In remembrance of September 11…..
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9/11/01
8:48 AM – American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the north
tower of the World Trade Center
9:03 AM – United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the south
tower.
9:05 AM – President Bush is told of the second plane crash,
minutes after learning of the first, while at a school in Sarasota,
FL
9:30 AM – Bush speaks of “an apparent terrorist attack on our
country.”
9:45 AM – American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the
Pentagon.
9:55 AM – Bush departs Sarasota, taking a zig-zag course to
Barksdale Air Force Base outside Shreveport, La.
9:59 AM – The South Tower collapses.
10:10 AM – United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Shanksville, Pa.
10:28 AM – The North Tower collapses.
11:45 AM – Bush arrives at Barksdale.
12:36 PM – Bush vows to “hunt down and punish those
responsible for these cowardly acts,” in a taped statement at
Barksdale.
1:37 PM – Bush leaves Barksdale for Offutt Air Force Base, near
Omaha.
2:50 PM – Bush arrives at Offutt, where he has briefings with his
national security staff via teleconference in a secured bunker.
4:36 PM – Bush leaves Offutt for Washington.
7:00 PM – Bush arrives at White House.
8:30 PM – Bush addresses the nation from the Oval Office,
vowing he “will make no distinction between the terrorists who
committed these acts and those who harbor them.”
[Source: New York Times, Sept. 2001]
Voices
PBS correspondent Ray Suarez: The family of Moises Rivas, a
chef at Windows on the World, famed restaurant at the top of the
World Trade Center, also waited for word…Do you know that he
went to work yesterday morning?
Woman: Yes he did. He called me from there at 9 o’clock
exactly and he told me that he loved me and that was it. And he
hung up the phone on me because it was an explosion right
there…
Suarez: So he already knew something was up?
Woman: Yes, he just said, “I’m OK – don’t worry. I love you no
matter what. I love you.” And he just hung up.
[PBS “Newshour,” Sept. 12]
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Brian Sweeney, 38, a passenger on Flight 175 that crashed into
the World Trade Center’s South Tower, left a message for his
wife, Julie, on their answering machine shortly before 9 AM.
“Hey Jules, it’s Brian, I’m on a plane and it’s hijacked and it
doesn’t look good. I just wanted to let you know that I love you
and I hope to see you again. If I don’t, please have fun in life
and live your life the best you can. Know that I love you and no
matter what, I’ll see you again.”
[Boston Herald, Sept. 13]
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Honoring the firemen…all 343 who died on Sept. 11.
Joseph Agnello, Brian Ahearn, Eric Allen, Richard Allen, James
Amato, Calixto Anaya Jr., Joseph Angelini, Joseph Angelini Jr.,
Faustino Apostol Jr., David Arce, Louis Arena, Carl Asaro,
Gregg Atlas, Gerald Atwood, Gerard Baptiste, Gerard Barbara,
Matthew Barnes, Arthur Barry, Steven Bates, Carl Bedigian,
Stephen Belson, John Bergin, Paul Beyer, Peter Bielfeld, Brian
Bilcher, Carl Bini, Christopher Blackwell, Michael Bocchino,
Frank Bonomo, Gary Box, Michael Boyle, Kevin Bracken,
Michael Brennan, Peter Brennan, Daniel Brethel, Patrick Brown,
Andrew Brunn, Vincent Brunton, Ronald Bucca, Greg Buck,
William Burke Jr., Donald Burns, John Burnside, Thomas Butler,
Patrick Byrne, George Cain, Salvatore Calabro, Frank Callahan,
Michael Cammarata, Brian Cannizzaro, Dennis Carey, Michael
Carlo, Michael Carroll, Peter Carroll, Thomas Casoria, Michael
Cawley, Vernon Cherry, Nicholas Chiofalo, John Chipura,
Michael Clarke, Steven Coakley, Tarel Coleman, John Collins,
Robert Cordice, Ruben Correa, James Coyle, Robert Crawford,
John Crisci, Dennis Cross, Thomas Cullen III, Robert Curatolo,
Edward D’Atri, Michael D’Auria, Scott Davidson, Edward Day,
Thomas DeAngelis, Manuel Delvalle, Martin DeMeo, David
DeRubbio, Andrew Desperito, Dennis Devlin, Gerard Dewan,
George DiPasquale, Kevin Donnelly, Kevin Dowdell, Raymond
Downey, Gerard Duffy, Martin Egan, Jr., Michael Elferis,
Francis Esposito, Michael Esposito, Robert Evans, John Fanning,
Thomas Farino, Terrence Farrell, Joseph Farrelly, William
Feehan, Lee Fehling, Alan Feinberg, Michael Fiore, John
Fischer, Andre Fletcher, John Florio, Michael Fodor, Thomas
Foley, David Fontana, Robert Foti, Andrew Fredericks, Peter
Freund, Thomas Gambino Jr., Peter Ganci, Jr., Charles
Garbarini, Thomas Gardner, Matthew Garvey, Bruce Gary, Gary
Geidel, Edward Geraghty, Denis Germain, Vincent Giammona,
James Gilberson, Ronnie Gies, Paul Gill, John Ginley, Jeffrey
Giordano, John Giordano, Keith Glascoe, James Gray, Joseph
Grzelak, Jose Guadalupe, Geoffrey Guja, Joseph Gullickson,
David Halderman, Vincent Halloran, Robert Hamilton, Sean
Hanley, Thomas Hannafin, Dana Hannon, Daniel Harlin, Harvey
Harrell, Stephen Harrell, Thomas Haskell, Jr., Timothy Haskell,
Terence Hatton, Michael Haub, Michael Healey, John Heffernan,
Ronnie Henderson, Joseph Henry, William Henry, Thomas
Hetzel, Brian Hickey, Timothy Higgins, Jonathan Hohmann,
Thomas Holohan, Joseph Hunter, Walter Hynes, Jonathan Ielpi,
Frederick Ill Jr., William Johnston, Andrew Jordan, Karl Joseph,
Anthony Jovic, Angel Juarbe Jr., Mychal Judge, Vincent Kane,
Charles Kasper, Paul Keating, Richard Kelly Jr., Thomas R.
