Yesterday, Harry and I took our 9th Anniversary Journey on the SeaStreak Commuter Ferry to honor those murdered before our eyes during that enormity of horror known as 9-11.
While waiting for the boat, we met amazing & caring people who were headed to NYC to march against the proposed mosque. Harry and I thanked them for marching for us. We told them we supported them & that we appreciated the fact that they cared enough to use their feet to voice their opinions. Several times I casually blurted out, that I don't march but that I do write letters to the editor. Before we left the ferry to begin our trek towards Wall Street, we ended by thanking them for working to make a difference regarding this important issue of our time.
After our solemn walk to Ground Zero and St. Paul's Church... I realized that I shouldn't be simply thanking others for doing something that I should be participating in. So...
We changed our plans and marched with 9-11 families and thousands of others yesterday to protest this mosque - the planned global symbol of conquest called Cordoba House. I marched for all the reasons I outline in my letter to the editor below. It was published on Friday, September 3rd in The Ocean Star newspaper in Ocean County, NJ.
What I learned first hand over the past 20 years is that silence produces deadly results...
- TishTrek
----- Original Message -----
From: Tish Ferguson
To: letters@theoceanstar.com
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 12:52 AM
Subject: Hearts break and 9/11 History will repeat itself...
Dear Editor,
It's been 17 long years since the first World Trade Center attack and it's the ninth anniversary of 9/11, so make no mistake, Iman Feisal Rauf knows the protests in downtown Manhattan are not about mosque-building or freedom of religion and he's using this knowledge to his full advantage.
In the early 1990’s, many of us commuted past the make-shift mosque one floor up from the Chinese restaurant at Journal Square, Jersey City which was used as a camouflaged safe house by blind Shiek Omar Abdel Rahman to inspire young men to want to murder all of us. No one marched to remove that mosque.
In 1993, we watched in stunned disbelief when that same blind shiek masterminded the truck bomb explosion plot that blew a 10-story gaping hole inside the World Trade Center. Only 6 dead & 1,042 injured, so they vowed to come again. On 9/11 – we watched in absolute horror as others finished the job. No one marched to remove the mosques tied to these murderers.
In July 2010, it was reported that Al Qaeda follower Adnan Shukrijumah created his 2007 and 2009 plans to blow up New York City airports & subways in the clandestine corridors of his dad’s Brooklyn mosque. No one is marching to remove that mosque.
In honor of this 9th Anniversary, perhaps we could pause to remember the marching that was NOT done in front of mosques over the last 20 years. Perhaps we can celebrate the under-reported high percentage of U.S. citizens who actually do respect and cherish the tenets of religious freedom for all.
On this 9th anniversary of 9/11, my heart breaks for the 17th year in a row. After I honor our dead, I will bypass the unfortunate diversion created by Iman Rauf and salute those who taught me this: When you ignore history, history becomes destined to repeat itself.
God help & bless America.
Respectfully submitted,
Tish Ferguson
2404 Maria Place
Pt. Pleasant, NJ 08742
732-259-2780 – Cell
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I totally agree with you. Stephanie Fromin
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