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Originally posted by Lanny_MacDonald+Sep 12 2004, 05:12 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Lanny_MacDonald @ Sep 12 2004, 05:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-BlackArcher101@Sep 12 2004, 04:03 AM
After looking at this Memorial for the victims, it made me realize what an ass I sounded like and put the victims in my thoughts.
These people were normal human beings, like myself, yourself, your neighbour, my neighbour, your family. Brings everything back into perspective.
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How ironic can things be. This gentleman has a very interesting story that needs to be told.
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/mem...ople/2142.html
This gentleman was an ex-special forces soldier who excelled in the NYFD. He broke his back on the job and had to learn to walk all over again. He went from barely being able to stand to re-qualifying to work for the toughest specialist unit (it slips my mind at the moment) in the NYFD in a year. Doctors were amazed at his recovery. He later went on to work as an Arson Investigator and on the 1993 WTC bombing. His interest in the events of the day had him being to collect intelligence about the terrorists (his army training was crucial in this regard) and layout connections. He tried, in vain, to get on the terrorism task force that the FBI and NYPD had developed and share his talents. As fate would have it he ended up dying in the WTC collapse. Only after his death did his wife find his collection of intelligence and just how much he knew about the attacks that would take place and claim his life. Ronnie Bucca was a man that had also warned authorities about the potential for these attacks and was not listened to. Its ironic that his legacy will be forever associated with a building that was the catalyst for an all consuming passion (investigation on terrorism) yet the whole story as he knew it will never be told the way he likely would have wished. I thought I would share this one person's story (its from one of those books that Tranny likes to beat me down for reading) as it would bring some depth to just one person on this memorial site. I'm sure there are another 3000 stories equally as interesting. [/b][/quote]
He knew the attack was coming but he was in the building anyway?
By the way, how much do you think the average Muslim "respects" your culture?
Cowperson