World Trade Center - Page 3

JazmenFlowers · #31 08-10-2006, 09:53 AM

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Thank you. My area of the Bronx was greatly affected on 9/11. Many of the residents are NYPD, FDNY, and other New York City employees. I believe over 291 people from my area died that day, many of them FDNY. Considering my neighborhood has only 5000 or so people, that's an insane number. For months it seemed like it was one funeral after another.

To be honest, there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about it. I think many New Yorkers haven't forgotten either.

welcome to the Ledge.

and thanks for being so brave to discuss this here. and I am sorry for your loss(es).

estranged4life · #32 08-10-2006, 09:55 AM

as rather sad is that each of the rescuers from NYC that arrived in OKC, after the Murrah Building bombing to help recover the innocent who perished, died on 911.

If ya now go to the National Memorial in OKC, there's a good chance you'll see a member of the NYFD/NYPD paying their respects to our tragedy. They, the NYFD/NYPD members, are drawn here since OKC can understand in a way how NYC felt that September day in 2001.

SuzeQuze · #33 08-10-2006, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by emfan2377

Thank you. My area of the Bronx was greatly affected on 9/11. Many of the residents are NYPD, FDNY, and other New York City employees. I believe over 291 people from my area died that day, many of them FDNY. Considering my neighborhood has only 5000 or so people, that's an insane number. For months it seemed like it was one funeral after another.

To be honest, there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about it. I think many New Yorkers haven't forgotten either.

How horrible. You can't forget with the permanent change in the skyline. I'm so sorry for your losses from that day.

emfan2377 · #34 08-10-2006, 09:59 AM

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as rather sad is that each of the rescuers from NYC that arrived in OKC, after the Murrah Building bombing to help recover the innocent who perished, died on 911.

If ya now go to the National Memorial in OKC, there's a good chance you'll see a member of the NYFD/NYPD paying their respects to our tragedy. They, the NYFD/NYPD members, are drawn here since OKC can understand in a way how NYC felt that September day in 2001.

Very true. I think I read something like 90% of the squad sent to OKC died on 9/11.

The heroism displayed by thousands of people, from all walks of life, that day is astounding.

emfan2377 · #35 08-10-2006, 10:01 AM

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How horrible. You can't forget with the permanent change in the skyline. I'm so sorry for your losses from that day.

I also work in the popular neighborhood funeral home (along with another job). Day in and day out, it was arranging funerals for families that had no remains to mourn over. I've had enough of death to last me a lifetime. Blah, I need a new job.

SuzeQuze · #36 08-10-2006, 10:05 AM

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I also work in the popular neighborhood funeral home (along with another job). Day in and day out, it was arranging funerals for families that had no remains to mourn over. I've had enough of death to last me a lifetime. Blah, I need a new job.

How awful. I was there a few weeks after the attacks and heard the bagpipes myself. They may not have been for a victim(s) but they sure were chilling. That and seeing the smoke from the vacant area where the WTC once stood.

I went to visit my little cousin who had just moved to Long Island to live with her Dad. Friends of the family suffered so many losses. It was unfathomable.

emfan2377 · #37 08-10-2006, 10:09 AM

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How awful. I was there a few weeks after the attacks and heard the bagpipes myself. They may not have been for a victim(s) but they sure were chilling. That and seeing the smoke from the vacant area where the WTC once stood.

I went to visit my little cousin who had just moved to Long Island to live with her Dad. Friends of the family suffered so many losses. It was unfathomable.

I love my job, I really do. Outside of the occassional baby/child funeral, 9/11 funerals are the kind I never want to repeat. The sadness.

JazmenFlowers · #38 08-10-2006, 10:12 AM

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I love my job, I really do. Outside of the occassional baby/child funeral, 9/11 funerals are the kind I never want to repeat. The sadness.

it is a job that must be done, though. I can't imagine how hard it must be...I'm sure it takes a lot of strength and a lot of families are grateful that you were there.

it may be that it is time for you to find something else...pass the torch on to someone not as "exhausted" by it as you.

estranged4life · #39 08-10-2006, 10:13 AM

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Very true. I think I read something like 90% of the squad sent to OKC died on 9/11.

