First responders excluded from 9/11 ceremony

[Cebu_4_2]

Kinda goes with the architects thread but I was afraid no one would appreciate it there so I made my own thread. :o

http://rt.com/usa/news/first-responders-911-ceremony/

First responders excluded from 9/11 ceremony

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They were the first on the scene and now they’re the last ones on the guest list – and that’s if they even get invited. First responders that risked their lives are being told there is no room for them at next month's 9/11 ceremony.
Around 3,000 first responders that were among the earliest to report to New York City's Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 are being excluded from the tenth anniversary ceremony next month due to space constraints. "We're working to find ways to recognize and honor first responders, and other groups, at different places and times," a representative for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg tells CNN.
Both President Barack Obama and former President George W Bush are expected to attend next month’s ceremony that will honor those that lost their lives during the attacks. First responders, many suffering grave injuries from the catastrophe a decade later, are wondering why no invites were issued their way, however.
"I'm absolutely disgusted,” retired NYPD cop Anthony Flammina tells Fox News. He says that it would be easy to make space for the first responders but instead says that officials are showing “a total disrespect.”
"The best of the best that this country offered 10 years ago are being neglected and denied their rightful place," harps John Feal to CNN. Feal was a first responder himself and has since founded an advocacy group for those that risked their lives that September morning.
Some first responders say the decision to exclude them from the ceremony is only adding insult to injury as they continue to fight for coverage for illnesses obtained during September 11. Last month the National Institute for Occupation Safety and Health decided that first responders suffering from cancer would not be covered under federal aid for 9/11 victims, citing “insufficient evidence” linking the terror attacks to diseases.
At that time, James Zadroga of the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act responded that he was confident that studies “will ultimately provide the scientific evidence” to link the influx in cancer with first responders on the scene at the World Trade Center.

[k-os]

I can't even imagine who is more important to invite than the people who willing risked their lives that day. WTF? I bet it's because they don't want all of those sick and injured police, firefighters and emts in one place for the world to see. Shame.

[Cebu_4_2]

I think its deeper, the first responders reported explosions and other anomalies that the Zionists just don't need right now.

[k-os]

I think its deeper, the first responders reported explosions and other anomalies that the Zionists just don't need right now.

Good point.

[gunDriller]

I think its deeper, the first responders reported explosions and other anomalies that the Zionists just don't need right now.

OH HOW I WOULD LIKE for the First Responders to be given a seat, AND a MICROPHONE.

it's like Mayor Bloomberg is saying to them - "Shut up and Die" - that seems to be a primary message of the Zionists.

[Hatha Sunahara]

Maybe TPTB don't want the world to see them. To see how many of them have, or have died from cancer. It all has to do with 911 truth. And the truth has to die and stay dead. Those buildings were demolished with nuclear bombs. Leukemia is a common form of cancer associated with radiation exposure. Giuliani knew what brought down the towers and he let his firemen and police go into the buildings both before and after the towers were demolished. These survivors just can't die soon enough.


Hatha

[mightymanx]

It is not proper etiquette to invite the survivors of a NWO death squad hit to the ten year anniversary celebration party.

[DMac]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxdttHY59b4

[iOWNme]

I bet they have room for the Corporate Media Whores, Corrupted insider dual citizenship Politicians, Internal Intelligentsia Agents, Current Military sheep and of course, some children for a photo op.


This will likely be the largest, most well funded propaganda campaign in the history of the United States. Look for a lot of Pro War rhetoric in speeches, and Pro Military Commercials. The entire ordeal is probably sponsored by DHS.

[po boy]

I think its deeper, the first responders reported explosions and other anomalies that the Zionists just don't need right now.

Yep can't have these guy showing up asking questions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO1ps1mzU8o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO1ps1mzU8o

[PatColo]

I bet harley guy is invited


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0wHeekgPqk

[PatColo]

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg has banned faith leaders from the upcoming 9/11 ceremony (http://911blogger.com/news/2011-08-27/nyc-mayor-michael-bloomberg-has-banned-faith-leaders-upcoming-911-ceremony)

A Pentecostal Perspective
Seeing life through the spirit with Rev. Ken Gurley


http://blog.chron.com/apentecostalperspective/2011/08/bloomberg-politicians-welcomed-preachers-shunned/#commentform

Have we already forgotten?

