A tribute to those Irish Americans we lost on 9/11

merica. So, no wonder we want to take those blowhards who make so much noise and shut them up. Hopefully Mary good people like Dublinjas,Odonnabain will continue to speak louder then the Dennis Q's,LondonIrish etc.

Firstly God bless the families of all the people who died on that dreadful day. I for one will never forget them may they rest in peace. MaryM232 I find your vision of Ireland the country I love as very offensive. We are not perfect we have done things wrong and other s have done wrong to us. We as a country have moved on I am not sure you have. I would never speak in such terms of the USA a country that is also not perfect but I hold in the highest respect for what it has done for my people. Respect is what we all need to find for others religions, way of life & beliefs. God Bless America & God Bless Ireland

MaryM232- Ireland is actually less corrupt than America according to Transparency International.As for socialism-Ireland has a free market type economy,you must be confusing us with Northern Ireland. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=t8HR9iGR5s9Y6bZpxEZMx1A#gid=0

It's just incredible when you see those numbers laid out, So many people who left their homes that morning never to return forever, The cream of society, The good and the decent, The life savers like the Firemen and Police Officers, Cut down in their prime, It's just too painful.

Sitting here with tears in my eyes for them all. Today there will be prayers going out for the repose of their souls and for their families. God Bless!

MaryM232 "They recognized the corruption of their former country, and raised their children, and taught their grandchildren the same". Really really silly comment.

Don't forget Fr. Mychal Judge. And my dear friend Debbie Judge Welch, another Irish American who was the head flight attendant on Flight 93. She will always stay in our hearts.

What a beautiful tribute to those who gave there lives that day. If you were a New Yorker Irish born or of Irish descent you were related or knew a Fireman, Policeman, Port of Authority Police and those who chose white collar jobs. It was so close to us for instance I had a boyfriend named Paddy Driscoll. That was 50 yrs. ago and I never him again. We all left the neighborhoods for the suburbs in the 60's and 70's. And our kids went back to the city to join just like those before them. the Fire Dept, Police etc. A week after 9/11 there were pictures posted of the Port Authority Police that died. One face stood out, his name was Steven Driscoll and I found out he was indeed Paddys son. "THOSE OF YOU WHO THINK OF THEM TODAY, A LITTLE PRAYER TO JESUS SAY.

Responding to pemrray: On 9/11/01, my son was in the Camden County NJ police academy. Sometime in November, I happened on to a website that sold bracelets, just like the Vietnam-era POW/MIA bracelets, with the names of those killed on 9/11. I ordered one for my son as a graduation present. I was told that it probably wouldn't arrive by Christmas, but that wasn't an issue for me. I just wanted to give him one, whenever it came. I don't know how they picked the name on the bracelet he received. All I asked for was that it be that of an NYPD office., and it was Moira Smith's name on the bracelet they sent to me (as you can see, our name is Smith). And the bracelet arrived on December 18, the day that he graduated from the police academy. Moira's body hadn't been found yet up to that time. I'm getting goosebumps as I write this--my son called one day to say "Mom, they just found Moira's body". I don't remember the date, but Moira Smith's body was one of the last to be found at the Twin Towers site. My son, who is a Camden County (NJ) Sheriff's Officer, wears his bracelet with her name on it at all times.

KatieMac, Speaking out against those who seek to exploit something precious doesn't mean one's cage is rattled, furthermore, US citizens who respect the US constitution don't live in a cage. The constitution is doing fine, and it will continue to, as long as we reject the corruption of those who wish to do to us, what the Irish have done to themselves. My grandparents felt love for their former country, but they loved America first and foremost. Their allegiance was to the US constitution, they identified as Americans, not as "Irish", they never hyphenated. They recognized the corruption of their former country, and raised their children, and taught their grandchildren the same.

Anyone who lives near "the towers," remembers it was a beautiful day, like today. We left for work, and then the first plane, the second, the third....Shock, horror, and dread for anyone with family in the city that day. No phones working, just the TV. But most of all, for the families of any of the reponders...Police, Fire, EMTs...That day, we were Americans first. No division, no politics, no religions; just people in need, helping and laying down their lives for strangers. God Bless All who were touched by 911. May you find peace one day.

Who rattled your cage MaryM232?

To anyone who bemoans erosions of the US constitution, the facts are this, those who demand that US citizens have their rights cheapened and eroded by amnesty for illegals, are facilitators of erosion of the US constitution. Ireland has no claim on America, or American citizens who happen to have Irish ancestry. Just as Ireland can't continue to blame it's corruption on England. Irish elected Irish politicians have fiddled with, and sold them out, and the Irish people need to wake up to the fact that they share culpability in their country's failures and debt. As someone whose grandparents were Irish emigres, and became US citizens, I say that the quality and character of Ireland's people has declined, they are soft, greedy and irresponsible. They live feckless lives, they grasp out demanding others subsidize their corruption. I'm offended by Irish Central's inference that the heroism and bravery of our first responders, and those heroes on the flights can be credited to Ireland, in all candor, those who might have had Irish ancestry, weren't formed by the corrupt pit that is Ireland, but by the culture of the United States of America, a land where one takes personal responsibility, where one doesn't stew in pathetic hatreds and bigotry, as Ireland does. You can't drag your sad selves up, by riding on our coat tails any longer. Take your plantation slavery mindset and stuff it. You won't be allowed to drag our country down with your cheap claims to relevance. The response to 9/11 was an American response. I can't help but wonder at what the response would have been were this to have happened in Ireland, it certainly wouldn't have been as brave and inspiring, and we all know that Ireland would have had it's begging bowl out, drunk on self pity.

The cries throughout the Irish neighborhoods could be heard from house to house. Yes, we need to remember these brave souls and all who lost their lives on that terrible day.

May they rest in peace. May their loved ones find comfort in each other and the courage to live on. Pray for the children who witnessed and are haunted by this crime. ... The best way for America to remember these dead is to live up to its ideals, working to make life better for all its citizens and inspiring, through example, people everywhere to live with respect for life and humanity.