Events to remember 9/11 in the Boston area:
Saturday
Sunday:
BosGuy remembers his friend Graham:
He was leaving for L.A. in two days, and we were to connect the following weekend so he could tell me about the trip which was a mixture of business and pleasure.
Richard Beaubien spent time this summer at the 9/11 memorial at Logan Airport (he has more photos here).
Earlier: The flag at Gate 32.
Copyright Richard Beaubien. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Karl reads how Peabody police officers got 9/11 declared a day of overtime in exchange for drug testing, says he doesn't get it:
... I can see NYC police (and fire, and paramedics) fighting for such a thing since, you know, since they were the actual people who a) helped at the site and b) lost hundreds of their peers that day. But Peabody? ...
With absolutely nothing else to talk about, the right wing has, of course, decided to raise the question of why Deval Patrick hates America.
Let's see: Your brother was one of the airline captains killed on 9/11 and every year for the past four years you've spoken at the annual memorial at the State House.
But this year, you're running for Congress - gasp, as a Republican - and fancy that, the "non-partisan" commission in charge of the memorial won't let you speak - but does invite the chairman of your Democratic opponent's campaign (who happens to be married to the outgoing congressman who, surprise, is the keynote speaker).
Joe Keohane reports he was on the Red Line this morning when the conductor announced the train would be stopping at Porter to remember the victims of 9/11:
... So he stopped at Porter, opened the doors, and we sat there for a few minutes looking at each other. ...
Michael Burstein, who grew up in New York, reports:
This morning, as I was taking the T to work, I was reading the New York Times. On pages A14-A15, they revisited some of the families who lost loved ones in the attacks, in the same "Portraits of Grief" style they used to eulogize the victims in the months afterwards. I found myself uncontrollably and spontaneously bursting into tears. I had to stop reading. ...
Lewis Forman reports from the Blue Line:
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