Father Mychal Judge 9/11 Walk of RemembranceThe Father Mychal Judge 9/11 Walk of Remembrance is held annually to honor the memory of those lost on September 11, 2001. The walk traces the footsteps of Father Mychal Judge in the spirit of prayer and remembrance.
This year’s walk will be held on Sunday, September 6, 2020. 8:00 AM: Rosary will be said outside of St. Francis of Assisi RC Church, 31st Street (off 7th Avenue), New York. 8:30 AM: Walk will begin at the quarters of Engine 1 / Ladder 24, 142 W 31st Street, New York. The walk will conclude at St. Peters RC Church, Barclay Street, New York. All are invited to walk the route down 7th Avenue that Father Mychal and so many others traveled on that fateful day. FDNY units and NYPD precincts will be honored as we pray and remember.
Vigiano Brothers Ski Memorial held in memory of brothers Joseph Vigiano, a NYPD Detective, and John Vigiano, a FDNY fireman, who both gave their lives on September 11, 2001. Sunday, January 3, 2021 – Thursday, January 7, 2021 Spruce Peak, Stowe, Vermont 4 Nights: January 3-6 (Sunday – Wednesday) / Ski: January 7 (Thursday)For details go to www.facebook.com/vigianobrothers Due to Stowe’s/Vail’s COVID-19 policies, lift tickets can only be reliably obtained by purchasing an Epic Pass or Epic Day Pass (1-7 days available) by September 17!!
The UFA regrets to inform the membership of the loss of retired firefighter Christopher Slow, Ladder Company 11. Firefighter Slow was appointed April 11, 2006, retired July 27, 2017 and passed on September 1, 2020. We extend our deepest condolences to his family and friends.
WAKE Tuesday, September 8, 2020 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM Wednesday, September 9, 2020 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM Scarpaci Funeral Home 1401 86th Street Brooklyn, NY 11228
FUNERAL Thursday, September 10, 2020 11:00 AM Church of the Holy Child 4747 Amboy Road Staten Island, NY 10312
A memorial in Washington last week for those who died from the coronavirus.Olivier Douliery/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Here’s a jarring thought experiment: If the United States had done merely an average job of fighting the coronavirus — if the U.S. accounted for the same share of virus deaths as it did global population — how many fewer Americans would have died?
The answer: about 145,000.
That’s a large majority of the country’s 183,000 confirmed coronavirus-related deaths.
No other country looks as bad by this measure. The U.S. accounts for 4 percent of the world’s population, and for 22 percent of confirmed Covid-19 deaths. It is one of the many signs that the Trump administration has done a poorer job of controlling the virus than dozens of other governments around the world.
By The New York Times | Sources: World Bank and Johns Hopkins University
The specific numbers are only estimates, of course. They are based on virus statistics that are unavoidably incomplete. Most scientists believe the real U.S. death toll is higher than the official numbers indicate, and undercounting of deaths may be even greater in some other countries.
After the U.S., Brazil and Mexico have the next largest gaps between population share and official death share. They are also countries with less advanced medical systems, where some experts think the actual death toll is vastly higher than the official one. If that’s right, the true gaps in Brazil and Mexico may be as large as the U.S. gap.
But no other affluent country has nearly so big a gap. Canada and several European countries each account for a greater percentage of deaths than population, yet the differences aren’t nearly as severe as in the U.S.
And some countries, like Australia and South Korea, have a positive version of the gap. Japan is home to 1.7 percent of the global population but less than 0.2 percent of deaths. An additional 12,000 Japanese residents would not be alive if the country had merely an average death rate.
As I was putting together these numbers, I started thinking about how Americans should have expected their country to fare — above average, below average or maybe right near the average. The U.S. certainly has had some disadvantages in fighting the virus: It’s an international travel hub, which makes transmission more likely, and it had some of the affluent world’s worst health outcomes even before the virus arrived.
On other hand, the U.S. remains the world’s richest country, with vast medical capabilities, and the virus started on a faraway continent. All of which suggests that there was nothing inevitable about the U.S. performance. It is instead a tragic reflection of the country’s failed response.
Capitol Hill. Monday, August 31, 2020— England’s partition of Ireland is universally seen to bea perfect example of the ” hubris of Empire.” And now there is a video on social media networks to prove it! The Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus is promoting a ONE IRELAND internet Petition :”Ireland, too, has the right to be One Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” The Petition has been signed by over 15,000 people—with many more to come—dedicated to justice, equality, unity, solidarity and international human rights. Fr. Sean McManus, Caucus president said:”Our Petition is the perfect response to the upcoming 100th Anniversary of England’s disastrous and undemocratic partition of Ireland, enacted Thursday, December 23, 1920. We put up a video, ‘One Ireland Petition’ (3 minutes and 22 seconds) on social media networks on Saturday, August 29, 2020—https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlIzvDzNF2Y And today, Monday, August 31, 2020, we put up another video ‘England’s Partition of Ireland’ (5 minutes and 31 seconds)—https://youtu.be/B6Etux7szuc Fr. McManus concluded:” We think signing this Petition this is an excellent and responsible way for Irish-Americans, the Irish in Ireland, and the Irish worldwide to express their feelings about England’s cruel and undemocratic partition of Ireland.” END.
A memorial in Washington last week for those who died from the coronavirus.Olivier Douliery/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
By The New York Times | Sources: World Bank and Johns Hopkins University