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Re: 5 years on...
yesterday was really hard. i spent the early morning at a little gathering for my friend brian who died. then i moved on to my uncles firehouse for a mass. then back downtown to ground zero for the bell ringing. god it sucked seeing all those firemen and families in tears.
there was one point late in the afternoon when i was heading back uptown and i was in front of the mayors office and this pair of women, a mother and daughter i would guess, were walking toward the site and the older woman just stops, looks up to where you used to be able to see the towers and she just lost it. histerical crying and she expressed this sense of loss in her face and a lot of bystanders were just welling up. so sad.
and for the photo exhibition.. well done. very touching. the pictures of the day and the aftermath were humbling. there was one that brought me to tears. it was a simple photo of a fireman at a funeral. he had this look of dignified despair. a strong jaw, standing tall and focused. but the tears that were rolling down his face while he held his salute were the true sign of humanity and the sadness that envoleoped this city for awhile.
it was tough standing there on chambers street. looking down. knowing that your loved ones perished there, to the point where funerals couldnt be held. no bodies, no closure, just thoughts.
i had the honor of ringing the bell for port authority officer george howard. he was hockey coach for a good period of my life, a family friend and a mentor of sorts. he also was the guy whose badge was held up by the rpesident in the first post 911 speech. when i grabbed the rope, there was such a feeling of emptiness.
and lastly, to the ''causies'' those protestors who HAD to show up, those assholes from investigate911 who for 24 hours couldnt shut the fuck up and allow us to grieve. who had to SCREAM at us while we mourned.... who had to politicize this thing on the one day they shouldnt.... you people are worms. you should have been there, not the people who showed respect and selflessness all their lives. you have ZERO respect for others and are only there to push your own cause, you werent there to help anyone. you only angered the 10,000 people who came to remember. and i know it sounds cruel, and i dont care if anyone on MS was a participant, you people deserve nothing but misfortune on the worst scale. heartless, mean, loud, and pushy. i was happy to see the port authority officers beat the one guy around 3PM or so.
yesterday was really hard. i spent the early morning at a little gathering for my friend brian who died. then i moved on to my uncles firehouse for a mass. then back downtown to ground zero for the bell ringing. god it sucked seeing all those firemen and families in tears.
there was one point late in the afternoon when i was heading back uptown and i was in front of the mayors office and this pair of women, a mother and daughter i would guess, were walking toward the site and the older woman just stops, looks up to where you used to be able to see the towers and she just lost it. histerical crying and she expressed this sense of loss in her face and a lot of bystanders were just welling up. so sad.
and for the photo exhibition.. well done. very touching. the pictures of the day and the aftermath were humbling. there was one that brought me to tears. it was a simple photo of a fireman at a funeral. he had this look of dignified despair. a strong jaw, standing tall and focused. but the tears that were rolling down his face while he held his salute were the true sign of humanity and the sadness that envoleoped this city for awhile.
it was tough standing there on chambers street. looking down. knowing that your loved ones perished there, to the point where funerals couldnt be held. no bodies, no closure, just thoughts.
i had the honor of ringing the bell for port authority officer george howard. he was hockey coach for a good period of my life, a family friend and a mentor of sorts. he also was the guy whose badge was held up by the rpesident in the first post 911 speech. when i grabbed the rope, there was such a feeling of emptiness.
and lastly, to the ''causies'' those protestors who HAD to show up, those assholes from investigate911 who for 24 hours couldnt shut the fuck up and allow us to grieve. who had to SCREAM at us while we mourned.... who had to politicize this thing on the one day they shouldnt.... you people are worms. you should have been there, not the people who showed respect and selflessness all their lives. you have ZERO respect for others and are only there to push your own cause, you werent there to help anyone. you only angered the 10,000 people who came to remember. and i know it sounds cruel, and i dont care if anyone on MS was a participant, you people deserve nothing but misfortune on the worst scale. heartless, mean, loud, and pushy. i was happy to see the port authority officers beat the one guy around 3PM or so.
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