September 11 - "A Fireman's Prayer"

 

When I am called to duty,
whenever the flames my rage,
give me strength to save some
life whatever be their age.
Help me embrace a little child
before it is too late,
or save an old person from
the horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert,
and hear the weakest shout.
And quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
and give the best in me.
To guard my every neighbor,
protect his property.
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life,
please bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife.

9/11/01 - We will never forget

Poem by Firefighter A.W. “Smokey” Linn 

 

September 11 - "A Fireman's Prayer"

 

When I am called to duty,
whenever the flames may race,
give me strength to save some
life whatever be their age.
Help me embrace a little child
before it is too late,
or save an old person from
the horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert,
and hear the weakest shout.
And quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
and give the best in me.
To guard my every neighbor,
protect his property.
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life,
please bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife.

9/11/01 - We will never forget

Poem by Firefighter A.W. “Smokey” Linn

September 11 - "A Fireman's Prayer"

 

 

 When I am called to duty,
whenever the flames may race,
give me strength to save some
life whatever be their age.
Help me embrace a little child
before it is too late,
or save an old person from
the horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert,
and hear the weakest shout.
And quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
and give the best in me.
To guard my every neighbor,
protect his property.
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life,
please bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife.

9/11/01 - We will never forget

Poem by Firefighter A.W. “Smokey” Linn

September 11 - "A Fireman's Prayer"

 

 

 When I am called to duty,
whenever the flames may race,
give me strength to save some
life whatever be their age.
Help me embrace a little child
before it is too late,
or save an old person from
the horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert,
and hear the weakest shout.
And quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
and give the best in me.
To guard my every neighbor,
protect his property.
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life,
please bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife.

9/11/01 - We will never forget

Poem by Firefighter A.W. “Smokey” Linn

September 11 - "A Fireman's Prayer"

 

When I am called to duty,
whenever the flames my rage,
give me strength to save some
life whatever be their age.
Help me embrace a little child
before it is too late,
or save an old person from
the horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert,
and hear the weakest shout.
And quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
and give the best in me.
To guard my every neighbor,
protect his property.
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life,
please bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife.

9/11/01 - We will never forget

Poem by Firefighter A.W. “Smokey” Linn
 

September 11 - "A Fireman's Prayer"

When I am called to duty,
whenever the flames my rage,
give me strength to save some
life whatever be their age.
Help me embrace a little child
before it is too late,
or save an old person from
the horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert,
and hear the weakest shout.
And quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
and give the best in me.
To guard my every neighbor,
protect his property.
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life,
please bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife.

9/11/01 - We will never forget

Poem by Firefighter A.W. “Smokey” Linn

September 11 - "A Fireman's Prayer"

When I am called to duty,
whenever the flames my rage,
give me strength to save some
life whatever be their age.
Help me embrace a little child
before it is too late,
or save an old person from
the horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert,
and hear the weakest shout.
And quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
and give the best in me.
To guard my every neighbor,
protect his property.
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life,
please bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife.

9/11/01 - We will never forget

Poem by Firefighter A.W. “Smokey” Linn

"A Fireman’s Prayer"

When I am called to duty,
whenever the flames my rage,
give me strength to save some
life whatever be their age.
Help me embrace a little child
before it is too late,
or save an old person from
the horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert,
and hear the weakest shout.
And quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
and give the best in me.
To guard my every neighbor,
protect his property.
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life,
please bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife.

9/11/01 - We will never forget

Poem by Firefighter A.W. “Smokey” Linn

SL Video: "Give Love Away"

(Click here if the video doesn't play)


By Deborha Patten, "This film was created during the 2011 "9/11 Stairclimb Tribute in Honor of the Fallen Firefighters of September 11th" in the virtual world of SecondLife.

"You can donate to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation at http://www.firehero.org/

"Give Love Away by Nance Brody, Canadian songwriter and singer.

Press Release: Sept. 11th Tribute at Aero Pines Park

                    
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Sept 11th Remembrance Day - Tribute to Fallen Firefighters, Equus (82, 232, 25) - General

Join us for an engaging interactive tribute to the brave men and women who perished on that horrific day.

    How to participate:

1. Go to the base of the stairs at bottom of one of the towers.

2.  Touch the bunker gear rack to gear up.

3. Grab a nozzle and hose from the valve

4. Begin your climb up 110 stories in honor and tribute.


For more information about real life firefighter stairclimb tributes:  http://9-11stairclimb.com/
       
       
Donate to The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation  http://firehero.org/donate/



Famous Music Video Tribute by NANCE Brody:
 
                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCwsGCF5fdM

    

              
                                           Other information and activities:

Click on  posters, murals, screens, and object givers for links to websites, charities, documentary footage, etc.


