David Paine is president and co-founder of MyGoodDeed, the 9/11
nonprofit that helped secure establishment of September 11 as a
National Day of Service and Remembrance. His friend and co-founder,
Jay Winuk, lost his younger brother Glenn, a volunteer EMT, on 9/11 in
the collapse of the World Trade Center South Tower.
I finally understand what it really means when people say "no good deed goes unpunished."
About seven years ago, the 9/11 community came together to support the wonderful idea that the anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks on America ought to become a federally-observed, national day of service...
Posted September 10, 2009 | 20:52:48 (EST)