9/11 Fire Fighter ex-Chief Dan Daly: Solo Truth Action in Newcastle

by Naomi Breeze | 17 May 2010

Sorry this is long. Need to vent.

I attended a talk in my hometown of Newcastle on 14 May 2010 by ex-Fire Fighter, ex-Chief Dan Daly, about 9/11 and how it changed his life. I found out about it from a friend of a friend. The talk was arranged by a Catholic Church Chaplain through his Passionist Family Group and cost $5.00. The Chaplain is a personal friend of Dan’s and was also in New York on September 11. Some background on Dan:

Dan Daly was promoted to Fire Captain with Engine 52 in 2001. The service was to take place on September 12, 2001. On September 11, 2001 his rig was one of the last to arrive at the Twin Towers. He and his crew arrived from the Bronx just as WTC 7 collapsed. He spent the next six months at Ground Zero. Dan retired in November 2002 and spent five years with the State Department’s Cultural Educational Exchange Program.

Dan is the founder of Fire Fighters for Humanity, a non-profit organisation committed to unite fire fighters worldwide in serving people everywhere. The program stared with NYC Fire Fighters supporting disabled people and disabled war vets.

Dan has given speeches worldwide. His clients have included US Dept of State, King Pharmaceutical and Lehman Brothers. Dan has been an Ambassador of Peace for the US Dept of State.

Dan spends much of his time working as a volunteer with wounded veterans back from Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as teaching public speaking in prisons. Through his speeches Dan hopes to entertain, educate and inspire the listener.

Anyway, I arrived a couple of minutes late but was warmly welcomed by the Chaplain and given a front row seat. There were about 60 regular churchgoers in attendance. Unfortunately there were no Fire Fighters there.

Dan mentioned the pancake theory and discussed the high temperatures and continual fires at Ground Zero at which point I put up my hand and said “there was molten metal”. He also namedropped Colin Powell and Henry Kissinger, both of whom he had given speeches for on their request.

I listened politely to his speech and clapped at all the right times. Dan then asked if anyone had any questions:

Me: Do you support the victims’ family members who want a new independent investigation into the events of September 11 based on the new scientific evidence that has come to light concerning controlled demolition and the presence of the explosive, thermite, in the dust samples?

Dan: (seething with anger) I saw a TV show about this and it was called Bullshit which is what I think of this crap. This girl is from one of these fringe (may have said ‘splinter’) groups who have sprung up. They believe no planes hit the Twin Towers.

Me: That is incorrect. The 9/11 Truth Movement was started by the family members and is made up of millions of concerned citizens. We do not believe that no planes hit the buildings. Our evidence concerns controlled demolition and thermite.

Dan then repeated his comments at which point I stood up and addressed the audience for one minute, mainly telling them that the victims’ family members wanted people to see this evidence. I mentioned Fire Fighters for 9/11 Truth, AE911 Truth and Religious Leaders for 9/11 Truth (the Monsignor nearly fell off his chair).

I asked Dan if he had seen the peer reviewed and unchallenged paper on the thermite. He said “I don’t want to see it”. I pulled a copy out of my bag which he refused to take. I then said that I had plenty of information and DVDs to hand out to the audience. At this point there were a few cries of ‘sit down’ and the Chaplain stood up and said:

Chaplain: Why don’t you find a nice man, get married and have babies.

I kid you not. You can’t make this crap up.

I rolled my eyes and sat down. You could hear a pin drop. More questions e.g. “Are there actually two Seattle’s?”

Dan: Any more questions?

Me: How many buildings collapsed on September 11?”

Dan: There were 7 buildings in the WTC complex.

Me: Yes, but how many collapsed on September 11?

Dan: I’ve answered your question. There were 7 buildings.

Me: No, you haven’t answered my question. I asked how many buildings collapsed on September 11. I read an interview where you said that you watched Building 7 collapse.

Dan ignored me and finished his talk with an anecdote.

I was now the most unpopular person in the room. I proceeded to hand out as much information as I could - general 9/11 facts cards, AE911 facts cards, DVDs (Zero and Loose Change) and some packs I had made up with information from Fire Fighters for 9/11 Truth, Ken Jenkin’s article on Psychology, information regarding the health of the First Responders, an article on thermite etc.

Most people took the information. Most people told me I was rude and that this wasn’t the time and place (not true) and that I had arrived with an agenda (true). I apologised to everyone and tried to charm as many people as possible. Once I apologised, they were stuck. Then they had to listen.

I had varying degrees of success. Two teenage boys were fascinated when I gave them a copy of Loose Change and told them it was the most downloaded movie in internet history. Although one of them said “you can’t always believe science because science once said the world was flat”. I said that we called people who believed the Official Conspiracy Theory - Flat Earthers. He thought this was really funny.

One lady told me she didn’t need any information because she had been to New York. Another lady said that 9/11 was ages ago and it doesn’t matter because it won’t bring back the deceased people. An Engineer told me he had looked at the evidence and didn’t believe it. I answered all these remarks with the standard responses.

