For the 20th anniversary of 9/11, I am honoring the search and rescue dogs of 9/11.
The goodest bois and girls of all.
While I can’t recognize all 300 SAR dogs enlisted, I’ll do as many as I can. ❤️ grab your own pup and Kleenex and read along
The above photo is the iconic Riley, being transported out of the debris of the World Trade Center September 15, 2001 (U.S. Navy Photo by Jim Watson/Getty Images)
Riley never gave up looking for the living. ❤️
Bretagne was 2 when she and her handler, Denise Corliss, were part of the Texas Task Force 1 sent to Ground Zero, They spent 10 days at the scene searching rubble for human remains. She died in 2016 at age 16, as the last surviving 9/11 rescue dog. What a Good girl. ❤️
Four marines blew up in Kabul today and Vice runs your piece about how 7 out of 180,000 marines were outed as neo-nazis so yeah, read the goddamn room Ben you aren’t the victim here.
Nixon gets all the credit but it was actually FDR who set the fall of the Gold Standard in motion. #wtfhappenedin1971
Buckle up, kids. it’s story time.
Picture it: America, 1933,
The Lone Ranger had just debuted on American radio
The Blaine Act ended Prohibition in all 50 states.
And America was 4 years deep in the Great Depression.
In March, President Roosevelt declared a nationwide bank moratorium in order to prevent a run on the banks by consumers lacking confidence in the economy.