Project 2,996 is an online initiative to get people to learn about--and remember--the victim's of 9/11.
Choose one of the names from the list, research it, learn about the person, and post a tribute to your blog, website, or whereever, so others can learn about that person.
But most important, it's a way to remember their lives and not the terrible, public way they were taken from us.
This year, Project 2,996, will be a scaled back event. But I'm taking that time to upgrade the site and get geared up for 2008 and the years to come.
If you'd like to participate this year, check out the 2007 list, which lists all the victims, but highlights those few who received no tribute in the 2006 event
By any measure, Project 2,996 was a huge success in just it's first year. Sure on 9/11 we were plagued by server shut-downs, but over three thousand people took the time to learn about one of the victims, and thousands upon thousands of other people read the tributes. And if that's the trade-off, give me a server shutdown anyday.
If you were one of the thousands who participated last year, I thank you from the bottom of my patriotic heart. You were part of the largest coalition of bloggers ever to hit the internet, and that's nothing to hang your head about.
Visit the 2006 list to see the final list of participants, or read some of the tributes.