{"id":171,"date":"2009-09-11T09:50:31","date_gmt":"2009-09-11T09:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/09\/september-11.html"},"modified":"2009-09-11T09:50:31","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T09:50:31","slug":"september-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/09\/september-11.html","title":{"rendered":"September 11&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy'\">In\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Kx3Me\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy'\">this StoryCorps recording<\/span><\/a><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy'\">, retired New York City firefighter John Vigiano Sr. remembers his sons, John Jr., a firefighter, and Joe, a policeman (photo below), both of whom died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. I do not know the Vigiano family. However, as the daughter of a New York City fireman and a nurse, I know many people like them: fire, police, nurses, EMTs and others emergency services workers who serve the frightened, the wounded, the dying and the lost every day &#8211; whether or not the cameras are rolling for us to see it.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy'\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy'\">On this September 11, I remember those who lost their lives on that tragic day and their families and friends. I also remember those who lived and served at ground zero for the weeks and months the followed &#8212; including my sister, a nurse, my brother in law, a policeman, my uncles and cousins, firefighters, as well as the iron workers, carpenters, electricians and others who endured the massive rescue effort and clean-up that followed.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy'\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: '-editor-proxy'\">My thoughts and prayers are with you all today.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"joeandjohnvigiano.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/81\/import\/joeandjohnvigiano.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"382\" class=\"mt-image-none\" \/><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0this StoryCorps recording, retired New York City firefighter John Vigiano Sr. remembers his sons, John Jr., a firefighter, and Joe, a policeman (photo below), both of whom died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. 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