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U2 Concert: Bono and 9/11..
Bono/U2 were in town (St. Louis) at the end of November for one of the last stops on their current concert tour. Now, I totally love U2's music and everything, but have had a problem in the past with Bono and his Big Mouth. He seems to spend way too much of his time running around the globe, blaming the United States for all world hunger, all world poverty, etc., etc., etc. This time, we were "fortunate" to have a travelling troupe from Amnesty International passing out propoganda and BS next to the concession stand for the $40 U2 T-Shirts. But, whatever.
Anyway, Bono/U2 did something really incredible at the end of the concert. They projected on a huge screen, while playing some KEWL songs, the names of the passengers and crew of all four flights that crashed on 9/11. Big applause for the heroes on United Flight 93. Then, it was NYPD's turn. All 33 fallen officers' names slowly scrolled on the screen, alphabetically. Big Applause.
Then, the letters FDNY appeared on the screen....
and 15,000 kids, who were already on their feet cheering, went wild with!!! Sheer Bedlam!!! I have never heard such a huge noise that had so much meaning. Everyone was in tears, and of course, it took, and rightly so, forever to list all of the names of the fallen firefighters. It was such an surreal moment, because you knew that with every name, there was a mother, father, wife, child, who was grieving.
Some of the names I recognized..either from this forum, from the NY Times articles, or FOXNews, etc. But what REALLY got to me were the instances where there were two, perhaps three firefighters listed with the same last name. Were they brothers??? Father and Son???
So if any of you guys happen to bump into Bono over the holidays, you might wanna thank him for doing his part in making sure that those 15,000 people in St. Louis NEVER FORGET what happened on 9/11.
Wishing Everybody The Happiest of Holidays!!!
Rob Riley, St. Louis
Anyway, Bono/U2 did something really incredible at the end of the concert. They projected on a huge screen, while playing some KEWL songs, the names of the passengers and crew of all four flights that crashed on 9/11. Big applause for the heroes on United Flight 93. Then, it was NYPD's turn. All 33 fallen officers' names slowly scrolled on the screen, alphabetically. Big Applause.
Then, the letters FDNY appeared on the screen....
and 15,000 kids, who were already on their feet cheering, went wild with!!! Sheer Bedlam!!! I have never heard such a huge noise that had so much meaning. Everyone was in tears, and of course, it took, and rightly so, forever to list all of the names of the fallen firefighters. It was such an surreal moment, because you knew that with every name, there was a mother, father, wife, child, who was grieving.
Some of the names I recognized..either from this forum, from the NY Times articles, or FOXNews, etc. But what REALLY got to me were the instances where there were two, perhaps three firefighters listed with the same last name. Were they brothers??? Father and Son???
So if any of you guys happen to bump into Bono over the holidays, you might wanna thank him for doing his part in making sure that those 15,000 people in St. Louis NEVER FORGET what happened on 9/11.
Wishing Everybody The Happiest of Holidays!!!
Rob Riley, St. Louis
)and may not reflect those of any organization with which I am associated (but then again, they just may not be thinking clearly).
for 200 bucks a head and sold out area he should be able to take the entire africa population to old country buffet.
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