Posts Tagged: Ground Zero
2011 Ironfiremen.com’s Year in Review!
I'm not sure what I've done to deserve the life I've been given this past year but I am truly THANKFUL. Together, Rhett and I have made the journey of a lifetime in just a few short years. I can only imagine what 2012 will bring us.
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FDNY / NYC details, the Buckaroo and even some nudity
We don't do it for the honor or glory. We damn sure don't do it for the pay. We do it because we're fireman .. it's what we know ..what we do. BROTHERHOOD, HONOR, PRIDE, TRADITION and RESPECT .
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FDNY BABY ! FIRE CRITIC, DAVE STATTER AND IRONFIREMEN.COM VISIT NEW YORK
It's the hardest thing I've ever done yet somewhere deep down, somewhere deep down in your soul and out of that stairwell, you find the strength the keep climbing. It transforms you. I was in that stairwell climbing but I was also somewhere far away. Sweating, out of breath and burning with pain yet at peace.
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We’re Not Leaving: 9/11 Responders Tell Their Stories of Courage, Sacrifice, and Renewal (Book Review)
From NYPD Officers to an EMS Director, a building inspector to a Paramedic, Firefighters to iron workers, welders to K9 handlers, a massage therapist to a Priest this book has a broad spectrum of responders.
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10 Years in the Making. Visiting Ground Zero for the First Time
I held on to the railing at St. Paul's and said a little prayer. I wasn't there to make a difference. I was there to complete my understanding of an event that has changed my life and I was not alone.
Willie put it best:
"Rhett and I made eye contact and without saying knew… “THIS” has been our destination for the past 10 years."
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RE-ADJUSTING
Rhett, Zach Green and I have just returned from a trip up to New York City. Much like most of the journeys Rhett and I embark on ( ie; 9/11 Memorial Stair Climbs, NFFF Memorial Weekends, etc), this trip was life altering. I find myself back home and even on duty today but so far from the person who left Roanoke a mere 5 days ago.
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POV Video: Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run
When he heard the news, he called his wife Sally to tell her he would be late because he had to help those in need. He returned to Squad 1 to get his gear, then took his final heroic steps to the World Trade Center. When Stephen drove his truck to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, it was already closed to traffic . With sixty pounds of gear strapped to his back, he ran through the Tunnel, hoping to meet up with his own company, Squad 1.
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343. Never Forget? We Already Did.
We read 343 names. We ring a bell 343 times. We get a 343 sticker for our helmet or a bumper sticker or window decal that simply says 343. T-shirts, tattoos, you name it- we solemnly pay tribute to the 343. QUESTION: The number didn't stop, so why did we?
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Ray’s Story
"There's a lot of guys that are sick on this job. A lot of guys."
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Must see Daily Show video: ‘I Thought We Already Took Care of this S@#t’.
Jon Stewart's answer to the report that fails to connect cancer to WTC workers.
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It’s only been ten years. What’s the rush?
This week, despite this “anecdotal” evidence to the contrary, a review by NIOSH determined there exists too little scientific evidence linking cancer to time spent amid the dust and wreckage at Ground Zero. Cited in the failure to link was “a lack of research.”
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WTC health chief: First review does not link cancer to Ground Zero workers. Read report.
One advocate says he has been to 53 funerals and 51 of those died from cancer.
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Raw video: Times Square, Ground Zero, The White House. Saying goodbye to Osama bin Laden.
FDNY's Ladder 4 in Times Square.
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UPDATE: Ad agency pulls controversial 9-11 poster involving FDNY firefighter/model who wasn’t there. Another lesson in public relations.
Even a company in the image business couldn't immediately figure out what this was doing to its own image.
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A must read story: FDNY firefighter/model who wasn’t there blows whistle on law firm’s WTC ad.
Firefighter wasn't at WTC for 9-11 despite what ad says.
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Off my game, Firefighter Netcast and Firemen hitting cops!
I think I may be in a "slump". Now, I've never been the articulate type (yea.. I used a "big" word) but usually, I get my point across. I don't know why but a lot of the folks I've met through this site say they love it because of my style of writing. …
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LODD – FDNY September 11th Hero Roy Chelsen Has Passed Away
Firefighter Close Calls has the story on Roy Chelsen. He is a September 11th hero who risked his life to make it back to the North Tower amid bodies falling from the upper floors to warn other firefighters of the towers imminent collapse.
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Obama signs 9/11 health bill aka James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act into Law
Obama signed the bill during his Hawaiian vacation, with no signing ceremony held. In a statement issued later, the president said he was "honored" to sign the bill, which pays for health care for responders believed to have been sickened by pollution at the ruins of the World Trade Center in New York.
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IAFF’s Harold Schaitberger Weighs in on Passage of the 9/11 Health Care Bill and Chicago LODD’s
IAFF General President Harold Shaitberger weighs in on the Holidays, the passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, and the Recent LODD's in Chicago.
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Update: James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act Passes Senate
There is speculation on why it passed through the Senate after having been shot down just days ago. Some people think it might have something to do with The Daily Show's Jon Stewart's hilarious political jabs at the Republicans who filibustered the bill.
It really makes you wonder what the catalyst was. After all, the bill was rewritten removing over $2 billion in cost. Republicans have caught a bad rap on the whole deal...maybe they realized how damaging the bad press could get.
Then again, maybe the nay sayers just did the right thing...we may never know.
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The Daily Show: 9/11 First Responders React to the Lame as F@#k Congress
The other day, I posted Jon Stewart's Lame as F@#k Congress. The feature on the Daily Show was an eye opener for many and focused on the Republicans who killed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.
The show below shows four 9/11 First Responders giving their thoughts on the Filibuster by Republicans.
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Republicans Kill the 9/11 Health Bill – Lame-as-F@#k Congress
Who better to explain what happened and expose the GOP leaders who continue to utilize 9/11 to seem compassionate all the while not giving a damn about the first responders who worked at Ground Zero than Jon Stewart on the Daily Show. Even if this is Political humor, the humor is typically not to far from the truth.
The House bill passed at 268 to 160 (17 Republicans voting for the bill and 157 against). Only 3 Democrats voted against the House Bill.
The Senate bill failed. The vote was 57-42, short of the 60 votes in favor needed to proceed under Senate rules.
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A 9-11 reader: Fire & EMS websites pause to remember.
Some 9-11 tributes from our fellow bloggers and favorite websites.
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Honor and Remembrance
Our nation’s fire and emergency services have begun a journey, one that no one could have imagined.
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Tour of Duty Run reaches Emmitsburg. Group lays wreath at National Fallen Firefighters Memorial.
Runners now heading to the Nations Capital and then the final leg to Manhattan
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