9-11 Remembered

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quote:Originally posted by joeopfor


The flag should be hung out every day and taken in every night unless illuminated. Displaying the flag is your preference. But if you do take the time to know the guild lines.

For a full details.

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/flagetiq.html


The flag I have has great sentimental value to me, and is only flown on special occasions. I see a lot of people that fly it everyday and leave it flying until it's ragged. I'd rather they didn't fly it at all. It really gets my blood boiling.
Thank you very much for the link.
Joe

It is also a pet peeve of mine. Even gone so far as to stop and talk to the owner of a particularly ragged flag and helped take it down. I think everyone should at least know the basics. And knowing is half the battle-GI Joe. [/emoticons/emotion-2.gif]

Gentlemen,
On that day I was coming from a dentist appointment here in jersey city, walking and my cellphone goes off, it was my job activating all JCPD officers to respond, to their respective districts, so at the district they requested volunteers to form up a team of personnel of whom were prior military so we can go into the city. Of course I agreed. I responded to the JCPD command post by the Exchange Place Path terminal about to board the train when we got delayed by about 4 to 5 minutes when suddenly the first tower came down, we were just minutes from the city and a few seconds after the path tunnel connecting the two cities caved in with the train we were about to board was crushed when it arrived at world trade center. If not for the delay we would not be here today. We still crossed over this time by ferry from the New york waterway and some by coast guard and some by patrol boats from NYPD. When assembled at ground zero Tower two came down, Well the rest is a sad piece of history. We were now ordered to assist with evacuating the citizens of whom were still alive and to assist with security for these people and provide for them anything they needed, these people were taken from NY to NJ via the Ferries. Guys these people were shells without souls, some knew not what happened, some in shock, others in pure terror, most were injured from varing degress...
At close to the early evening hours, the hardest task at hand, the transportation of the remains. I will not even attempt to describe that.

This country at times even myself, have lived in a sense of arrogance, that we are so mighty and that stupid belief that nobody has the balls to touch us in any way shape or form, this country and myself will never ever feel that arrogant again. And now for myself I've had the opportunity to sign up for the JCPD Rapid deployment force funded by FEMA and the DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY in an effort to keep this type of occurance of ever happening again, because I truly will never Forget. I am a father of three kids and I have instilled in them to also never forget and to count their blessings that their daddy is still here today, condsidering some daddies never came home.

May God bless the families, the survivors and the children of 9/11 and may God bless the red white and blue.