Showing posts with label Ground Zero. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ground Zero. Show all posts

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Just Three Thoughts on the 25th Anniversary of 9/11

This thoughts below are my {Diane Sori) thoughts alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.or google.com 

[[[ First, at the beginning of the victims name calling, Terry Strada...who lost her husband Tom Strada on that most horrific of days...gave a short but powerful speech asking, ""How can it be 25 years and still we have no justice for the role that Saudi Arabia played in your murder?" How right she is, but I think I know why...OPEC oil control. Remember, Saudi Arabia is and always has been OPEC's dominant defacto leader. Put the pieces together and the why becomes obvious.
 
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[[[ Second, America-defaming NYC Mayor Zohan Manidani and the infamous AOC (Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...should never been allowed to set foot on America's sacred ground. Why so...because these two (imo) disrespectful pieces of human garbage were caught on camera laughing and making jokes as the 9/11 victims names were being read. They should have been immediately removed from the premises, and I truly hope their actions and show of disrespect comes back to bite them ten-fold.

  

[[[ And third, a rare PR opportunity was missed by President Trump to show, at least for this one day, bipartisanship. Why so...because by President Trump choosing to go to the Pentagon Memorial instead of being at "Ground Zero" and sitting alongside our four remaining living presidents...coupled with his sending quite unpopular JD Vance in his place...showed a mistake on his part. And when in his 9/11 speech he brought up Iran (albeit briefly)...I guess Trump didn't get or read the message that this day was to be about honoring the victims and the heroes of 9/11 and not about Iran...his speech in general was not bad. But I did expect more from Trump than what we got...maybe he should study the videos of the great Ronald Reagan and pick up some of his oratory skills. Just saying.]]] 

 

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Friday, September 10, 2021

Op-ed:
Never Forget, Never Forgive
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

...And yet in my heart of hearts I still do believe that America will never truly be brought to her knees...she might stumble and fall a bit as we sadly are now bearing witness to...yet the fact remains that America will indeed survive because America must survive. And survive we will not just for us, the generation who lived the nightmare that was 9/11, but for future generations as well...that is as long as we put partisan politics and old hatreds aside and unite together to collectively become as one..."We the American People."...
 

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Op-ed:
Never Forget, Never Forgive

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on Right Side Patriots Radio

It's been 20 years...almost a generation...and yet to me and many others it seems just like yesterday.

And so as we approach this most sacred and solemn of days we now sadly see hovering over our country a fear that this horror might well be repeated. And while I and so many others still cry and pray for both dear friends and family lost and even for those we didn't personally know, September 11, 2001 will always remain the day America's heart was pierced as buildings fell, a plane crashed in a field, and we as Americans came together to collectively mourn. And mourn we did not only for those lost but for our country as well...for our beloved America was now and forever changed in the span of just one single day...a day when we saw and felt camaraderie... a day that now sadly finds us again being divided.

And for those of us who were forced by circumstances to suddenly grow up and leave childhood behind...for those of us who actually tasted the all-powerful and forever lingering smell of death...and even for those of us who were personally untouched by an event that should not ever have been…we all have ingrained within our consciousness images that haunt...images once unimaginable of destruction and death here on American soil...destruction and death that mingled together the blood of our fellow countrymen…images that have now become, for some, but a sad reminder of the evils that men do while believing their misplaced cause is both just and righteous.

But there are also images remembered of true heroes born...like Todd Beamer and his fellow passengers who turned two simple words, "Let's Roll," into our nation’s then newest battle cry...as well as images of true warriors lost...60 brave men and women in blue, 12 brave paramedics, and 343 brave firefighters including Father Michael Fallon Judge, the chaplain of the NYFD who passed away while tending to the wounded and dying...heroes and warriors gone in the mere blink of an eye.

