A Pause for Patriotism
There are some things I hardly ever do... I don't ever watch the news and I don't usually focus on the good about patriotism. This blog is related to both.
Two nights ago while on one of the torture machines at New York Sports Club, I was passing the time by watching the news. (Turns out I already saw the episode of "Everyone Loves Raymond" about 24 times, so I opted for the road less traveled, the nightly news.) In between the disgusting banter and the rest of the garbage was a story about the U.S.S. New York.
The U.S.S. New York is a warship built with iron from World Trade Center Tower Two. It is currently docked in New Orleans for construction and repairs (damage from Katrina.) The news story was about the people who remained in New Orleans to stay working on the U.S.S. New York. For the most part these workers lost their own homes during the Katrina disaster and are now separated from their families who were forced to leave New Orleans. The workers noted that they stayed working on the U.S.S. New York because of the sense of "importance" the warship has due to the connection to the World Trade Center tragedy and to the people of New York City. Us.
These workers are now living and working in "Kamp Katrina," a makeshift bunker camp. They are hundreds of miles from their families. They are left with no homes. They experienced a tragedy themselves, but their focus is on September 11th, and the tragedy at the World Trade Center. They are rebuilding the U.S.S. New York for us, New Yorkers and for us, Americans.
The people of New Orleans have for been treated like second class citizens by our government. The mishandling and lack of compassion our government had for the people of New Orleans in the wake of Katrina was shameful. Now these same people are being portrayed in the press as thieves that "milked" the system and committed fraud to gain more than their share of the FEMA relief pie. (That happened to be the lead story on the news that night.)
I would like to remember the U.S.S. New York workers in New Orleans that are sacrificing their lives to rebuild a warship that is connected to the September 11th tragedy. They aren't thinking of their own tragedy. They aren't thinking of their own lost. They are tending to a symbol of what our Nation lost. For that they are Patriots and I am very grateful to them.
For more information and history on the U.S.S. New York check out this BBC article.
There are some things I hardly ever do... I don't ever watch the news and I don't usually focus on the good about patriotism. This blog is related to both.
Two nights ago while on one of the torture machines at New York Sports Club, I was passing the time by watching the news. (Turns out I already saw the episode of "Everyone Loves Raymond" about 24 times, so I opted for the road less traveled, the nightly news.) In between the disgusting banter and the rest of the garbage was a story about the U.S.S. New York.
The U.S.S. New York is a warship built with iron from World Trade Center Tower Two. It is currently docked in New Orleans for construction and repairs (damage from Katrina.) The news story was about the people who remained in New Orleans to stay working on the U.S.S. New York. For the most part these workers lost their own homes during the Katrina disaster and are now separated from their families who were forced to leave New Orleans. The workers noted that they stayed working on the U.S.S. New York because of the sense of "importance" the warship has due to the connection to the World Trade Center tragedy and to the people of New York City. Us.
These workers are now living and working in "Kamp Katrina," a makeshift bunker camp. They are hundreds of miles from their families. They are left with no homes. They experienced a tragedy themselves, but their focus is on September 11th, and the tragedy at the World Trade Center. They are rebuilding the U.S.S. New York for us, New Yorkers and for us, Americans.
The people of New Orleans have for been treated like second class citizens by our government. The mishandling and lack of compassion our government had for the people of New Orleans in the wake of Katrina was shameful. Now these same people are being portrayed in the press as thieves that "milked" the system and committed fraud to gain more than their share of the FEMA relief pie. (That happened to be the lead story on the news that night.)
I would like to remember the U.S.S. New York workers in New Orleans that are sacrificing their lives to rebuild a warship that is connected to the September 11th tragedy. They aren't thinking of their own tragedy. They aren't thinking of their own lost. They are tending to a symbol of what our Nation lost. For that they are Patriots and I am very grateful to them.
For more information and history on the U.S.S. New York check out this BBC article.
posted by Alaina @ 5:45 PM
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