The fifth anniversary of 9-11 is just under a month away. Jef found this place on the web that is trying to get people to post tributes. The idea is simple, for each person killed, a different blogger will post a tribute on 9-11. They probably explain it better than I do, so here’s what the website says:
The 2,996 Project
The idea is simple, but powerful: have a special tribute for each victim of 9/11, with each tribute being created by a different blogger. We started 2,996 Project to coordinate the creation of the tributes, and that’s what this site is all about. Here you can sign up to make a tribute yourself, on your blog (we’ll randomly assign a victim to you). You can also browse or search through either the victims that have already been assigned, or those that have not — and you can get pointers to more information on all of them.
A message from the guy who started it all…
For each of us something different about 9/11 brought the tragedy into focus. For me it was the sympathy and grief that poured in from overseas.
I remember a story on CNN that showed a Volkswagen Plant in Germany, where each employee brought a candle and placed it in the factory’s entryway. I was staggered at the scenes of foreigners openly weeping. The closing visual of thousands of candles burning on the marble floor left me speechless.
The first tears I shed for 9/11 were as I watched the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace later that evening. That night the Queen had the Royal Guard play the Star Spangled Banner instead of England’s Anthem — a huge crowd of expatriates and British wept outside the gates. That tribute — a national leader, even if for just a moment, diminishing their own national identity as a show of sympathy — was one of the bravest and most touching political acts I have witnessed. And I remember wondering, if the situation were reversed, if we would have the courage to do the same.
So, if you are a blogger, or know someone who is, please sign up! If you are not a blogger and still want to pay tribute, you can get a blog for free right here at blogger.com. You could get one and just have it for the tribute. They still need over 1,000 bloggers. Here’s the link – http://www.dcroe.com/2996/
