Thoughts for Scarlet and all those who lost loved ones.
Flying my "Flag of Honor" flag with the names of the victims in the stripes. Got it at the church across the street.
And I honor those poor firemen who ran into what everyone else was fleeing. So heroic, and so sad.
Always think of this fella too. He was one of us.
Darren Christopher Bohan - The Song in His Heart Will Always Go On
November 15, 2001 copyright - Newsday
A banjo, a mandolin, three guitars and little else filled the Kew Gardens apartment where Darren Bohan lived. The handwritten lyrics and song sheets scattered about chronicled his transformation from harmonica-playing teenager to locally touted guitarist.
"He was very committed, and he had quite an aptitude, especially since he was largely self-taught," said Bohan's older brother, Gary Jr., who was once a professional trumpet player. Bohan's early love of the Beatles, Woody Guthrie and other folk music melded in the bluegrass tunes he wrote and performed at jam sessions in Greenwich Village. Though he had decided to forgo life as a starving artist, obtaining a bachelor's degree in accounting from Sonoma State University, each day Bohan and his mandolin held a lunchtime serenade for his co-workers at the World Trade Center.
Bohan, 34, had recently accepted a temporary assignment at Aon Corp. to help with budgets. It was an irony his family could not have imagined. For much of his adult life, they had encouraged Bohan to get a traditional job. "He was a free spirit from A to Z," said Gary Bohan Jr. "He finally gets a job in accounting, and he gets there early ... " he said, his voice trailing off.
After attending high school in Hurley, N.Y., where he was raised, Bohan journeyed to Europe. Returning to the United States, he lived in Yosemite for almost 10 years, eventually becoming a tour guide for visitors and campers. "The environment was really important to him," said his cousin, Beth Udoma, who used to stay awake all night with Bohan, writing and singing funny songs. "He believed in the power of nature to heal. That was his religion."
Encouraged by the waterfalls and giant sequoias of Yosemite, a 20-year-old Bohan picked up a guitar and taught himself to play. His talent bloomed, leading him to experiment with several other instruments and, for a short time, to play in a band.
In his late 20s, Bohan returned to college. "I think he did want to become a professional musician eventually, but he was practical in the sense of realizing that you have to eat and you have to pay your bills," said his aunt, Noreen Kahlftorf.
Bohan wanted to have a family, and he knew that he needed to be more self-sufficient, Udoma said. "We called him a happy-go-lucky free-spirit, but he was in touch with his source," she said. "I don't think that people knew how connected he was with his own inner wisdom."
But even while easing his way into corporate America, Bohan's music never stopped. "For him, the art was 24/7," said Udoma.
At the memorial service held last month in Hurley, 350 people gathered in an oversized tent smack in the middle of an apple orchard. From the 2-foot-high stage, friends and relatives gave testimonials, read tributes, and played music -Bohan's music -all day and all night long.
-- Nedra Rhone (Newsday)
Wrote a bluegrass style song for him, but it begins and ends a capella with this:
I was lucky to enjoy a sunset from the top of the Trade Center. We were visiting NY and went to the ticker tape parade for the Iranian hostages. Sunset from the Trade Center that night.
I went on a class field trip to NYC in the mid-70s and we visited the WTC. They used to let you go up on the roof back then if the weather was okay, and the view was dizzying in a good way.
There's a large coalition of architects and civil engineers who reject the federal governments 911 report. Building 7 never could have fell from an office fire. Cheers.
Building 7 (Do the research on what disappeared in building 7) would never have collapsed under the reported circumstances.
Pretty obvious that a missile took out the Pentagon (again, check out what disappeared in that mess)
Who is "They"? Can't tell ya that. But it would only take a handful of people to pull it off.
They got the patriot act out of it. Along with all the evidence and gold that disappeared in bldg 7 and in the pentagon. It was a huge win for the powers that be. And who would believe it?
That day my close friend/co-worker's brother lost his wife who had stayed in her 105th floor office thinking she could help everyone else get out... I answered the call when he called to tell his sister that his wife had died. All he said to me was, "We lost her." It was a very surreal conversation. He was fucked up before then and that sealed his fate. He tried to raise their (adopted) daughter but didn't get it and had no skills; it was his wife's love that has pulled it all together. Daughter, who was about to turn 3, is really messed up. He let her watch the people jumping from the building...
It's odd, I saw my friend, his sister, today and neither of us mentioned it.
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The phone number?
The phone number?
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HBD MH?
HBD MH?
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So get up get, get get down
So get up get, get get down
911 is a joke in yo town
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It's Mickey Hart's birthday!
It's Mickey Hart's birthday!
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I'll bite, Ateix. Yes.
I'll bite, Ateix. Yes.
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Thoughts for Scarlet and all
Thoughts for Scarlet and all those who lost loved ones.
Flying my "Flag of Honor" flag with the names of the victims in the stripes. Got it at the church across the street.
