My FDNY son’s death on 9/11 was more than just ‘something’

What Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said about Sept. 11 was disgraceful.

She dismissed thousands of people being murdered like it was an everyday occurrence when she said “some people did something.”

On 9/11/01 my son, firefighter Jimmy Riches was murdered along with close to 3,000 American citizens by Muslim terrorists.
As I came over the Brooklyn Bridge, the towers had both already fallen. All the rigs at the firehouse were gone, so I knew they were all at the World Trade Center.I rushed to Engine 4 in Lower Manhattan when I heard what was happening. That’s where my son worked.

When I got there, I saw the death and destruction — people lying there dead and mangled.

We picked up the bodies and saw how gruesome it was. Those people died a horrible death.

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