USE POLITICS ASIDE LOGO WITH BY MIKE NIEBAUER
In Memory of 9/11 Victims
As I got off the elevator on the main floor of the Queens Place Mall in Elmhurst, I noticed a battle-tested 9/11 memorial mural still up and facing me. It said “In Memory of the Victims of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.” I said to myself, wait-a-minute, almost ten years later, are we still being victimized?
No real replacement for the twin towers, a national disgrace? If or when, replace them with the tallest buildings in world, please, spare no expense.
Make that 9/11 Memorial the most beautiful, peaceful place to remember our VICTIMS of 9/11.
Please RESPECT them by supporting the families and friends of VICTIMS of /911.
Tell our President, who attended Columbia University here, our Mayor who built his world-wide media empire here – to step back, listen – feel the sadness of VICTIMS of 9/11. Understand their feelings about building a controversial house of worship within walking distance of Ground Zero, a final resting place for many VICTIMS of 9/11.
GOD BLESS AMERICA was the sign that hung inside my recreational vehicle, the 9/11 mobile canteen, for two months 24/7, following the terrorist attacks on Primary Day, September 11, 2001.
I banded together with others to create one of the best kept volunteer success stories: Operation Good Will on Wheels 911. We wrote to White Castle, the late Dave Thomas of Wendy’s Hamburgers, KFC, Dominos Pizza, Boston Market, Subway, Pizza Hut, Pepsi Cola, Evian Water, Cost-Co plus many more local and national companies to donate to our heroic cause. Guess what, no one said no.
Our Winnebago was always full with hot comfort food, snacks, Dunkin Donuts and coffee. Plus our solidity, patriotism, and caring was included. We fed our National Guard, State Troopers, NYPD, FDNY first-responders at check points around our city . . . I used the late parking garage tycoon Abe Hirschfield’s customized Winnebago motor-home made famous by his state-wide whistle-stop tours when he ran for Unite States Senator in 2000.
I was honored by White Castle Restaurants in 2006 for my “9/11 Mike” story of volunteerism, go to www.whitecastle.com look under “Craver Hall of Fame 2006” and vote for my story. Also, my story was featured here in The Queens Courier in June 2002. I am available to share my “9/11 Mike” story with school children, veterans, civics etc. I start my historical 9/11 journey with Toby Keith’s hit song “Courtesy of the RED, WHITE and BLUE.
Michael N. Niebauer is President/CEO of Spindoctor Inc. media & advocacy company, founder of the Independence Party of Queens County Organization and QPTV Producer of “The Independent,” a live cable TV talk show on Time Warner, RCN and Verizon Vios Cable Systems.
