Hebahan:Akhirnya...artikel berkenaan dengan IIF dapat di'post'kan di blog ini..Thank you to Sister Habibah for this good article...(Artikel ini akan bersambung-sambung..mengikut kesediaan penulisnya..Saya tidak menulisnya sendiri disebabkan saya tidak datang pada hari kedua forum ini kerana ada sebab-sebab yang tidak dapat dielakkan.Kredit untuk Sister Habibah)
The reason.(part 1)
By: crimsonskye aka sister Habibah
(This is a part of my write-up for the IIF conference, I'm going to break it into a few separate posts.)
William Rodriguez is a very friendly, warm-hearted and down-to-earth guy, he went around and stopped to chat with as many participants as he could during the breaks and lunches. For my part, I'm just glad that I've finally had an opportunity to meet with this heroic man, and listen to what he has to say about 9/11.
Brother William is a former maintenance worker at the World Trade Center, he had been working there for almost 20 years. On September 11, he came to work later than usual, and on any other day he'd be making his way to the top floors already. But on that day, he went to his office first at the ground floor.
He was still at the lower grounds when he felt and heard an explosion from the tower basement, along with his colleagues. This happened before 9 a.m., before the first plane hit the towers. Everything started to crumble around, and then one of his co-workers burst into the office from one of the elevators from the basement, his face horribly burnt by the fire. Brother William was aghast but quickly brought his friend out to safety.
But then he heard people screaming for help, people who were still in the building, people who were trapped in the elevators. He yelled to the people around him, We got to go back, we got to help these people! But he was alone, nobody wanted to go back in so Brother William went into the building all by himself. He was an atheist at that time, but he remembered crying out to God to help him to save these people. Brother William had also courageously led a team of firefighters up the tower stairwell, since he was the one of the five people who possessed the master keys which granted access up the stairs. The other four had left due to emergency procedures.
As it turned out, Brother William was the last one to leave the North Tower and he heard screams of, Don't look back! Don't look back! Well of course he looked back and he witnessed the most terrifying sight in his entire life - the towers crashing down, all those people jumping out of the windows, being thrown around like rag dolls and falling to their deaths... it was a picture of unspeakable horror, anguish and desperation.
He dove for cover from the flying concrete under the first thing he saw in front of him - a fire truck. The audience were shown the photo of the truck, mangled and crushed by the debris. It was unbelievable... I just don't know how anyone could have ever survived that. Brother William said that he prayed so hard, he was thinking of his mother, If I die then please God, let my mother recognize my body. He was rescued, but he thought he had lost his legs and would never be able to walk again. And yet, still he stands today.
It was nothing short of a miracle, but that was also the moment when Brother William realized that he was protected for a reason. He said that hundreds of his friends had died on that fateful day, but he lived. There's a reason that I survived my own tragedy, and I believe that reason is that God had this mission for me to help others who have been devastated by some misfortune. Brother William also spoke of the 160 people who immediately voluntereed following the aftermath, the search dogs and some 62,000 people around the area who fell sick and died because of the toxic fumes.
He has testified for the 9/11 Commission and yet none of it appeared in the report. The FBI and the National Institute of Safety and Technology ignored his pleas to present his testimony, and the mainstream media is unwilling to give full exposure to his side of the story. But he is undaunted, he felt that he owed it to his friends and all those people who have perished and suffered because of what had happened on 9/11, to keep standing for the truth and justice. He is also actively involved in several organizations such as the Families Advisory Council of Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the 9/11 Truth Movement.
Brother William is a genuine example of courage and strength, may Allah bless him for all of his effort.
William Rodriguez is a very friendly, warm-hearted and down-to-earth guy, he went around and stopped to chat with as many participants as he could during the breaks and lunches. For my part, I'm just glad that I've finally had an opportunity to meet with this heroic man, and listen to what he has to say about 9/11.
Brother William is a former maintenance worker at the World Trade Center, he had been working there for almost 20 years. On September 11, he came to work later than usual, and on any other day he'd be making his way to the top floors already. But on that day, he went to his office first at the ground floor.
He was still at the lower grounds when he felt and heard an explosion from the tower basement, along with his colleagues. This happened before 9 a.m., before the first plane hit the towers. Everything started to crumble around, and then one of his co-workers burst into the office from one of the elevators from the basement, his face horribly burnt by the fire. Brother William was aghast but quickly brought his friend out to safety.
But then he heard people screaming for help, people who were still in the building, people who were trapped in the elevators. He yelled to the people around him, We got to go back, we got to help these people! But he was alone, nobody wanted to go back in so Brother William went into the building all by himself. He was an atheist at that time, but he remembered crying out to God to help him to save these people. Brother William had also courageously led a team of firefighters up the tower stairwell, since he was the one of the five people who possessed the master keys which granted access up the stairs. The other four had left due to emergency procedures.
As it turned out, Brother William was the last one to leave the North Tower and he heard screams of, Don't look back! Don't look back! Well of course he looked back and he witnessed the most terrifying sight in his entire life - the towers crashing down, all those people jumping out of the windows, being thrown around like rag dolls and falling to their deaths... it was a picture of unspeakable horror, anguish and desperation.
He dove for cover from the flying concrete under the first thing he saw in front of him - a fire truck. The audience were shown the photo of the truck, mangled and crushed by the debris. It was unbelievable... I just don't know how anyone could have ever survived that. Brother William said that he prayed so hard, he was thinking of his mother, If I die then please God, let my mother recognize my body. He was rescued, but he thought he had lost his legs and would never be able to walk again. And yet, still he stands today.
It was nothing short of a miracle, but that was also the moment when Brother William realized that he was protected for a reason. He said that hundreds of his friends had died on that fateful day, but he lived. There's a reason that I survived my own tragedy, and I believe that reason is that God had this mission for me to help others who have been devastated by some misfortune. Brother William also spoke of the 160 people who immediately voluntereed following the aftermath, the search dogs and some 62,000 people around the area who fell sick and died because of the toxic fumes.
He has testified for the 9/11 Commission and yet none of it appeared in the report. The FBI and the National Institute of Safety and Technology ignored his pleas to present his testimony, and the mainstream media is unwilling to give full exposure to his side of the story. But he is undaunted, he felt that he owed it to his friends and all those people who have perished and suffered because of what had happened on 9/11, to keep standing for the truth and justice. He is also actively involved in several organizations such as the Families Advisory Council of Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the 9/11 Truth Movement.
Brother William is a genuine example of courage and strength, may Allah bless him for all of his effort.
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