Originally posted by: unsped
assuming that he is william cashman, which i seriously doubt, how is his life or anyone lost in 911 more valuable than anyone else who died in a car crash, or of cancer etc..
this sick fascination with 911 "heroes" is getting out of hand. they are just regular people, and did not get bitten by a radioactive spider. it sucks, but they are no more victims than anyone else who got dealt a crappy hand in life.
most people in here are putting more concern into his dissapearance than they would there own grandmothers demise, its just morbid if you ask me. IMHO of course.
Those that died on 9/11 due to terrorist actions died a death that was "unnecessary" and born out of hate. A car accident is an accident and with cancer, frequently the dying person, at the very least, gets a chance to say "goodbye" (something that few people who died on 9/11 were able to do). That being said, I do agree with you to some extent. When I saw instant hot cocoa with RED WHITE AND BLUE dried marshmallows for sale (I think by Swiss Miss) I wanted to vomit. Okay, so more people want US flags, so the companies make more US flags. BUT, people who invent a need ("A REAL American would only drink cocoa with red white a blue marshmallows") based on a tragedy are disgusting.
My wife and I had just moved into our first home about a week before 9/11 and I had just gotten my computer unpacked and set up around 9/13 (it seemed like an eternity, but what difference did it make, I didn't have any money left to spend on Hot Deals anyway) and I remember the original post looking for NJHawkeye. I had remembered seeing his avatar on all those posts. I had never PMd him or dealt with him directly, but I still felt bad that one of our (much)extended family was lost. That's what makes NJHawkeye different from "all the others" who died on 9/11. He was one of our own. Certainly no better than anyone else who's ever died, but one that we were closer to.