[Calpernia]

Search-and-rescue (SAR) operations at the World Trade Center wreckage.

Scooter the bomb dog and Officer Alan Janda make sure Chicago's O'Hare Airport is secure.

A rescue dog is transported out of the debris of the World Trade Center.

John Patrick and "Guese" take a minute to reflect inside St. Paul's Episcopal Chapel.

"Cowboy", a FEMA-certified Border Collie, is one of over 350 devoted dogs who lent their superhuman senses to the search and rescue operations. Although many dogs like Cowboy are not ready to call off the search, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and on-site veterinarians agree that SAR dogs are being exposed to hazards and respiratory conditions that are unwarranted, now that the "rescue" effort has been downgraded to "recovery".

[BIGLOOK]

Bookmarked Calpernia.

In mid May, 2001, my son and I saw the Trade Towers driving north past the Meadowlands on our way to my home in upstate NY for my father's funeral. We took a day trip to NYC while there and saw them from the Battery and the Street. We saw them from Liberty and Ellis Islands. We saw the on 9.11 on the news falling 5000 miles away. We remember; we will never forget!

We lost more than 3000 on 9.11. But NYFD and NYPD and unknown EMTs saved so many more at great cost to themselves.

HONOR TO THOSE OF NYFD AND NYPD