http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/groundzero/ en-us Sun, 9 Nov 2008 15:49:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128775/posts NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2008 – The grey sky had been trying to hold back the rain forecasters had promised yesterday, but it couldn’t stave off the drops any longer as wounded servicemembers worked to check their tears during a ceremony at Ground Zero here, where the twin towers of the World Trade Center stood until Sept. 11, 2001. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the Army's vice chief of staff, presents a flag flown over Ground Zero in New York to Army Sgt. Joel Dulashanti after a brief ceremony at the site for a group of wounded veterans. The ceremony... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128775/posts#comment Sun, 9 Nov 2008 15:49:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082536/posts It is difficult to screw up an appearance at Ground Zero on September 11th. You have to be either completely oblivious or completely indifferent. It is a signal feat of idiocy. And yet Barack Obama accomplished it. John McCain and Obama visited Ground Zero together. Obama and McCain entered the site. But while McCain took the time to shake hands with uniformed firefighters and a construction worker with an American flag helmet, Obama ignored them and stood around. But he wasn’t done yet. Both McCain and Obama brought roses to place on the makeshift 9/11 memorial. Obama casually tossed his... Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2082536/posts#comment Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:00:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080829/posts It’s a small gesture, but gestures matter at the hallowed grave site of so many murdered innocent Americans. Barack Obama flings a memorial rose at Ground Zero like he’s a kid tossing pennies into a fountain at the shopping mall — or a spectator tossing flowers at a bullfight. He doesn’t know what he’s doing. (Clueless NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg copies him.) By contrast, John McCain and his wife kneel and gently, somberly, place their roses down at the foot of the 9/11 tribute. Tons of you e-mailed me about this. Here’s the vid for the rest of you who... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080829/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:15:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080852/posts Can't seem to find a quality image online anywhere. It's on the front page of the Des Moines register today. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080852/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:41:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2080880/posts Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama greets Brian Cichetti of EE Cruz Heavy Consruction as Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain hugs a family member of a victim of the September 11 attacks on the world Trade Center during the Seventh Anniversary September 11 Commemoration Ceremony in New York, September 11, 2008. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain greet each other before paying their respects at the site of the former twin towers in New York, on the seventh anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center, September 11, 2008. Republican presidential... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2080880/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:16:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2080547/posts Where was Michelle today for the Ground Zero ceremonies? (Note to Mods: Did a search and found nothing - remove if redundant.) self- vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2080547/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:39:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079962/posts Once again the bells tolled. Once again the victims' names were read. Once again New York and the nation paused to mark the Sept. 11 terror attacks. And for what's likely to be the last time, once again there was a pilgrimage of pain into The Pit. Seven years after that terrible morning when terrorists in hijacked airliners struck, construction has overtaken the sacred site where the twin towers once stood. So it was with especially heavy steps that the grieving relatives, cops and firefighters ventured down Thursday into the bowels of Ground Zero, to leave white, pink and red... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079962/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:50:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080515/posts Here is a youTube link to a multi image slide show, I produced on the rescue mission at Ground Zero in NYC Stills from the production: Part 1 Part 2 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080515/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:34:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080440/posts In a bid to jump-start the snail's-pace reconstruction at the site, the mayor called on Gov. Paterson to dismantle the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. Bloomberg branded the state agency "just another level of bureaucracy you don't need" - and in a power grab, he said its redevelopment mission should be "handed over" to City Hall. Noting that one of LMDC's signature jobs is to demolish the toxic Deutsche Bank tower at 130 Liberty St., he said another agency, the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center, is better suited to finishing the task by the July 2009 deadline. "The multilayers of authority... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080440/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:30:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080420/posts I am just returning from 2 week trip to Asia and the jet lag may be getting the best of me....however, I heard on the radio today the stark differences between McCain and Obama at ground zero marking the 7th anniversary of 911. Apparently, Obama threw his flowers into the reflecting pool and both John and Cindy McCain respectfully placed their bouquets...saw no such video on all the MSM reports tonight - any insights, links, etc., would be appreciated. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080420/posts#comment Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:04:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080249/posts Did you see what I saw? Obama "threw" his flower at the 9/11 WTC Memorial! Someone please post this to youtube ASAP! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080249/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:29:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080252/posts I was greatly impressed with the 2 first responders who took off lapel pins and gave them to John and Cindy McCain, and not Mr. Obama, as they all toured the site at Ground Zero........It made me feel good that New Yorkers can still tell the difference between those who do and those who claim to......You have to wonder which way Obama and McCain would be going when you think of those stairs inside the World Trade Center, who would be going up to help, who would be going down....... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080252/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:30:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2080301/posts Here is video of Sen. John and Cindy McCain and Barack Obama paying their respects to 9/11 victims and families at Ground Zero in New York City today, September 11, 2008. Mayor Mike Bloomberg accompanied them down into "the pit" where they placed roses in the reflecting pool, and greeted first responders and victims' family members. Michelle Obama did not attend. She was reportedly in Chicago. . . . . (see video at link) Blogs for John McCain http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2080301/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:31:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080031/posts Little did I expect to see the bombed out buildings in New York that week.It reminded me of Belfast and of Fr. Mike.I guess when I heard that a priest had died giving the last Sacrament to a firefighter, I was not surprised to hear that it was Fr. Mike. Neither was Fr. Mychal I am sure. He was ready.He died the way he lived, as a saint and an instrument of peace. We now know that he removed his hat to honor his fallen comrade and as he pronounced the prayers of the Church he joined him in the... