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Paper from a Bible, fused to a piece of steel, was found in the debris shortly after 9/11 by a fireman and given to photographer Joel Meyerowitz. In 2010, he gave it to the September 11 Memorial Museum.
An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience (HD Version), Sep 7, 2011
Tom Hanks narrates the epic story of the 9/11 boatlift that evacuated half a million people from the stricken piers and seawalls of Lower Manhattan.…
Heard today a NYPD guy who was there saying that there were so many bodies falling that many people "safe" on the ground were killed by them.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
iirc, one of the first identified dead was a NYFD chaplain. Killed by a falling body. There's a pic of him being carried away from the scene by other firefighters.
Posted by: Tonypete
Found Fr. Mychal Fallon Judge, O.F.M. picture.
https://tinyurl.com/y4wxve5z
Posted by: Tonypete
"In the picture, he departs from this earth like an arrow. Although he has not chosen his fate, he appears to have, in his last instants of life, embraced it. If he were not falling, he might very well be flying. He appears relaxed, hurtling through the air. He appears comfortable in the grip of unimaginable motion. He does not appear intimidated by gravity's divine suction or by what awaits him. His arms are by his side, only slightly outriggered. His left leg is bent at the knee, almost casually. His white shirt, or jacket, or frock, is billowing free of his black pants. His black high-tops are still on his feet. In all the other pictures, the people who did what he did--who jumped--appear to be struggling against horrific discrepancies of scale. They are made puny by the backdrop of the towers, which loom like colossi, and then by the event itself. Some of them are shirtless; their shoes fly off as they flail and fall; they look confused, as though trying to swim down the side of a mountain. The man in the picture, by contrast, is perfectly vertical"
--Tom Junod in Esquire
We'll never know, but we can hope that he attained a measure of peace on his way down.
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THANQ PATRIOTS for helping me on this journey! There are so many I need to thank that it's overwhelming and amazing! I love you all and will continue to fight for American Values: Freedom & Liberty for ALL in my music. Divided we are invisible, But TOGETHER WE'RE INVINCIBLE!
A docudrama about the efforts of the passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 to derail the 9/11 terrorists' plan for the hijacked airliner.
…“I just got out of the Marines—I’m taking a break before I get married and start college in Mew Mexico. I earned a break.”
How long were you in the Marines, kid?
“Four years, sir. I did four years.”
Kid. [he honestly laughed as he shook his head] Kid, I served all six years of World War II and I wasn’t even 18 and already stationed in Hawaii when they hit the Harbor and I reckon I never came home and took a break.
Go to my truck, grab that other belt—make sure you’ve got a pencil and measuring tape. Bring a hammer, too—you earned a break, huh?
I may never know why I complied—it wasn’t a question or an invitation—he told me to grab a tool belt and I did.…
Black and white silent film footage from World War I has been transformed by Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson into a 3D colour movie to mark the centenary of the end of the conflict.…
painstakingly restored and coloured hours of archival footage and paired it with historical veterans' interviews… included using lip readers to decipher what soldiers were saying in the century-old film and inserting new matching audio recorded with actors.
…"They Shall Not Grow Old" -- will be unveiled for the first time at the London Film Festival next week…
Marty Balin, Jefferson Airplane Co-Founder, Dies at 76
The singer's soulful tenor was a signature of the Airplane and Starship's sound.…
…Archaeologists have found what they believe is the world's oldest site for alcohol production, a study said Thursday, adding the beer-like beverage may have been served in ceremonies some 13,000 years ago.
The site is located in the Raqefet cave south of Haifa in today's northern Israel that also served as a burial site for the Natufian people.…
…Where was the president in the eight hours after the Sept. 11 attacks? The strange, harrowing journey of Air Force One, as told by the people who were on board.…
…White Castle will soon be offering vegan sliders.…
…On the afternoon of April 14, the residents of the Plains States were forced to take cover as a dust storm, or "black blizzard", blew through the region. The storm hit the Oklahoma Panhandle and Northwestern Oklahoma first, and moved south for the remainder of the day. It hit Beaver around 4:00 p.m., Boise City around 5:15 p.m., and Amarillo, Texas, at 7:20 p.m. The conditions were the most severe in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles, but the storm's effects were felt in other surrounding areas.
