超过1,500人参加了一项在Change.org上的流行运动，呼吁纽约市市长迈克尔·彭博（Michael Bloomberg）邀请第一响应者参加十周年纪念仪式September 11th.
Jack Dewan Jr., a Boston firefighter and nephew of the late Gerard “Gerry” Dewan, FDNY Ladder #3, who gave his life on September 11, 2011, launched the campaign onChange.org彭博社8月15日宣布，自9月11日悲剧9/11以来的第一响应者以来，这是第一次被邀请参加将在零地面举行的纪念仪式。彭博一位发言人说，由于太空的限制，纪念仪式将为受害者的家庭提供，而稍后和不同地点将为急救人员举行单独的仪式。
“On the tenth anniversary of September 11th, the first responders who were there that day and survived are not welcome to grieve the loss of their friends and coworkers,” said Dewan, the firefighter who launched the campaign on Change.org.
Dewan and his family are invited to the ceremony were invited to the ceremony due to the loss of a family member, but the firefighter has refused to attend a ceremony where the other firefighters in his uncle’s ladder are not invited.
“我将在firehouse, where the firefighters continue to do the right thing and carry on the legacy of their friends and coworkers with pride and dignity.”
News of the online petition campaign’s success is likely to increase pressure on Mayor Bloomberg’s office. The petition has already gathered over 1,500 signers on Change.org, the world’s fastest growing platform for social change.
“To not give them a seat at the ceremony is absolutely a slap in the face to everyone of those men and women that did what they had to do that day,” wrote Change.org member Samantha Flores in the petition comments. “And its a slap in the face to all of them that died or were injured saving other peoples lives”.
“It’s no surprise this campaign would attract so much attention,” said Change.org Human Rights Organizer Sarah Marie Ryan. “One can see from the comments on the petition that this issue is not just close to the hearts of first responders but to those of Americans across the country affected by the events on September 11th. Mr. Dewan’s petition on Change.org seems to have given many an outlet to show their solidarity with the 9/11 first responders.”
