9/11 survivors call for renewed probe - NJ.com
A New 9/11 Investigation in NYC?
– Baltimore Chronicle
Coleen Rowley: ‘Why I Support a New 9/11
Investigation’ – Huffington Post
8 Years Later, Push to Put
a New 9/11 Probe on the Ballot
– The Villager
Rescue Me’ Star Daniel Sunjata Headlines 9/11
Protest March
– Raw Story
NYC CAN News
Once Again, The Will of the Voters Is Denied
NYC Concedes 30,000 Valid Signatures
Daniel Sunjata Speaks At NYC CAN March For Answers
Coleen Rowley - Bill Doyle Endorse NYC CAN
Anthony Shaffer Endorse NYC CAN
VOTE FOR ANSWERS News
Group Calls for New 9/11 Probe
Keene Sentinel - Jan. 30
NH Group Cites Need for New 9/11 Probe
Union Leader - Feb. 1
NYC CAN is non-partisan, non-profit organization representing over one-hundred 9/11 family members, dozens of first responders and survivors, and thousands of proud citizens committed to bringing about a new and independent investigation into the events of September 11, 2001.
With each passing day the challenge of bringing about a new investigation in a legally recognized venue becomes greater, even as public skepticism of the official account of September 11th continues to grow.
In the face of this mounting urgency, NYC CAN seeks to harness a growing public awareness as it pursues multiple avenues to bringing about a new investigation as swiftly as possible.
In 2009, NYC CAN led a ballot initiative in New York City that would have established a local commission to conduct an impartial, evidence-driven investigation into the events of September 11, 2001. 80,000 New Yorkers signed the petition, far exceeding the requirement for the proposed City Charter amendment to be presented to the voters on the November ballot. However, the City of New York refused to place it on the ballot citing legal insufficiencies in the petition, and the State Supreme Court ruled in the City’s of favor. Standing on the shoulders of 80,000 New Yorkers whose voices were silenced, NYC CAN carries on in pursuit of the answers that every American deserves.
Donna Marsh O’Connor, Mother of Vanessa Lang Langer
Bob Mcilvaine, Father of Bobby Mcilvaine
Jean Canavan, Sister in law of Sean Canavan
Janette MacKinlay, Survivor, February 26, 1948 - December 9, 2010
For interviews or other inquiries please contact Info@NYCCAN.org
As the world moves further and further away from the actual events of 9/11/2001 both in time and spirit, and as 9/11 effaces into yet another simple story cast in history, as the parent of Vanessa Lang Langer lost as the towers fell, I want to let it go. I want to stop talking about 9/11. I am tired of the questions unasked and unanswered. I am tired of the effort to burst yet another happiness bubble in our collective American psyche. And, too, I am tired of talking about Vanessa's death. Better for my family, in the immediacy of trying to live out our present days, to focus on Vanessa's life. To laugh at her memories and revel in pictures of her beautiful face. If it were only for the present and the joys I can still share with my children, my family and my fellow citizens, not just of this country but the world, I would let it go. I would so let it go.
But there is, after all literally, the future. And the future never relied so heavily on redress of questions unanswered in the present. To first ask and then answer what happened that day. Who committed this crime? Who should be held accountable? That is why I support the NYC CAN, and I ask for your support as well. It is beyond time for an investigation. It is beyond time.
We lost our son Bobby on September 11, 2001. The death of a child is a pain like no other, compounded by the fact that this wonderful young man was murdered. When a crime as heinous as this takes place, it is assumed that justice will be served and the perpetrators will be discovered and punished. Much to our dismay, this has not taken place. We only want the truth.
Our only hope, at this juncture, is to support NYC CAN in calling for an unbiased and non-political investigation of our son’s murder.
On September 11, 2001, my brother-in-law, Sean Canavan, was taken from our family in such a tragic way that there is no “getting over it.” That day was devastating for so many people but the pain is worsened when so many questions are left unanswered and no one is held accountable. How is it acceptable that the 9/11 Commission resulted in more questions than answers? How is it acceptable that Co-chairs of the Commission, Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, are able to publish a book stating that the Commission was “Set up to fail” and that they were lied to by NORAD officials? Are we to just accept what the government has told us? The truth is that we don’t know what happened because the truth hasn’t been told. There will continue to be speculation until an impartial, independent investigation is done and the truth is told, whatever that may be.
As I watched the events of 9/11 unfold before my eyes from my apartment window directly across the street from the World Trade Center towers, I never dreamed it would change my life and the lives of people around the world in such a profound and destructive way. I was covered with dust as debris poured into our burst window. Every breath brought dust into me. At that penetrating and traumatizing moment September 11th became a permanent part of me. My recovery from PTSD has been one of art to heal my soul and psyche, and activism to right the wrongs committed that day.
The well-documented omissions and distortions in the 9/11 Commission Report have left a black cloud of doubt over America. A new independent investigation is imperative to lift this cloud. The future safety and well-being of our children and grandchildren depend on this, as does the future safety and well-being of everyone around the world. It is for these reasons I pray we can have the unity of purpose to support NYC CAN.