The storm was harsh due to the high winds that hit the area that day. The combination of drought, erosion, bare soil, and winds caused the dust to fly freely and at high speeds.…
Frank Avruch, who played Bozo the Clown from 1959 to 1970, has died.
Larry Harmon was the owner of the character and he franchised it in big TV markets across the country.
Bob Bell played him here in Chicago for almost 25 years. -Chi-Town Jerry, Ace of Spades
[Harmon] didn't originate the character, though. Bozo was originally just a cartoon character created at Capitol Records by Alan Livingston. It was for a series of children's book/record combos.
The first live-action Bozo was Pinto Colvig, also known for being the voice of Disney's Pluto and Goofy characters. -Anagram Nation, Ace of Spades
The Japanese surprise air attack of Dec. 7, 1941, on Hawaii was a staggering military triumph that decimated the Pacific Fleet’s battleships in Pearl Harbor and wiped out most of Oahu’s air defenses.
Three months later, the Japanese Imperial Navy sought to repeat a surprise bombing raid on the island using its newest long-range aircraft, the “flying boat” Kawanishi H8K.…
Trump-hating former president George W Bush said Thursday that America needs illegal immigrants to “pick cotton at 105 degrees,” because Americans won’t.…
On Wednesday's Conan, CNN's Van Jones called the President…
Actor Andrew Garfield opened up about his sexuality…
Why? Why does anyone think anyone needs to know about their perverse proclivities? Hollyweirdos.
Comedian Sarah Silverman said…
Today, marks the aniversary of the Berlin Wall being down as long as it was up.
The final surviving Medal of Honor awarded US Marine from the Pacific Campaign of World War II. CWO4 Hershel "Woody" Williams, USMCR Retired. Semper Fidelis Gunner.
According to Wikipedia, three US Army soldiers who were awarded the MOH in the Pacific are still alive.
Sadly we are losing these treasures far too quickly.
…Yesterday was the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad. Probably one of the most savage battles in modern history, if not all history and a major turning point in WW2. 5 months later at Kursk, the Nazis' fate was sealed.
Naomi Parker Fraley, the real "Rosie the Riveter," died Saturday, the New York Times reports.
Though Fraley's name remained obscure for most of her 96 years, her likeness became an iconic symbol during World War II.…
What good is answering items in the Morning Report thread when all the commenters have moved on?
First thing I read today is Chuckie Manson is dead again? Can't be sure until the body is burned. In the sun.
In response, cranky old JJ ranted: "About the most I can say is that "peace, love and understanding" is not the legacy of the 60s and the Baby Boom generation. That myth has been exploded…"
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Manson is what the 60s were about! Woodstock was an illusion! Altamont is the truth! Donovan was secretly a terrorist. Hippies = Antifa!
Whhhuut? Yeah, let's boil it all down to one thing so we can dismiss it all. Works for the Left.
My personal takeaway from the 60s was not so myopic or monodimensional. Neither typified by the violence nor the pretensions to utopian ideals, it was … complicated. So much awful, so much beautiful. However, by every measure, thems wuz certainly interesting times. Consciousness razors.
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Stay dead, this time, Chuck.
Jane Fonda: “I Don’t Regret Going To Vietnam,” “I’m Proud That I Went. It Changed My Life For The Good”…
Jerry Brown, California's esteemed governor and friend of the people, has responded to North Korea's threat to hit California with nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles by unilaterally pledging 2.5 billion dollars if the North Korean dictator promises not to nuke them.
Jerry Brown's office has released a statement saying that he, too, was tired of being under Trump's control and that the two leaders shared similar political philosophies.…
Tommy Allsup, a guitarist best known for losing a coin toss that kept him off a plane that later crashed and killed rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "Big Bopper" Richardson, has died. He was 85.…
Today, Bowdoin College is set to show off an incredibly rare acquisition—a vintage photograph of Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration from 1861. The image, one of only three known to exist, shows a large crowd gathered outside the east side of the US Capitol to attend Lincoln’s swearing-in ceremony.…
…The textbook date of the end of the USSR is December 26, 1991, but for us, Soviet citizens, the dissolution began a few months earlier and happened in stages.
Very few people feared or believed the Communists any longer, ridiculing their institutions and their lying media.…
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