Is the reason that we hear so little about the first responders and surviving "victims" of the 9/11 tragedy at?

I was not in the Pentagon on the morning of Sept. 11th. I also did not work there. I lived very close to it though. I saw it out my window everyday and would often go there to get on the Metro (subway). I do consider myself a victim though.

I worked nights at the time and was at home when the plane hit it. Several windows in my condo complex were broken. My next door neighbor was cut up and the women downstairs also got cut up from glass. Things fell down in my place. That night the winds shifted and ash was falling in my area. The smell was horrible. I drove to work, about 20 miles west of the Pentagon, and couldn’t get the smell off my mind. I blew my nose and it was black ash, I threw up. The next morning I went down to see the actual damage (the day before smoke prevented me seeing it from my condo). My first look and I passed out. Some guy got me back up. There were about 20 of us there. We all stood in kind of a line with our arms around one another and we all just cried. To see something like this in your neighborhood is devastating. I am a former Marine and a pretty good sized guy. I don’t cry easily. However, over this I do.

I take Sept 11th off of work every year. I feel that all the people killed in my neighborhood can’t work so I do not either. I also take it as an unpaid day. I do not want it to be a national holiday though. I feel that those not directly affected by it would turn it into a BBQ day.

Every year on Sept 11th MSNBC replays the events. I never noticed until about 2 years ago that they did not say a whole lot about Washington. Yes they mention it a lot, but not like how local DC stations did. A lot that went on in my area is not mentioned. If you want to see what we were being told you can go to this website and I would click on CBS at 9:12 am and move it about 30 minutes in. http://www.archive.org/details/sept_11_tv_archive of course a lot of it proved to be false—fire on the Mall, bomb at the State Department, chemical weapons on the plane etc. Also a side note if you watch it—some people who said it was a small plane, these people were quite a distance from the area.

In my opinion if the Pentagon was the only place attacked that day I do still believe we would have gone to war with Afghanistan. I was in NYC before the towers fell. They were very tall buildings. I was upset for several years that Washington was not often mentioned. Now, years later, I realize far more people were affected in NYC than in my area. The destruction in NYC was far worse. Under 200 people were killed in Washington, over 3000 in NYC. The part of the Pentagon that collapsed was rebuilt within a year, the Towers are still not there.

In the DC area they often trained for terrorist attacks way before Sept 11th. If you ever read the 9/11 Commission Report you will see that the DC area responded far better than NYC. Part of this may be due to the scale of what happened to each city. I do know that often times they did conduct drills far before Sept 11th to prepare for an event like this. I also believe they did similar drills in NYC prior to Sept 11th.

I wouldn’t say the media puts more time in NYC because of “whining”. I would say it is because far more people were affected and the destruction was far worse. Remember that the Towers were in lower Manhattan. During the work day you have several very tall buildings with several hundred thousand people in the area. I don’t know exactly how far away from the towers you could see them. I now live in Chicago about 20 miles from the Sears Tower and I can clearly see it. So, you are talking about several million people who saw the towers everyday, now they are gone. The Pentagon is a very big building in land area, but only 5 or 6 stories high. I’m sure the smoke could be seen for 10 or 15 miles, but people views of the city did not change.

Many of us in or near the Pentagon still suffer emotionally, and I would imagine that many still physically.

No, you need to get your facts straight. There were 125 people who died in the Pentagon attack all were people who were working in the Pentagon at the time. Some the workers were military personnel. The damage to the Pentagon was partial and it was rebuilt within a year of the attack. The Pentagon first responder was the Arlington Fire Department, who called other Fire Departments for back up, not the military. The Pentagon first responders were not exposed to the toxins the WTC first responders were, nor did any Pentagon first responder die at the sight, nor could I find any indication or residual illness from the Pentagon attack to first responders.

HOW DARE YOU CALL NEW YORK CITY'S FIRE FIGHTERS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT URBANITES AND METROSEXUALS? When those Towers came down on 9/11, 2,604 people died, including many fire fighters and other first responders who went into buildings to rescue workers. I guess you've never bothered to watch the NYC Ground Zero on 9/11 or you would know how many of New York's first responders died at the scene and are continuing to die agonizing deaths almost 10 years later. Did you see those Towers burn and implode? Did have to endure the stench from the toxins and burnt bodies? Did you have a constant reminder of this horrific day because the odorous toxin permeated lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island for weeks on end? Did you feel like you were living or working in war zone because you surrounded by the National Guard who stopped you every time you went out for a cup of Coffee and I thank g-d they did.? I am not complaining about the odor, I cry everytime I think about it. I feel ill every time I remember what those buildings looked like when the went up in flames and imploded. I cry for everyone who lost someone dear to them and all those who were lost. If you weren't there, and didn't lose anyone, then don't post disparaging comments on something you know nothing about.

No. Your attacks on first repsonders is shameful. SHAMEFUL. Vote Peter King OUT of office.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2003 – James Taber, with the Alexandria City Fire Department, said today's First Responders Appreciation Day at the Pentagon is part of the healing process.

"A lot of people have not healed yet," he said.

Asked if he himself has healed, he paused and softly said, "No."

Stanton was one of hundreds of first responders who rushed to the Pentagon Sept. 11, 2001, to help rescue victims and put out the fire after terrorists crashed a jetliner into the building.

Today, he was joined by hundreds of those same fire, police, medical and military personnel and their families for an event that featured food, children's games, tours of the crash site, music and the Washington Redskins cheerleaders. The event was just part of the Pentagon's way of saying thanks, event organizers said.

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9/11 was no media game. Why would you hear about survivors?

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