Human Events, AMAC, The Daily Caller and Fox News regular Jedediah Bila joined me on a special Snark Factor. Ms. Bila worked across the street from The World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. She described what she experienced on that dreadful day.

So I did some research and found this video. Ladies I am sure that you will agree after watching this that the man of your dreams is out there. If you have seen this video before-it’s always worth another look.

If you like it then you shoulda put a ring on it.

You can thank me later…

H/T Jenny Brown

Look for more videos featuring town hall appearances by Arrogant Bill Pascrell (from New Jersey’s 8th congressional district) and by “Scheming Weasel” Steve Rothman (from New Jersey’s 9th congressional district) coming soon!!!

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… and no fair suggesting “Fool on the Hill” by The Beatles, we’ve already thought of that one! Thanks in advance for your help!

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Born: ??? (if you happen to know Jim’s exact birthdate, please e-mail it to me at: nnjteaparty@gmail.com — thank you)
Died: September 11, 2001 (World Trade Center)

* Video of WABC-TV broadcast the morning of 9/11, after the planes hit, featuring an interview with Jim (who participated by phone):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eSVsid7eKE

* “Jim was known for his dedication to the University of Michigan, and he loved attending tailgates and football games in Ann Arbor. He even secretly fantasized about wearing navy pants embossed with little maize M’s when he was suitably old. ‘Jim really loved Michigan — all parts of Michigan… When you think about Michigan in New York, you think about Jim Gartenberg.’ said Steve Grafton, executive director of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.”

Source: http://www.jamesgartenberg.com/?p=jimmy

* “‘When I first met him, he was running the U-M Alumni Club meeting. He was president of the New York City chapter. I was impressed with his leadership skills, how well he was organized, his intelligence, his presence, his ability to negotiate in difficult situations when there was conflict. I said to myself, ‘I want to marry him,’ said Jill, who earned a B.A. degree in psychology from the U-M in 1989.”

Source: http://www.jamesgartenberg.com/?p=jimmy

* “Jimmy and Jill married and were happily ensconced on the Upper East Side, where they had their first daughter, Nicole, ‘his heart and soul. Some of Nicole’s first words were ‘Go Blue!’ ‘ Jill said of their daughter. Just as Jimmy had taught her when they were watching Michigan games on the television. Jimmy, Jill, and Nicole were expecting a new addition to their family.”

Source: http://www.jamesgartenberg.com/?p=jimmy

* Details of Jim’s final hours from a Washington Post write-up:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A34032-2001Sep14

* Website with a good photo of Jim:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/1964.html

- Mark Kalinowski (Jim was president of the University of Michigan Club of New York, of which I was and am a member)

Born: December 30, 1967
Died: September 11, 2001 (World Trade Center)

* “When Swarna Chalasani traveled — and she traveled a lot — it was never simply a vacation. It was an adventure. She rode white-water rapids in Colorado. She backpacked through Thailand. She taught herself Japanese and Spanish to prepare for her trips abroad. She read voluminously about her destinations weeks before she left…. Her first name means ‘gold’ in Hindi, though her family called her Minny. ‘She was the smallest of the three girls, and the cutest,’ her sister, Sandhya, said. If she had a taste for the exotic, she also had a knack for making her home into a comfortable palace. There were beautiful paintings and shelves full of books. There were plants and scented candles. ‘She treated these things likes sacred objects,’ her mother, Lakshmi, said. The lost echoes of her full-throated laughter. The memory of her smile across the dinner table. Her postcards mailed from distant countries. This is all that remains of Ms. Chalasani. Her family guards them like the sacred objects they have now become.”

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/30/national/portraits/POG-30CHALASANI.html?pagewanted=1

* “‘Swarna Chalasani, MBA, CFA worked as a vice president in investment research at Fiduciary Trust. She is being lovingly remembered on her birthday, December 30, by her family, friends and relatives. In spite of the usual limitations she encountered like every immigrant, Swarna remained steadfast to her goals. Her aspiration to reach for higher things, her desire to be happy in all circumstances, her earnest efforts in reaching out to people, and, above all, her spirit of adventure made her life meaningful. True to her nature, Swarna always provided a nurturing and stimulating atmosphere, wherever she was… God bless Swarna and all the victims of the World Trade Center.’ — Rao Chalasani, brother”