The Aero Pines Park Fire Department is made up of real life active and retired firefighters who train and mentor firefighting communication techniques in practical virtual scenarios.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Equus/79/228/23

Contacts:

Cindy Bolero, Aero Pines Park Owner/Admin 

Hellfighter Solvang, Aero Pines Park Fire and; Rescue

Admins:
Buckspeed Karu
Bethlee Spad
Midnight Heston

SL Video: "Give Love Away"

(Click Here if you can't see the video)

By Deborha Patten, "This film was created during the 2011 "9/11 Stairclimb Tribute in Honor of the Fallen Firefighters of September 11th" in the virtual world of SecondLife.

"The Aero Pines Park Fire Department is part of the http://VirtualFireFighters.org Training, Practice, and Education Resource Facility that takes place in an online 3D virtual world. The program involves real life active, retired, and student firefighters and EMTs. They recreate this event yearly in SecondLife and open it to the public for participation. http://AeroPinesPark.com

"You can donate to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation at http://www.firehero.org/

"Give Love Away by Nance Brody, Canadian songwriter and singer."

9-11 Ten Years Ago

Fireman’s Prayer


When I am called to duty,
whenever the flames my rage,
give me strength to save some
life whatever be their age.
Help me embrace a little child
before it is too late,
or save an old person from
the horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert,
and hear the weakest shout.
And quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
and give the best in me.
To guard my every neighbor,
protect his property.
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life,
please bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife.

9/11/01 - We will never forget

Poem by Firefighter A.W. “Smokey” Linn

Picture taken at the Equis sim.

A Moment of Reflection

As most of you know, the arch-terrorist Osama Bin-Laden was finally killed by US special forces on Sunday May 1st. It’s been almost ten years since that dreadful day in which four planes were hijacked and used as missiles. The Pentagon was hit, the Twin Towers fell, and some other location in Washington would have been hit if the passengers of the fourth plane hadn’t revolted, sending it plummeting to the ground.

Ten years ... some of us were in grade school then. I myself was still a young man with community college still relatively fresh in my mind. The Internet was still somewhat new. MMOs were just starting to come out, the big one being Everquest, and Virtual worlds like Second Life were still under development. Many of us just puttered about on simple text-based games. The news, the country had just gotten over the Y2K mess in which people feared the world as we knew it would end, and we weren’t quite over the bitter Presidential election.

And then came Sept. 11th, and life as we knew it came to a halt. And when it slowly resumed, life had changed.

A number of 9-11 tributes had been built in the past. Among them was the World Trade Center memorial in the New York City Block at NYC. But a few months ago, that sim faded away. So I headed to the New York NYC sim for the Firefighters Memorial there, showing a statue of a leaning fireman. Names were read aloud over the radio. Near the memorial is a flag at half staff plus a firehouse.


To get to the memorial, head to New York NYC (45, 235, 21)

Bixyl Shuftan

Sunday Cartoon

By Bixyl Shuftan

More New York City Block 9-11 Pictures

Many more pictures were taken of the 9-11 ceremonies at the NYC sim than were needed for the article. So, a number of the extras get an article of their own, to show a little more of the scenes.

To see the pictures, go to People.

Reader Submitted: Heartfelt Interviews From Secondlife on 9/11

A decade ago, madmen in Afghanistan launched a plot to murder innocent civilians in New York City and bureaucrats further South. Nine years after that war crime, people of SecondLife (SL) proved that humankind shall never forget to hunt down those lunatics and eradicate their heinous insanity from the planet. As news media, we must be very careful not to aide the cause of murderers. Words matter: they were MURDER bombers. Publicity for their despicable crimes is their primary tool.

About all this, I spoke with people at the 9/11 ceremonies at Blue Angel Memorial in SL's Unsung Village sim. Melodie Jigsaw was in Texas on 9/11 and thought: "sheer overwhelming loss and tragedy - the complete sacrifice of the first responders - the devastation that occurred so quickly and so unexpectedly… takes my breath away today." And when I asked her about burning Korans and building YMCA-like Islamic centers in NYC... a surprising and delightful response: "its just a damned shame that 1) people can't tolerate differences in each other and 2) people do things that they KNOW will push buttons. Yes, you CAN burn a Koran or build a mosque anywhere you like - but does that mean you have to? When you are CERTAIN to do nothing but cause unnecessary drama?" Dang! Nobody messes with Texas ladies!

