00:00It never goes away.
00:25It stays every day, every day.
00:27I work here, and I come and I see my cousin knowing that he is still here, he was never
00:36found.
00:37My cousin Ruben, he was a firefighter for Engine 74.
00:42He was in the Marriott, evacuating the Marriott, when the South Tower came down and killed them.
00:50And he was never found.
00:51So his spirit is here in Ground Zero.
00:57He died of a brain tumor that they found after 9-11.
01:04He started going crazy, he couldn't figure anything out, and then things started changing
01:08for him.
01:09He got a really bad headache one day, and they took him in the hospital, did an MRI, and found
01:14a tumor in his brain.
01:16They removed the tumor, but he did not want to do chemo radiation.
01:20And he wanted to pass away naturally.
01:22And he did.
01:23It was very sad.
01:24The sad thing is that people are still dying to this day of the illnesses.
01:30So 9-11 is still among us, which would, for us, it would never go away.
01:35But as the people dying to this day, 24 years later, people are still dying from 9-11.
01:45We are really angry.
01:47We aren't sad, tragedy anymore, it's angry.
01:51Why don't we know what happened?
01:52Why don't we know what's going on?
01:54How did he make it?
01:55Your son made the ultimate sacrifice?
01:58So young.
01:59So young.
02:00So young.
02:01So young.
02:02Yeah, he was only in the army eight months, when he was sent to his first appointment.
02:09He was only in Iraq eight weeks.
02:11So, he only served 10 months, so that was it, yeah?
02:14He was infantry, so yeah.
02:16So it's all connected, it's all connected.
02:17We're all connected.
02:18The war on terrorism, Iraq, Afghanistan, 9-11.
02:24Right now the world is brewing again.
02:26What's going to happen next?
02:28Are we going to go through this again?
02:30More life's lost.
02:31Again?
02:32I think so, more life's lost.
02:34The world has to relax.
02:36War has to stop.
02:38The hate has to stop.
02:41Look at this.
02:42This is unity.
02:44I have people from all over the world here.
02:46This is unity.
02:48So we have to love each other.
02:52We have to stop.
02:54I wish they wouldn't show the videos over and over again, but then it just brings back
03:16memories again.
03:17This whole week they've been showing videos on Facebook and YouTube with the plane crash.
03:22But it's such a moment because if you didn't lose someone you love there, it wouldn't hurt
03:27you as much.
03:28But when you lose a friend and a family member in the same building, it's such an end.
03:33Every time I come, I get deep emotional, emotional every time I come.
03:37That's why when they invite me to come on the tent, I don't come.
03:40I only would rather come on one day.
03:41I don't want to suffer so much, so it's really heartbreaking.
03:45I lost a cousin, his name is Juan Marrero, and I lost a port authority officer friend of
03:52mine who was my drill, my first sergeant in the military.
03:55Then it became a port authority, Sergeant McNeil, Walter McNeil.
03:59He perished here too.
04:01So I lost two people, that's why I got flags I put on their names.
04:06I carry these little flags.
04:07Every year I bring flags and put on their names, and it seems like I'm the only one that does
04:12it.
04:13I don't know what's going on with the rest of the family members or friends of these guys.
04:17And every year I bring these flags, and I put them around their names.
04:45They were warm and fun, fun to be with, you know, always cheerful, and Walter was a great
04:51first, when he was in the military, he was a great first sergeant.
04:54We had a good time in the desert storm, and then he got out and joined the port authority.
05:01And he only had like two years to go, but he was a good first sergeant, a good friend.
05:06My cousin was a warm heart, you know, he's great to be around with, a great family guy.
05:11So it's always touching when you see their names, you know.
05:15I always try to come early, so I have a moment by myself with them.
05:18Because when everybody gets here, you can't get next to their names.
05:21And I like to have a moment with them, pray, and then I join my friends at the ceremony.
05:28So that's why I'm here early, but it's heartbreaking.
05:30I haven't stopped coming.
05:40I've been coming just since day one.
05:42I get my invite, and it comes to day one.
05:44You know, they always send you a ticket here to come.
05:47They send you a letter first telling you the ticket's underway.
05:51Then I'll get chugged, sorry, I can give you chugged that time.
06:07You know, you can't get chugged.
06:10They send you a الكre.
06:12You can see the tickets.
06:13There's a few tickets.
06:14I'm so happy to see the tickets are Yay.
06:18You can go there, too.
06:19I'll take the tickets in the middle.
06:21I'll take the tickets to the station.
06:23I'm so happy to see the tickets.
06:25I'm really happy to see the tickets.
06:27It's really good.
06:30I'm so happy to see it your guests.
06:32I'm so happy to see the tickets.
06:33What are you doing?
06:34How are you doing?
06:35All right.
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