Tweet for a 9/11 First Responder

by Sarah Ryan · 2011-09-09 07:45:00 UTC
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Nine years and 362 days ago, thousands of firefighters, EMTs and policemen rushed to the Twin Towers and the Pentagon to take on the massive destruction of September 11th.  They were not invited.  A sense of professional duty and human compassion led them to commit heroic acts for their countrymen. They spent days, weeks and months searching for survivors and sifting through the massive piles of debris.

But ten years later, the heroic acts of these men and women seem to have been forgotten by the city of New York.  It has been decided by Mayor Bloomberg and his office that these first responders are not invited to the 10th anniversary ceremony because of a lack of spatial capacity. An estimated 91,000 first responders showed up that day and faced arguably one of the most tragic days in U.S. History. Many sacrificed their lives in order to save thousands.  Now, it’s been revealed that these first responders are 19% more likely to have developed cancer in the years following 9/11 than their non-exposed colleagues.

Concerned citizens are not letting this disrespect slide.  They are organizing a Social Media Day of Action against Mayor Bloomberg on Friday September 9th.  Via Twitter, concerned Americans will publicly call on the Mayor to invite first responders to the 10th anniversary ceremony.

You too can be a part of this day of action.  Simply pick one of these tweets- or write your own- and tweet it @MikeBloomberg.  Then ask your friends, family, coworkers, acquaintances, to retweet it or post their own.

#Sept11 is only 2 days away and first responders still aren't invited to the ceremony at #groundzero. http://ow.ly/6oRVL @MikeBloomberg

Over 4,100 are calling on @MikeBloomberg to invite #9/11 first responders to ceremony at #groundzero. Will you join them?http://ow.ly/6o2M8

#Sept11 first responders aren't invited to 10th anniversary ceremony at #groundzero. Is this how America says thank you?http://ow.ly/6jbyC

#Sept11 first responders are being denied entry to 10th anniversary ceremony at #groundzero. Petition:http://ow.ly/6i4gC @MikeBloomberg

Hey @MikeBloomberg: what more must first responders do to get an invitation to 10th anniversary ceremony of #Sept11? http://ow.ly/6jbyC

Jack Dewan and Darci Jenkins are two concerned citizens who stepped up and created a petition on Change.org. Dewan, a Baltimore firefighter and nephew of a Gerard Dewan, a firefighter killed on 9/11, and Jenkins, a graduate student in Chicago and daughter of a firefighter and sister of EMT/firefighter, both felt compelled to take action and bring this to national attention.  Join them by signing the petition calling on Mayor Bloomberg to invite these brave men and women.

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