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Thread: The 9/11/01 Boatlift in NYC

  1. 09-11-2014, 08:05 PM #1
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    Default The 9/11/01 Boatlift in NYC

    If you're not weary of 9/11 remembrances, you should take 11 minutes and watch the video at the link attached. It's narrated by Tom Hanks. It was sent to me by my son who is an officer in the US Coast Guard, stationed in NYC. After raising the flag over their station this morning to half mast, they went to the chapel and watched this together:
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    I have no words...tears, but no words.
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    When you are dead, you don't know that you are dead. It's difficult only for the others.
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    same effect on me.
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    Amazing. Inspiring. Humbling.
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    "Never go through life saying you should have,
    If you want to do something, you do it."
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    Thanks for sharing Harold, I learned something new today
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    Me too. I had no idea how big that was. WHY are we not told these things by the media. Only the bad.
    Thanks, Harold!
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    First I have heard of it too. Reaffirms your faith in people.

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