"HE AIN'T HEAVY.....HE'S MY BROTHER"......6 months after 9/11

[tigerjen]

This song has been popping up more on the radio lately.......
I was unable to find a recording of it with words, but here is
the music to it, the lyrics there.....

http://members.tripod.com/MidnightAngel308/he_aint_heavy_hes_my_brother.htm


I feel its appropriate for the occasion, as 3/11 comes into the picture....
only 6 months ago.....hard to believe......so many of us have been
affected.......

Of course this song "He Ain't Heavy.....He's My Brother" is an oldie,
but if you listen to the words.......those words hold true........




tigerjen

 

[tigerjen]

Please post...

any feelings.....about 9/11 and since 9/11....here.......

this is a "sounding" board for everyone.......

please....

s to all


tigerjen

 

[DustyWolfe]

I'm still very said about it... I lost a friend in this. It was an online friend that I have known for a long time. He was a fire fighter. He went back in to help a woman that was trying to carry a rather large child with down's syndrome through the building and it all crashed down around them. They never found him or the woman and child...

This was such a horrible waste of human life. 6 months later this still frightens me, that it could happen again. It was terribly unexpected, just a calm morning and boom... The whole U.S is turned upside down...

 

[tigerjen]

now I'm crying

I'm still very said about it... I lost a friend in this. It was an online
friend that I have known for a long time. He was a fire fighter. He
went back in to help a woman that was trying to carry a rather large
child with down's syndrome through the building and it all crashed
down around them. They never found him or the woman and child...
This was such a horrible waste of human life. 6 months later this still
frightens me, that it could happen again. It was terribly unexpected,
just a calm morning and boom... The whole U.S is turned upside
down...

I'm crying right now....just as I read the line you said about the
child with Down Syndrome, the tears started to pour I work
with adults that have mental retardation at a group home near
my town......and this was only a child! I did not hear that story on
tv or the newspaper (though I did hear about two workers carrying
down a woman in a wheelchair)....but as soon as I read what you
wrote, I lost it......Of course its such a waste of human life.......what
makes it even more sad is that he went back in to help that woman
and the child..........*blowing my nose with Kleenex and wiping my
eyes*



tigerjen

 

[DustyWolfe]

Re: now I'm crying

I'm crying right now....just as I read the line you said about the
child with Down Syndrome, the tears started to pour I work
with adults that have mental retardation at a group home near
my town......and this was only a child! I did not hear that story on
tv or the newspaper (though I did hear about two workers carrying
down a woman in a wheelchair)....but as soon as I read what you
wrote, I lost it......Of course its such a waste of human life.......what
makes it even more sad is that he went back in to help that woman
and the child..........*blowing my nose with Kleenex and wiping my
eyes*

tigerjen

Awww I'm sorry TigerJen. I cried for weeks after I found out that he had died. About a week after all this and not hearing from him I contacted his sister and she told me what happened. One of his superiors told him not to go back in but he couldn't resist it. He had a huge heart. He was one of the few gay men in the (precinct?) that he worked for.
His family requested that the media not say anything because they were afraid that his sexuality would become an issues. He was a quiet and loving man who enjoyed raising dalmations and working with learning disabled children in Queens.

Yes.. It's awful.. So many innocent people died and for what? Nothing was gained by this. Nothing at all...

 

[tigerjen]

I think he wanted to do goodness

Awww I'm sorry TigerJen. I cried for weeks after I found out that he had
died. About a week after all this and not hearing from him I contacted his
sister and she told me what happened. One of his superiors told him not
to go back in but he couldn't resist it. He had a huge heart. He was one
of the few gay men in the (precinct?) that he worked for.
His family requested that the media not say anything because they were
afraid that his sexuality would become an issues. He was a quiet and
loving man who enjoyed raising dalmations and working with learning
disabled children in Queens.
Yes.. It's awful.. So many innocent people died and for what?
Nothing was gained by this. Nothing at all...

I think that he wanted to do goodness by defying his super and wanted
so bad to rescue that woman and child......and now that you just said he
worked with learning disabled kids.....even more meaningful.....now that is
a big heart!

