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9/11 Tribute -- 2009

2009-09-11T11:24:00.003-04:00

We will not forget ....

"Voices From the Sky"

Flocks of paper flying
Faces bent from crying
Traces of a skyline
On a morning that will never die

Smoky silence burning
Broken sky returning
Echoes in a stairwell
On a morning that will never die

Missing voices
whisper through the broken sky
Live your life
and we will never die...

Lynn Catherine Goodchild
May 27, 1976 - September 11, 2001

On 9-11-01, at 8:14 am, Lynn Goodchild and her fiancé Shawn Nassaney departed Boston's Logan International Airport on United Airlines Flight 175.

Described by family and friends as "inseparable travelers," Lynn and Shawn were avid sportsmen who shared a contagious zest for life, a devotion to families and friends, a love of adventure and travel.

Known for whirl-wind vacations around the world, Lynn and her best friend were indeed inseparable travelers. On this fateful day, they were en route to a four-day vacation in Maui, Hawaii.

At 9:02:54 am, Flight 175 impacted the south side of the South Tower between the 78^th and 84^th floors.

A native of Attleboro, MA, Lynn worked as a program administrator with Putnam Investments. Testimonies by co-workers and friends refer to her compassion, her grace and dignity, her professional competence, her warm and gentle spirit, her beauty, her infectious smile, her love for Shawn ....

Actually -- it is difficult to garner a complete tribute to Lynn or Shawn without thinking of them as consummate soul-mates, kindred spirits .....

One of the qualities that made Shawn M. Nassaney and Lynn Catherine Goodchild such an enviable couple was that they shared the same attitude toward their young adulthood, one that could be summed up as: work hard, play hard.

It was like that at Bryant College, where they met. Both stood out in sports, Lynn in karate and Shawn in cross country, and both found lots of time to party, too. By 25, they were excelling in the business world.

They loved to travel. In 2000, they'd lived briefly in Sydney .... In 2001 they pulled off several whirlwind trips, usually just three or four days long - Florida in January for a college friend's party, London for Valentine's Day, Disney World in July for Shawn's 25th birthday.

On this trip, on Sept. 11, they were supposed to catch a connection in Los Angeles from United 175 to a flight bound for Maui, Hawaii. It was going to be their last splurge for a while, as they had decided it was time to save money for graduate school and for marriage.

They were always cramming in every last bit of fun.

''It was almost as if he had a feeling that he wasn't going to be here long,'' said Shawn's mother, Margaret Nassaney.

Shawn's older brother, Ryan, remembers the end of a trip to New York, when they had only 45 minutes left before their bus was leaving. Ryan wanted to go to the bus stop and wait, but Shawn and Lynn insisted on a few spins around the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Center. Ryan whined that it freezing cold and that the line would be endless. Lynn and Shawn dragged him anyway. ''The line was too long and it was freezing cold, but we had the best time in the world,'' Ryan recalls. -- Boston.com

Consummate soul-mates -- inseparable travelers ....

Rest together in Eternal Peace.

We will not forget ....

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Memorial Day 2009

2009-05-25T09:29:00.001-04:00

Remembering .....

Rest in peace.

McCain - Obama at Ground Zero on Sept. 11

2008-09-09T00:09:00.001-04:00

"All of us came together on 9/11 -- not as Democrats or Republicans but as Americans. In smoke-filled corridors and on the steps of the Capitol; at blood banks and at vigils -- we were united as one American family," the statement read.

"On Thursday, we will put aside politics and come together to renew that unity, to honor the memory of each and every American who died, and to grieve with the families and friends who lost loved ones.

"We will also give thanks for the firefighters, police, and emergency responders who set a heroic example of selfless service, and for the men and women who serve today in defense of the freedom and security that came under attack in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania."

Veterans Day 2007

2007-11-11T09:13:00.000-05:00

The faces of those who served.

Remembering ....

2007-09-11T23:26:00.000-04:00

We will never forget.

Thinking Blogger Award

2007-04-13T22:59:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Sanni for the nomination!

We'll nominatie 5 blogs from the 2,996 blog roll that we visit fairly regularly.

Later, we'll begin a feature list ..... just to see what others who wrote tributes are discussing -- and if their tributes are still accessible.

The 2,996 project would not have been possible without the dedication of Dale at http://www.project2996.com ..... This award's for you, DALE!!! Please add it to your site (on behalf of Sanni and all of us).

