There were approximately 40,000 responders who came to ground zero the day of and the days, weeks, and months following the attacks of 9/11. These too often unremembered heroes included those in uniform—police officers, correction officers, firefighters, EMS workers, military personnel—and also civilian responders—electricians, plumbers, maintenance workers, demolition operators, Red Cross volunteers, and so many others.
A Father Remembers His Son and Memorializes the Other Forgotten Heroes of 9/11
This column by Robert Golomb appeared in the June 30, 2014 issue of The Epoch Times
9/11 Responders Remembered Park in Nesconset, Suffolk County, N.Y.
“My son didn’t die on 9/11, but it was 9/11 that eventually killed him,” said Stephen Grossman when I spoke with him recently at the 9/11 Responders Remembered Park located in the town of Nesconset in Suffolk County, N.Y.
The late son he remembered was named Robert Grossman. Robert, I learned, was a NYC police officer assigned to the 28th Precinct in Harlem—a precinct in which he served since the day after he graduated from the NY Police Academy in February 1994 until the day in April 2006 that his illness forced him to leave the job and eventually resulted in his death on Oct. 9, 2009, at the age of 41.
The Republican and Conservative candidate in what is already one of New York State’s most heated races in history, Rob Astorino, will be the featured speaker at the free, public meeting of the Queens Village Republican Club on Monday, June 30th at 7:30PM at the Knights of Columbus St. Annes Council, 263-15 Union Turnpike, Glen Oaks. The Queens Village GOP is the oldest continuously active Republican club in America. Attendees will participate in a Question and Answer period after the candidate’s presentation.
Queens was always the quiet, unnoticed and unheralded borough of New York City throughout most of its history. Its residents characteristically have been hard working citizens, who paid their taxes, obeyed the law, and sent their children to the best schools in order to do better than their parents.
NYPD members can be SUED! – State Supreme Court Judge Anil Singh
Three distinguished speakers from the veterans community addressed the VA scandal and its sweeping implications at our General Club Meeting Thursday June 5, 2014 at our new meeting hall, the Knights of Columbus, St Anne’s Council in Glen Oaks, Queens. The Dept. of Veterans Affairs operates the nation’s health care system for our Veterans with over 1700 hospitals, clinics and other facilities. Now news reports of gross mismanagement, corruption, and abuses are coming to light as whistleblowers coming forward are exposing the veterans we left behind to die waiting on fraudulent lists. Our country has not lived up to its obligation to all our veterans to provide the care they deserve. The videos below recorded our three speaker’s testimonies of the horrific scandal and what can be done about it.
New Yorkers aren’t angry yet…but its coming….One year ago candidate de Blasio blasted NYPD for nine months, the media joined him, others sued the city, some joined federal cases, others poured hot oil on the fire (namely the NYC Council: Community Safety Act) and the majority of NYC’s registered voters stayed home (76%). Elections have consequences, read and take stock – we all own this now!
