9/11/2001 ... thank you, NYPD

<div align="center"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>In Memory and in Gratitude to New York City's Finest</b></span><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><i>This one's for you, Yankee Phil ... thank you for your 9/11 service.</i></span><br /><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108787140017493986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuLMRby3mk8HU2rbFy4MyIMYQzbW6o2WkfSoBg895TBFzKwEQxWmRe_z_brSy6TdVMJskTRHa_TLldWpcWokr7KEp-Xs-ieG9LApROEfngrjVbkTNE0jBKCdJxJo6xWh7QZ24ETFRtwQw/s400/9-11+Twin+Towers.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="332" />On September 11, 2001, the New York City Police Department lost more officers in a single day than in any year previously. Twenty-three officers died in the smoldering collapse of the World Trade Center ... died saving hundreds of people from a burning inferno. Their sacrifice is not forgotten.<br /><br />In memory of those who served with <a href="http://yankeephilip.blogspot.com/">Yankee Phil</a> and did not return ...<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NPtH_iftWMbVxsPmKp9hGVEUzFWAcTI-rqcN2uEBWXWrqRK5qbDuqhoFzF6ZxpCRnsJlyL7lbSwfTsABO4-kPhR262Jalb8GqHhnBz2_hWvr6db1szNA18vlgBr7KG2xxhBw9CnMot8/s1600-h/9-11+NYPD+victims.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108787135722526658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8NPtH_iftWMbVxsPmKp9hGVEUzFWAcTI-rqcN2uEBWXWrqRK5qbDuqhoFzF6ZxpCRnsJlyL7lbSwfTsABO4-kPhR262Jalb8GqHhnBz2_hWvr6db1szNA18vlgBr7KG2xxhBw9CnMot8/s320/9-11+NYPD+victims.jpg" style="display: block; height: 149px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 112px;" width="240" /></a><b> The 23 NYPD officers lost on 9/11:</b></div><div align="center"><br />JOHN G COUGHLIN, Sergeant<br />MICHAEL CURTIN, Sergeant<br />JOHN D'ALLARA, Police Officer<br />VINCENT G DANZ, Police Officer<br />JEROME M DOMINGUEZ, Police Officer<br />STEPHEN P DRISCOLL, Police Officer<br />MARK ELLIS, Police Officer<br />ROBERT FAZIO, Police Officer<br />RODNEY C GILLIS, Sergeant<br />RONALD KLOEPFER, Police Officer<br />THOMAS LANGONE, Police Officer<br />JAMES LEAHY, Police Officer<br />BRIAN G McDONNELL, Police Officer<br />JOHN WILLIAM PERRY, Police Officer<br />GLEN PETTIT, Police Officer<br />CLAUDE RICHARDS, Detective<br />TIMOTHY ROY, Sergeant<br />MOIRA SMITH, Police Officer<br />RAMON SUAREZ, Police Officer<br />PAUL TALTY, Police Officer<br />SANTOS VALENTIN Jr, Police Officer<br />JOSEPH VINCENT VIGIANO, Detective<br />WALTER WEAVER, Police Officer<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUapdtRbjVq4Klq3BGRCGB-NsX6oKxVsVkF00DF_Giv1QGf5MHcEZrt6Y_Gosb6T6W3zE2zqlcNM7UOXDomb1vRAtD7fac2BhgExuNvVq6p9hUcrPCPVrWV3PZ1b6Iyyy_GupThSoETsc/s1600-h/9-11+rubble.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="317" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108787140017493970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUapdtRbjVq4Klq3BGRCGB-NsX6oKxVsVkF00DF_Giv1QGf5MHcEZrt6Y_Gosb6T6W3zE2zqlcNM7UOXDomb1vRAtD7fac2BhgExuNvVq6p9hUcrPCPVrWV3PZ1b6Iyyy_GupThSoETsc/s320/9-11+rubble.jpg" style="display: block; height: 157px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 158px;" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b> <i>We will not forget.</i></b></span></div>

9/11/2001 New York Police Department NYPD Terrorism World Trade Center Yankee Phil 9/11/2001 ... thank you, NYPD

In Memory and in Gratitude to New York City's Finest This one's for you, Yankee Phil ... thank you for your 9/11 service. On Septemb...

