JBL racconta il 9/11 in WWE
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JBL racconta il 9/11 in WWE
John ha postato questo pezzo sul suo profilo Facebook. E' un suo ricordo sull'11 settembre, sulla puntata di SmackDown seguente gli attentati e sul Tribute to the Troops. Molto toccante...
The first mass event after 9/11 I was a part of with WWE. 9/11 was a Tuesday and we were scheduled to tape our WWE Smackdown TV show that night in Houston, Texas. My dad didn’t know where I was and knew that I stayed often in the Marriott that was partially destroyed by the attack in NYC-his call is one of the first things I got that morning and let me know our world had changed forever.
I couldn’t believe that there were folks that we were watching that were having to decide whether to burn to death or jump to their death-they never expected that would be a choice when they left home that morning to go to work in the Trade Centers. A lot of them didn’t even know who Bin Laden or the Taliban were.
They didn’t deserve to die. Children were in a day care center there that day and they will never know their future.
I was shocked. We didn’t know if there were more attacks on the way or not. Airports were shut down, so most of our crew was stuck in Houston. I lived three hours north in Athens, Texas so I drove home. No music on the radio that day, just news.
On 9/13 WWE had to decide if they were to run a taped show or to do our TV show live. We knew this would be the first mass gathering of people-a perfect target.
The military and the mayor of Houston asked us to proceed. We agreed. We felt the need, this was all we had and the only way we had of supporting our country-we wanted to make a statement, in solidarity with the heroes of 9/11, that America was not going to cower. We wanted to show, in our little way, the support of those heroes.
We didn’t know if anyone would come. We had a meeting and Vince made it clear that no one was expected to perform or even be there, it was totally a matter of free will. WWE agreed to not do any storyline advancing only to have a good feel good show. Those performers also were told they could make a statement with no parameters.
My statement drew mostly positive feedback-I was mad that so many Americans were dead and I wanted both justice and a stop to future violence. I was accused of being intolerant by my detractors, I agree 100%-I was intolerant of Americans dying innocently.
I said something to the effect that whoever did this and wherever you are hiding we will turn your country into a parking lot-I meant it, and still do. I celebrated when Bin Laden finally got justice, because I saw firsthand the suffering he caused.
I have been to the war zones eight times to support our guys and was with WWE as part of the first group to visit ground zero-at a time that bodies were still in burning rubble.
I have been given credit for the Tribute to the Troops and the visit to ground zero-it was my idea, but the real credit goes to WWE and those who participated, those who thought it important to serve those who were serving. I have gotten to see our heroes first hand and can’t express how proud I am of them. They have changed my life, and almost everyone who has gone to the war zones says the same thing.
Security was unreal that day on 9/13, dogs and cops everywhere-no one knew what to expect. What happened was a once in a lifetime experience of an outpouring of love for country by a whole arena and a world watching.
On 9/13 the place was packed, it was as if everyone wanted to make the same statement-and it seemed as all brought flags. As Lillian Garcia sand the national anthem so beautifully there was barely a dry eye in the place-something I will never forget.
I was in Iraq a couple of years later holding the hand of a soldier that had just been hit by a suicide bomber-at the time we thought it was a mortar attack. He had heard I was there and wanted to talk to me.
As I walked up to him I see that his face was covered in some type of ointment and his ears had been burned almost off-he was not able to see. I held his hand so he knew I was there. Darryl Worley, the country great, was holding his other hand. Al Franken, the senator from Minnesota and good friend, was in the room as well.
I asked him if he was OK and he responded, “I was at first very thirsty, and then I realized I had just served my country and I was doing this for my little brother, and for my parents.” He went on, “I also did this for you sir, and can’t wait to get back to my men.” He concluded with a smile through his burned lips, “Thanks for coming to see me.”
I cried.
These are the men (and women) who protect our country, and I am so proud to know so many of them and to have served, at least what I could do, those who have served and are serving.
This is why I am so passionate and why I defend and support our guys any chance I get. Also, why I work with folks to raise money for our troops that have been injured. And, why I believe we have a duty to help employee the one million vets that are now currently unemployed.
