WTC Builders Speak Up

Peter: 15th Feb 2006 - 19:44 GMT

wow. as a new yorker, i really appreciated seeing this entry.

EvilGentleman: 15th Feb 2006 - 19:49 GMT

Here is a picture of a Mohawk ironworker assisting in the 9/11 rescue/recovery/cleanup effort that was taken by FEMA www.fema.gov/ and was posted on the CNN website www.cnn.com/ in September 2001.

EvilGentleman: 15th Feb 2006 - 20:03 GMT

I thought you might like that, Peter. You really seem to be a proud New Yorker. My family has always had connections to New York, too.

My dad lived under the Brooklyn Bridge (NE corner of Fulton and Water) when he was little, and my grandparents were married there back in 1946. My grandmother took me there to show me her old home, and she told me so many stories of life in New York during the war. New York is part of my ancestral homeland, and we still have a large number of Mohawks living in New York, mostly Brooklyn, and Staten Island, with a few in Long Island.

Although Kahnawake is 45 minutes north of the Canada-US border, we have a strong connection to the USA and its history. My grandfather fought in the Pacific as a US Army soldier, and many of our young people today are still signing up for US military service, most commonly the Marine Corps. Our community is considered by Canada to be on Canadian soil, but you will see many more Mohawk and American flags flying there than Canadian, and unlike Canada, we have Mohawks serving in Iraq as we speak.