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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes attend the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project Benefit Gala on Thursday night held at NYC’s Altman Building on W. 18th St.
The program, based on principles developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, was co-founded by Cruise in 2002 and aids the New York police, firefighters and paramedics of Sept. 11.
“Nearly six years later, many are still paying a price for their heroic service at the World Trade Center. This is a profound injustice,” Tom said before the dinner. “This project has demonstrated that recovery is not only possible, but an incontrovertible fact.”
“He said how grateful he was to everyone for supporting the project,” said Patrick Bahnken, president of the New York Fire Department’s union of emergency workers and paramedics, told the New York Post. “He took time out to speak to every person. It took him an hour to get through the hallway. He was talking to everyone. It was genuine, nothing phony about it.”
The press was barred from the private dinner. Tickets cost $6,250 each.
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right in my neighborhood. Tom rocks!
this is a GREAT thing he started years ago. i can’t say a bad word. he picked up and helped where a lot of people let the workers down.
onto fashion, katie’s outit has grown on me, since last night. i’m diggin it a bit more.
“This project has demonstrated that recovery is not only possible, but an incontrovertible fact.”
bullshit. where are the studies to support the ’success’ of this ‘treatment’ program. scientology maggots victimizing desperate people — that’s the success of this program.
I beg to differ, this is not a great tyhing, this is the promotion of a dishonest and harmful cult. Scientology does not rehabilitate people, it merely deceives them.
david, that coming from a person who has done what [?] to help others?
THANK YOU!!! you know it easier to talk, when you’re sitting back not doing anything. i’m sure they’ve invested, just as much time and money as tom.
AND, let me guess, when this was started back in 02, they had nothing to say then. typical, boring, cruise rants.
Will someone please cut Tom’s hair? And if Kate is gonna slouch so she ain’t much taller than Tom, then what’s up with the heels?
In sickens me as I look at these pictures that are suppose to be about helping 9/11 victims. It looks to me like Tom’s way of trying to gain publicity again. Personal pictures of him don’t mean much on his behalf as much as he and his “scientology” team coming to the rescue. Trying to look like heros. He’s got so much money what is he really losing? While others work their butts off and really put forth the effort for this campaign. I’m sure the guy cares about the families, but this is his way of showing how he is such a caring person. Why not get his hands dirty and do something more, like Brad Pitt. He is helping to reconstruct the sites where Hurrican Katrina hit. Unlike Tom during the time of the disaster who was off buying new toys!! Did he really go to these families and spend time with them or did he have them come to him when they through this event? A person who really cared would get to know some of the victims families, spend time with them. He just makes me ill.
Ditto Jane. Tom’s motive is to keep his name in the press.
Jane, do you know what a benefit is?
This is not some on-the-low private event, their trying to raise money. its a big event, there was a big crowd [people showing support] and a lot of photographers there, was Tom and Katie suppose to cover their heads with a blanket and immediately run inside surrounded by bodyguards?
I don’t even want to get into whole Brad Pitt thing [you know how this site gets when it comes to him]
But its not like the only way a celebrity can help and “get his hands dirty” is to ‘help’ build a home. there’s a lot of issues in the world, let brad do-him and let tom do the same. there doing something, isn’t that the point?
oh yea, Jane how did you know Brad was doing construction on the sites where Hurricane Katrina hit? - pictures, taken by who - photographers
You just make me ill! lol
You can call this a “benefit” but who will ultimately benefit? co$
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You can call this a “benefit” but who will ultimately benefit? co$
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Tom said “This project has demonstrated that recovery is not only possible, but an incontrovertible fact.”
Oh reeaallly….. where is the medical data to back up that claim? Is “incontrovertible” a word?
They aren’t interested in helping 9/11 victims. This is just another way for $cientology to leech publicity and idiot converts off of national tragedy.
Also: yes, “incontrovertible” is a word. It means undeniable. And I really doubt it applies here.
Scientology is a disgusting cult that tries to brainwash people.
The program he founded has been running in NYC since 2002! !
It’s just a benefit to raise more money to keep it going
Last I checked this nut was not so “crazy” back in 02.