9/11-We will never forget!
The first mass event after 9/11 I was a part of with WWE. 9/11 was a Tuesday and we were scheduled to tape our WWE Smackdown TV show that night in Houston, Texas. My dad didn’t know where I was and knew that I stayed often in the Marriott that was partially destroyed by the attack in NYC-his call is one of the first things I got that morning and let me know our world had changed forever.
I couldn’t believe that there were folks that we were watching that were having to decide whether to burn to death or jump to their death-they never expected that would be a choice when they left home that morning to go to work in the Trade Centers. A lot of them didn’t even know who Bin Laden or the Taliban were.
They didn’t deserve to die. Children were in a day care center there that day and they will never know their future.
I was shocked. We didn’t know if there were more attacks on the way or not. Airports were shut down, so most of our crew was stuck in Houston. I lived three hours north in Athens, Texas so I drove home. No music on the radio that day, just news.
On 9/13 WWE had to decide if they were to run a taped show or to do our TV show live. We knew this would be the first mass gathering of people-a perfect target.
The military and the mayor of Houston asked us to proceed. We agreed. We felt the need, this was all we had and the only way we had of supporting our country-we wanted to make a statement, in solidarity with the heroes of 9/11, that America was not going to cower. We wanted to show, in our little way, the support of those heroes.
We didn’t know if anyone would come. We had a meeting and Vince made it clear that no one was expected to perform or even be there, it was totally a matter of free will. WWE agreed to not do any storyline advancing only to have a good feel good show. Those performers also were told they could make a statement with no parameters.
My statement drew mostly positive feedback-I was mad that so many Americans were dead and I wanted both justice and a stop to future violence. I was accused of being intolerant by my detractors, I agree 100%-I was intolerant of Americans dying innocently.
I said something to the effect that whoever did this and wherever you are hiding we will turn your country into a parking lot-I meant it, and still do. I celebrated when Bin Laden finally got justice, because I saw firsthand the suffering he caused.
I have been to the war zones eight times to support our guys and was with WWE as part of the first group to visit ground zero-at a time that bodies were still in burning rubble.
I have been given credit for the Tribute to the Troops and the visit to ground zero-it was my idea, but the real credit goes to WWE and those who participated, those who thought it important to serve those who were serving. I have gotten to see our heroes first hand and can’t express how proud I am of them. They have changed my life, and almost everyone who has gone to the war zones says the same thing.
Security was unreal that day on 9/13, dogs and cops everywhere-no one knew what to expect. What happened was a once in a lifetime experience of an outpouring of love for country by a whole arena and a world watching.
On 9/13 the place was packed, it was as if everyone wanted to make the same statement-and it seemed as all brought flags. As Lillian Garcia sand the national anthem so beautifully there was barely a dry eye in the place-something I will never forget.
I was in Iraq a couple of years later holding the hand of a soldier that had just been hit by a suicide bomber-at the time we thought it was a mortar attack. He had heard I was there and wanted to talk to me.
As I walked up to him I see that his face was covered in some type of ointment and his ears had been burned almost off-he was not able to see. I held his hand so he knew I was there. Darryl Worley, the country great, was holding his other hand. Al Franken, the senator from Minnesota and good friend, was in the room as well.
I asked him if he was OK and he responded, “I was at first very thirsty, and then I realized I had just served my country and I was doing this for my little brother, and for my parents.” He went on, “I also did this for you sir, and can’t wait to get back to my men.” He concluded with a smile through his burned lips, “Thanks for coming to see me.”
I cried.
These are the men (and women) who protect our country, and I am so proud to know so many of them and to have served, at least what I could do, those who have served and are serving.
This is why I am so passionate and why I defend and support our guys any chance I get. Also, why I work with folks to raise money for our troops that have been injured. And, why I believe we have a duty to help employee the one million vets that are now currently unemployed.
9/11-We will never forget!