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10:28 a.m. ... 9/11/2001 ... World Trade Center South Tower collapses

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7qwQXL_lqEjO7HUw4-fJctlssfIYa0F3yGhA6H-aNu1CniFWXgJUyM6yj6ns04GUmpB_QCQQ98EOLMJdXLHQUczGIIQQCvDZqbKS54HOeaxJz6PzLDtz8MunXbG_yOAOcP_M6Vn_smHt/s1600/9-11+1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7qwQXL_lqEjO7HUw4-fJctlssfIYa0F3yGhA6H-aNu1CniFWXgJUyM6yj6ns04GUmpB_QCQQ98EOLMJdXLHQUczGIIQQCvDZqbKS54HOeaxJz6PzLDtz8MunXbG_yOAOcP_M6Vn_smHt/s640/9-11+1.jpeg" width="532" /></a></div><br />10:28 am ... South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed on 9/11.<br /><br /><i>9/11/01 ... may we never forget.</i>

9/11/2001 New York City Terrorism Twin Towers World Trade Center 10:28 a.m. ... 9/11/2001 ... World Trade Center South Tower collapses

10:28 am ... South Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed on 9/11. 9/11/01 ... may we never forget.

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10:28 a.m. ... 9/11 ... World Trade Center North Tower collapses

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwO-VqNb933_cDwxayLppQPM7g-HLPw4ZAVcpFph6InHvYtiCZUO8OvrLfBlLo3p0OX4x931xwKz2qdBmAzb3FyothlV_4uF_6TVjAlSM5JONdwiqU0PqXT-CxQL6If9dq9dwQMglX0TR/s1600/9-11+1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515644994512712850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwO-VqNb933_cDwxayLppQPM7g-HLPw4ZAVcpFph6InHvYtiCZUO8OvrLfBlLo3p0OX4x931xwKz2qdBmAzb3FyothlV_4uF_6TVjAlSM5JONdwiqU0PqXT-CxQL6If9dq9dwQMglX0TR/s640/9-11+1.jpeg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="533" /></a>At 10:28 a.m. the north tower of the World Trade Center collapsed after burning for 102 minutes.<br /><br />9/11 ... may we never forget.

9/11/2001 New York City Terrorism World Trade Center 10:28 a.m. ... 9/11 ... World Trade Center North Tower collapses

At 10:28 a.m. the north tower of the World Trade Center collapsed after burning for 102 minutes. 9/11 ... may we never forget.

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8:55 a.m. ... 9/11/2001 ... President George W. Bush told of World Trade Center attack

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K7on6C_7K9ubDJ4z_VTN7aQb4LTazya6S4rVTufXYry58vZQYWPXTRaLDD_yamai-CY9gmwdIAR025Vtndz1Hhs0cjd0pqqFpXURF5PDiYXarq-F6BBpBUp1V8fq6yycX_YAx_Lvomzo/s1600/George+W.+Bush+39+Andy+Card+9-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4K7on6C_7K9ubDJ4z_VTN7aQb4LTazya6S4rVTufXYry58vZQYWPXTRaLDD_yamai-CY9gmwdIAR025Vtndz1Hhs0cjd0pqqFpXURF5PDiYXarq-F6BBpBUp1V8fq6yycX_YAx_Lvomzo/s400/George+W.+Bush+39+Andy+Card+9-11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />8:55 a.m. Chief of Staff Andy Card informed President George W. Bush that an airplane had flown into the World Trade Center. The President was visiting a classroom in Sarasota, Florida, and kept a calm demeanor to not alarm the young students.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">9/11 ... may we never forget.<br /><i></i></span></span>

9/11/2001 Andy Card Florida George W. Bush Terrorism World Trade Center 8:55 a.m. ... 9/11/2001 ... President George W. Bush told of World Trade Center attack

8:55 a.m. Chief of Staff Andy Card informed President George W. Bush that an airplane had flown into the World Trade Center. The President w...

