"Remember the hours after September 11 when we came together as one! It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us." ~ Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
Good morning; afternoon; and evening friends and fans! Namasté. 🧘🏾♀️ It's been twenty years since the attack on America and for the last twenty years have been a heated debate on whether if it was an inside job done by the American government but blamed Iraq, went to war for no reason whatsoever. Before I get into all of this, I want to talk about where I was at on the morning of September 11, 2001. For anyone who is unaware of my habit is that I always sleep with the radio on, set to z100 (a NYC radio station), when I woke up and I normally lay in bed for a certain amount of time before I got ready to take on the day. You know how DJ's joke around? I thought Elvis Duran was joking around that one of the towers getting hit, so I popped out of bed and ran out into the living room where my mom had the television on. If I'm not mistaken, I believe she was watching Live! With Regis and Kelly but will find the video clip shortly. I don't remember what happened throughout the day, but I do remember going to my grandfather's house with my mom and my grandfather lived a block over from Benjamin N. Cardozo High School right off Springfield Boulevard on 59th Avenue. It was nearly three years after my grandmother's death and keep in mind that my grandmother had passed away November of 1998, so I never got to celebrate my sixteenth birthday (I had to spend my sixteenth birthday at my grandmother's funeral in Chinatown, NYC). I do recall the Latin Grammy's was set to air that night and during that time period, I didn't have a regular journal because I didn't know where to buy journals but it wasn't until October or November of that year when I recall going to Barnes & Noble in the Bay Terrace Shopping Center with Aunt Liz, Uncle Nelson, Marc, David, my stepfather, mom, and myself (I believe that was everyone). This was way before Barnes & Noble locations had closed here in Queens several years ago and the only Barnes & Noble location, I go to is the one in Union Square, it's on East 17th Street. I haven't been to the Barnes & Noble on Fifth Avenue in a very long time, and I should revisit that location in the near future. Here's an article from Queens Chronicle regarding Barnes & Noble titled: Forest Hills eulogizes Barnes & Noble store.
"The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the principles of political, economic and religious freedom, the rule of law and respect for human life. We are more determined than ever to live our lives in freedom." ~ Then-New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
September 11th, 2001 was an unfortunate day in American history since Pearl Harbor and knock on wood, I haven't lost anyone that day. People have compared 9/11 to Pearl Harbor whenever this kind of conversation comes up. I'm going to be completely honest with you, not for nothing, the government must've had some sort of knowledge prior to Pearl Harbor and September 11, 2001, I'm just saying before people begin jumping down my throat over this statement because I feel that both events could have been completely prevented from becoming a part of American history! However, I've seen this one video footage or rather an interview of Jesse Ventura, 38th governor of Minnesota from 1999 - 2003 (he is a retired professional wrestler, former United States Navy) where he's asking questions regarding additional surveillance footage of the Pentagon and I've often asked myself that question many times over and over, time again. I have my suspicion, but the government is very wicked and corrupt but of course most people are still "asleep" and naive. When the topic of September 11 comes up and people will say that 9/11 is an inside job. You know what I've also heard? "Why would the government do that?!" I'm not buying into this whole narrative that it was the people that George W. Bush was doing business with the Saudi's (allegedly). This was not the first time the Twin Towers was attacked and I was young but not old enough to understand how evil people can actually be in life (*Sigh*), I was ten years-old in the fourth grade when a bomb went off in the North Tower on February 26, 1993 but here are three articles for your knowledge: 7 Facts About the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing; World Trade Center is bombed; and Flight 77 (Documentary of 2011 about American Airlines Flight 77). There are podcasts on the Conspiracy Theories where you can find on Spotify and there are six episodes of that fateful day in 2001: 9/11 Pt. 1: The Attacks; 9/11 Pt. 2: Ground Zero; 9/11 Pt. 3: Fringe Theories; 9/11 Pt. 4: Coverup; 9/11 Pt. 5: Warning Signs; and 9/11 Pt. 6: Legacy. You don't have to be a Muslim for people to have this negative image of every Muslim as a result of what happened on September 11, 2001, and you don't have to be a Muslim terrorist, you can be a Timothy McVeigh, who was executed on June 11, 2001, by lethal injection at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. We haven't had any other home-grown terrorists since the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. I was twelve years-old in the fourth grade when the Oklahoma City Bombing (Crimes of the Century) | History Documentary | Reel Truth History happened on April 19, 1995, and here are two other videos from YouTube titled: Timothy McVeigh: America's Deadliest Terrorist; and Mugshots: Timothy McVeigh - Home Grown Terrorist. Here is another article regarding when Bush invaded Iraq on March 19, 2003, titled This Day in History | March 19. I disagree agree with the idea of George W. Bush sending troops to Iraq just to finish what his father, George H. W. Bush had started [Persian Gulf War from 1990 - 1991 titled Operation Desert Storm]. Here is an article titled: President George H. W. Bush orders Operation Desert Shield and very interesting times we're in on a historical level. There is a quote I want to use from a song by Tupac, 'Keep Ya Head Up', 'You know, it's funny when it rains it pours. They got money for wars but can't feed the poor. Said it ain't no hope for the youth and the truth is. It ain't no hope for the future. And then they wonder why we crazy."
"Ten years have passed since a perfect blue-sky morning turned into the blackest of nights. Since then we've lived in sunshine and in shadow, and although we can never unsee what happened here, we can also see also see that children who lost their parents have grown into young adults, grandchildren have been born and good works and public service have taken root to honor those we loved and lost." ~ Michael Bloomberg
There are many eyebrow raising situations going on, as well as questions. And take the Pentagon as an example, and that hole is way, way too small to be a plane! If you're saying a plane "crashed" (allegedly) into the Pentagon, where the fuck is the outline of the wings? Please explain that to me! I'm not buying into that narrative, and I personally believe it was a missile going into the Pentagon, not a plane. Judging from the photograph, wouldn't there have been more damage if a plane truly hit the western part of the Pentagon? You would've seen an outline of a plane if the wings were still intact. I've found a video: Caller: No Way a Jet Hit the Pentagon on 9/11! Here's an article regarding the Pentagon: On 9/11 at the Pentagon, 'horrible' senseless loss' brought people together. I'm not saying what happened on September 11th never happened, however, certain things come off as suspicious. I'm highly skeptical over the idea of the Pentagon being hit by a Boeing aircraft. Security video of plane hitting Pentagon released, adds, S'bite from Judicial Watch and whatever the government says, I will take with a grain of salt for as long as I'm still alive! There must be more to the narrative we've been given, or force fed by the American government, and I'm the kind of person who would rather hear all sides of the story before I draw up my own conclusion. It may sound wrong to most but that's who I am because I've had certain people not hear my side of the story but chose the other person over me and for that, I'll never forgive this person. Please note that I haven't said anything about holding a grudge, did I? Don't assume what is not true before you get your story straight! It's interesting how debris are still being found around years later (9/11: plane debris discovered 11 years later | Channel 4 News). Here are two additional videos from YouTube: How 9/11 'Truther' conspiracy theories fueled the war on reality | Opinion; Top 10 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out to be True; and a final video I'd want to present is: Watch: Never seen before pictures of 9/11 Pentagon attack. I want you to check out something out before you click away from this blog!
"Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11." ~ Barack Obama
