He was probably on one his “rotation” spots during 9/11 which is why the other companies are listed in his obit.
Sounds like he had just been assigned on a perm basis to the Bronx but on the rotation before that
I’ll have to look him up but normally they list where you are actually assigned and not where you working if killed in the line of duty.
That second link I provided said this:
kind of small imho, should have something more grand for that
I’ll say we tried. I was a class officer for the class of 2002 for Rutgers college and our class gift was going to be a memorial plaque for the victims. We wanted to place it near bishop hall because that whole are was redone around that time. It never happened. We had it all figured out and I’ll just say politics and beauracracy got in the way. I can still replay the conversation in my head between me and the dean about it. And I just gave up on it.
If you don't mind without naming the dean (if that's an issue) .... what was the "Core or nexus" of the issue? Perhaps it can still be accomplished some other class, or association (RU Alums)?
It was that the main symbol of the plaque was the block R with the American flag through it. You know the one that came out as a sticker you could put on your car. It was going to be that with the names around it with stars below it. The fact that the flag was a main part of the plaque was the problem.
Why?
www.cnn.com
Something about to his generation the flag can mean something different bc of the war. It can be polarizing and politicized. Assume Vietnam. As a 22 I didn’t get it and thought it was dumb. Still think it’s dumb as a 42 year old. So seeing a tiny American flag stuck in the dirt next to that tiny plaque in that picture is good to see. My thought was that the flag was the most appropriate symbol for something like this. Hence that sticker with the flag in it that came out right after the attacks. Haven’t really thought about it in years but that’s a short summary. Maybe there was more to it since a plaque did get created. Pretty lame and small one. But that one created wasn’t from our class as part of the class gift.
thanks for trying and as for the politics, that's shameful and kids should have sat in front of the Presidents office till he spoke with you on it. Great effort on your part
We are tied now with how many died that day to how many got sick and died after.
that is sad and is something not thought about enough when remembering what happened that day
Not to mention how many millions have died, been injured, displaced and lives destroyed in the resulting wars and conflicts this event sparked.
