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911 Quotes

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“The planes were hijacked, the buildings fell, and thousands of lives were lost nearly a thousand miles from here. But the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were an attack on the heart of America.
And standing here in the heartland of America, we say in one voice

We will not give in to terrorists;

We will not rest until they are found and defeated;

We will win this struggle, not for glory, nor wealth, nor power, but for justice, for freedom, and for peace;

So help us God.”
Tom Harkin

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
“The jet-fuel smell thick in the air, the flame and smoke surrounding you, you can only get to 011 and that's enough to make you foreign, to make you other, to make you Mexican. You take out your wallet and put an ID between your teeth so they can find you when it all collapses. Your flesh may burn but your teeth will remain and the ID will be there. It's a fake ID. Nobody will ever know you died. Nobody will ever know you lived.”
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The Undocumented Americans

Caroline Burau
“It's about picking which baggage is worth carrying with you later, when you go into the real world, where people don't want to hear about body parts on the roads.”
Caroline Burau, Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat
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Edward Snowden
“I can still feel it—the present-tense emptiness every time my call was dropped by an overloaded cell network, and the gradual realization that, cut off from the world and stalled bumper to bumper, even though I was in the driver’s seat, I was just a passenger.”
Edward Snowden, Permanent Record

Stewart Stafford
“Ground Zero by Stewart Stafford

At the rim of the abyss,
Among the malignant smoking rubble,
And the plane and body parts,
The traumatised rediscovered their purpose.

In a moonscape of fallen pride, identity, and ambition,
The anonymous saved something of the unsalvageable,
Searchers with sandwiches and coffee in the toxic dust,
Manna from Good Samaritans with unconditional gratitude.

As the lungs struggled to take in air,
The hearts of each participant enlarged,
And found shelter in non-partisan synergy,
Becoming a family of former strangers.

The lesson of the lost was to stay loving and open-hearted,
Not turn away and isolate from life and others,
Even when the scars became unbearable,
Their stolen affection remained a towering beacon from the ruins.

© Stewart Stafford, 2021. All rights reserved.”
Stewart Stafford

Marnie Swedberg
“The Christian's 911 is the name of Jesus.”
Marnie Swedberg, Flow Through Vessel: How to Master the Habit of Letting God Flow Through You

Steven Magee
“Call 911 and be murdered by the attending officers.”
Steven Magee

Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Maybe being a hero is deciding to step up on behalf of another at great expense to oneself because that is the essence our humanity. And if such actions are heroic, maybe they are not heroic because we decided to embrace that essence. Rather, maybe they’re heroic because we chose not to reject it.”
Craig D. Lounsbrough

“They want me to believe that 16 Arabs who never flown a passenger jet were capable of navigating a plane at over 400 mph directly into their targets without any threat from the most powerful armed forces in the world and in the most protected airspace in the world. These same people want me to also believe that Building 7, that wasn't hit by any plane, fell to the ground as well.

All one needs to know is that both Building 7 and the exact spot on the pentagon that was hit stored the investigation files that would have placed some very wealthy people in prison.”
James Thomas Kesterson Jr

Jean Baudrillard
“When an event and the broadcasting of that event in real time are too close together, the event is rendered undecidable and virtual; it is stripped of its historical dimension and removed from memory. We are in a generalized feedback effect.
Wherever a mingling of this kind - a collision of poles - occurs, then the vital tension is discharged. Even in 'reality TV' where, in the live telling of the story, the immediate televisual acting, we see the confusion of existence and its double.
There is no separation any longer, no emptiness, no absence: you enter the screen and the visual image unimpeded. You enter life itself as though walking on to a screen. You slip on your own life like a data suit.”
Jean Baudrillard, The Intelligence of Evil or the Lucidity Pact

Steven Magee
“Some things that immigrants learn not to do: 1. Do not call 911. 2. Do not report workplace health and safety violations to management. 3. Do not interact with OSHA. 4. Ignore mental health issues in the workplace. 5. Leave toxic jobs at the earliest opportunity.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“The emergency response to the hurricane Ian Florida disaster was comparable to 9-11.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“I am self taught in how to control potentially dangerous encounters with police officers and how to deescalate the situation by calling 911.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“Calling 911 for help has led to me having numerous bad experiences with the police.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“It is a really bad idea to call 911 for the police!”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“I have a healthy fear of police officers.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“The last thing an abductor wants you to do is place a 911 call!”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“During an abduction, you want to place a 911 call at the earliest opportunity and keep the phone line open for the duration of the abduction.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“During an abduction, it is important to reverse the roles as early as you can through shouting, calling 911 and video recording the event.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“You should place a 911 call as soon as you are aware you are being followed.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“Placing a 911 call is your top priority in the world of abduction.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“If I was ever followed again, the first thing I would do is make a 911 call and keep them on the phone line for the duration of the event.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“My message to the police is this: Treat me badly and I will place a 911 call requesting an independent supervisor to attend to take my complaint about you!”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“Calling 911 may result in the ‘Terminator Cop’ being sent to you!”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“For some people, calling 911 has resulted in the ‘Grim Reaper Cop’ being sent to them.”
Steven Magee

Steven Magee
“Hello toxic police officer, hello 911 call for a police supervisor!”
Steven Magee

Ruth Ozeki
“You've probably seen him. The photograph shows a tiny man in a white shirt and dark pants, diving head first down the slick steel side of the building. Next to that gigantic building, he's just a small, dark squiggle, and at first you think he's a piece of lint or dust on the camera lens that got onto the picture by mistake. It's only when you look closely that you understand. The squiggle is human. A time being. A life. His arms are next to his body and his one knee is bent, like he's doing an Irish jig, only upside down. It's all wrong. He shouldn't be dancing. He shouldn't be there at all.”
Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

Steven Magee
“On Hawaii island, you cannot report a police officer assaulting a person to 911.”
Steven Magee

Craig D. Lounsbrough
“We must remember that attacks from without will always pale in comparison to those from within. And as we reflect on 911, we would be wise to consider the fact that the largest threat to our nation today is less the former and more the latter.”
Craig D. Lounsbrough

Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The mark of a hero is that they run into harm’s way for a singular agenda which no other lesser agenda is given room to contaminate. And that agenda is the preservation of the life of another, even if the choice of running into harm’s way means that they themselves will not be able to run out of it.”
Craig D. Lounsbrough

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