Bogglered Down ....

My blog is suddenly boggled down.

My template has gone tempetuous.

I'm flusterated.

Gonna get my friend Muley to kick the bejeezus outta this beta program.

Git'em, Muley.

Animal Victims: 9-11-01

HONORING .............

Search and Rescue Dogs Killed:

"There were rumors that one of the search and rescue dogs died [mortally wounded by falling debris, shot by his handler]. This did not happen. One dog was injured and needed to be transported to a local veterinary hospital but the dog is expected to be ok." (Read "Servus")Source: Terri Crisp,Emergency Animal Rescue Service

K-9 Police Dogs Killed in WTC:

"Sirius", the resident bomb-sniffing dog at the World Trade Center's Port Authority K-9 Unit was below ground level when the first plane hit. His handler, Officer David Lim, told Sirius to stay in an office as he ran up the emergency stairs to investigate. Officer Lim was buried in the stairwell when the tower collapsed but was pulled from the heap by rescuers. Sirius was never found.
UPDATE Jan 29, 2002: Sirius, WTC Dog, Found in Rubble Sources: EARS, The Times, Dateline NBC

Companion animals killed in WTC:

One Yorkie suffered a fatal heart attack, according to United Animal Nations spokesperson Pam Runquist, and one cat who'd had serious medical problems prior to September 11 died from the stress. Although there havebeen injuries, "the consensus among the animal groups was that all the animals within the evacuated
area had been located and removed from their homes. There is always the possibility that some animals might not have been found, but that number would be extremely small."Source: Terri Crisp, EARS

These wonderful animals will be waiting for their owners, friends and loved ones at The Rainbow Bridge.

As more animal victims are identified, they will be added to this post.

CANINE HEROES AT THE WTC

2001 Tragedy Remembered

While our politicians are having a food fight over the remote (and the Sunday-Monday ABC miniseries about 9-11), bloggers are writing tributes to the 2,996 victims of the WTC tragedy.

A four-legged specimen -- yes -- but I'm not a political animal. mind you. I do, however, know a smidget about political correctness. For example:

It just ain't right that folks who call themselves Christians want to line funeral routes to protest fallen soldiers and call them names like "queers" and "baby-killers." Dang-nab-it, if I were attending one of those funerals, I'd step to the curb and butt the crapola outta those inbred cretins.

It also ain't right that that former Iranian leader is here in the USofA so close to the 9-11 tragedy. It's like rubbing salt into an already deep cut. Like re-hitting an unhealed scab on your knee or elbow. If I could get through the gates at Turtle Bay or onto the Harvard campus, I'd sneak into that long-nailed scraggy faced critic's bedroom and devour his robes and head-wraps. Might not cause him to cancel his speech, but waiting for the hotel staff to round up one of those complimentary bathrobes and a clean set of towels would delay him a bit!

Lots of other things ain't right either, but I'll hold those until later.

Talking about piging-out on robes and head-wraps has made me hungry.

While I'm masticulating, I'm gonna graze over toward Perish the Thought and start reading those tributes ....