And September 11th should always be remembered as the day when "hyphens" were dropped and "Old Glory" could be seen flying proudly everywhere across this great land as Americans came together to unite and stand undivided as one...Democrat, Republican, Christian, Jew, white, black, brown, yellow, red, and police blue...all joined together...all sharing the same sadness and pain. Yet now that feeling seems lost even though the happenings at "Ground Zero" in New York City, the Pentagon complex, and at a vacant field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania should remain sacred American holy grounds that forever help keep us all united in God’s embrace. 

For how could those sacred grounds not be a uniting force when in their rich soil rests the souls of the 2,973 innocent victims...innocent victims who in their own right are heroes all…heroes who awoke so full of life and promise on a beautiful sunny and warm September day...yet 2,973 innocents destined by fate never to return home... never again to kiss their husbands and wives...never again to hold their sons and daughters or play with their grandchildren...mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles and dear friends…2,973 innocent victims never to be forgotten by those they left behind…innocent victims now safe for all eternity never to be hurt again.

And as we approach another September 11th, know that we are embattled not just with enemies in far off lands, but with enemies within our own country as well...enemies who we are sadly allowing to not just take away our hopes and dreams, but our memories of that fateful and cruel September day. 
 
And it's these very enemies within, via our misguided complacency, that have allowed our children's future to be selectively targeted with their erasing of America's past...9/11 most surely to be included. And without memories of our nation's past...ugly as some of those memories might be...we as a nation cannot truly become what we were destined by our Forefathers to be, for when American flags and statutes are ordered to be taken down, when the roll call of victims names is discouraged...9/11 victims, Benghazi victims, and those of our recently lost military heroes as well...9/11 becomes just another day in the calendar, and that is something we cannot nor must not allow to happen.

And with the "Freedom Tower" now reaching up to touch the sky where the "World Trade Center" once stood, a simple message in concrete and steel still tells the world that not only did America come back from the ashes...but that the spirit of camaraderie felt on that fateful day can once again be ignited within us...but only if we allow it to be.

And yet in my heart of hearts I still do believe that America will never truly be brought to her knees...she might stumble and fall a bit as we sadly are now bearing witness to...yet the fact remains that America will indeed survive because America must survive. And survive we will not just for us, the generation who lived the nightmare that was 9/11, but for future generations as well...that is as long as we put partisan politics and old hatreds aside and unite together to collectively become as one..."We the American People." 
 
And the kinship of being one with America should be the main lesson learned from a sunny September day so many years ago...a day when the "spirit of survival" itself along with pride in our country was awoken in everyday Americans...Americans from all walks of life...Americans of every color and creed...the "spirit of survival" that must not now nor ever be taken away from "We the People' no matter what evils befall us, for by taking away that "spirit" you've taken away our country's very reason for being.

And so when we gather together to remember and honor the 2,973 victims of 9/11, let's also remember and honor the four victims of another 9/11... Ambassador Christopher Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith, and ex-Navy SEALS Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods...four brave men who, too, made the ultimate sacrifice in a nightmare called Benghazi. And we should also honor the thirteen heroes who recently made their final journey home in caskets draped in American flags, for their sacrifice was made in Afghanistan, the very land where 9/11 actually began.

2,973 heroes, plus four, and now plus thirteen more. God Bless them all for they're finally "home" to be forever safe in "His" arms...never to be hurt again…never to be forgotten...always to be honored and to live on in our hearts...for by us honoring them...by us remembering them...both their memories and their life's history will live on.

And so I leave you with this, my prayer of sorts, "May God the Father bless our beloved America today, tomorrow, and always. And may our tears for those lost never stop flowing for to forget their sacrifice or to just relegate it to a place in our nation's history we no longer visit makes us no better than the uncivilized sorts who are the true enemies of freedom." And to that I say "Amen."
 
Copyright © 2021 Diane Sori  / The Patriot Factor / All rights reserved.  
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For those who have sadly forgotten the true horrors of 9/11, this video '9/11: Ground Zero Underworld' shows not only the nightmare itself, but the personal side of the heroes who searched and died below Ground Zero in the immediate aftermath of the day that changed America forever.

