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Showing Original Post only (View all)Today, I honor my son. [View all]
On 9/11 he was a student at Brooklyn Law School. It was his day off. He saw the news and went up to the roof of his apartment where he saw the twin towers come down. He said he cried.
So he decided he would do what he could to help. He rented a truck and drove it down to lower Manhattan where he was able to get through to ask the first responders how he could help them. They said they needed bags of ice to put out the embers still burning so that they could save more people. He drove to every bar and restaurant he could find and asked for ice. As you can imagine it was very hot, there was a lot of confusion and most people were in a state of shock.
So he did his part and for that I am so proud of him today.
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He works for the Brooklyn DA's office now an a project that frees prisoners who were
CTyankee
Sep 2018
#5
Amen! We all are proud of his unselfish actions, as well as concerns for those negatively impacted.
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2018
#8
There are such good hearted people like your brother who see what needs to be done and do it.
CTyankee
Sep 2018
#6
Wow...it is events like this, I feel that define one's character...the character your brother ...
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2018
#10
Thanks. I would encourage him to run for office but I don't think he would be interested altho
CTyankee
Sep 2018
#15
Stories like this are heartwarming, because they show how just asking the question "how"
LisaM
Sep 2018
#20
I'll see him pretty soon I hope (for the booksigning event when my book is published).
CTyankee
Sep 2018
#32
What a lovely story! You are so deserving of every ounce of pride in this wonderful man!
secondwind
Sep 2018
#47