Essays Category
25 YEARS, NO FINALITY
Posted on September 3, 2026 Leave a Comment
Had the American government knowingly set up the terrorist torture program to hide evidence, never to deliver justice to 9/11 Victims? What is behind the delay?
THE NEXT RIGHT THING
Posted on July 25, 2026 Leave a Comment
David, I would do it all again behind the veil of unknowing. Any twist in our backstory could have led to a different future. I’m grateful that you were in mine. I love your forever. This is my choice. To us! – Deborah
LARK ASCENDING
Posted on October 31, 2025 Leave a Comment
I stand in the opening of the garage in my home in Vermont, chucking balls for the border collie to chase. The yard is veiled under a heavy blanket of leaves, the amber and bittersweet tinge of fall’s bruising. I’m wearing winter fleece under my rain jacket. The dog doesn’t care about the cold or […]
PLEASE DO NOT WISH ME ‘HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!’
Posted on May 11, 2025 Leave a Comment
This Mother’s Day is May 11th. It also happens to be David’s 64th birthday. Chat GPT says it’s a rare occurrence happening in intervals of 5, 6, and 11 years. He has missed 24 birthdays and Mother’s Days. My mother has missed 43 Mother’s Days. She never met David. The last Mother’s Day when Dave […]
MILITARY COMMISSIONS SENTENCING HEARING TRIAL vs. FEDERAL CRIMINAL TRIAL – How Do They Compare? re. U.S.A. vs. KSM, et. al.
Posted on January 23, 2025 Leave a Comment
What is the difference between a Sentencing Hearing and a Criminal Trial? How are they relevant to 9/11 Victims and VFMs?
THURSDAY BRIEFINGS: Part 1 – The Defense
Posted on January 15, 2025 Leave a Comment
VFMs are on the edge of their seats in back-to-back meetings, on the verge of the plea entry for the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks.
IT’S A GO!
Posted on January 6, 2025 1 Comment
January 5, 2025 Thursday, January 2, VFM’s (Victim’s Family Members) received a cautionary email from the Victim Witness Specialist, Will Andreu from the Office of Military Commissions, recommending that we do not begin travel to Andrew’s AFB, MD until Friday afternoon. Additonally, if we have not heard from the office prior to our departure, to […]
AS THE CLOCK UNWINDS, A DECISION ON THE JAN 6-17 9/11 PTA ENTRIES HEDGES ON THE BALANCE
Posted on January 2, 2025 2 Comments
January 1, 2025 2025 begins by ringing in the New Year with family in the south eastern corner of PA, idoling 100 miles from Andrew’s Air Force Base, after boarding my dog and driving 430 miles from Burlington Vermont. This first box on the calendar finds me checking email periodically for a notice from the […]
9/11 PRE-TRIAL HEARINGS – Update: Day 1 NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA
Posted on November 8, 2024 Leave a Comment
November 7, 2024 Hello from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. I am attending weeks one and two of the final three-week session of the 9/11 pre-trial hearings. This is my fourth trip in twelve months. After a three-day threatening weather related delay, the final 2024 session of pre-trial hearings in the 9/11 case, regarding the four (of […]
WHAT VFMs DO WHEN WAR COURT IS CLOSED
Posted on October 8, 2024 Leave a Comment
Good afternoon from JTF- (Joint Task Force) Guantanamo. What do VFM’s (Victim Family Members) do when pretrial hearings are unexpectedly recessed? Shop for sundries at the NEX. Shop at the Military gift shop for stuffed Iguanas and T-shirts. Tour the @41sq miles of landscape, including abandoned prison sites, on an air-conditioned passenger bus accompanied by […]