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Re: JBL racconta il 9/11 in WWE
purtroppo, anche 10 anni dopo, dall'11 settembre gli americani non hanno imparato un cazzoJericho Cane ha scritto:
I said something to the effect that whoever did this and wherever you are hiding we will turn your country into a parking lot-I meant it, and still do.
Re: JBL racconta il 9/11 in WWE
proprio vero..anche perchè in questo caso avrebbe dovuto radere al suolo la casa bianca..gigietto79 ha scritto:
purtroppo, anche 10 anni dopo, dall'11 settembre gli americani non hanno imparato un cazzo
Re: JBL racconta il 9/11 in WWE
Esatto. Pinochet che depone Allende con un golpe ordito dagli USA non se lo ricorda nessuno.Geno ha scritto:11 Settembre 1973
Gli americani han la memoria corta
Vedo che l'11 settembre a 10 anni di distanza lo vedon ancora in molti come un atto terroristico e la colpa è ancora degli islamici di Al Qaeda. Come se un arabo mujaheddin abbia le capacità di pilotare un jumbo.
Peccato che sia stata la giustificazione per quante guerre inutili? Afghanistan, Iraq, Libia.
Rimosse 2 pedine manovrate dagli USA da sempre, cosa faranno gli USA?
Decennio fallimentare questo per gli USA: persa troppa credibilità(l'antrace per giustificare la guerra del 2003 all'Iraq con Powell all'ONU con una fialetta finta era il top), è ora di trovare nuovi padroni a livello mondiale. Cinesi, o perchè no, noi Europei.
Han ucciso oltre 50000 afghani, oltre 200000 iracheni per commemorarne 3000, prendersi accordi per il petrolio e la ricostruzione(Halliburton, Boeing ed altre società di costruzioni).
Che schifo non sapere mai la verità delle cose.
(Va beh, noi con Moro ucciso dopo un rapimento delle BR{dopo che Carter, presidente USA gli avvertì che rischiava la morte}, Ustica, Bologna, Italicus, Piazza Fontana e Piazza Loggia non stiam messi tanto meglio).
Screw USA.
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Perchè gli americani che festeggiano la morte di Bin Laden? Che era praticamente morto da anni?TSEEMOD ha scritto:
Esatto. Pinochet che depone Allende con un golpe ordito dagli USA non se lo ricorda nessuno.
Vedo che l'11 settembre a 10 anni di distanza lo vedon ancora in molti come un atto terroristico e la colpa è ancora degli islamici di Al Qaeda. Come se un arabo mujaheddin abbia le capacità di pilotare un jumbo.
Peccato che sia stata la giustificazione per quante guerre inutili? Afghanistan, Iraq, Libia.
Rimosse 2 pedine manovrate dagli USA da sempre, cosa faranno gli USA?
Decennio fallimentare questo per gli USA: persa troppa credibilità(l'antrace per giustificare la guerra del 2003 all'Iraq con Powell all'ONU con una fialetta finta era il top), è ora di trovare nuovi padroni a livello mondiale. Cinesi, o perchè no, noi Europei.
Han ucciso oltre 50000 afghani, oltre 200000 iracheni per commemorarne 3000, prendersi accordi per il petrolio e la ricostruzione(Halliburton, Boeing ed altre società di costruzioni).
Che schifo non sapere mai la verità delle cose.
(Va beh, noi con Moro ucciso dopo un rapimento delle BR{dopo che Carter, presidente USA gli avvertì che rischiava la morte}, Ustica, Bologna, Italicus, Piazza Fontana e Piazza Loggia non stiam messi tanto meglio).
Screw USA.
Re: JBL racconta il 9/11 in WWE
Son patriottici da far schifo. I repubblicani poi.Geno ha scritto:
Perchè gli americani che festeggiano la morte di Bin Laden? Che era praticamente morto da anni?
Quasi berlusconiani rincretiniti al midollo dalle TV.
Gente della grande massa disposta a bersi tutte le conclusioni semplici.
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Re: JBL racconta il 9/11 in WWE
Amo vedere come i complottisti pensino di essere i depositari della Verità.