Our first five 2,996 blogroll nominees are:

1. 123 Beta

2. Freedom Eden

3. Kristonia Ink!

4. Steeljaw Scribe

5. Wind Rose Hotel

Visit these sites. Make additional nominations in the comments section and we'll invite them to also load the code!

Nominee instructions:

To nominees: Should you choose to participate, please make sure you pass this list of rules to the blogs you are tagging. The participation rules are simple:1). If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think; 2). Link to this post so that people can easily find the origin of the meme; 3). Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you write.

Enjoy!

Possibly more 2,996 blogrollers will again place links to THEIR tributes in the sidebar ....

February 26, 1993

2007-02-26T11:39:00.000-05:00

On this day fourteen years ago, Islamic jihadists set off a bomb in the World Trade Center, killing six people, wounding 1,000, and causing $500 million in damage.

Over eight years later, Islamic jihadists brought down those same Towers.

December 7, 1941

2006-12-07T07:32:00.000-05:00

Never forget ....

Remember Beirut 1983

2006-10-26T20:14:00.000-04:00

Remember the October 1983 Beirut attack on our troops.

Virtual Tribute to 9-11 Victims

2006-09-30T01:16:00.000-04:00

A living tribute to each 9-11 victims ....
refresh page to view next random name

You may get this script at JackLewis.net

ORIGINAL TRIBUTE

2006-09-27T23:09:00.000-04:00

A Tribute to the Victims of 9-11-01

9-11 Commercial Tribute

2006-09-23T20:16:00.000-04:00

Called one of the greatest commercials ever written, this Budweiser commercial appeared during the 2002 Super Bowl only once .....

You may want to suggest other tributes to share. If so, post a comment or send an email. The tribute will be added as a separate post!

Web Ring

2006-09-16T12:13:00.000-04:00

Several have asked for a 2996 web ring .......

Here it is!

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Click the "join" link above. You will be directed to the ring code page. ADD the code in your sidebar OR on your tribute page. The web ring link will not appear until you are added to the que!

Checking the Blog Roll

2006-09-16T10:46:00.000-04:00

We're going to be checking links this weekend.

Those who have not added the blog roll script OR a link to the blog roll home (this page) will be dropped from the list .... We understand that some blogs will not accept blog roll scripts, so only a text link can be added. A text OR image link to 2996 BLOG ROLL is perfectly acceptable!

We'll continue maintain a link to the lists of blogs that originally volunteered to write tributes plus those who contributed "special" tributes to others (animals, subsequent victims, the city, the Towers, etc.) affected by the tragedy of 9-11-01.

Dale's new site will include updates to the original volunteers (i.e., tributes re-written or re-assigned).

Joining the Blog Roll

2006-09-10T23:57:00.000-04:00

UPDATE: 9-13-06 (6:15 pm ET) We're looking at options for posting the blog roll in a collapsible table, a menu format or a drop-down .... Check out Bernie's comment below for his suggestion!
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Until we have a hosted image and script, you may add the blog roll to your sidebar this way:

1. Select a sidebar image/banner of your choosing (if you choose ....). Right click on the image and save it on YOUR computer. (Remember where you saved it ....)

2. Add the image to your blog sidebar. Link this image to YOUR tribute post. If you choose not to add an image, add a text link to your tribute post!

At the bottom of your tribute page, please add a link (2,996 Blog Roll) to http://2996.blogspot.com/ . The goal is to keep YOUR tribute linked/easily accessible for others from your main page. The blog roll will be one way to keep tributes (and us) "linked" together.

3. Beneath the image (if you've added one) in your sidebar, add a header "2,997 BLOG ROLL."

Beneath this header, add the blog roll script:

Remove the 8 brackets [ and ] before adding to your sidebar.

[<]script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://rpc.blogrolling.com/display.php?r=2eef327827d2c8a925c1c9ce08cb218b"[>][<]/script[>]

Example:

2,996 BLOG ROLLblog roll will be
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when script
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NOTE: You may want to join www.blogrolling.com to be eligible for reciprocal linking .... It's free and easy.

4. Send an email via the contact link in the sidebar when you are ready to be added!

Thanks to Ponder for the small banner and to Lonnie and Tracy for the script assistance!

THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED WHEN/AS INFO IS AVAILABLE ....

-- Gullspirit
Perish the Thought

2,996

2006-09-10T08:26:00.000-04:00

Remembering the 2,996 who perished on September 11, 2001 .....