WE REMEMBER TAKASHI MAKIMOTO

I am honored to be a part of his project again. Please be sure to visit Project 2,996 to read about so many others that lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Unfortunately I was unable to find more information on Takashi, but I want to share what I was able to find.

TAKASHI MAKIMOTO

Takashi Makimoto, 49, was a Japanese national working as a general manger at the Americas Division of Fuji Bank.

His mother, who lives in Tokushima Prefecture, said, ''(Takashi) took me to the World Trade Center building a long time ago. I can't believe that (the aircraft slammed into) the building.''

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/3217.html

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2001_Oct_1/ai_79581097/

http://www.9-11heroes.us/v/Takashi_Makimoto.php

http://www.legacy.com/Sept11/Story.aspx?PersonID=147162&location=2

2,996

I'm participating in Project 2,996 again this year and would like to encourage my fellow bloggers to participate if you are able. They only have 570 of the 2,996 assigned and it would be a shame if we weren't able to honor all those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.

Here is the info from Dale who is organizing this again this year for us, and here is the link http://project2996.wordpress.com:

Thanks - Heather

What is 2996?

Project 2,996 is a tribute to the victims of 9/11.

On September 11, 2006, more than 3,000 bloggers joined together to remember the victims of 9/11.

Each year we will honor them by remembering their lives, and not by remembering their murderers.

If you would like to help out, by pledging to post a tribute on your own blog on 9/11 of this year, click the button at the top of the sidebar. Then, use the web to learn something about the life of the name you are given, and on 9/11, post your tribute your blog or website.

But, and this is critical, the tributes should celebrate the lives of these people–kind of like a wake. Over the last 5 years we’ve heard the names of the killers, and all about the victim’s deaths. This is a chance to learn about and celebrate those who died. Forget the murderers, they don’t deserve to be remembered. But some people who died that day deserve to be remembered––2,996 people.

Thank you,

Dale Challener Roe