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9/11 In Memoriam

posted by janrinok on Saturday September 11 2021, @07:03AM   

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. These were "a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks [...] against the United States of America on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001."

Of the 2,977 people who died, 2,605 were U.S. citizens and 372 non-U.S. citizens (excluding the 19 perpetrators). More than 90 countries lost citizens in the attacks, including the United Kingdom (67 deaths), the Dominican Republic (47 deaths), India (41 deaths), Greece (39 deaths), South Korea (28 deaths), Canada (24 deaths), Japan (24 deaths), Colombia (18 deaths), Jamaica (16 deaths), Philippines (16 deaths), Mexico (15 deaths), Trinidad and Tobago (14 deaths), Ecuador (13 deaths), Australia (11 deaths), Germany (11 deaths), Italy (10 deaths), Bangladesh (6 deaths), Ireland (6 deaths), Pakistan (6 deaths), and Poland (6 deaths).

It was a tragedy not only for America, but for the world.

• The forgotten The forgotten (Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @08:45AM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @08:45AM (#1176918)

  These mostly Latino crews cleaned up after Sept. 11. They still seek residency. [nbcnews.com]

  “Some cleanup workers I knew died of cancer,” one cleanup worker said. “We should all be remembered for what we did.”

  NEW YORK — Franklin Anchahua cleared thick layers of dust in offices, apartments and even in a chapel in lower Manhattan for weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks.

  At first, he treated his heartburn and acid reflux with herbs his mother would send from Peru. He avoided available health programs because he lives illegally in the U.S. and feared deportation.

  Until the discomfort was too much.

  “It was awful. I needed medical treatment, a specialist. I also had breathing problems,” said Anchahua, 50, who sought care for the first time at Bellevue Hospital in 2011.

  He and other immigrants, mostly Spanish-speaking clean up workers, have long asked to obtain legal immigration status in the U.S. as a way to compensate for the work and subsequent health problems they suffered after the attacks.

  But 20 years after 9/11, only several dozens are still participating in protests and making the request, while others have abandoned that fight.

  “It is hard to find a job here without immigration status,” Anchahua said. “Attorneys who helped us years ago told us we would get immigration papers but, look, 20 years have passed and we have nothing.”

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• 100y from the first airplane attack on US soil (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @09:44AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @09:44AM (#1176929)

  Battle of Blair Mountain - August 29 1921 [wikipedia.org]

  By August 29 battle was fully joined. Chafin's men, though outnumbered, had the advantage of higher positions and better weaponry. Private planes were hired to drop homemade bombs on the miners. A combination of poison gas and explosive bombs left over from World War I were dropped in several locations near the towns of Jeffery, Sharples and Blair. At least one did not explode and was recovered by the miners; it was used months later to great effect as evidence for the defense during treason and murder trials. On orders from General Billy Mitchell, Army bombers from Maryland were also used for aerial surveillance. One Martin bomber crashed on its return flight, killing the three crew members

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• Re:The forgotten (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @06:13PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 11 2021, @06:13PM (#1177038)

  Oh the poor invaders. They should be shipped home as their reward.

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