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Subject:Re: A big thankyou From:Peter <pnewman1 -at- home -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 14 Sep 2001 07:40:22 -0400
"Nutting, John" wrote:
>
> We have just observed a three minute silence in memory of ALL the persons
> killed or injured or who have lost family or friends in Tuesday's disaster.
> Very moving and very thought provoking. Our newspapers in the UK are full
> of pictures of members of the Fire Department of New York climbing up the
> stairs of the WTC to help all those in peril. These people were walking to
> their death and yet they still went and their colleagues would still go
> tomorrow if needed. Someone will look at these picture and see a loved one
> whether that be a husband or son and feel very sad but also so very very
> proud. My heart goes out to these families and friends. I would also like
> to say a very great thank you to these Members of the FDNY, NYPD and the
> paramedics who gave their lives in order that others may have a chance of
> survival. Without these people, throughout the world not just in America,
> many many people would not now be here. We owe them all a debt which we can
> never pay, other than to ensure that the world they have given their lives
> for is one in which all people can live without the shadow of evil hanging
> over it. That would be the greatest memorial to these people.
Thank you for that John,
Sometimes things like that are forgotten, in a rush to obsess over
misplaced commas.
--
Peter
Mailto:peternew -at- optonline -dot- net
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