Sept. 11 is a day on which we say the names. All of the names.<\/p>\n
To have members of Task Force 2 present, yet fail to recognize each of them by name, was a deeply disappointing and glaring omission – particularly when two of those left unnamed, former Fire Chief John Gilbert and Ron Erbel, are no longer here to receive that honor in person.<\/p>\n
Ron\u2019s death has been formally recognized as a consequence of his service in the aftermath of 9\/11 by every pertinent organization except the Village of Key Biscayne, the village he served selflessly for decades. His omission was especially painful, conspicuous and shocking.<\/p>\n
Whether this was an oversight or a deliberate slight, it was a missed opportunity to honor every member\u2019s service and sacrifice. Please rectify this error in the 2027 presentation and ensure that every member of Task Force 2 is recognized by name.<\/p>\n
Never forget.<\/p>\n
Sincerely,<\/p>\n
Carolyn Koslen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept. 11 is a day on which we say the names. All of the names. To have members…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[51700,163421,126,120532,17625,13576,123,125,124,37910,21612,163420],"class_list":["post-412336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-9-11","tag-carolyn-koslen","tag-key-biscayne","tag-key-biscayne-fire-department","tag-key-biscayne-fire-rescue","tag-letter-to-the-editor","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-ron-erbel","tag-september-11","tag-village-of-key-biscayne-fire-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}