Yahoo have listed several interesting and often overlooked facts about 9/11.
1. 20 people were pulled from the rubble alive.
2. Second biggest loss of life were of British nationality.
3. Ron DiFrancesco managed to escape from collapsing South Tower (he was one of only 4 people to escape from above the South Tower 81st floor).
4. Fires burnt on for 99 days after the attacks.
5. Another huge skyscraper World Trade Centre (WTC) Building 7 also fell during the attacks.
6. Global financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald was the worst business affected by the 9/11 attacks. Unfortunately, its New York headquarters based on the 101st and 105th floors at One World Trade Centre lost 658 out its 960-strong workforce.
Tower Stories: An Oral History of 9/11
Tower Stories: Amazon Review
If you're looking for an excellent book about 9/11, then look no further. This book will give the reader a clear idea of what it must've been like to actually be there in Manhatten and see the carnage first-hand. Read the true stories of men & women who experienced 9/11 and learn about how it has changed their lives forever. See the horrors from their perspective; the fires, the smoke, the debris, the falling bodies, the pandemonium, the collapse the the towers, and the aftermath. This book is a must have.
If you're looking for an excellent book about 9/11, then look no further. This book will give the reader a clear idea of what it must've been like to actually be there in Manhatten and see the carnage first-hand. Read the true stories of men & women who experienced 9/11 and learn about how it has changed their lives forever. See the horrors from their perspective; the fires, the smoke, the debris, the falling bodies, the pandemonium, the collapse the the towers, and the aftermath. This book is a must have.
Remembering the victims of 9/11 on Facebook
Join the 9/11 group on facebook. There you can add your personal stories, memories, poems, pictures and videos. Let us never forget them.
In Memory of Kevin Nathaniel Colbert
Kevin Nathaniel Colbert was 25 and from West Hempstead, New York. Kevin worked for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. on the 89th floor in the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
A Place of Remembrance
A Place of Remembrance honors the fallen and celebrates the spirit of hope as it tells the emotional story behind the creation of the National September 11 Memorial, from the tragic events of 9/11 to the process of rebuilding on these eight sacred acres in downtown Manhattan. Like the memorial, this official commemorative book from National Geographic is a lasting tribute to those lost in New York, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon, and it lists the names of all the victims and where to find the inscriptions on the memorial itself. Proceeds from its sale help support the memorial.
A Pledge of Tolerance for Tenth Anniversary of 9/11
"In memory of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, I would like to offer you and your readers of Remember 9/11 Online Tribute a message of peace in a short video and a pledge of tolerance". (Elizabeth Potter)
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In Memory of Jacqueline Donovan
Jacqueline Donovan was 34 and lived in Lynbrook, New York (Born: Brooklyn, New York). She worked as a secretary for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. on the 89th floor in the South Tower of the World Trade Center. On September 11th 2001, United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the southern facade of South Tower of the World Trade Center at 9:03am, impacting between the 77th and 85th floors.
Unforeseen: A short film by Tyrone Howard
Thankyou to Tyrone Howard for sending me this video. Tyrone is a US Navy Veteran with 15 years of active duty service. He is now in college and has recently shot a nine minute short film called Unforeseen - it is about second chances.
Please take the time to watch Unforeseen in the video above. It is only a short film, but very emotional.
New York Memorial Events for 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Ten years after September 11 2001, New York City still mourns those lost and remembers the day that changed the city forever.
Here is an expanded list of special events, memorials, art and photography exhibits, community gatherings, and more, taking place.
New York Memorial Events for 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Here is an expanded list of special events, memorials, art and photography exhibits, community gatherings, and more, taking place.
New York Memorial Events for 10th Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks
Washington Museum 9/11 Display
9/11 victims' phones go on display for the 10th anniversary
The charred mobile phones of 9/11 victims are going on display in a chilling exhibition to mark the tenth anniversary of the atrocity. The devices, which were still heard ringing as desperate family members tried to contact loved ones trapped in the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center, are a haunting reminder of the 2001 attack in New York.
Rescue workers could also hear the phones ringing while they searched for bodies.
A new exhibition at Newseum in Washington will display 60 pieces of evidence from the FBI's terror trials. A red wallet belonging to Ruth McCourt, of Connecticut, is also on show. Ruth and her four-year-old daughter were among the 60 passengers and crew on Flight 175 who were killed.
