A Quick Note about the 2,996

I’ve received a couple of comments on this so I just want to be clear that the list of 2,996 name does NOT contain the hijackers.

When I downloaded the list 5 years ago I chose to include both those officially listed as killed, AND those listed as missing. In the last 5 years a small number of those originally listed as missing have been added to the list of official victims. As of right now, the number of missing is 19, the same as the number of hijackers.

My list is not identical to the official list of victims. From the beginning I decided that I’d rather accidentally include a name than accidentally exclude someone.

3,652 Days Later

On this day, do not be sad. To mourn a loss is normal and healthy. But we must work to not dwell.

Take this day, not to remember mass murder, but to remember the 2,996 people who are loved and missed.

Go here and read about some wonderful people.

If you sent me an email or a new link after 9/10/11 at noon, please be patient. These are a busy couple of days.

2 Days to Go

A bunch of the emails I’m getting are links of tributes that I have mistakenly listed as dead links. But one helpful emailer gave me a clue that made 2 + 2 = something a little more than 4. The practical upshot is that today I’m pouring through about 1700 links that may not really be dead links.

I’m crossing my fingers that the good part of the list will get MUCH longer later today.

8.30.11 Update

Attention fans of Project2996:

After much delay (sorry), the most current list of tributes is available (the link is in the menu above).

I’ve gone through each of the ~4500 links myself an after removing the dead links we have 2,192 people with no tributes.

There’s no way to get that done by 9/11/11, but my goal is to get them all done no matter how long it takes. So please help spread the word. I’ve activated the page on FaceBook, so please take a moment to Like us using the widget to the right.

3,519 Days

President Obama just announced that Osama Bin Laden has been located and killed.

After 3,519 days…I hope that the families of 2,996 innocent people are closer to peace tonight.

On this day I will not cheer for the death of another human, but neither will I mourn him.

2,996

2,996 is a tribute to the victims of 9/11.

On September 11, 2006, over 3500 volunteer bloggers joined together for a tribute to the victims of 9/11. Each wrote an individual memorial for a single victim.

We each chose to honor them by remembering their lives, and not by remembering their murderers.

Five years have had quite an effect on the list of tributes. Expired links and blogs that are no longer functioning have whittled the list to under 900.

If you would like to help out, please select a name from the list of those without tributes. With a little web research and a little compassion, you can learn enough to write a tribute. Then post that tribute to your blog, and send me the link (or leave it in a comment on this blog).

But, and this is critical, the tributes should celebrate the lives of these people–kind of like a wake. Over the last 10 years we’ve heard the names of the killers, and all about the victim’s deaths. This is a chance to learn about and celebrate those who died. Forget the murderers, they don’t deserve to be remembered. But some people who died that day deserve to be remembered–2,996 people.

Thank you,

Dale Challener Roe