is he writing from a mosque in a country where a woman can be stoned to death and murder is the only way to restore "honor?" It has been 10 years. In that time, the ONLY ones speaking of hell are the Islamics. No one can convince me those who jumped were trying to do anything but escape. Death was certain either way, but one stood a better chance, no matter minuscule, of surviving a fall to the sidewalk than being consumed by a ball of fire. Edited by agatha, Sep 10 2011, 08:05 AM.
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| Baldo | Sep 10 2011, 04:59 PM Post #41 |
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George W. Bush Flight 93 Memorial Speech, September 10, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=488PgNH4IuM It speaks for itself |
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| cks | Sep 10 2011, 05:22 PM Post #42 |
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Baldo: Thanks for posting the link. I do not know how anyone could not have been moved to tears as they listened to his speech. |
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| Kerri P. | Sep 10 2011, 05:28 PM Post #43 |
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http://www.wral.com/news/story/10112244/ Obama urges service, unity on 9/11 anniversary snip... Obama also visited a soup kitchen, where he and his family helped prepare trays of gumbo for the needy in the nation's capital, underscoring the call to national service that rang so loudly after the terrorist attacks. All this as the president and his national security team tracked the latest possible terrorist threat against the country, a tip that al-Qaida might be seeking to detonate a car bomb in New York or Washington. Obama met his senior national security team in the morning to review the latest developments and ensure the nation remains on a heightened state of vigilance during the anniversary commemorations. As of Saturday U.S. intelligence agencies had not found evidence that al-Qaida had sneaked any terrorists into the country to carry out an anniversary attack. At D.C. Central Kitchen, Obama said projects to serve the community "are part of what the spirit of remembering 9/11's all about — the country being unified and looking out for one another." In an email to supporters, the president urged others to follow his lead. "With just a small act of service, or a simple act of kindness towards others, you can both honor those we lost and those who serve us still, and help us recapture the spirit of generosity and compassion that followed 9/11," the president wrote. snip.... |
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| chatham | Sep 10 2011, 06:20 PM Post #44 |
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Obama Commemorates 9/11 Anniversary By Packaging Meals… How is this: ![]() Supposed to commemorate this? ![]() Honestly, I don’t get it. WASHINGTON, DC — SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) with daughter Malia Obama, and, from left, Jeffrey Ragsdale, Jamillah Linkins, and Marianne Ali, participate in a service project to commemorate the 9/11 anniversary at DC Central Kitchen September 10, 2011 in Washington, DC. The First Family packaged meals that will go to organizations such as DC Public Schools, Covenant House Washington, and New Endeavors by Women. (Leslie E. Kossoff-Pool/Getty Images) CREDIT: weaselzippers |
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| chatham | Sep 10 2011, 06:24 PM Post #45 |
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Obama: “The United States Is Not And Never Will Be At War With Islam”…![]() Great, but I think someone forgot to tell Islam. |
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