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Old 09-09-2007, 09:27 PM
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Exclamation 9.11.07: A Remembrance

FDNY Fire Code: 5-5-5-5


In Flanders Fields

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)

Canadian Army






IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.








We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.








Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.








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In 1918, inspired by the poem "In Flanders Fields," Moina Michael replied with her own poem:


We Shall Keep the Faith


Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,

Sleep sweet - to rise anew!

We caught the torch you threw

And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.








We cherish, too, the poppy red

That grows on fields where valor led;

It seems to signal to the skies

That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders Fields.








And now the Torch and Poppy Red

We wear in honor of our dead.

Fear not that ye have died for naught;

We'll teach the lesson that ye wrought
In Flanders Fields.








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To my friends and my Brothers, who now sit with Minerva-I Remember
To the 2,800 plus 1-I Remember
To those in the Pentagon-I Remember
To the Flight Crews and Passengers of Flights AA 77, AA 11 and UA 175-I Remember
To the Flight Crew and Passengers of Flight UA 93-I Remember
To all the Uniformed workers-I Remember
To the Armed Forces-I Remember
To the Health care workers, who helped so much, and wanted and waited to give more, to do more-I Remember
To the Tradesmen, who went in to search, recover, and to rebuild-I Remember
To the Volunteers, from near and far, who dropped everything to help-I Remember
To those who made it out-I Remember
To those who did not come out-I Remember
To all the Victims, the Hero's,
Their families, their friends:
You are, and always will be, Remembered
You will never be forgotten
We will never forget
For those in the service of our Country-We have your six and hope for your safe return.
To our Friends and Allies, across the Pond and around the World: We Remember. We are Not Afraid.

Jon Cohen 9.11.02
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http://mrmom.amaonline.com/twothousandone.htm
http://www.projectrebirth.org/
http://www.buildthememorial.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homepage2
http://www.nationalparks.org/flight93/default.asp
http://www.tuesdayschildren.org/
The Gettysburg Address-What Lincoln might really have said at Ground Zero http://www.msnbc.com/news/806286.asp?0na=x229N3f0-
British sites set up after the Tube bombings July, 2005:
http://www.werenotafraid.com/
http://www.unite-against-terror.com/
For the Men and Women of New York's Finest-The NYPD, PAPD, and all members of the Fraternal Order of Police: The Policeman's Prayer:
http://mrmom.amaonline.com/special/policeman.htm
http://www.nysfop.org/wtc/nypdvideo.html
http://www.nysfop.org/wtc/papdvideo.html
http://www.nysfop.org/wtc/fopvideo.html
For the Men and Women of New York's Bravest-The FDNY and EMS-The Fireman's Prayer:
http://mrmom.amaonline.com/Special/firemen.htm
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/fdny/media/tribute/tribute.html
For the Doctors, Nurses and all other medical professionals:
http://mrmom.amaonline.com/special/aphysiciansprayer.htm
http://mrmom.amaonline.com/special/anurse.htm



O valiant hearts who to your glory came

through dust of conflict and through battle flame;

tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved,

your memory hallowed in the land you loved.







Proudly you gathered, rank on rank, to war

as who had heard God's message from afar;

all you had hoped for, all you had, you gave,
to save mankind — yourselves you scorned to save.







Splendid you passed, the great surrender made;

into the light that nevermore shall fade;

deep your contentment in that blest abode,
who wait the last clear trumpet-call of God.







Long years ago, as earth lay dark and still,

rose a loud cry upon a lonely hill,

while in the frailty of our human clay,
Christ, our Redeemer, passed the self-same way.







Still stands his Cross from that dread hour to this,

like some bright star above the dark abyss;

still, through the veil, the Victor's pitying eyes
look down to bless our lesser Calvaries.







These were his servants, in his steps they trod,

following through death the martyred Son of God:

Victor, he rose; victorious too shall rise
they who have drunk his cup of sacrifice.







O risen Lord, O Shepherd of our dead,

whose cross has bought them and whose staff has led,

in glorious hope their proud and sorrowing land
commits her children to thy gracious hand.








John Stanhope Arkwright’s hymn “O Valiant Hearts”.


FDNY Fire Code: 5-5-5-5

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Old 09-10-2007, 07:53 PM
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What a beautiful tribute. Tomorrow is always such a difficult day, especially teaching high school students in NYC.
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Old 09-10-2007, 08:01 PM
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What a beautiful tribute. Tomorrow is always such a difficult day, especially teaching high school students in NYC.
Thank you.
The very core of it or the start of it I wrote on a wall at Ground Zero just before the 1ST anniversary.
Most of the rest was added on prior to the 2ND.
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Old 09-10-2007, 08:29 PM
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Signal 5-5-5-5 Box 8089.

In memory of the 343 who gave their lives that others may live.

Signal 5-5-5-5 is only sounded to mark the death of a firefighter in New York City. Box 8089 was the FDNY call box for the World Trade Center.
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Old 09-10-2007, 09:41 PM
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The Times had a piece last week about the zip code for the World Trade Center and how it conitnues on. It's archived already, but I thought I would add a link here to a blog that posted it. 10048

Never exactly sure how the little ones in our Elem. School will be tomorrow...some parents keep them home. Some of the older ones remember, some just know a few details. We're all told to discuss it a little if one of them brings it up.
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Old 09-10-2007, 10:57 PM
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Signal 5-5-5-5 Box 8089.

In memory of the 343 who gave their lives that others may live.

Signal 5-5-5-5 is only sounded to mark the death of a firefighter in New York City. Box 8089 was the FDNY call box for the World Trade Center.
A bit of FDNY and NYC history:
Between 1865 and 1992, 752 men and women died in the line of duty.
On 9.11.01 343 joined their Brothers and Sisters.
Tonight I did what I have done for the past several years; looked at the names and faces behind those numbers.
As well as the faces of the rest of the uniform forces who also gave their lives for others:
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/fdny/media/tribute/tribute.html
http://www.nysfop.org/wtc/nypdvideo.html
http://www.nysfop.org/wtc/papdvideo.html
http://www.nysfop.org/wtc/fopvideo.html

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Old 09-11-2007, 10:47 PM
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Many of us have read our local papers and magazines and seen our local Editorial and Op-Ed pages. In one way or another, they are designed to
provoke thought and/or interest about local or nation news and events.

The following links are what the world Op-Ed cartoonist have drawn over the past several years about the event of and following 9.11.01

Some of very powerful and full of emotion. Some maybe thought of as over the top political.

Many are just thought provoking.

And there are a few down right clinkers.

One thing I saw was that there was a general shift in message presented.

I see it as a combination of both the "Editorial" POV and society POV.

http://cagle.com/news/9-11Remembered/main.asp

http://cagle.com/news/9-11Anniversary/main.asp

http://cagle.com/news/9-11Anniversary2003/main.asp


http://cagle.com/news/9115years/

http://cagle.com/news/911Anniversary07/
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Old 09-13-2007, 12:36 AM
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My girlfriend took her lunch hour to walk down to ground zero on 9.11
She she saw something or rather someone who stood out:
A 20 something guy, sitting on curb, holding a shirt very tightly, closely to his body. He was in uncontrollable tears. Why was he there? Who did he lose? Father? Mother? Sister or Brother? A Friend? Or was this his first trip
to ground zero and he was just releasing 6 years of emotions?

Could be any or all of the above. Or something else.
Just shows you what goes on besides what goes on during the planned
ceremony.
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