Sept. 11, 2011 A Day to Commit to Activism A Message from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka [View All]

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.aflcio.org/911.cfm

Sept. 11, 2011
A Day to Commit to Activism

A Message from AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

All of us will remember the horror and anguish we experienced 10 years ago. Whether we lost loved ones ourselves—family members, union brothers and sisters—or felt the shock of a society that lost nearly 3,000 people and was forever changed, we need no reminding.

Instead, I would like to reflect on doors that were opened on Sept. 11, 2001, and what has come of them in the 10 years since.

Working men and women rushed through doors to danger and became America’s everyday heroes. Firefighters, construction workers, nurses and EMTs—all kinds of professionals and volunteers—were there not just on the fateful day but some for weeks and months and even years after. And we swore we would never forget.

Read more

(Note that I haven't been on much the last few days. I'm busy going through the getting mom on Medicaid and moving her to assisted living that she doesn't want to do. She is 87. Many will remember she was in a medical facility on her birthday back on July 11.)


FULL article and great VIDEO at link.