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| Officers describe 9/11 in memos |
| 2003-08-29 |
| (to complement Steve White’s earlier post) The 2,000 pages of phone and radio transcripts from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City released by the Port Authority Thursday include hundreds of gory and often heartbreaking typed and handwritten reports by police officers and civilian employees who survived the attacks ... Numerous officers wrote about the horror of seeing people jump from the upper floors. "A steady stream of bodies and debris was raining down. Inspector Fields was about to run into the building and I stopped him. A man was coming down, he hit with such force it sounded like a shotgun going off. Inspector Fields put a hnd (sic) on the wall to steady himself, he said ’Oh my God,’ " one police chief wrote. Another officer described how a group of officers ran one at a time from the sidewalk into the tower to avoid being hit by falling bodies. Many of the officers escorted people out of the building minutes before the towers collapsed. One officer described hearing a noise "like a thousand freight" trains when the first tower collapsed ... One officer described the gruesome sight of body parts on the ground after the collapse of the first tower. The word "helpless" was used numerous times as officers described how they felt that morning. One officer described seeing injured people evacuating the tower. "I could see the panic in their eyes as they looked at me," he wrote ... Despite the horrific events of that morning and the loss of 87 Port Authority police officers and employees, many expressed pride in the actions of the department that morning. "We could never have foreseen this tragic event or loss of life. However, in spite of the loss and grief we regrouped, moved forward and kept the department running," one police sergeant wrote. "Never forgive, never forget" and I would add, never again. |
| Posted by:Raphael |
| #4 if the Saudis can pay their whore lawyers in Washington to produce lying PSA's then they should be followed every time by a clip of the faces and nationalities of the 19 f*&kers and their planes flying into the towers |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-29 1:01:24 PM |
| #3 It would be interesting if a group of people could buy airtime for 9/11-and surrounding days-which would feature the footage of the planes slamming into the towers. If "truth.com" can run anti-tobacco ads, I would think that "never-forget.org" could remind the American people that we are indeed in a war. |
| Posted by: Dushan 2003-8-29 9:29:50 AM |
| #2 Bloggers Michele of A Small Victory and Rachel Lucas are doing their small part to keep the memories alive. Each has a project. Rachel has news recordings to preserve, and Michele is preserving the stories of people, world-wide, from 9/11. Please vist them and make an appropriate contribution. If you blog, please consider a post memorializing the day. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2003-8-29 8:44:04 AM |
| #1 Never quit! |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-29 8:17:54 AM |