The heroism displayed by thousands of people, from all walks of life, that day is astounding.

the local reports I remember reported that all 12 members of the NYFD rescue squad, who arrived in OKC on their own $$$ & time, died on 911.

I remember one NYFD rescuer named Father Mike (I believe that was his name), who is the man shown in pictures (That were shown in magazines/newspapers worldwide) being carried in a chair from the WTC, after he was killed when a person from high above in the WTC landed upon him.

This man of the cloth, died with his rosary in his hand...the same rosary that was given to him by then Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating when Father Mike came to OKC to assist in recovery of our dead.

The National Memorial Museum has honored the fallen NYFD/NYPD from 911...Oklahomans have never forgetten how those New Yorkers came to assist us in our time of sorrow, We gratefully returned the same.

emfan2377 · #40 08-10-2006, 10:19 AM

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it is a job that must be done, though. I can't imagine how hard it must be...I'm sure it takes a lot of strength and a lot of families are grateful that you were there.

it may be that it is time for you to find something else...pass the torch on to someone not as "exhausted" by it as you.

I think I would be better off working out of my area. Too many times, I know the person being waked, or know someone who is related to them. I've begun to move away from the "body process" as I became licensed to direct funerals about a year ago. Occassionally, I'll pop downstairs and help out. Like when my aunt died, I went and did her hair, dressed her and painted her nails. She was a picky bitch and I knew what she liked.

emfan2377 · #41 08-10-2006, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

the local reports I remember reported that all 12 members of the NYFD rescue squad, who arrived in OKC on their own $$$ & time, died on 911.

I remember one NYFD rescuer named Father Mike (I believe that was his name), who is the man shown in pictures (That were shown in magazines/newspapers worldwide) being carried in a chair from the WTC, after he was killed when a person from high above in the WTC landed upon him.

This man of the cloth, died with his rosary in his hand...the same rosary that was given to him by then Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating when Father Mike came to OKC to assist in recovery of our dead.

The National Memorial Museum has honored the fallen NYFD/NYPD from 911...Oklahomans have never forgetten how those New Yorkers came to assist us in our time of sorrow, We gratefully returned the same.

Mychal Judge, the FDNY Chaplain. His story was another sad one. He was praying over a body (think it was a fireman), when a jumper landed on him.

estranged4life · #42 08-10-2006, 10:34 AM

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Mychal Judge, the FDNY Chaplain. His story was another sad one. He was praying over a body (think it was a fireman), when a jumper landed on him.

that was the man, Father Mike.

OKC & NYC will always be connected due to manmade hate-inspired tragedies.

emfan2377 · #43 08-10-2006, 10:45 AM

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that was the man, Father Mike.

OKC & NYC will always be connected due to manmade hate-inspired tragedies.

I agree. It's just a damn shame that many Americans have already forgotten OKC. I always think about the picture of the little girl being carried from the rubble. Was her name Bailey? For some reason that is popping in my head. All those poor children.

wondergirl9847 · #44 08-10-2006, 11:08 AM

I went to the OKC Memorial back in March of last year. It's powerful. My mom and I were in the first room, there were pictures on the wall and various items on display. My mom goes "Awww....look at the kids." and I lost it. Couldn't control my crying...and it continued on and off throughout the entire tour.

If you ever to to OKC....make sure to go to the Memorial.

estranged4life · #45 08-10-2006, 12:00 PM

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I agree. It's just a damn shame that many Americans have already forgotten OKC. I always think about the picture of the little girl being carried from the rubble. Was her name Bailey? For some reason that is popping in my head. All those poor children.

lil' Bailey Almon...That picture of that poor child being carried out of the Murrah Building wreckage is still haunting.

Bailey's mother has a bistro restaurant not far from the Murrah Memorial.