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080031/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:21:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080015/posts Most of us remember where we were on September 11, 2001. Televisions across our nation were riveted on one spectacle – the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. We watched, in shock, as pictures of men and women falling from buildings, others rushing from the collapsing rubble, and billowing clouds of debris filled the screen. The World Trade Center was first. Then reports of the Pentagon started flowing in, followed by the horror story that took place aboard United Flight 93. This was a first for America. We never thought another nation... Catholic Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2080015/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:57:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076574/posts ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, John McCain and Barack Obama issued the following statement on coming together to mark the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks: "On September 11, 2008, we will join together to mark the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at Ground Zero. "All of us came together on 9/11 -- not as Democrats or Republicans -- but as Americans. In smoke-filled corridors and on the steps of the Capitol; at blood banks and at vigils -- we were united as one American family. On Thursday, we will put aside politics and come together to renew that unity,... johnmccain.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076574/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:19:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076131/posts WASHINGTON - Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama said Saturday they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, in a statement, said they will appear together at the World Trade Center site on Thursday "to honor the memory of each and every American who died" in the 2001 attacks. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076131/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 17:05:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065567/posts Fed Gov't Finds Fires Took Down WTC 7 Building Report Refutes Conspiracy Theories That Explosives Brought Down Skyscraper Next To Twin Towers GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) ― Government investigators have issued a report refuting conspiracy theories that a skyscraper next to the twin towers was brought down by explosives. The report says that fires destroyed World Trade Center 7 on Sept. 11. WCBSTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065567/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064663/posts Planners seeking to rebuild the World Trade Center have always envisioned that the 16-acre site would have a vibrant streetscape with distinctive buildings, shops and cultural institutions lining a newly restored street grid. From the destruction of Sept. 11, 2001, a new neighborhood teeming with life would be born. But now, the Police Department’s latest security proposal entails heavy restrictions. According to a 36-page presentation given by top-ranking police officials in recent months, the entire area would be placed within a security zone, in which only specially screened taxis, limousines and cars would be allowed through “sally ports,” or barriers... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064663/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:10:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040902/posts July 04, 2008, 0:00 a.m. Ground Zero of National ParalysisRebuild the Towers, privately. By Deroy Murdock In olden days, Americans needed just 13 and a half months to erect the Empire State Building, four and a half years to build Hoover Dam, and six years, four months to install the Transcontinental Railroad. And yet this Independence Day, six years, nine months, and three weeks have elapsed since September 11, and Ground Zero remains an 80-foot-deep international embarrassment for the United States. The government functionaries who fathered this fiasco should yield immediately and assign private developer Larry Silverstein to arrange... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040902/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jul 2008 00:02:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2005433/posts On Sunday 20 April 2008, Pope Benedict XVI visited the site of the terrorist attack in New York City, 11 September 2001. While there he offered the following prayer.O God of love, compassion, and healing,look on us, people of many different faithsand traditions,who gather today at this site,the scene of incredible violence and pain. We ask you in your goodnessto give eternal light and peaceto all who died here —the heroic first-responders:our fire fighters, police officers,emergency service workers, andPort Authority personnel,along with all the innocent men and womenwho were victims of this tragedysimply because their work or servicebrought them here... EWTN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2005433/posts#comment Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:11:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2004705/posts NEW YORK (CNS) -- In the most somber moment of his six-day visit to the United States, Pope Benedict XVI knelt alone at ground zero and offered a silent prayer. The cheering crowds were far away as the pope blessed the ground where the World Trade Center stood until terrorists forced planes into its twin towers Sept. 11, 2001. While the extraordinary security measures that surrounded the pope's entire visit tangibly demonstrated how the attacks changed the United States, the ground zero visit gave the pope an opportunity to speak to and console those whose lives were changed most directly... CNS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2004705/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:12:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004601/posts The following is a transcript of Pope Benedict XVI's remarks at ground zero: O God of love, compassion, and healing, look on us, people of many different faiths and traditions, who gather today at this site, the scene of incredible violence and pain. We ask you in your goodness to give eternal light and peace to all who died here -- the heroic first-responders: our fire fighters, police officers, emergency service workers, and Port Authority personnel, along with all the innocent men and women who were victims of this tragedy simply because their work or service brought them here on... wnbc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004601/posts#comment Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:57:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004258/posts  EWTN Television Coverage VISIT TO GROUND ZEROPope Benedict XVI visits the former World Trade Center site known as Ground Zero in New York City. Sunday, April 20, 9:00 AM Encore April 20, 11AM; April 21, 1AM.   HOLY MASS AT YANKEE STADIUM, NYCPope Benedict XVI celebrates Holy Mass at Yankee Stadium in New York bringing his historic U.S. visit to a close. Sunday, April 20, 2:00 PM  Encore April 20, 10 PM   DEPARTUREPope Benedict XVI leaves the US. Sunday, April 20, 7:30 PM Encore April 21, 2:30AM. EWTN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2004258/posts#comment Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:38:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003396/posts It's a good thing Osama wasn't walking through SoHo yesterday morning. Two sets of confidential blueprints for the planned Freedom Tower, which is set to rise at Ground Zero, were carelessly dumped in a city garbage can on the corner of West Houston and Sullivan streets, The Post has learned. PHOTO GALLERY: WTC Blueprints Found In TrashExperts said the detailed, floor-by-floor schematics contain enough detail for terrorists to plot a devastating attack. "Secure Document - Confidential," warns the title page on each of the two copies of the 150-page schematic that a homeless, recovering drug addict discovered in the public... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003396/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:35:11 GMT