2001: DENNIS MCCARTHY WAVING THE FLAG RESIDENTS RESPONDED WITH DISPLAYS OF PRIDE IN AMERICA.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
As the shock wore off on Sept. 12, the flags came out. They came out in front of Alene Barber's house in Woodland Hills, and Blaine and Deanie Anderson's home in West Hills. They flew proudly on thousands of front porches, at the home of Daniel Ramirez on Independence Avenue in Canoga Park, at Joan and Tom Yacovone's in Agoura Hills, and Pat Jordan's in North Hollywood. It wasn't a national holiday or day of remembrance - it was a statement, pure and simple. A beautiful, moving statement. From the heart. ``I want to show everybody that I'm proud to be an American,'' Barber said. She said it while standing on her front porch crying because it was impossible for her and a lot of people to verbalize the immense frustration and patriotism they felt in the aftermath of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks without choking Choking Definition Choking is the inability to breathe because the trachea is blocked, constricted, or swollen shut. Description Choking is a medical emergency. When a person is choking, air cannot reach the lungs. up. They felt helpless and proud, at the same time. If the terrorists thought they were going to cower cow·er intr.v. cow·ered, cow·er·ing, cow·ers To cringe in fear. [Middle English couren, of Scandinavian origin. and intimidate in·tim·i·date tr.v. in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing, in·tim·i·dates 1. To make timid; fill with fear. 2. To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats. people in this country Sept. 11, they were so wrong. They rejuvenated re·ju·ve·nate tr.v. re·ju·ve·nat·ed, re·ju·ve·nat·ing, re·ju·ve·nates 1. To restore to youthful vigor or appearance; make young again. 2. them. Gave them a shot of patriotism and resolve that takes your breath away and makes you proud. Because as the shock wore off, the flags came out. ``My husband put our flag up this morning before he left for work, because he wanted to show our love for our country,'' Deanie Anderson said Sept. 12, starting to cry as she stood on the front porch of her West Hills home. ``I'm sorry, but I get choked up talking about what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. right now. There are not many words you can say to express how you feel.'' So she let the American flag flying on her front porch express those words for her to anyone driving by her Sausalito Avenue home. ``We want to show we're proud of who we are,'' Deanie said. In Agoura Hills, the Yacovone family let its flag make another statement - that we were all, in many ways, victimized by that terrorist act Sept. 11, and we have to stand together. ``Normally in a country of 283 million people, there's really not much of a sense of solidarity,'' Tom Yacovone said. ``We're primarily preoccupied with our own selnterests. ``But, when all of a sudden we're under attack, there's a strong sense of mutual identification and community. Everyone's sense of security was shaken (Sept. 11). ``Flying the flag is our way of showing our sympathy and support for all those victims and their families - saying we're sorry and we share their grief, if only from a distance,'' he said. Flying the flag shows us standing together as a nation, said Daniel Ramirez, who put up his American flag the morning of Sept. 12 with his niece, Ashley, over on Independence Avenue in Canoga Park. ``Right now, the only thing people like me can do is show support, and that's what flying this flag is doing,'' Ramirez said. ``It's a symbol of our support.'' Over in North Hollywood, Pat Jordan Pat Jordan was a British Trotskyist who was central to founding the International Marxist Group. He had been a full time organiser of the Communist Party of Great Britain in Nottingham who had left the party with Ken Coates after the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary. took a long walk through his neighborhood Sept. 11 in the afternoon, knocking on doors. ``I told a few of my neighbors who were home that I was flying my flag in honor of all those killed at the trade center and Pentagon,'' he said. ``I thought it would be nice if they did, too.'' When the 78-year-old World War II Army veteran woke up on Sept. 12 and took his morning walk, there were a half-dozen flags that weren't there the day before, waving back at him from porches in his neighborhood. All over this city that day, a statement was made. The shock was wearing off, and the flags were coming out. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- 3) Todd Rockey of Newbury Park (1) and Alene Barber of Woodland Hills (2) fly Old Glory outside their homes to show pride in their nation in the wake of Sept. 11's attacks; and (3) Brittany Bouck, left, Devon Lippman, Ben Thompson Benjamin "Ben" Thompson, born in Knottingley, Yorkshire, England on November 2, 1843. During his life he acted as a gunman, gambler, and sometimes lawman of the Old West. He was one of the most spectacular gunmen of the Old West, his skill with a pistol is considered to be among , Brooke Bowdry, J.D. Bouck and Roy Allen
Roy Allen (1918 - 1991), was an American bomber pilot from Philadelphia during World War II. On June 14, 1944, pilot Roy Allen and the crew of his B-17 Flying Fortress embarked on a mission over make memorial ribbons as part of a CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge fraternity project. Photos by Evan Yee (1, 2) and Michael Owen
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