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Escort duty

njslim

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Been informed that our fire department will be escorting steel from WTC
next weekend. Our apparatus will be part of convoy for the steel column
as its transported by flat bed trailer from construction company to its
destination as part of a memorial
 
Liar. It was all shipped to China; didn't you know that? ;)

:duck:

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All kidding aside: Where will the memorial be located? And is that memorial a permanent display, or simply a single, one time event?
 
Has it been tested for explosives? You may have the smoking gun...
 
I'll look for traces of thermite or nano-thermite on the beam, diagonal cuts made to
weaken beam or explosives on it.
 
Going to Wayne NJ, Get more information and post it here.
 
triforcharity said:
NJslim,

You should feel honored and privileged to escort the WTC Steel.
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On Sept 15, 2001 we rendered final honors for Father Mychal Judge, Catholic
Chaplain of FDNY. He is buried in local cemetery in section reserved for
Fransician brothers and friars.

Apparaus from all over the county with members in uniform lined the road to the cemetery to give him final salute
 
njslim said:
On Sept 15, 2001 we rendered final honors for Father Mychal Judge, Catholic
Chaplain of FDNY. He is buried in local cemetery in section reserved for
Fransician brothers and friars.

Apparaus from all over the county with members in uniform lined the road to the cemetery to give him final salute
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I remember it well.

I don't think there was a dry eye anywhere.
 
There's part of a beam in a truck stop in Nebraska.
 
triforcharity said:
NJslim,

You should feel honored and privileged to escort the WTC Steel.

I'm jealous.
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If I may say so: What a bizarre way of thinking! There is nothing holy, sanctified or blessed about such a chunk of metal. If the use of original material in such a memorial focusses some beholders' memory, that's all very well, but to bestow it with gestures of honour, respect, even praise, smacks of idol worship, somehow...
 
Very suspicious that they would need the fire department to escort it, how could the metal just spontaneously combust?
 
Oystein said:
If I may say so: What a bizarre way of thinking! There is nothing holy, sanctified or blessed about such a chunk of metal. If the use of original material in such a memorial focusses some beholders' memory, that's all very well, but to bestow it with gestures of honour, respect, even praise, smacks of idol worship, somehow...
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I don't think so at all, but I do understand what you are saying.

Yeah, it's weird, but it's kinda hard to explain.
 
Oystein said:
If I may say so: What a bizarre way of thinking! There is nothing holy, sanctified or blessed about such a chunk of metal. If the use of original material in such a memorial focusses some beholders' memory, that's all very well, but to bestow it with gestures of honour, respect, even praise, smacks of idol worship, somehow...
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They're not bowing down and worshiping the metal. They're carrying a piece of the tomb that their brothers in firefighting were buried in. The respect is for the dead that used to be buried under that steel, not the steel or the building it once supported.
 
Newtons Bit said:
They're not bowing down and worshiping the metal. They're carrying a piece of the tomb that their brothers in firefighting were buried in. The respect is for the dead that used to be buried under that steel, not the steel or the building it once supported.
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Thanks. yes, that would be the best way to put it. I got choked up trying to think the best way to explain it.
 
I understand oystein's point of view and don't have a problem with it, but I'm in agreement with triforcharity's point of view. Good for you, brother.
 
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