To commemorate the fifth anniversary of 9/11, I am taking part in a project called 2,996. This project is the brainchild of D.C. Roe, the man behind the Rough Draft blog and is being used as a blogger memorial to the 2,996 victims of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001.
Basically, each participating blogger is assigned one victim of 9/11 and is asked to commemorate them on their site. These posts are to go up live on 9/11/06. Once they are all posted, a mass directory of the links will be put on the 2,996 project site.
Here's the info direct from Roe...
2,996 voices… 2,996 remembered…
2,996 is a tribute to the victims of 9/11.
On September 11, 2006, 2,996 volunteer bloggers will join together for a tribute to the victims of 9/11. Each person will pay tribute to a single victim.
We will honor them by remembering their lives, and not by remembering their murderers.
If you would like to help out, either by pledging to post a tribute on your own blog, or by offering your services to promote this cause, just leave a comment here and I’ll email you the name of a victim.
Then, on 9/11/2006, you will post a tribute to that victim on your blog.
But, and this is critical, the tributes should celebrate the lives of these people–kind of like a wake. Over the last 5 years we’ve heard the names of the killers, and all about the victim’s deaths. This is a chance to learn about and celebrate those who died. Forget the murderers, they don’t deserve to be remembered. But some people who died that day deserve to be remembered–2,996 people.
Thank you,
D. Challener Roe
I want to thank Chanakin for the heads up on this project. I am signed up and I have been given a person to memorialize.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to persuade each of you to take part as well. This project will only work if we have enough people sign up to cover all the victims. It's a small thing to do to remember those who gave their lives on one of the most tragic days in modern American history.
If you'd like to sign up, visit the original project post on D.C. Roe's site and leave a comment. He'll contact you via e-mail with more information.