I made a teenage girl cry. She was upset that I could have been so rude to a hero. I explained that in my opinion the true heroes were the people fighting for 9/11 Truth. I told her it was wonderful to see her compassion and to get in touch once she had looked at the information because we needed kind and caring people like her. By the end she was okay, I think she was just a bit shocked. I was too. I’ve never made anyone cry about 9/11 Truth before.

The Chaplain apologised for his earlier comment but kept saying “you’re a good looking girl, why do you care about this stuff?’. It felt like I was stuck in a timewarp. We chatted for about ten minutes and he was very open and listened carefully. This information was new to him and he seemed genuinely interested. He promised to look at the information (including the thermite paper) and watch the DVDs. We finished with a hug and I ended up really liking him.

After most people had left, I approached Dan with the Chaplain.

Me: Can we talk now Dan?

Dan: I’m not talking to you. You’re rude. Don’t you know about the sanctity of the stage (it was actually a floor).

Me: I apologise Dan. I asked a simple question about the victims’ family members wanting a new investigation. I’m sorry if it upset you so much. I apologise.

Dan: I don’t care. I’m not talking to you.

Chaplain: She’s apologised Dan. You should talk to her. She seems like a sincere and good person.

Dan ran out the back door as fast as his legs could carry him. The Chaplain stood there stunned. I said to the Chaplain “the reason he won’t talk to me is because he knows I’m right”. I could see the Chaplain’s brain working overtime.

These people were not the usual crowd I would try and enlighten about 9/11 Truth. The irony of preaching science to Catholics is not lost on me (just joking Nick). I even pretended to be a Christian at one stage and told a lady “God wants you to look at the information” (sorry Nick).

If these people got nothing else out of this, they now know that the victims’ family members want a new investigation based on new evidence. I must have used the phrase “victims’ family members” about 100 times.

I knew it would be difficult doing this on my own. It is always good to have backup. I did feel guilty for upsetting people.

The sad part is that Dan is a truly fantastic speaker. He has that awesome Bronx accent and looked great in his uniform. I found his speech interesting and inspirational. If only he was one of us …

Dan is giving a talk in Brisbane on Friday, 4 June 2010 at 7.30pm at the Aspinall Centre (upper Mount Gravatt Parish). I’m trying to discreetly find out details of his other appearances. However, if anyone attends, don’t mention my name. Dan hates me.

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The RAM leadership have already established open alliances with the Patriotic Front (the ape in the photograph is a Patriot Front supporter at a recent Richmond demonstration) Australia First and Golden Dawn, a Greek neo-Nazi party. Members of these collectivist groups are currently attending RAM demonstrations all over Australia.

There is a real need in Australia to establish a political movement beyond the Left-Right divide and their vested interests, a movement that questions the current direction Australia is heading i.e. the direction the Left/Right and their extremes would like to take it; that questions the efficacy of state sponsored multiculturalism, as opposed to a proper, non-discriminatory immigration policy; that questions the validity of political correctness; that is politically neutral, anti-war and pro environment; that is opposed to all collectivists ideologies (fascisms of the Left and Right); that would dismantle the power pyramids of corporations and banks and their ability to impact on government; that would dissolve all anti-terror laws and all laws that impose on the rights and freedom of the individual and the people.

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i am a vegetarian, and it was seeing this documentary on the pork industry that started me on the vegetarian path. for anyone interested, its pretty off the charts disturbing and its australian as well. its pretty much made by dudes breaking into pork farms and filming what they find

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KArL5YjaL5U

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do you become a better person if you dont eat meat? i feel like a better person mainly because animals aren’t being hurt because of me. i dont feel humans have to eat meat really… or at least not much. How can you watch that documentary on pork, know that that is pretty much whats going on and turn a blind eye to it? I think its basic empathy and just saying well ‘i like bacon so yeah’ is in my opinion wrong and i can see freleys point of view to an extent. In my opinion, at least these people believe in something. i see my money as my vote, henceforth im ethical as to what i do with it. free range eggs became mainstream for exactly this reason… although im pretty sure woolies and coles lobbied the state to change the definition of the word ‘free range’ at some point. I dont eat beef because the amount of resources that go into growing a cow are pretty crazy. Think about how much grass that cow needs to eat before it is harvested and how much space it requires. think of how many vegies you could grow in the same space with the same amount of water. lamb? comon, think about what your doing here… but that being said i think most vegans are total loons. People like freeley should be advocating for the destruction of lions and tigers, as lions and tigers murder other animals in truly horrific style. if we humans are smart enough to not harm animals, then we should be stopping the animals that harm other animals from existing. Freeley also kills birds when she flies in aeroplanes so she is a hypocrite.

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anyway

I agree with steven friar. gods a maniac

good show… keep making them

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9/11 Fire Fighter ex-Chief Dan Daly: Solo Truth Action in Newcastle

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