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9/12: From Chaos to Community will be featured opening night of the Brooklyn Art Council’s screening series, September 11th Remembered in Film.

Date: Friday, September 7th
Time: 6:00 PM

Place: Brooklyn Arts Council
55 Washington Street, Suite 218
DUMBO, Brooklyn

Free Event — For more info visit BAC’s web site or Download the Invite.

The screening will be followed by a Q & A.

Check out our web site:
Visit 912film.com. It’s chock full of information about the film.

9/12: From Chaos to Community, An Eleventh Hour Films Production
Sponsored by the Human Arts Association, 591 Broadway, New York, NY 10012

Please join us in this FLY THE FLAG campaign . We have a little less than one week and counting to get the word out all across this great land and into every community in the United States of America.

THE PROGRAM IS THIS:

On Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, an American flag should be displayed outside every home, apartment, office, and store in the United States. Every individual should make it their duty to display an American flag on this anniversary of our country’s worst tragedy. We do this in honor of those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families, friends and loved ones who continue to endure the pain, and those who today are fighting at home and abroad to preserve our cherished freedoms.

In the days, weeks and months following 9/11, our country was bathed in American flags as citizens mourned the incredible losses and stood shoulder-to-shoulder against terrorism. Sadly, those flags have all but disappeared. Our patriotism pulled us through some tough times and it shouldn’t take another attack to galvanize us in solidarity. Our American flag is the fabric of our country and together we can prevail over terrorism of all kinds.

Action Plan: So, here’s what we need you to do…

(1) Take a moment to think back to how you felt on 9/11 and let those sentiments guide you.

(2) Fly an American flag of any size on 9/11.

Honestly, Americans should fly the flag year-round, but if you don’t, then at least make it a priority on this day.

Thank you for your participation.

God Bless You and God Bless America

Diane Fox
foxerjr@earthlink.net

On Wednesday, August 29, 2007, two (2) potential human remains* were recovered from the Liberty Street section at the WTC site.

8/25 No Search
8/26 No Search
8/27 No Recoveries
8/28 No Recoveries

Total Remains

1689

785 - Deutsche Bank
209 - Manholes
409- Haul road (including 3 from 39th Street Facility)
256 - Liberty Street
3 - West Street
2 - Rooftop 130 Cedar
13 - DEP Subterranean Structure under the Haul Road
12 - Subterranean outside WTC site

NEW SEARCH

Remains recovered 1689

Remains sent for testing 0

DNA extracted 0

Matches 0

WTC Items Recovered 0

ORIGINAL SEARCH

Remains Recovered Over 20,000

Remains sent for testing NA

DNA extracted NA

Matches 1598

Remains tested with new process NA

DNA Extracted NA

Matches 11

WTC Items Recovered NA

(We have requested this information on numerous occasions with no response. We will keep these as NA until we receive information from the ME’s Office)

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Over 85% of the nearly 1,500 people responding to Newsday’s poll feel that Rudy Giuliani should not speak at the 9/11 ceremony at Ground Zero.

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So the finger pointing has begun. High ranking FDNY officers have been demoted and everyone is blaming someone else.

But those at the top continue to be immune from investigation and even rewarded for their incompetence.

Unfortunately no one should be surprised as this has been business as usual when it comes to Ground Zero.

This will be in the headlines for a few weeks, there will be a few scapegoats but then it will be swept under the rug of secrecy by the LMDC.

Follow ups will not be done. Audits will be promised but never delivered. Investigations will be lost in the bureaucratic mazes set up to protect the guilty.

If you don’t believe it here are a few examples.

The original search and recovery effort that was coordinated by the LMDC missed 1,687 human remains.

It was reported in today’s NY Sun that Michael Burton, the man responsible for declaring the original search complete, under budget and ahead of schedule, now works for URS the private construction firm overseeing the troubled demolition of the former Deutsche Bank building.

