Posted by
Rich from NW Indiana on Friday, September 08, 2006 4:39:15 AM
I have written about "2996: A Tribute to the Victims of 9/11" on this blog before. But now its almost September 11, and its almost time to write about the man that was assigned to me. His name was Ralph Gerhardt. I started to do some research on him today. He was only 33, only one year older then I am today. A bit chilling that I was assigned someone very close to my own age.
His parents have set up a website in his honor at
http://www.ralphgerhardt.com. They have coped by setting up the Ralph Gerhardt Trust Fund which has raised over $50,000 for various causes. Good for them!
Its hard to believe that this happened almost 5 years ago already. I will never forget that day since I watched it live on TV. It made alot of people witnesses to that horror even though we were not in New York City on that day. When Pearl Harbor happened only the people there were witnesses not the whole nation (and world).
Haven't heard of this project? Check out its website at
http://www.jamulian.com/db911.