This project is an old one and as a new yorker myself, i can attest to it having been one of the few constant ones, unlike some that eventually “packed up” or “folded” after the cameras left. 9/11 still hurts. it’s more than a hole in our skyline.
The victims needed help and they still do. Even if it doesn’t work, at least they have the OPTION to try. When you’ve been through something like 9/11 - you can become desperate to heal. Regardless since its inception its treated people for free. Which i am assuming is because of benefits like these.
Guys I don’t know if it works, BUT. at least they have another hope, even if it is…. just a hope.
FYI: they do NOT discuss religion. it’s more of a psychological evaluation with alternative medicine applications to help remove their systems from whatever they were exposed to. their thing is the less chemicals you introduce to your body, the faster it’ll heal. or something like that. heh. they give you a nutritionist and give you vitamins and other “alternative” things.
Is it WIERD? maybe. Does it work? I don’t know…. but, when you’re developing some unknown cancer with no treatment … anything sounds like an option. Can anyone relate?
From what i Do know: They’ve treated NYC firedepartment and rescue personal and those guys WILL NOT tolerate B.S. like that Xenu/Alien stuff. So NO religion is taught there or suggested.
it’s easy and human to sit there and judge, but that is doing nothing to help the victims who have been forgotten about only six years later. Do you know how many have died since then from bizarre and disgusting complications?
Bottom line: If our fallen have been helped by these nuts EVEN if it was for publicity - I’ll take it!
It is my understanding that the NYFD (NY Fire Dept) came out against this. They stated that the alternative treatments are sometimes harmful and that the scientology church is using this do good stuff as a recruitment tool.
Can Katie stop wearing black, or is she in mourning (over the end of her life)?
“it’s more of a psychological evaluation with alternative medicine applications to help remove their systems from whatever they were exposed to.” The psychological eval. is what the Scientologists do to suck people in. They do the evaluation and then tell these people that they can see that they are depressed, and that they have “tools” to help with that. Or, having relationship problems? They have tools to help with that. Etc…. A few firefighters have even become Scientologists, after going through the detox program. I’m sure that Scientology was discussed and/or suggested to them. So please, of course “religion” is a part of the detox program.
Also, Xenu isn’t “taught” until OT3, it isn’t something that they are “up front” about from the beginning.
hmmm, all valid points, pr person.
I don’t know too much on Scientology or how they work, or “brainwash”.
I see what you mean though about “manipulation”. It’s sad.
But which is the lesser of two evils? What you’re saying may very well be true, but I have not way of knowing for certain. And I don’t feel like going undercover to find out lol. Which is worse? Suffering from these complications or Xenu? I think that if my urine was black, my ears were pealing and my lungs filling up with an unknown substance, I might jump the boat and adopt an alien baby too. Or not.
As for alternative drugs vs. pharmacuetical ones. Nothing is ever 100%. Some of these people have had the most strangest complications manifest that have never been seen or thought possible. They don’t know even know how to treat some cases. I’d be hard pressed to choose a chemical drug with harsh side effects over an Eastern remedy, if no one really knew if it’d work in the first place.
Thanks anyways. Lesson learned - Stay away from Scientologists if possible
In my book too, he rocks for helping these people. Go Tom!
Is he trying to look like a lesbian? He looks like Ellen D with dark hair.
I don’t like Katie’s clothing Style.
in·con·tro·vert·i·ble Pronunciation[in-kon-truh-vur-tuh-buhl, in-kon-]
–adjective
not controvertible; not open to question or dispute; indisputable: absolute and incontrovertible truth.
Just thought you all would like to know the meaning of the word TT used. I had to google it just to find it.
I find it hard to believe that anything the Scientology [or TT] is involved with as being a good thing as this is a scary, dangerous, expensive and self profiting cult. They prey on low esteem and insecurity, says a lot about hollywood doesn’t it….
Nice to see that leggings are back, but it’s not fitting for a red carpet show. As far as TC, that hair style gotta go. BUT WHAT DO I CARE ANYWAY. I WOULD SAY HE IS THE BIGGEST MEDIA ********* EVER!!! And he is worst than those Jehovah witness people that comes knocking on my door with his scientology cult. Aaaaarrgggghhhhh……..
I wonder what plastic surgery took away her crooked smile?
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