The excavation of the Haul Road, that was reportedly constructed from fresh fill, has uncovered 407 human remains, 2 eighteen foot steel beams and God only knows how many articles from the towers (since this has not been reported by the LMDC) and not one person has investigated.

For over 2 years we have been questioning the reports alleging that nearly $900,000 and thousands of personal items from the WTC are missing from the NYPD Property Department but no one has investigated.

Again it goes to self monitoring. The LMDC decides what gets done, when it is considered complete and anything that goes wrong gets conveniently lost in the shuffle.

What is going on with the Deutsche Bank Building is just the latest example.

The situation will only get worse as construction continues at Ground Zero.

The Deutsche Bank Building is owned by the LMDC, and should have been held to NYC Building and Fire Codes.

Lets see if anyone follows up on the violations. Lets see if those really responsible are held accountable. Lets see if anything gets done.

The bottom line is that if we cannot do this for a building that was built and governed under these codes what hope do we have for an entire complex that is being constructed exempt from NYC Building and Fire codes.

More likely it will be business as usual with lots of finger pointing but very few results.

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I have had a few media outlets contact me in regards to the following.Looking to speak to Staten Islanders who will be reading names at this years 9/11 ceremony.

Looking to speak with Staten Islanders as to their opinion on Guiliani speaking at this years ceremony.

They need interviews today.

Anyone interested can call me at 718-966-6531.

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Dennis

Giuliani Ex-Aide Works for Firm on Demolition

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 Should Rudy speak at 9/11 ceremony?

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For Immediate Release
August 29, 2007
contact:
Chief Jim Riches: 917-692-1199
Rosaleen Tallon: 914-714-5515

9/11 Families say: Keep Presidential Politics out of
9/11 Memorial Service

9/11 Families and first responders are deeply disturbed to learn that one presidential candidate will be given unfair advantage by being allowed to speak at this year’s annual 9/11 Memorial service.

There is grave shock and outrage to learn that presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani is scheduled to read a passage at the 9/11 ceremony. Families and first responders are outraged and call for this speaking invitation to be rescinded and insist that politics be kept out of the 9/11 Anniversary Ceremony. This should not be turned into a one sided political opportunity for any candidate. Rudy Giuliani should attend in silence with other invited guests. We absolutely oppose allowing this man to be a speaker at our loved ones’ 9/11 service for the following reasons:

This is an insult to firefighter families, unions and all the first responders who were gravely injured and sickened by GZ air and whose needs were ignored by Rudy Giuliani. He did nothing to help the first responders, 70% of whom have 9/11 illnesses, because he was too busy making tens of millions of dollars capitalizing off the 9/11 tragedy. Rudy lied about the air quality at WTC and didn’t supply proper face fitted respirators for first responders until Nov. 2001.

Rudy Giuliani has perpetuated his “Grand Illusion” of hero rather than account for the failures of his Administration to protect the citizens of New York City and more importantly, the WTC before, during and after the September 11th attacks.

It is totally unethical to allow a presidential candidate to be cast in such a prominent role without equal time for his opponents. His verbal role at the ceremony will appear to America and the world to be an implicit endorsement by the 9/11 families as well as the first responders who will be reading the names of the victims. This could not be further from the truth. Rudy Giuliani should attend in silence with all the other invited guests.

All family members and first responders are encouraged to express their opinions on this matter.

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Deputy Chief Jim Riches, FDNY and Rita Riches
Assistant Chief Al Santora, FDNY (ret.) and Maureen Santora
Lt. Jim McCaffrey, FDNY and Aggie McCaffrey
9/11 Firefighters & Families for Truth

Kurt and Diane Horning
WTC Families for Proper Burial

Rosaleen and Eileen Tallon
Al and Sally Regenhard
Russell and Joyce Mercer
9/11 Parents & Families of Firefighters & WTC victims

Patty Casazza
Monica Gabrielle
Mindy Kleinberg
Lorie Van Auken
September 11th Advocates