This video from the History Channel gives a visual timeline of the most horrific event in our nation's history. 

And lastly, below is what I consider to be the most powerful and memorable 9/11 commemorative commercial ever made...officially only run once...rightfully replayed via the internet countless times. 

 

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Tomorrow, Friday, September 10th, from 7 to 8:00pm EST, RIGHT SIDE PATRIOTS Craig Andresen and Diane Sori present their Special 9/11 Tribute including 'Never Forget...Never Forgive'; and '20 Years and 20/20 Hindsight.'

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Op-ed: 
A Lie That Has Come Back to Haunt
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor

How low will Hillary's herd of bought and paid for media whores go...here is a link to a story of lies being circulated across the internet to try and discredit one of the heroes of 9/11...New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and in turn have the fallout land on Donald J. Trump...and you can add in all those lost on 9/11 in my opinion. Click on this link: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/busted-rudy-giuliani-says-he-never-saw-hillary-clinton-in-nyc-on-911-but-pictures-prove-hes-lying/ to read it...it will surely make you sick.

Simply, it's an out and out lie as Hillary Clinton was not in nor anywhere near NYC on 9/11...the most horrific day in America history...but hey, "what difference at this point does it make"...infamous words that now take on yet another sinister meaning and guess what... when it comes to 9/11 every little detail does matter.

Now for the truth...Hillary Clinton did indeed go to Ground Zero but it was sometime after the attack (that's when this picture was taken as proven by the cleanliness of the area and the persons...as in no dust or debris can be seen anywhere) and was escorted on a private tour of the site, but like I said it was done not on 9/11 itself nor in the actual immediate aftermath.

On 9/11 Hillary Clinton was in Washington D.C., in fact she was at her home, the Clinton family-owned mansion, on Whitehaven Street. She was watching CNN and was on the phone with her legislative director when the first then second plane hit. She then went to her office in the Capitol complex before the third plane hit the Pentagon, and was evacuated by Capitol police from the Senate office buildings along with the others present. And Hillary even called Chelsea who was in New York and then Billy-Boy who was in Australia on the day of the attacks, but she did so from D.C.

Hillary Clinton and other senators received a briefing at the Capitol police station early in the evening of 9/11. And after a day she calls “a day indelibly etched in my mind,” Hillary joined with her congressional colleagues on the steps of the Capitol to sing 'God Bless America'...all of which can be seen in tapes and videos from that day.

So what is the bottom line...simply, Rudy Guiliani was 100% correct...Hillary Clinton was not only not in New York City on 9/11 or anywhere near it nor was she there in the immediately thereafter, and for any newspaper...whether it be in print or online...to claim that she was is about as low as any media outlet can go for while it not only defames 'America's Mayor' it is using a nightmare never to be forgotten...it is using the death of 3000 Americans...to try and aid Hillary Clinton in her effort to derail the campaign of Donald J. Trump...as in if she can't fight him with reporting on the issues we'll just make things up...and whomever our lie hurts be damned.

Using the blood and tears of 9/11 to aid in any candidate's political gain is an abomination of an especially evil kind, but when it comes to Hillary Clinton we have barely touched the surface of how low this political whore and her allies will go to aid her in trying to occupy the White House. And please know Hillary Clinton and/or her handlers all have seen this story by now but to date have issued no statement to set the record straight, and probably never will.

And as for the online rag 'RAWSTORY' who published this out-and-out lie, they need to immediately issue a retraction and then pull the story offline for this is the stuff of lawsuits...and rightfully so.

Sickening...just sickening.

