Patriot Nation | Not all Heroes are people

James Crane worked on the 101st floor of Tower 1 of the World Trade Center. He is blind so he has a golden retriever named Daisy. After the plane hit 20 stories below, James knew that he was doomed, so he let Daisy go, out of an act of love. She darted away into the darkened hallway. Choking on the fumes of the jet fuel and the smoke James was just waiting to die. About 30 minutes later, Daisy comes back along with James' boss, who Daisy just happened to pick up on floor 112.

On her first run of the building, she leads James, James' boss, and about 300 more people out of the doomed building But she wasn't through yet, she knew there were others who were trapped. So, highly against James' wishes she ran back in the building.

On her second run, she saved 392 lives. Again she went back in. During this run, the building collapses. James hears about this and falls on his knees into tears. Against all known odds, Daisy makes it out alive, but this time she is carried by a firefighter. 'She led us right to the people, before she got injured' the fireman explained.

Her final run saved another 273 lives. She suffered acute smoke inhalation, severe burns on all four paws, and a broken leg, but she saved 967 lives. Daisy is the first civilian Canine to win the Medal of Honor of New York City.

From a friend, via email received September 18, 2008 and posted here on the Patriot Nation blog.

Not all people are heroes

Patriot Nation On The USS NEW YORK NEVER FORGET

Here SHE is, the USS NEW York , made from the WORLD TRADE CENTER!

USS NEW YORK

She is built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the WORLD TRADE CENTER.

It is the fifth in a new class of warship. Designed for missions that include Special Operations against terrorists. She will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines o be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.

Steel from the WORLD TRADE CENTER was melted down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept 9, 2003, 'those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,'recalled Navy Captain Kevin Wensing, who was there.

'It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.'


Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said thatwhen the WORLD TRADE CENTER steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my neck stood up.' 'It had a big meaning to it for all of us,' he said. 'They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back.'

The Motto of the USS NEW YORK: 'NEVER FORGET'.

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