One of the best books I've read. Just incredibleThere's a really, really good book on that. I definitely recommend it.
You just won't find better people in the world than you'll find in Newfoundland.
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One of the best books I've read. Just incredibleThere's a really, really good book on that. I definitely recommend it.
You just won't find better people in the world than you'll find in Newfoundland.
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I'm not much of a reader, but I picked that up a few years back and couldn't put it down. It was really, really good.One of the best books I've read. Just incredible
I have the audio book and the narrator had me laughing and crying.I'm not much of a reader, but I picked that up a few years back and couldn't put it down. It was really, really good.
Every time I think about all those first responders heading upstairs it gives me chills.My fiance lost her uncle that day, he was a fire fighter and they lost everyone at the house that day, never finding any of the bodies. They had parked the truck a few blocks, unloaded all their gear, and headed in. The truck didnt even have a scratch on it but 12 guys never returned (both the ladder and engine teams).
Her fathers cousin was also FDNY and lost that day. He has a special section of the memorial where they play voice mails people had been leaving at his house hoping he was Ok. A bit of a legend even before 9/11 in the department, his last recording is to 911 dispatch to let them know they were on the 35th floor and still headed up. I didnt know him at all, having only met her 4 years ago, but that part choked me up when we went to the memorial.
I went with the family for the 20th anniversary. I was a freshman in high school when it happened, but its taken on a whole different meaning being around her family & the guys on days like this. We arent in NY this year so we just went to the local firehouse this AM so they could drop pastries and flowers.
I will look for this book. I worked with a Newfoundlander for several years, one of the best people I have met. He was here working while his fiancee went to optometry school. Someone gave them tickets for Christmas for Come from Away. They were so homesick after seeing it. Once she graduated, they moved back to NFLD. The people there are the salt of the earth. We hope to visit them one day.There's a really, really good book on that. I definitely recommend it.
You just won't find better people in the world than you'll find in Newfoundland.
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It is called “The Day The World Came To Town” by Jim DeFede.I will look for this book. I worked with a Newfoundlander for several years, one of the best people I have met. He was here working while his fiancee went to optometry school. Someone gave them tickets for Christmas for Come from Away. They were so homesick after seeing it. Once she graduated, they moved back to NFLD. The people there are the salt of the earth. We hope to visit them one day.
I had no idea about this until a few months ago. Incredible
Your cousin did incredible work that day so please thank him.Mike Day, the Coast Guard guy in the video, is my cousin. A kid from Brockton played a huge role in getting all of those people out of New York.
I was working at The Enterprise in Brockton, and we were having issues with our new computer system. We had no idea what was going on until a secretary for the publisher came down and said he wanted it on the cover. We turned the TV on and minutes later the second plane hit.
He was actually supposed to have a meeting in the World Trade Center that day. He was stationed on Staten Island and had the TV on while he was getting ready to go over. He found out about it like most everybody else.Your cousin did incredible work that day so please thank him.
I feel like I am the only one I know that never saw any of it live because of where my class was in the building. We evacuated when someone ran down the hall yelling there's a bomb threat.
9/11 is the only day I can remember where we had an evening edition of the Boston Globe delivered. Newspapers did very heavy lifting over the coming weeks.
That was the most unified I have ever seen this nation. At church, at work, and in the neighborhood. I long for those days.I was 20, working in Franklin ma, 3rd shift. By the time I got back to RI and got settled I turned on the T.V and saw that a plane hit the north tower. As I sat there in disbelief on how something like this could happen, the south tower got hit and the realization quickly settled in that we were under attack.
It changed me forever, how I viewed the world, politics, and media.
The one silver lining that still sticks with me was how everyone was on 9/12. I had never seen anything like it. It was a humbled camaraderie where we all knew what happened to us, we didn't know what to do, but we knew we all just went through it together. People were thoughtful, understanding, and it gave a glimpse of what this world could be