Source: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/4408.html

* “‘Yes, it [India] is our country of origin. But we came to the U.S. 13 years ago. All of us are U.S. citizens so we take great pride in the opportunities and the freedoms that the U.S. has given us. And this is our home country now.’” — Rao Chalasani, brother

Source: http://www-cgi.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/17/lt.06.html

* “Besides her work, Swarna, 33, has been active with an organization called Sakhi, a support group for battered Asian women, and of late, has been studying pranic healing to use in that support work. ‘She’s incredibly smart and very ambitious,’ says Pragya Gupta, 39, who lives in the same complex in Jersey City as Swarna. ‘She’s working as a research analyst on Wall Street! She loves the outdoors, and is part of the AMC…. She’d turn a person into a friend at the first meeting.’”

Source: http://www.villagevoice.com/2001-09-18/news/for-whom-the-bell-tolls-part-i/5

* “‘My sister [Swarna] was really most enduring person to everyone whose lives she has impacted. The three facets of her life, her family, her friends, her work. And in terms of her work, she was really accomplished in a professional carrier, but outside of her professional carrier she spent a lot of time helping the Southeast organization called Sakhi, which basically helps survivors of domestic violence.’” — Rao Chalasani, brother

Source: http://www-cgi.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0109/17/lt.06.html

* Folks who wish to contribute something positive in Swarna’s memory may do so via the Swarna Chalasani Economic Empowerment Fund, a project of Sakhi for Sakhi for South Asian Women. Sakhi for South Asian Women is a community-based organization in the New York metropolitan area committed to ending violence against women of South Asian origin. Swarna was an active volunteer for Sakhi during her time in New York City.

Source: http://www.sakhi.org/SeptemberNewsletter/Swarna.php

- Mark Kalinowski (Swarna was a client of mine)

Born: January 4, 1968
Died: September 11, 2001 (World Trade Center)

* Good photo of John located at the following webpage:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/2394.html

* “Fighting fires didn’t scare John Tipping II. It was the thought of not fighting them that terrified him. After passing the department’s physical and written exams, Tipping failed the color-blindness test. ‘He was frightened,’ said his sister, Maureen Tipping of Port Jefferson Station. ‘He wanted to get on that department.’ Although Maureen, a nurse, went down to Ground Zero on Sept. 11 to serve the city as her brother did, she said the job of tutoring John was more frightening. Providing eye-washes for rescue workers was something she knew how to do. But failing to help John was something she feared. If her lessons hadn’t been successful, John could not have followed his father, John Tipping, a 37- year veteran, into the department. But he passed the test, joining Manhattan’s Ladder 4 in 1995. ‘It was meant to be,’ Maureen Tipping said. Vinny Schwarting of Hauppauge, a friend since elementary school, said, ‘I remember when John would talk about being a New York City firefighter, how his eyes would light up.’ On Sept. 11, John Tipping’s eyes again decided his fate. Out on a call the night before, he suffered a corneal abrasion from debris and returned late, after being treated at a hospital. So he slept at the firehouse instead of commuting to Port Jefferson. He was walking out Ladder 4′s door Tuesday morning when he heard the radio and turned around. Another sister, Stephanie Tipping of Hauppauge, said that John, like any dedicated firefighter, wouldn’t have had it any other way.”

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2001/10/16/2001-10-16_family__friends_recall_wtc_v.html

* “L.I., firefighter John Tipping 2nd was remembered for hopping a fire truck to the twin towers site from Ladder 4 at Eighth Ave. and 48th St. – even though he been placed on sick leave just hours before for an eye injury suffered in another fire incident. Tipping, 33, was one of 15 members of Ladder 4 to die. The Rev. John McNamara, Tipping’s cousin, said: ‘He did not have to answer that call, but he did. But any one of you who are firemen know why John got on that truck. In the evening of his life, John was judged by love,’ said the priest, ‘and he was not found wanting.’ His girlfriend, Kristin Costic, told the church packed wall-to-wall with firefighters and friends that she and John were ‘partners in crime.’ ‘Most of all John and I were best friends. I had the pleasure of being the one he chose to share (his life) with.’ He leaves his father, John, a retired firefighter, his mother and three sisters.”

Source: http://www.fallenbrothers.com/community/showthread.php?t=638

- Mark Kalinowski (former neighbor of John’s fiance)