Jules Kunofsky

A day doesn’t go by that I don’t think about 9/11, and that it could have been the last day of my life. I won’t go through my story again. It is justice that I am waiting for.

I want justice for Ron Horner. My great friend Mitch Cohen invited me for a barbeque a few weeks before 9/11. Ron was in charge of security at the WTC. He happened to be sitting next to me the entire time. A terrific guy. There was no politics talk. It was burgers and sports and of course our jobs.

I want justice for Alvin. Alvin B. grew up with me in ENY, Brooklyn. Always liked him because he was a big Allman Brothers fan. We had so many common friends. I met Alvin’s wife at one of our ENY reunions. Everybody liked her. She came to ENY reunions even after 9/11.

I want justice for Dave Bernard. Dave was an IRS specialist from Boston. I met him at the opening conference. I was an IRS International examiner, so I didn’t really have to deal with him during the audit. Dave unfortunately had a meeting at our examination site, at the WTC on 9/11. He stepped out of his cab and a piece of the WTC hit him on the head and he passed after being in a coma for about 10 months.

There were others but I want justice for the people I knew, for their friends and family, for the other Americans killed intentionally, and for their friends and families and for Americans, All Americans.

I got to see my grandchildren, they didn’t. I had a life, they didn’t.

When I heard the other day that there would be a plea agreement for the 9/11 terrorist attack mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two others, I was furious. This wasn’t a shoplifting crime; this was a war crime. A war of ideology that still exists today. Why should our tax dollars be used for their food, clothing, laundry services and their medical needs. It makes me sick to think of this.

I want to know who was involved with this plea agreement? Who tried to push this past the dumb American voters? And to do it now, when our enemies are getting stronger and bolder. They wanted us dead; they still want us dead.

This being said, I salute Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin for revoking the plea agreement for 9/11 mastermind terrorist, and firing the official in charge of military courts in Guantanamo Bay. The move puts the possibility of the death penalty back on the table for the trio. It was announced in a memorandum on Friday.

All I am asking for is the ultimate justice for war criminals. Defense Secretary, Austin, see what you can do with those lousy shoplifters too.

Tim adds:

This is the kind of thing that led to to the rise of the Mafia in Sicily. Justice denied led to justice imposed by stealth. Glad the deal was scotched but whoever made it needs to be exposed and have the hammer of the Almighty brought down on them.

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