Honor fallen 9/11 heroes in ink
Herkimer, N.Y.: The Daily News front page on Sept. 12 urged “names of toxic dust victims must be at WTC too.” Why don’t you practice what you preach? Every year on Sept. 11, the Daily News prints every name of the victims who perished in the attack. Kudos for that; please don’t ever stop! But you never publish a list of heroes who gave of themselves so selflessly working on The Pile for weeks and months, and who became sick and died because of it.
Every year I look for my friend’s name, but it is never there. His name was John McNamara. He was an FDNY employee, assigned to Ladder No. 122 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, then at Ladder No. 123 in Crown Heights. I got to know John when we worked together at Federal Express in Park Slope. John left to become a firefighter because he wanted to be of service and help to people. He would still be alive today if he’d stayed at FedEx.
John left behind a beautiful (inside and outside) wife, Jennifer, and a toddler son, Jack, who is growing into a fine man. Too bad John isn’t here to see it; too bad Jack missed out on having a father to help him grow up.
John McNamara should never be forgotten, nor should all the other heroes who gave their lives in the years after the attacks. If the Daily News truly believes that these heroes’ names should also be listed on a memorial at the World Trade Center, then it should no longer ignore them on Sept. 11. Please print all the names of these heroes, as well as those of the victims and heroes who died on that horrible day.
Maureen von Werne
Sickened child
Eatontown, N.J.: Re “9/11 kid risk” (Sept. 8): This has been bothering me for 16 years. My then-18-year-old daughter, a freshman at St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, watched from their windows as the twin towers burned and fell. My daughter and another student, whose mother worked in the towers, and others very early the next morning went over on boats to bring supplies to the very grateful firemen, police and other first responders working on The Pile. She was there for about six hours covered in dust, and in order to breathe repeatedly removed her white mask, which was also covered in dust. If I had known she was going there I would have told her not to because of what she would see. I told her to throw away the clothes and shoes she wore that day. To this day she has been having medical problems that doctors can’t seem to diagnose.
Mary O’Shea
Photo finish
Manhattan: Did the 9/11 president of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat, manage to retrieve every photo and negative of his people dancing in the streets?
Stan Zinder
Hard to remember
Suffern, N.Y.: “Fox’s stupidity is monumental” (Sept. 12) condemns Fox News host Brian Kilmeade for wondering if political correctness pigs will try to get rid of 9/11 memorials 100 years from now. Last month, Southern Methodist University tried to move students’ 9/11 memorial to a more obscure place “to avoid messages that are triggering, harmful or harassing.” The only think Kilmeade was wrong about was an outrage like this taking 100 years! Wallington Simpson
One thumb up
Elmhurst: One of my favorite films is “First Knight” with Sean Connery and Richard Gere. I especially liked Connery’s portrayal of King Arthur. It is a shame that Hollywood does not make more films promoting goodness and decency. Either we love God and obey His commandments, or we serve the evil one and his minions. Michael Mullaney
Hurricane Hugo
Long Island City: I enjoyed the success of the “Hand in Hand” telethon to help rebuild areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. It showed the human spirit and how people come together and help. Yes, I gave a donation! I’m a cabbie who had an East Villager named Hugo for a passenger, who doesn’t care about telethons, and insists, “God goofed and we have to correct his mistakes.” No, you are wrong — when you were born it was a mistake, Hugo! Steve Chaddock
Hugh too
Bronx: Voicer Hugh McGee is under the impression that New Yorkers voted to name the new Tappan Zee Bridge after Mario Cuomo. Nothing could be further from the truth. The governor named it after his father. We suckers paid for the new bridge, which to me and many others will always be the Tappan Zee.
Susan O’Connor
Voting for themselves
North Brunswick, N.J.: This is a message to so-called Democrats: I wonder if Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi are Americans. For the last eight years, they said they loved the U.S.A. Now the way they are speaking they hate the U.S.A. Why? They do not like the people, only their lousy big pockets. Edward Jurewicz
Diminished President
Uniondale, L.I.: I did not vote for Donald Trump for President, but I respect him because he is the President. Mr. President: You make it very difficult to continue to respect you. When you call George Stephanopoulos “Little George” — that to me is insulting. I am reminded that during your campaign you had a nickname for each of your opponents. Mr. Trump, please try to refrain from the name-calling. You are the President; you should not carry yourself at such a low level. I have not heard you call Vladimir Putin little, even though he is not as tall as you are. Geneva Hunter
His people
Wallingford, Conn.: I just found out why No. 45 has such a fascination with the Ku Klux Klan, besides the fact that he needs their votes. In May 1927, 1,000 members of the Klan demonstrated in Queens. There were seven people arrested and their names appeared in an article on the front page of the paper. One of those names was Fred Trump. Sound familiar? Yes, that’s 45’s father. Now Trump has professed many times how much he admired his father. So doesn’t it make sense that if his father told him all about the Klan he would be enamored of them? Trump has denied his father was arrested at a Klan rally — but all you have to do to verify his father’s involvement in the incident is to check it out in the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress does not contain fake news! About all those monuments being torn down, I have a suggestion: How about we tear down all the Trump Towers around the world, because they’re just monuments to 45’s ego and they offend me terribly.
Barbara Boucher
Off key
Ozone Park: “Nero fiddled while Rome burned” sounds like “Trump makes noise while America burned.” Get Trump out of office before America gets burned. Joseph Finger
Pile ’em up
Park Ridge, N.J.: Let’s hurry up and get all the statues torn down so we can start with the book burning. Steve Ostlund
Weakness in a leader
Cresskill, N.J.: Hillary Clinton asks in her new book “What Happened”: “What makes me such a lightning rod for fury? I’m asking.” The answer is not fury. Many women would not vote for a woman who chose to stay with a man who humiliated her to the entire world with his sexual TED WARREN/AP antics. Simple, but true. No one mentions this when she speaks of female empowerment.
Audrey Dello Russo Brooklyn: This is just a tragedy, end of story, period (“Cop faces suit,” Sept. 18). Mildred Galarza wants this lawsuit to promote a policy change? No, she wants it for free money in her pocket. If you want policy change, then why sue for money? Let me guess — this is the only way for them to understand! As for Sanford Rubenstein, this guy would bring a ham sandwich to court if he could get a dollar out of it. He wants all officers to be trained in Tasers even though they don’t use them. Why? Easy: So they also could be named in a lawsuit and be held liable. The City of New York and especially the NYPD are looked at as free money, a cash cow. Start backing the police in the streets when they do their job and defending them in the courtroom when charlatans like Rubenstein bring forth nonsense cases for a payout. These frivolous lawsuits cost all taxpayers.
Daniel De Witt
Crossing ‘the Lines’
Forest Hills: This is for all the people who’ve written demanding that “Between the Lines” be canceled because you all don’t find it funny or understand it. Did you all see the picture in the Sept. 11 edition of the paper? The toilet paper talks to the tissue paper. That one is just for you guys. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Carol Miles