Saturday, May 17, 2014


Op-ed: 
And 'he' was there acting as if he cared  
By: Diane Sori

"An airplane hangar full of largely bruised, contorted artifacts..."   
-Museum curator Jan Ramirez

'He' had NO business being there as far as I'm concerned and yet he was. The man who sides with those who brought the buildings down spoke of courage, bravery, and profound loss but nary a tear was in his eyes. Betrayal of America echoes deep within his soul yet 'he' was there amongst those left behind.

And so after nearly 13 years of our nation's collective tears...after nearly 13 years of both memories bittersweet and nightmares NEVER to be forgotten...the 'National September 11 Memorial Museum' at Ground Zero was ceremonially opened and dedicated...but how does one really memorialize hell.

Built upon the foundation of the once tall and proud Twin Tower complex...the World Trade Center...the museum houses 12,500 objects, 1,995 oral histories, and 580 hours of film and video that takes one back to the day America changed forever. Emotions run raw as the terrible memories of the attacks resurface, and tears are once again shed for my two friends forever encased in now sacred grounds.

And 'he' was there acting as if he cared. 

Two of the steel trident columns that were the signature features of the Twin Towers beckons one to enter a nightmare world of the remnants of destruction, sadness, and anger. Photos of the fallen look down with haunting eyes...lives lost for NO other reason than they were Americans or friends of America. Mothers and fathers NEVER to see their children grow up...children NEVER to hear their parents voices again or get a good night kiss as they drift off to sleep...brothers and sisters torn apart only to be reunited in Heaven...aunts, uncles, cousins, or in my case, friends...NEVER to walk the Earth again but in our hearts forever.

And 'he' was there acting as if he cared.

Most of the museum is deep underground down a long flight of stairs, down a winding ramp to the bedrock 70 feet below street level...down to the original foundation of the Twin Towers...down to the heart of Ground Zero...down to hell on Earth. And on a wall for all to see is the original plaque by Minoru Yamasaki, the architect of the Twin Towers, in which he declares the buildings “a monument to world peace.”

A monument to world peace NO more for this is now a monument...a testament...to 3,000 souls lost on a sunny day almost 13 years ago when islam...YES islam... declared war on America on American soil with an act of terror...of horror... unbeknownst to us before.

And within the footprints of where the Twin Towers once mightily soared, reaching up high and touching the sky, now two granite pools glisten and reflect in the sunlight as they capture the tears of both ghosts and those so suddenly left behind.

And 'he' was there acting as if he cared.

And all around are memories in things they left behind...photographs, wallets, articles of clothing, a wedding ring, a victim's voice mail message, books, even the fire truck of the fallen first responders is there to see...everyday things...personal things that tell the story of the ghosts that will forever walk amongst us.

And saddest of all here deep underground lies for all eternity the remains of 1,100 victims...my two friends amongst them...NOT victims but heroes that were NEVER identified...buried together as of one heart so they would NOT rest alone.

But one miracle stands amongst the memories left behind for all to see...a simple cross of steel...a sign from God given that fateful day...a sign to help dry the tears of a country's heart deeply broken to its core.

And 'he' was there acting as if he cared.

And as a sense of sadness prevails over all...as voices speak in hushed tones...islam once again has defiled sacred ground with pictures of the terrorists displayed for all to see. A part of that day's history that cannot be denied yet a part of history that brings more pain to those sadly left behind.

A place of healing this museum hopes to be...a place for patriotism to shine like how it did as the embers of the fires died when Americans put aside their differences and became one nation...as we looked to God and collectively asked Him why.

And in those moments when one is lost in solitude while standing amongst the crowds...when a few stolen moments of peace surface when happiness in memories is found...a sad mixture of emotions will forever hover over all, for in our collective consciousness the pain of a deep wound will NEVER really heal for it will be ripped open once again as our beloved America continues to forget the one great lesson of that fateful day...the lesson of Americans standing hand-in-hand together as one against an enemy spawned from deep within the bowels of hell...an enemy that has morphed and remains to this day.

And 'he' was there acting as if he cared...but truth be told 'he' had NO business being there.