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8:46 a.m. ... 9/11/2001 ... America is under attack as World Trade Center is hit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioD6oNBwSlk4llX70c11nvBeRnjubDmFlwYpdI7ypAt8jKKzX-VdqaCggG5h2CyIL8EnCcTQX-0sNvGlu-xij95F9xgXKM2lAS4jCXFjbduGfbQb4p8bpJmhb53CO-7RNyybbCl6_kKkbD/s1600/9-11-01+Twin+Towers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioD6oNBwSlk4llX70c11nvBeRnjubDmFlwYpdI7ypAt8jKKzX-VdqaCggG5h2CyIL8EnCcTQX-0sNvGlu-xij95F9xgXKM2lAS4jCXFjbduGfbQb4p8bpJmhb53CO-7RNyybbCl6_kKkbD/s640/9-11-01+Twin+Towers.jpg" width="572" /></a></div><br /><i>"We've defeated freedom's enemies before, and we will defeat them again. ... There is a difference between being alert and being intimidated and this great nation will never be intimidated."</i>  <br /><div align="center">- President George W. Bush, 2001</div><br /><b>8:46 a.m.</b> It began with first one tower and then the other of the World Trade Center hit by commercial airliners. America was under attack. <br /><br /><br />It has been twelve years since the worst terrorist attacks ever on American soil on September 11, 2001, a beautiful morning in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York City. Most can remember where they were when they heard the news of commercial airplanes hijacked by al-Qaeda terrorists hitting the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and crashing into a Pennsylvania field on its way to destroy the U.S. Capitol or White House in D.C.<br /><br />Twelve years later the emotions are still raw for those who were affected by that day. While the memory has faded for some and a younger generation was too little for it to be significant, others will never forget. <br /><br /><b>On September 11, 2001, terrorists killed 3,030 people and 2,337 were injured.</b> The oldest victim was 85 years old; the youngest was two years old and on her way to Disneyland.<br /><br /><b>Those 3,030 lost souls were from more than 90 nations; most were Americans.</b> Sadly, 3,051 children lost a parent while 1,609 adults lost a spouse or partner.<br /><br /><b>New York City lost 343 firefighters and paramedics, and 75 NYPD officers perished.</b> The ones who survived have deep emotional memories of that day. <br /><br /><b>Over 20 percent of Americans knew someone who was hurt or killed on 9/11.</b> The resulting fires at the World Trade Center burned until December, 99 days after the attacks. More than 300 firefighters went on leave from respiratory problems as of January 2002; more have had problems in the years since. Clearing the sites involved removing 1,506,124 tons of debris.<br /><br /><b>The Pentagon, one of the most secure buildings in the world, was hit </b>by hijacked American Airlines Flight 77 resulting in 124 deaths and 76 injuries at the Pentagon in addition to the loss of 64 passengers on the plane.<br /><br /><b>United Airlines Flight 93 spiraled into the ground outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania,</b> taking with it 40 souls who fought back and prevented additional national tragedy when the plane did not reach Washington, DC.<br /><br /><b>President George W. Bush addressed the nation that night and promised to protect the American people and hunt down those responsible,</b> saying, "Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve."<br /><br /><div align="left"><b>Today thank a military member, firefighter, police officer, and other First Responders</b> ... say a prayer for those who were lost and their families ... educate the younger generation so they will be alert to this always-present danger ... and never forget.<br /><br /><b>9/11/2001: May we never forget.</b></div>

9/11/2001 Terrorism World Trade Center 8:46 a.m. ... 9/11/2001 ... America is under attack as World Trade Center is hit

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