Comments on: September 11 Commemorative Silver Medals Proposed

By: Terrance Revella

Terrance Revella — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:55:35 +0000

I am a survivor of the collapse of the south tower and on scene commander of the clean-up. whatever anyone does so the world does not forget is a great cause no matter what it is as i find so many Americans are forgetting. I have a tatoo on my left arm with WTC 9-11 survivor. I cant tell you how many people ask me whats WTC stand for. Please tell this survivor how to obtain a medal so i can pass it on to my children and grandchildre. SO THEY DONT EVER FORGET THOSE THAT SERVED!!!!

By: Brian J Dumont

Brian J Dumont — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:33:27 +0000

I disagree. This would commemorate the bravery of the fire fighters, police, and ordinary citizens who pulled together in an unbelievably tough situation without regart to their own personal safety to assist the victims of this attack. I applaud the effort, and will buy at least one from each mint!

By: rick s

rick s — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:22:12 +0000

This is a bad idea. We do not commemorate our disasters or setbacks. There are no commemoratives of the Kennedy assasination. We honor the man, not the event, with his image on the half dollar. The same is true with other presidential assasinations. There is no commemoratives for the attack on Pearl Harbor or the Battleship Arizona trajedy. Here again we honor the fallen and those that survived, not the event. As with Pearl Harbor and other disasters, we will never forget. We do not need a shiny silver medal to remind us of darker times in our history