By Tom Loury
While watching TV on 911, I remember seeing the planes hit the tower when it happened. I remember during the crisis, the air space was shut down because there were 6 planes un-account for, only one was a high jacked plane, but they did not know it at the time. President Bush was rushed to Air Force one. It would come out later they zig zag around the Gulf of America while they could make sure he was safe and the crisis was over. They were thinking about shooting down any plane that did not respond. It was shocking!
Today they estimate 9,000 death from the attack. A third died in the towers, the others from related illnesses from the toxic fumes and dust. I remember seeing videos of people being helped down the streets covered in dust / soot and blood. On a video I saw one man dive under a vehicle to take cover he was trying to get to his people and was not in time, I think he was the CEO that lost over six hundred people in the towers.
The remembrance was phenomenal at the ceremonies many of the families were there and honoring the fallen. Mamdani the Mayor of New York attended after being ask not to come with 110,000 signatures presented to him!
Ocala Bringing a little closer…In Ocala there was a Chelation Center that close around that time, there no record from the FBI closing them, but there a person working there that was confused about the closing…Well was It? September 11, 2001, the climate for Middle Eastern-owned businesses changed overnight, leading to sudden operational shifts and the eventual closure of several small independent businesses—including this specific center on State Road 200. So we don’t know for sure what happened there and the FBI and the DOJ are not going to tell us. While the medical facility stopped regular operations shortly after that 911, the business entity itself lingered in state records until it was administratively dissolved by the state. WOW!
When I ask about the records it came from a source, the answer “you have a phenomenal memory!” it referred to ads in a local paper, while reading it suddenly disappeared, I could not get it back! I’m not sure I want too! That is our local connection to the 911 story (UP CLOSE). What the truth is ??? We reported!
Marion County A Lady that worked with us on the newspapers some time back was a Stewardess and would later be a Stewardess trainer. She was well traveled all over the world. She had trained one or two of the flight crew that went down on 911. She vowed to never fly again! She and her husband live quietly in Marion County!
If you have a story to tell about 911 send it to me, be brief and honest. tloury@att.net