And I honor those poor firemen who ran into what everyone else was fleeing. So heroic, and so sad.
Always think of this fella too. He was one of us.
Darren Christopher Bohan - The Song in His Heart Will Always Go On
November 15, 2001 copyright - Newsday
A banjo, a mandolin, three guitars and little else filled the Kew Gardens apartment where Darren Bohan lived. The handwritten lyrics and song sheets scattered about chronicled his transformation from harmonica-playing teenager to locally touted guitarist.
"He was very committed, and he had quite an aptitude, especially since he was largely self-taught," said Bohan's older brother, Gary Jr., who was once a professional trumpet player. Bohan's early love of the Beatles, Woody Guthrie and other folk music melded in the bluegrass tunes he wrote and performed at jam sessions in Greenwich Village. Though he had decided to forgo life as a starving artist, obtaining a bachelor's degree in accounting from Sonoma State University, each day Bohan and his mandolin held a lunchtime serenade for his co-workers at the World Trade Center.
Bohan, 34, had recently accepted a temporary assignment at Aon Corp. to help with budgets. It was an irony his family could not have imagined. For much of his adult life, they had encouraged Bohan to get a traditional job. "He was a free spirit from A to Z," said Gary Bohan Jr. "He finally gets a job in accounting, and he gets there early ... " he said, his voice trailing off.
After attending high school in Hurley, N.Y., where he was raised, Bohan journeyed to Europe. Returning to the United States, he lived in Yosemite for almost 10 years, eventually becoming a tour guide for visitors and campers. "The environment was really important to him," said his cousin, Beth Udoma, who used to stay awake all night with Bohan, writing and singing funny songs. "He believed in the power of nature to heal. That was his religion."
Encouraged by the waterfalls and giant sequoias of Yosemite, a 20-year-old Bohan picked up a guitar and taught himself to play. His talent bloomed, leading him to experiment with several other instruments and, for a short time, to play in a band.
In his late 20s, Bohan returned to college. "I think he did want to become a professional musician eventually, but he was practical in the sense of realizing that you have to eat and you have to pay your bills," said his aunt, Noreen Kahlftorf.
Bohan wanted to have a family, and he knew that he needed to be more self-sufficient, Udoma said. "We called him a happy-go-lucky free-spirit, but he was in touch with his source," she said. "I don't think that people knew how connected he was with his own inner wisdom."
But even while easing his way into corporate America, Bohan's music never stopped. "For him, the art was 24/7," said Udoma.
At the memorial service held last month in Hurley, 350 people gathered in an oversized tent smack in the middle of an apple orchard. From the 2-foot-high stage, friends and relatives gave testimonials, read tributes, and played music -Bohan's music -all day and all night long.
-- Nedra Rhone (Newsday)
Wrote a bluegrass style song for him, but it begins and ends a capella with this:
He lived in the towers of Yosemite
He saw towers in Florence, Italy
Now his spirit towers over friends and family
'cause he worked in the towers in New York
RIP. Love and comfort to all.
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I was lucky to enjoy a sunset
I was lucky to enjoy a sunset from the top of the Trade Center. We were visiting NY and went to the ticker tape parade for the Iranian hostages. Sunset from the Trade Center that night.
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I went on a class field trip
I went on a class field trip to NYC in the mid-70s and we visited the WTC. They used to let you go up on the roof back then if the weather was okay, and the view was dizzying in a good way.
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There's a large coalition of
There's a large coalition of architects and civil engineers who reject the federal governments 911 report. Building 7 never could have fell from an office fire. Cheers.
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There was also that flat
There was also that flat earther guy who built rockets to prove the earth is flat. He died when one of his rockets crashed.
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It wasn't the Mossad?
It wasn't the Mossad?
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"They" knew about it and let
"They" knew about it and let it happen.
They installed the explosives in three buildings.
Building 7 (Do the research on what disappeared in building 7) would never have collapsed under the reported circumstances.
Pretty obvious that a missile took out the Pentagon (again, check out what disappeared in that mess)
Who is "They"? Can't tell ya that. But it would only take a handful of people to pull it off.
They got the patriot act out of it. Along with all the evidence and gold that disappeared in bldg 7 and in the pentagon. It was a huge win for the powers that be. And who would believe it?
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Thinking of Scarlet, of
Thinking of Scarlet, of course.
That day my close friend/co-worker's brother lost his wife who had stayed in her 105th floor office thinking she could help everyone else get out... I answered the call when he called to tell his sister that his wife had died. All he said to me was, "We lost her." It was a very surreal conversation. He was fucked up before then and that sealed his fate. He tried to raise their (adopted) daughter but didn't get it and had no skills; it was his wife's love that has pulled it all together. Daughter, who was about to turn 3, is really messed up. He let her watch the people jumping from the building...
It's odd, I saw my friend, his sister, today and neither of us mentioned it.