There is one bright spot in all this nuttiness however, and that is that
more people got into the patriotism spirit, more than ever in recent
memory. More people wanted to help out, by contributing money, or
giving blood, or helping serve food and provide clothing and necessities
to the workers helping at Ground Zero. I think this will spark more of a
volunteer spirit in people. In regards to patriotism, I don't ever remember
"Old Glory" being displayed so often as it has been (in the form of clip
on flags for cars........flag bumber stickers.....etc. etc.) with the exception of
4th of July and other patriotic holidays. I know at my house we have our
Stars and Stripes still flying, and we have a flag poster on our front door....
everywhere around my town and elsewhere, a lot of houses have some sort
of flag displayed........its really nice to see...but unfortunately, it took something
of this magnitude for all this to occur.



tigerjen

 

[DustyWolfe]

Re: I think he wanted to do goodness

I think that he wanted to do goodness by defying his super and wanted
so bad to rescue that woman and child......and now that you just said he
worked with learning disabled kids.....even more meaningful.....now that is
a big heart!

There is one bright spot in all this nuttiness however, and that is that
more people got into the patriotism spirit, more than ever in recent
memory. More people wanted to help out, by contributing money, or
giving blood, or helping serve food and provide clothing and necessities
to the workers helping at Ground Zero. I think this will spark more of a
volunteer spirit in people. In regards to patriotism, I don't ever remember
"Old Glory" being displayed so often as it has been (in the form of clip
on flags for cars........flag bumber stickers.....etc. etc.) with the exception of
4th of July and other patriotic holidays. I know at my house we have our
Stars and Stripes still flying, and we have a flag poster on our front door....
everywhere around my town and elsewhere, a lot of houses have some sort
of flag displayed........its really nice to see...but unfortunately, it took something
of this magnitude for all this to occur.



tigerjen

Yes, he did have a big hear. He was a wonderful man.

Yes.. I like the whole patriotic thing. It is a shame that something bad had to happen to bring us together.

 

[tigerjen]

it takes one bad thing to make a good thing

Yes, he did have a big hear. He was a wonderful man.
Yes.. I like the whole patriotic thing. It is a shame that
something bad had to happen to bring us together.

At times it takes a bad thing to make into a good thing...
life is strange like that.

today is 6 months......can't believe it...the sun is shining here....




tigerjen

 

[1hotjob]

Documentary

About ten years ago, there was a documentary made about the FDNY. It was called Brothers in Battle. Truly a "see how it actually is" type of documentary. That song is used at the end. A must see for anyone who's interested.

 

[tigerjen]

Re: Documentary

About ten years ago, there was a documentary made about the FDNY. It was
called Brothers in Battle. Truly a "see how it actually is" type of documentary. That
song is used at the end. A must see for anyone who's interested.

I didn't know that......but I'll keep my eyes peeled for it if its broadcast.....
but how appropriate that "He Ain't Heavy....He's My Brother" is used
there



tigerjen

 

[llee69]

It has been very hard on me. Last nights documentarry just drained me totally.

I was asleep as both planes crashed into the buildings. What woke me up was my "dream."

I was on top of a very tall building. THere was smoke all around, ahses filling the air. The air was hot, not hot like a summer day but unbearably hot, making it hard to breath. I looked over the edge of the building and could see emergency lights below and thought all would be allright.

In my dream I thought it was a bomb or maybe nuclear attack of some kind. THere just seemed be be devistation all around me. Everyone around me was screaming and crying.

After I looked over the edge I turned around to look back across the roofline. As I did this the roofline started to drop before my eyes. I felt a falling sensation and even more heat.

That is when I awoke. I remember thinking "What teh fuck was that all about?" I looked at my clock. 1045a Central time. 945 Eastern.

I got out of bed and started my day as I mormally do. The feelings and sights would not leave me though. After getting the coffee going I turned on the tv. Cnn was going on about how the first building just fell. I felt like I was being pulled through a tunnel. I knew I was at home in Indiana, but what my minds eye saw was in new york..

These visions still are with me. So often at night I can still see the building droping out in front of me. I still feel the incredable heat.

Originally I was not going to watch the CBS special last night. Yet there it was. When it was over I felt so weak, so drained emotionally and physically.

 

[tigerjen]

llee69.....

I was drained myself......couldn't get to sleep til 5:30 this
morning, then woke up still tired around 11:30am!

Some dream that you had........pretty eerie........



tigerjen