By Nancy Chuda founder and Editor in Chief of LuxEcoLiving and co-founder of Healthy Child Healthy World
90210 erects monument to honor 9/11 victims and survivors
Beverly Hills Memorial Commemorates Victims of 9/11
This Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11. It is a day that we mourn the tremendous courage of the many people who lost their lives and the loved ones who survive to share their stories.
The twisted beam was personally selected from the World Trade Center by Chief Scranton; “I wanted to do something permanent to show our grief for all the victims, as well as our admiration and appreciation to the firefighters and policemen who lost their lives.”
On the morning of September 11, 2001 four planes were hijacked. Two were crashed into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and one plane crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. A total of 3,047 lives were lost.
New York Times Cover Page
The terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was the most documented event in history.
As one firefighter commented who was present on that day, “The building survived the impact and the explosion but not the fire. The 35 tons of aviation fuel will have melted the steel.”
Terrifying images of the terrorist attack on New York were brought home to every one in the most dramatic live TV coverage of our time. At 8:46 am in front of thousands who were getting ready for just another day, an American Airlines jet hijacked by a terrorist commando crashed into the North Tower. Eighteen minutes later as television cameras were taping the smoke and flames pouring from the building, a second plane hit the South Tower.
World Trade Center South Tower under attack
Trapped inside a workplace, people who survived the plane’s impact had to begin the long descent to the base and outside to safety. They went down staircases inhaling smoke and dust with little visibility not knowing or expecting the unfathomable consequences that occurred at 10:07. The devastating collapse of the South Tower. It literally imploded as if the interior had given way. Twenty minutes later, the North Tower also collapsed. Rising from the ashes, dust, and smoke, clouds, grey matter containing debris, particulates, and the residue of human cremation covered Manhattan and darkened New York marking the end of an era for the United States and the whole world.
This Sunday 90210 will celebrate 9/11 with the unveiling of a new monument. Gail Cottman reports,” Beverly Hills is known worldwide as the glitz and glam headquarters for the rich and famous. but a rusted, twisted steel beam from the world trade center, mounted on a pole high above the Beverly Hills fire station on Burton Way is about to give California and the world a sign for hope.
A legendary visionary, Gail designed and built her own peace garden and have met the urgent needs of those who have asked for her support in the name of world peace. Reggie Sully, a longtime friend asked for her support. Here’s why. People need to connect. Some because the haunting memories of 9/11 are still raw. Firefighters are a breed of their own. They care for others first. They save lives. And they also salute the bravery of others. Reggie and his team want to honor them.
Thanks to the Beverly Hills Fire Department under the leadership of Chief Timothy Scranton, Sunday, September 11, 2011 will commemorate the pilot of flight 77. Brad Burlingame will officiate the unveiling of a magnificent sculpture to honor his brother Captain Charles F. Burlingame III Commander of the US Navy whose plane crashed into the Pentagon that fateful day.
Charles Burlingame III Pilot of Flight 77
Here is some information for those who would like to participate and witness the unveiling of the sculpture and memorial dedication.
BEVERLY HILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT REMEMBERS 9/11 WITH MEMORIAL DEDICATION TO FALLEN AMERICANS – WHERE: BEVERLY HILLS FIRE DEPARTMENT 445 N. REXFORD WHEN: 9/11/11 6:45 AM MEMORIAL UNVEILING
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Nancy Chuda is a seasoned broadcast journalist, television writer/producer, talk show host and author. Her career spans over three decades having appeared on both national and cable television.
In 1971 she authored one of America’s first low-calorie cookbooks, How To Gorge George Without Fattening Fanny, published by Hawthorn Books. Appearing as a regular guest on Dinah’s Place, Dinah Shore’s ABC daytime talk show. And later on The Johnny Carson Show, The Today Show with Barbara Walters, Merv Griffin, Phil Donahue, and David Frost. In 1972, Nancy and ABC’s Good Morning America co-produced Michael Krause produced a cable program, The Low- Calorie Gallery, based on her best selling cook book. In 1975, hired by Warner-Amex as part of a creative team, she was responsible for hosting and producing content for Columbus Then and Now, a program, the invention of QUBE, an interactive television system which played a pivotal role in the history of American cable television. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QUBE
In 1978 she developed a series for ABC’s Good Morning America based on an article which appeared in Mother Earth News magazine. The Integral Urban House, a case study project and model for a sound urban habitat sponsored by the Farallones Institute in Berkley California was the first example of green architecture ever to be televised.
In 1979, Nancy co-produced and hosted Sunnyside a Los Angeles based public affairs program viewed on the CBS affiliate station KNXT, From 1980-1984, she appeared on KABC’s Eyewitness News as entertainment reporter and film critic.
Her environmental advocacy began when her daughter was diagnosed with cancer. In 1990 she co-produced an Emmy nominated ABC Variety Special, An Evening With Friends For The Environment to benefit Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet one of the first national children’s environmental health advocacy groups in which she served as a volunteer.
Currently, she is the co-founder and President Emeritus of Healthy Child Healthy World, a non-profit organization established to honor the Chuda’s only child, Colette, who died in 1991 at the age of 5 from Wilm’s tumor a nonhereditary childhood cancer. She is also the co-founder of The Colette Chuda Environmental Fund, a donor-advised fund which supports major epidemiological research on children’s health.
Nancy has won numerous awards for her advocacy. In 1996, the California League of Conservation Voters Environmental Leadership Award, The Healthy Schools Heroes Award, presented to both her and her husband James Chuda by California Governor Gray Davis for their legislative efforts in securing The Healthy Schools Act which was signed into law in September, 2000. In 2003, Parent’s Magazine published an article Mom’s On A Mission and awarded Nancy for her environmental leadership for children’s environmental health.
She serves as an associate of the Director’s Council of Public Representatives of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and was appointed by President Clinton’s Health and Human Services Secretary, Donna Shalala, to serve as a member of the National Advisory Council for the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) a position she held for four years.
In 2010, along with her husband James she founded LuxEcoLiving.
