The intent of this letter is to inform 9/11 families of serious issues regarding the ethical and respectful treatment of our loved ones’ human remains at the future 9/11 Memorial Museum.

We are an alliance of established group leaders who have lost their loved ones at the WTC. For the past eight and a half years, we have been advocating for 9/11 family members as they struggle to ensure a proper, honorable and respectful 9/11 Memorial and Museum as a legacy for their loved ones.

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Our 9th Annual Dinner Dance was a Wonderful Time!

The 9th Annual Firefighter Christopher Santora Educational Scholarship Fund Dinner Dance was held on Friday, June 11th, 2010 at Riccardo’s by the Bridge, and it was a simply wonderful evening!

If you were able to make it, we thank you for helping us to celebrate our Scholarship Winners, and for helping us to keep alive the memory of Christopher, who was certainly with us in Spirit!

If you weren’t able to make it, we hope that you’ll keep the date set aside for next year: Friday, June 10th, 2011. We also hope that you will consider making a donation to the Scholarship Fund, as we rely on these to be able to continue our mission of helping students continue their education.

Finally, a word of thanks to Riccardo’s by the Bridge, who always does such a superb job in hosting our Annual Dinner Dance. Thanks to Tony and all the staff who always execute brilliantly! Please consider Riccardo’s if you are planning an affair that you want to turn out wonderfully!

We hope to see you all Friday, June 10th, 2011!

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My third book, We Remember, is a special keepsake. When I decided to begin the project asking family members to write about their loved ones as they were growing up, I wanted to make sure that the families understood how important this legacy would be to future generations. It was a difficult request to ask parents and siblings to write about their sons and daughters and brothers and sisters. Putting into words what was important brought myriad emotions. I was aware that wounds would be opened, but I also knew that when the story was written all who participated would be glad that they had made the effort.

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Guardian Angels are special beings that watch over us, protect us and help us in many ways. In our organization we have had several people who have helped us continue our scholarship fund in many special ways This year we are honoring 2 individuals who will join the “Guardian Angel” family. They are humble, knowledgeable and have supported us since day one. These two individuals have made sure that the lessons of September 11, 2001 are passed on to the students of District 30 Queens and hopefully through their efforts will be passed on to other school districts in NYC as well.

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We first want to congratulate all of our applicants. This was a very good year across the board, and many of the judges indicated that the judging was difficult. It’s the active participation that makes the Essay Contest exciting and keeps the quality high. So “thank you” to all who entered. We wish all of you the best of luck in your academic pursuits!

Here’s the winners…

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“The Day the Towers” Fell was written to help explain what happened on September 11, 2001. This book tries to explain the horrors of 9/11 in a less graphic way. It was written with love by a 27–year NYC Public School teacher/childhood educator who is also the mother of one of the 343 Firefighters who lost their lives that day.

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“My Son Christopher” is the story of a mother’s unconditional love for her son. “No matter what he ever did I loved him because he was my son,” the author, Maureen Crethan Santora, explains.

Written for the 5–8 year old age group, this is a book that seeks to nurture and reassure, something all of our children can use more of.

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Maureen Santora was recently in Los Angeles to promote her newest book, “We Remember,” a memorial of several of the Firefighters lost in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center.

She took some time to sit down with her book publisher, Xlibris, and record this promotional video for her previous book, “My Son Christopher.” Take a look…

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Kevin O’Connor is in $17,000 in debt due to medical expenses, as Americans it is our duty to help our hero’s in need. Kevin O’Connor sacrificed himself for this country on 9/11, not only being lied to about the air quality but now ignored by the government for assistance.

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Early in January the Huffington Post reported on International Living’s 30th annual “Quality of Life Index.” France ranked #1 and the image used as that country’s national symbol was, of course, the Eiffel Tower. The United States placed seventh and symbolizing us wasn’t the US Capitol or the Empire State Building; it was the missing World Trade Center…

It would be hard to imagine a worse message to send the world than a 1776-foot tombstone and the “largest manmade falls in North America” — whose roar will recall the horrifying sound of crumbling towers — instead of the simple, stirring memorial that belongs there. They might as well include a neon sign flashing “Second-Class Country.” A headline about a mock-up of the morbid memorial falls in the 1/23/10 New York Post read: “9/11 shrine’s cascade of grief begins flowing!” Who thinks we’ve become the kind of country that enshrines grief? Whose doing is that? Not the people’s — that’s for sure.

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Group Seeks to Ensure Rank and Title Appear with Names of 9/11 Responders

Mayor Bloomberg, along with the 9/11 Memorial Planning Board, have long proposed that the Ranks and Titles of First Responders be stripped from the Memorial, and that they not be grouped separately as FDNY or PAPD or NYPD, etc. Rather, they would have the Rank-less and Title-less First Responder names be mixed amongst those of all of the deceased, so as not to “single them out” for extraordinary notice.

Please support the group ”911 Rank-Title Matter For All” in any way you can.

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