Kelly, Thomas W. Kelly, Thomas Kennedy, Ronald Kerwin,
Michael Kiefer, Robert King, Jr., Scott Kopytko, William
Krukowski, Kenneth Kumpel, Thomas Kuveikis, David LaForge,
William Lake, Robert Lane, Peter Langone, Scott Larsen, Joseph
Leavey, Neil Leavy, Daniel Libretti, Carlos Lillo, Robert
Linnane, Michael Lynch, Michael Lynch (2), Michael Lyons,
Patrick Lyons, Joseph Maffeo, William Mahoney, Joseph
Maloney, Joseph Marchbanks, Jr., Charles Margiotta, Kenneth
Marino, John Marshall, Peter Martin, Paul Martini, Joseph
Mascali, Keithroy Maynard, Brian McAleese, John McAvoy,
Thomas McCann, William McGinn, William McGovern, Dennis
McHugh, Robert McMahon, Robert McPadden, Terence
McShane, Timothy McSweeney, Martin McWilliams, Raymond
Meisenheimer, Charles Mendez, Steve Mercado, Douglas Miller,
Henry Miller Jr., Robert Minara, Thomas Mingione, Paul
Mitchell, Louis Modafferi, Dennis Mojica, Manuel Mojica, Carl
Molinaro, Michael Montesi, Thomas Moody, John Moran,
Vincent Morello, Christopher Mozzillo, Richard Muldowney Jr.,
Michael Mullan, Dennis Mulligan, Raymond Murphy, Robert
Nagel, John Napolitano, Peter Nelson, Gerard Nevins, Dennis
O’Berg, Daniel O’Callaghan, Douglas Oelschlager, Joseph
Ogren, Thomas O’Hagan, Samuel Oitice, Patrick O’Keefe,
William O’Keefe, Eric Olsen, Jeffery Olsen, Steven Olson,
Kevin O’Rourke, Michael Otten, Jeffery Palazzo, Orio Palmer,
Frank Palombo, Paul Pansini, John Paolillo, James Pappageorge,
Robert Parro, Durrell Pearsall, Glenn Perry, Philip Petti, Kevin
Pfeifer, Kenneth Phelan, Christopher Pickford, Shawn Powell,
Vincent Princiotta, Kevin Prior, Richard Prunty, Lincoln
Quappe, Michael Quilty, Ricardoo Quinn, Leonard Ragaglia,
Michael Ragusa, Edward Rall, Adam Rand, Donald Regan,
Robert Regan, Christian Regenhard, Kevin Reilly, Vernon
Richard, James Riches, Joseph Rivelli, Michael Roberts, Michael
E. Roberts, Anthony Rodriguez, Matthew Rogan, Nicholas
Rossomando, Paul Ruback, Stephen Russell, Michael Russo,
Matthew Ryan, Thomas Sabella, Christopher Santora, John
Santore, Gregory Saucedo, Dennis Scauso, John Schardt, Fred
Scheffold, Thomas Schoales, Gerard Schrang, Gregory Sikorsky,
Stephen Siller, Stanley Smagala Jr., Kevin Smith, Leon Smith
Jr., Robert Spear Jr., Joseph Spor, Lawrence Stack, Timothy
Stackpole, Gregory Stajk, Jeffery Stark, Benjamin Suarez, Daniel
Suhr, Christopher Sullivan, Brian Sweeney, Sean Tallon, Allan
Tarasiewicz, Paul Tegtmeier, John Tierney, John Tipping II,
Hector Tirado Jr., Richard Vanhine, Peter Vega, Lawrence
Veling, John Vigiano II, Sergio Villanueva, Lawrence Virgilio,
Robert Wallace, Jeffery Walz, Michael Warchola, Patrick
Waters, Kenneth Watson, Michael Weinberg, David Weiss,
Timothy Welty, Eugene Whelan, Edward White, Mark Whitford,
Glenn Wilkinson, John Williamson, David Wooley, Raymond
York.
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“To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his Gods?”
–Lord Macaulay (1800-59) British historian.
“Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory
however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there
is no survival.”
–Winston Churchill, May 1940
God bless our heroes. We will never, ever forget.
Next Bar Chat, Thursday.