Blue Angel organizers Hope McAlpine, Drakken Calhoun and many friends dedicated the 9/11 ceremonies to Leary Firefighters Foundation. Yes, that's Dennis Leary from the hit TV show about firefighters: "Rescue Me". Find out more and donate at: http://www.learyfirefighters.org/ Or you can experience the amazing 9/11 memorial garden and donate at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Unsung%20Village/60/144/23

Next, I spoke with Darkstone Aeon, who was an eye witness on 9/11. He recalled: "was on the phone with my brother who lives 5 blocks from the towers. I was joking and he said 'noooo! a plane hit the tower.' He said it was so loud he hid under his desk. I stayed on the phone with him… then watched as the 2nd plane hit and watched as the towers came down… I had customers who worked in those towers." His brother survived. Later, Darkstone shared thoughts about extremists who pervert religions: "they breed fascism and hatred and have for centuries destroyed… while people commit genocide in the name of god. Thats why I am here… because we should NEVER FORGET."

Anya Mellison, SL owner of Blazing Iris Consulting / Photography / Jewelery Fashions and Blazing Blazing Lounge ,told me about losing her childhood friend on 9/11. She created a special work of art, dedicated to her friend and shared it with SL Newser.

Greenies have a special place in SL society. Why they go green, who knows? I met a very wise Greenie on 9/11, Awesome Portilo, who shared: "As for the [Islamic] YMCA [near WTC], I feel like every person is an individual. I hate grouping people together like a lot of others do. America is a melting pot, it always has been. This [World Trade Center] was supposed to be the place everyone could go when they felt like hope was lost everywhere else. Just because a certain terrorist group attacked us at one point in time, we shouldn't be so quick to punish others by refusing such buildings."

And I talked to many others… with heartfelt quotes, enough for many news stories. These are ordinary Americans with impressive insights, wisdom, and creativity. As a reporter, 9/11 is actually my favorite day of the year. This is the day when hearts open up. American strangers become American friends. The inner beauty of peoples' souls is freely shared with abundance, love, and kindness.

Any1 Gynoid

9-11 Commemorations in Mystery, NYC sims

Throughout the Second Life Grid, there were a number of events reflecting on the day nine years ago when the United States suffered it's worst attack from terrorism, a total of 3000 killed. Some events were small with just a few attending. Others were larger, involving dozens. Two of these commemorations were the small vigil at Mystery, and the large remembrance at the NYC sim.

Read the story in Events.

Nine Years Yesterday

The 911 memorial day has dawned again, and it seems like it just happened.

Attending a reading of the names of the first responders who were lost on that day 9 years ago is always poignant. Some of the names become familiar over the years. I went to the reading of names at the 9-11 Memorial 2010 in Unsung Village this morning. Hope McAlpine keeps it all alive every year.

I moved on to the WTC Memorial and Statue in New York, NYC where the reading of names of all those who perished were being read. I heard some of the same names again, recognizing their affiliation, police, fire … all those in the towers, and the planes then the names of those who died in the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. And on and on. So many names. It is wonderful to see them remembered in SL as well as RL. Some of the relatives were there and spoke of their lost one. Also, Jasoncool, a relative of injured said “My 2 cousins were firemen that day helping on recovery and cleanup and they are permanently disabled from the health issues.” Respects were offered by the listeners.

My last visit of the day was to Lion’s Gate at Journeys End. How fitting. It was a place of tribute and celebration for all. It seems fitting now. Some years ago I could not celebrate, but as the years pass it is easier. A live concert seems to soothe. Sid Slade was fine for an ending. Now we will pass another year in safety I pray.

Thanks to all the world who understands our remembrance, RL and SL, and our sorrow that does not ease.

Gemma Cleanslate

9/11 We Remember

At the NYC sim: (215. 40, 23)




The tribute will be throughout the day, with a ceremony at 1 PM SL time.







Fireman’s Prayer


When I am called to duty,
whenever the flames my rage,
give me strength to save some
life whatever be their age.
Help me embrace a little child
before it is too late,
or save an old person from
the horror of that fate.
Enable me to be alert,
and hear the weakest shout.
And quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
and give the best in me.
To guard my every neighbor,
protect his property.
And if according to my fate
I am to lose my life,
please bless with your protecting hand
my children and my wife.

9/11/01 - We will never forget

Poem by Firefighter A.W. “Smokey” Linn

9/11 Ceremonies to be Held in NYC Sim

On Saturday September 11th, there will be comemerative events at the NYC, New York City Block, sim in Second LIfe. Following a ceremony at the World Trade Center Memorial, there will be a parade in honor of the firefighters and police who perished trying to rescue people in the towers. The parade will be done by the Second Life Fire Department.

The NYC sim is run by Cheri Bing, whom is also a resident of New York City in real-life. The place has been running for overr three years. For the entire time, she has had the NYC memorial, and last year, the commemoration was reported on by CNN. Earlier this year, the Second Life Fire Department established a station in the sim.

To get to the NYC sim, Click Here. The Twin Towers Memorial is in the southeast corner of the sim.

Bixyl Shuftan