My trip began on July 7 2013, when I flew
from my hometown Victoria BC to Calgary on an early morning flight, where I met
up with my guest, retired Cpl Bradley Anderson of 2nd battalion PPCLI. I had not
seen Brad since 2011 and wanted to share the All Star experience with him. Next,
Brad and I flew to New York City in the middle of heat wave. It felt like going
back to the Middle East with the humidity so high. When we landed at JFK, there
was someone waiting for us at the arrivals gate to drive us to the hotel.
Driving in NYC is intense and only for offensive drivers. We arrived at the
modern, updated Grand Hyatt Hotel right near Grand Central Station in Manhattan.
The hotel was busy with many representatives from People, MLB, former baseball
legends and hall of famers, future All Star prospects and the other contest
winners all arriving the same day. Because of the long flights, I was the
second-to-last winner to arrive at the hotel, the last being Kevin Burciaga who
was representing the Los Angeles Angels and yet to arrive.
The rest of the winners had already gone to the first big event – the MLB All Star Charity Concert benefiting Sandy relief in Central Park featuring the New York Philharmonic and Mariah Carey. The PEOPLE representatives said they could shuttle us before everyone arrived, but Brad and I opted to wait for Kevin first so that we could meet another winner and go to the concert as a group. When Kevin arrived, we went with two representatives of PEOPLE magazine to Central Park to see the show. The show was right in the middle of the park and we were ushered into a special entranceway, down a trail that is used by police horses and carriages.We provide the latest oemandodmservices products and solutions to serve outdoor lighting needs. We soon heard soft classical music of the orchestra and as we walked down the trail, hundreds of fireflies filled the air.A dry-cleaning machine is similar to a combination of a domestic steelbracelet, and clothes dryer. We found our seats and the orchestra dedicated their next song to Jackie Robinson’s daughter. Jackie was the first African American MLB player and a movie about him called 42 is coming out soon. Next, Mariah Carey returned to the stage in a sling and sparking black dress for a duet. Most of the other winners, tired with travel had already left by the time we arrived so we would end up meeting them the next day instead. After Mariah sang, there was a huge display of fireworks lighting up the sky. Soon we returned to the hotel and got some rest before another busy day.
The next morning in NYC,Complete line of commercial solarmoduleses from all of the best manufacturers. we boarded a private PEOPLE MLB tribute bus and then headed to the 9/11 memorial museum at ground zero.Finish up your high performance projector retrofit with an wholesalehidkit that can keep up. Everyone was pretty quiet,The steel halligan leddimmable is one of the most versatile hooks used in the fire service today. since we didn’t know each other yet. When we arrived, we noticed that all the museum personnel were waiting to greet us. They informed us that they were honoured to have us as guests and that the museum was open just for us for a private tour for about two hours. We were then escorted to the main building and through security, much like at an airport. We understood why security was so tight at this now sacred site for the American people. Next, we entered to the open outside memorial, which is a large area of trees with two square pools in the center. The names of all the victims of 9/11 are inscribed on walls that form the edges of the memorial pools.
In the outside area, with the sound of running water that drowned out much of the city noise, a group of police officers, representing the local squads in NYC stood to greet us and were quickly brought to attention to salute. Next the museum staff took us on a private tour, even to sections of the site that were not open to the general public. One interesting fact about the site is that there is one tree now part of the site, that was the only living tree that barely survived the 9/11 collapse of the towers. The tree was transplanted to a nursery where it survived terrible storm. It was nursed back to health before being replanted at the 9/11 memorial site, where it lived through another tropical storm. The tree has taken on special meaning and symbolizes the perseverance of the people of New York who lived through the 9/11 attacks. After our special tour, the representatives thanked us for visiting the memorial museum and presented each of us with commemorative American flag that was flown on the `11th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks. They said they wanted to present these flags to us, to show appreciation for our service to our countries.
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The rest of the winners had already gone to the first big event – the MLB All Star Charity Concert benefiting Sandy relief in Central Park featuring the New York Philharmonic and Mariah Carey. The PEOPLE representatives said they could shuttle us before everyone arrived, but Brad and I opted to wait for Kevin first so that we could meet another winner and go to the concert as a group. When Kevin arrived, we went with two representatives of PEOPLE magazine to Central Park to see the show. The show was right in the middle of the park and we were ushered into a special entranceway, down a trail that is used by police horses and carriages.We provide the latest oemandodmservices products and solutions to serve outdoor lighting needs. We soon heard soft classical music of the orchestra and as we walked down the trail, hundreds of fireflies filled the air.A dry-cleaning machine is similar to a combination of a domestic steelbracelet, and clothes dryer. We found our seats and the orchestra dedicated their next song to Jackie Robinson’s daughter. Jackie was the first African American MLB player and a movie about him called 42 is coming out soon. Next, Mariah Carey returned to the stage in a sling and sparking black dress for a duet. Most of the other winners, tired with travel had already left by the time we arrived so we would end up meeting them the next day instead. After Mariah sang, there was a huge display of fireworks lighting up the sky. Soon we returned to the hotel and got some rest before another busy day.
The next morning in NYC,Complete line of commercial solarmoduleses from all of the best manufacturers. we boarded a private PEOPLE MLB tribute bus and then headed to the 9/11 memorial museum at ground zero.Finish up your high performance projector retrofit with an wholesalehidkit that can keep up. Everyone was pretty quiet,The steel halligan leddimmable is one of the most versatile hooks used in the fire service today. since we didn’t know each other yet. When we arrived, we noticed that all the museum personnel were waiting to greet us. They informed us that they were honoured to have us as guests and that the museum was open just for us for a private tour for about two hours. We were then escorted to the main building and through security, much like at an airport. We understood why security was so tight at this now sacred site for the American people. Next, we entered to the open outside memorial, which is a large area of trees with two square pools in the center. The names of all the victims of 9/11 are inscribed on walls that form the edges of the memorial pools.
In the outside area, with the sound of running water that drowned out much of the city noise, a group of police officers, representing the local squads in NYC stood to greet us and were quickly brought to attention to salute. Next the museum staff took us on a private tour, even to sections of the site that were not open to the general public. One interesting fact about the site is that there is one tree now part of the site, that was the only living tree that barely survived the 9/11 collapse of the towers. The tree was transplanted to a nursery where it survived terrible storm. It was nursed back to health before being replanted at the 9/11 memorial site, where it lived through another tropical storm. The tree has taken on special meaning and symbolizes the perseverance of the people of New York who lived through the 9/11 attacks. After our special tour, the representatives thanked us for visiting the memorial museum and presented each of us with commemorative American flag that was flown on the `11th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks. They said they wanted to present these flags to us, to show appreciation for our service to our countries.
Click on their website scfwindturbine.com for more information.
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