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It is exactly eleven years ago when that moment in history changed the world for ever. Of course, when it happened, many of us knew we’d never forget that day. Yet time dulls even the most painful memories. And this year, eleven years after the attacks, the commemoration which takes place at Ground Zero begins to feel like a sad tradition – like the beginning of history. It also marks the forth year that 9/11 will be recognized as a National Day of Service and Remembrance, an act signed into legislation by President Obama in April 2009.
AUDIO LINK: Click HERE to listen to the frightening radio transmissions of frantic Hatzolah members screaming for help as the World Trade Center collapsed on-top of them. Besides for a few non-life-threatening injuries not one of the hundreds of members at the scene was killed. Fast forward to 8:00 to hear the collapse of the first tower. The most frightening moment is at 12:20 – when a member tells the dispatcher “tell my wife at least I said Shema.”
UPDATE: Many readers are unable to hear the audio file, so we have loaded it a different format. It has been embedded below, or can be accessed from a mobile device by clicking HERE.
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On 9/11/01, when we rushed to the scene, we were instructed to try to save lives, regardless a Yid or a Non-Yid.
All of mankind, adults and children, are precious in the eyes of our Creator, Heshem Yisborach.
Halevai, that our children should see, that we make an effort, not to exclude any person, from our Teffilohs, Especially on Rosh Hashanah, Yidden and Non-Yidden who are R”L sick..
That will strenthen our empathy and concern for every Human Being, and that will be M’oirer Rachmei Shomayim.
The most frightening moment is at 12:20 – when a member tells the dispatcher “tell my wife at least I said Shema.”
Chilling!!