L'idea era quella di ricordare le vittime di quegli attentati attraverso il punto di vista di un wrestler.
Se voi preferite trasformare il topic nella fiera dell'antiamericanismo e delle congiure prego i Mod di chiuedere al più presto.
L'idea era quella di ricordare le vittime di quegli attentati attraverso il punto di vista di un wrestler.
Se voi preferite trasformare il topic nella fiera dell'antiamericanismo e delle congiure prego i Mod di chiuedere al più presto.
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Jericho Cane ha scritto:Amo vedere come i complottisti pensino di essere i depositari della Verità.
L'idea era quella di ricordare le vittime di quegli attentati attraverso il punto di vista di un wrestler.
Se voi preferite trasformare il topic nella fiera dell'antiamericanismo e delle congiure prego i Mod di chiuedere al più presto.
nn è essere antiamericani ma realisti...gli usa si spacciano per i salvatori del mondo quando in realta sono la potenza piu pericolosa che ci sia,sono i distruttori nn i portatori della democrazia....parlano i fatti,il resto son chiacchiere...mi fermo qui senno si sfocia nell'off-topic piu totale...
Ultima modifica di eric cantona il 11/09/2011, 22:18, modificato 1 volta in totale.
Re: JBL racconta il 9/11 in WWE
1) Se posti una cosa del 9/11 è inevitabile che si parli del 9/11. E di SD! chissenefrega.Jericho Cane ha scritto:Amo vedere come i complottisti pensino di essere i depositari della Verità.
L'idea era quella di ricordare le vittime di quegli attentati attraverso il punto di vista di un wrestler.
Se voi preferite trasformare il topic nella fiera dell'antiamericanismo e delle congiure prego i Mod di chiuedere al più presto.
2) Il semplice fatto che si discuta delle possibilità che Al Qaeda sia stata tutta un'enorme scusa per quanto riguarda il 9/11, ma anche gli attentati delle ambasciate in Tanzania/Mozambico del 1998, USS Cole(quella di questo tizio della TNA: ) e forse dell' attentato del WTC del 1993 come se gli USA volessero imbastire una strategia della tensione a livello globale, ha avuto moltissimi riscontri nella politica estera statunitense degli ultimi 10 anni(3 guerre, almeno 8 crisi(Corea Nord, Sudan, Somalia, Libia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Venezuela) avute), litigi con Francia/Germania, crisi economica creata da loro con ripercussioni globali, la loro mano dietro alla crisi europea dell'€
Fossi il capo dello stato italiano uscirei dalla NATO all'istante. Charles De Gaulle c'aveva visto giusto negli anni 60.
Re: JBL racconta il 9/11 in WWE
Ma il patriottismo degli americani è mostruoso offendi qualcuno del governo o l'America stessa ti danno l'ergastolo qui in Italia ai politici li insultiamo in tutti i modi e non succede niente .
Che gran bel stato L'Italia
Che gran bel stato L'Italia
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MA MENO MALE CAZZO!TheWind ha scritto:Ma il patriottismo degli americani è mostruoso offendi qualcuno del governo o l'America stessa ti danno l'ergastolo qui in Italia ai politici li insultiamo in tutti i modi e non succede niente .
Che gran bel stato L'Italia
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sono d'accordoJericho Cane ha scritto:Amo vedere come i complottisti pensino di essere i depositari della Verità.
L'idea era quella di ricordare le vittime di quegli attentati attraverso il punto di vista di un wrestler.
Se voi preferite trasformare il topic nella fiera dell'antiamericanismo e delle congiure prego i Mod di chiuedere al più presto.
ma il mio commento era riferito al fatto che, pur avendo sperimentato per l'unica volta nella storia la guerra in casa propria, continuano a volerla fare agli altri
come se gli afghani o gli iracheni fossero più colpevoli dei morti dell'11 settembre
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infatti: All'iraq gli han dato le armi per 20 anni nelle guerra contro l'iran(che le armi le prendeva dai russi).Geno ha scritto:Aggiungo Bin Laden compagno di merende e pure Saddam appoggiato durante la guerra del golfo