Soon it will be the 10th yr anniversary of that tragic day. as a first responder who spend 42 days at the site, first as a rescue worker then as recovery and then as clean up we never looked back as we put our personal life and family aside. never thinking of the consequences that it would take on our health. we were consider hero then. now 10 yrs later we are a over crowding problem to the city. a security burden to the police department and yes even drunks to some of the families. As a first responder I will not attend any ceremony held by the city on a later date. I hope that other responders agree with me and not attend.

Make it work. First responders have every right to be there front and center!
Put the politicians in the stadium.

Typical of big Government Politicians. Another media photo op where they can get up and read the really sincere speeches about the “heroes” , while all the time putting them in the place they believe they belong, which is anywhere but with the eliter oyalty running this country of OURS? I’m starting to wonder about the “OURS” mentioned here. The Politicians believe it to be theirs. Maybe they’re right. Self-serving egotists that they are.

Ridiculous – they should be front & center. Let there be a
Celebration for others at a later date.

How would the families of the victims feel if they were told that their ceremony would be on a different date because there is not enough room for them ? Why should the First Responders not be there ? Leave the politicians out of it. My husband was a First Responder, Guiliani didn’t show much respect for the NYPD, FDNY, EMT’s unless the camera was on him. Only then would he Shake hands. President Bush got his boots dirty and climbed onto the rubble & fire truck, shook hand even when the cameras were off. Obama just needs to stay home, it’s only a campaign run for him. No disrespect to the families of the victims, but if it were for the First Responders, there would have been more victims. 23 NYPD & 37 Port Authority Officers were lost that day, along with members of the FDNY….they should be there.

How can anyone in there right mind not include the First Responders! This goes to show what the city really thinks of us. All we are to them is a problem that won’t go away and to allow us to be seen would be an embrassment to the city and the government. This way of thinking has to stop.
9-11 should be a day of remembrance and celebration. To remember the one’s lost and to celebrate the strength of this nation, showing how we can all come together and work as a unit to over come this tragedy.
As a First Responder here is what I say to the city for choosing a different day to have a ceremony for us, New Years Day is not in February, Christmas is not in November and the Fourth Of July is not August!
Needless to say I will not attend any ceremony held by the city on a later date. I can only hope all First Responders feel the same way and choose not to show. Maybe this will wake the city up to our pain!

Disgrace to the American People. That is what NYS and the ROTTEN APPLE is to the USA.

It’s ANTI-AMERICAN!

All those who responded are victims of 9/11 If they didn’t die @ the towers they certainly carry the scars!

Politics aside, it isn’t a day for politics! It is a day for remembrance and yes even celebration! Celebration that we have and had so many men and women running to the scene to help out fellow Americans! To sacrifice their own lives, their families lives to HELP and save lives!

The list shoudl read politician wise, The President Obama, George Bush, Guiliani, Bloomberg….That’s it! All the others stay home, celebrities stay home and let these first responders be remembered for the HERO’S they are!

Please keep the intoxicated firefighters away this year so I can morn my daughter and my cousins death in peace. Every year these youn men in uniform show up and then make a party out of it. Please show some respect for the people that died and your fallen workers.

Now, this is incredible. First responders (including those who drove down from northern NY) did just that: they responded first, and worried about the consequences later, and all too late in hundreds of cases. Compare that to the responses of the “important” people invited to the celebration; those who considered the consequences first, and then decided whether or not they could safely act.
Politicians talk much about patriotism. The real patriots are those who see the need and act – cops, FD, EMS, and the like. Let’s call this a patriotic issue, and invite the “important” people to go to — well — Sixth and Dean to play with the other giant rats!

I cann’t believe it!!! If it wasn’t for the 1 responders you WOULD have a HELL OF alot more dead. Is the Nw York City government out of there minds??? Guilliani, Bloomberg, Obama and all of the rest politician should stay where they belong and do the jobs they were elected to do. They CAN NOT.Balalnce the Budget, but they will spend all the TAX PAYERS money to come here. STAY HOME. Bloomberg is cutting Fire Houses, aND Police. Get rid of hjm.. The real first RESPONDERS OF 9/11.are The REAL HEROES> and THEY SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND!!!

as humans, we benefit from time to allow healing to occur once a tragedy is over. It is not easy, and it takes each his own days, months, years. Some prefer speaking, while others remain quiet.

and this evil event caused hardship the world wide, not just the obvious loss of life – from the mother in cuba who lost her immigrant son and doesn’t receive stipends home anymore to the conductor , on the 3 line who’s train was re-routed during the cleanup and beyond.

it’s unclear when this somber ceremony become a gala affair. We’re all grieving, each in our own way, and that will continue.

I wonder if they just don’t want to take a chance on any of the diseased and dying Responders showing up to talk about how they are being repaid for their bravery and sacrifice by those standing close to them.

Now they know how the survivors feel – we got kicked out – stuck outside the fence with the tourists looking in.

If you get rid of the poilticians there will be room for everyone else.

Bloomberg really needs to go…

Tell the mayor of New York and the City council to sit in the Back Ground along with Obama and all the political hack that have been given an invite which they do not deserve. The only people deserving of an invite are the victems families and the olice and firefighters,all others are a first come first served basis.
As far as Obama is concerned he does not deserve to be there for any reason.

The first responders have just as much right to be there as anybody–including the families and politicians!

Disinvite the politicians. Most of the current “leaders” were not even in elected office in 2001. What did they do on that day?

I am sick of the families thinking that 9/11 ground belongs to them and only them. Many firefighters are sick with cancer now because they worked there. Personally, I am getting real sick and tired of these families who have seized control over the memorial site and lets not forget that they held up progress in NYC, which was never the same after the attacks. We get that it is scared ground but to honor your loved ones who worked there would be build a building there so other Americans may have a job. No, you all would rather go to the site each year to have the names read and continue to mourn.

The FIRST RESPONDERS have every right to be there!! NOT the politicians!

If the city cannot do it right, they shouldn’t do it.

Why does the city make such ass decisions is beyond me. Time for new leadership ASAP!

The First Responders are really “LIFE SAVERS’. The only thing I saw of Giuliani on 9/11 were images of him running from the debris while the “LIFE SAVERS” were running into hell. I can just imagine what genius in the city made this decision.

Very sad, goes to show that the “little” people, the ones who always make the sacrifices are always left to second place

On 9/11 I was conducting a business meeting in Northern New Jersey, just over the bridge from Manhattan. When we heard the news several of the attendees who were part of local fire department rescue teams asked permission to leave and participate in the rescue mission. Many were gone for over seven days. They not only were part of the rescue but also remained and were part of the clean up.

Later on I received news that my daughter-in-law was missing. For two hours my son kept calling her on her cell phone. No answer. We found out that a rescue team put a group of World Trade Center employees on a boat to Hoboken, New Jersey and secured their safety. The call came, and she was safe.

I would like to know which politicians participated in this rescue mission. Not only have we ignored the rescuer’s health issues, but now we are ignoring their bravery. The only people who belong at this ceremony are the immediate families of the loved one who was lost and the rescuers who participated in the saving of lives. Everyone else is secondary.

have a lottery system where people , othr than the families, pick a number and are allowed to attend by that number, or have 2 ceremonies the same day..surely one of these 2 ideas would work..