That was the first question that went through my mind after hearing the news that NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg had banned faith leaders from the upcoming 9/11 ceremony. Bloomberg has, over recent years, been decisively indecisive on the role of faith at this tragic site. He defended the display of the 20 foot tall cross standing in the midst of the debris of the Twin Towers. He also defended the right of the building of the mosque near Ground Zero. But, for this pivotal meeting, Bloomberg came up short.


For the tenth anniversary ceremony of this great national tragedy: A gaggle of politicians are welcome; but faith leaders are not. Bloomberg’s office defends this by saying that the focus this year will be on the families of the victims.


But…Who can forget the bastion of hope found at St. Paul’s Church from September 2001 through May 2002? Thousands of rescue workers, survivors, well-wishers, and families of victims made pilgrimages through this memento-littered chapel. To this day, this small chapel is a magnet to people visiting the Ground Zero site.


But…Who can forget the spontaneous prayer meetings across New York City and the rest of the grieving nation? Churches remained open and staffed with volunteers to minister to the confused and hurting people.


But…Who can forget the ministers who rushed to Ground Zero and waded into the tragedy with hands and hearts opened? The sandal-clad fire chaplain struck by falling debris, Mychal F. Judge, was chief amongst them.


Without faith, the writer of Hebrews penned, it is impossible to please God. Without faith, people would not have come through 9/11.

Rudy Washington, a deputy mayor in former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s administration, organized an interfaith ceremony at Yankee Stadium shortly after the 9/11 attacks. Upon hearing the news that Bloomberg had excluded faith leaders, Washington said, “This is America, and to have a memorial service where there’s no prayer, this appears to be insanity to me…I feel like America has lost its way.

When faith leaders are not welcomed at such a meeting, then, indeed America has lost her way.

[DMac]

Friends and family (some of which are willing to accept 911 OCT as bullshit, and others that are still in denial) all agree that this is the most blatant propaganda show of all time. News media has been all about 911, all the time.

And the lack of first responders from the invite list is showing their (the evil doers) hand.

I've had a few conversations with folks still pretty well asleep and they have commented how raw a deal the first responders have received, both in the past and now again with this ceremony. When I ask them 'why do you think that is?' I'm getting unhappy thoughtful faces rather than blank stares.

That's progress.

The relentlessness in pushing the 911 propaganda of TPTFail is becoming akin to shooting themselves in the foot. They are failing to understand how in some cases, less is more. Executing a 'more is better' approach with 911 is a losing proposition.

The alarm clock hasn't rang yet in the masses mind, but in their dream state it is as if there is a phone ringing, a nagging doubt about all they've thought regarding 911. Many are scratching their heads wondering why these doubts exist.

[Cebu_4_2]

Now what could possibly cause higher cancer rates from being there?

Study: WTC firefighters have higher cancer risk
Friday, September 02, 2011
By Ridgely Ochs, Newsday
MELVILLE, N.Y. -- The first major cancer study of New York City firefighters who worked at the World Trade Center site after Sept. 11, 2001, found that they were 19 percent more likely to have cancer than firefighters who didn't work at Ground Zero.
The findings likely will fuel the issue of whether the federal government should cover and compensate first responders with the disease.
The study, published Thursday in a special 9/11 issue of the medical journal The Lancet, looked at 9,853 male firefighters -- 8,927 exposed to the World Trade Center site and 926 not exposed -- from Sept. 11, 2001, to Sept. 11, 2008. It found that exposed firefighters had a 10 percent increased risk of cancer compared with the general population. But when compared with other firefighters -- generally a healthier group -- that percentage nearly doubled.
David Prezant, the FDNY's chief medical officer and a study author, would not say whether the findings should prompt the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, which administers the federal medical monitoring and treatment programs under the Zadroga Act, to consider covering cancer. Nor would he say whether the $2.75 billion compensation fund created by the act should include cancer patients.
The Zadroga Act, signed by President Barack Obama this year, provides monitoring and financial assistance to 9/11 first responders. Cancer is not covered by Zadroga.

First published on September 2, 2011 at 12:00 am

[iOWNme]

AJ had Ted Walters (Director of NYC CAN) and Joey Garofolo (Founder of 9/11 WTC FIrst Responders Foundation) on his show yesterday. They said they are planning a big gathering of First Responders and Family members. They are going to try and make a human chain around the entire Ground Zero Area as a symbol. It will be interesting since all of these guys are 9/11 Truth, and the Media will be there in full force.

This could get interesting. Or ignored.



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