Pieces of the engine and landing gear of United Airlines Flight 175 are also on display along with the damaged antenna from the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
Remembering Windows on the World
Windows on the World was a complex of venues at the top floors (106th and 107th) of the North Tower of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan that included a restaurant, Windows on the World, a smaller restaurant called Wild Blue, and a bar called The Greatest Bar on Earth, as well as rooms for private functions.
Windows on the World was destroyed when the North Tower collapsed during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. At the time of the attack on the World Trade Center, the restaurant was hosting regular breakfast patrons and the Risk Waters Financial Technology Congress. Everyone present in the restaurant when American Airlines Flight 11 penetrated the North Tower survived the plane's impact but perished because of smoke inhalation during the ensuing conflagration, jumping or falling to their deaths, or the eventual collapse of the tower 102 minutes later, as all passages to below the impact zone were blocked.
At the time of the attacks, present in the restaurant were 72 restaurant staff members (including acting manager Christine Olender, whose desperate calls to Port Authority police represented the restaurant's final communications), 16 Risk Waters employees, and 76 other guests/contractors. The last people to leave the restaurant before Flight 11 collided with the North Tower at 8:46 AM were Michael Nestor, Liz Thompson, and Geoffrey Wharton, who departed at 8:44 AM.
Windows on the World was destroyed when the North Tower collapsed during the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. At the time of the attack on the World Trade Center, the restaurant was hosting regular breakfast patrons and the Risk Waters Financial Technology Congress. Everyone present in the restaurant when American Airlines Flight 11 penetrated the North Tower survived the plane's impact but perished because of smoke inhalation during the ensuing conflagration, jumping or falling to their deaths, or the eventual collapse of the tower 102 minutes later, as all passages to below the impact zone were blocked.
At the time of the attacks, present in the restaurant were 72 restaurant staff members (including acting manager Christine Olender, whose desperate calls to Port Authority police represented the restaurant's final communications), 16 Risk Waters employees, and 76 other guests/contractors. The last people to leave the restaurant before Flight 11 collided with the North Tower at 8:46 AM were Michael Nestor, Liz Thompson, and Geoffrey Wharton, who departed at 8:44 AM.
In Memory of Jeffrey Alan Coale
Jeffrey Alan Coale was 31 years old. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, lived in Souderton, Pa. Jeffrey worked in the Windows on the World complex at the top floors (106th and 107th) of the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
9/11 - 10th Anniversary Tribute Video
Please Note: This video does contain some disturbing scenes, and caution is advised when watching it.
Barack Obama to visit three attack sites on 9/11 anniversary
President Barack Obama will attend anniversary ceremonies on September 11 at the three sites where terrorists launched their deadly US attacks a decade ago, the White House said on Tuesday.
The president will participate in commemorations at each of the three locations where we lost so many loved ones: in lower Manhattan, in Shanksville Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon.
The September event in New York will coincide with the unveiling of a memorial plaza including reflecting pools on the footprints of the destroyed Twin Towers.
The president will participate in commemorations at each of the three locations where we lost so many loved ones: in lower Manhattan, in Shanksville Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon.
The September event in New York will coincide with the unveiling of a memorial plaza including reflecting pools on the footprints of the destroyed Twin Towers.
Robert De Niro to host 9/11 documentary for CBS
Robert De Niro will host a new version of the documentary 9/11 for CBS. Directors Jules and Gedeon Naudet first premiered 9/11 on CBS in 2002 and have now updated the film with new interviews with rescue workers.
The Naudet brothers filmed the initial response of the Ladder 1 firehouse to the September 11 terror attacks, capturing one of only three known recordings of the north World Trade Centre tower being struck by a hijacked plane.
De Niro, who introduced 9/11 when it debuted on CBS nine years ago, will film a tour of the World Trade Centre memorial to be shown during the telecast. Oscar-winning actor De Niro founded the Tribeca Film Festival in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks to aid in New York City's recovery.
Jules and Gedeon Naudet's new cut of 9/11 will air at 8pm ET on September 11 on CBS.
9/11: The Filmmakers' Commemorative DVD Edition is available at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Please use the links below.
The Naudet brothers filmed the initial response of the Ladder 1 firehouse to the September 11 terror attacks, capturing one of only three known recordings of the north World Trade Centre tower being struck by a hijacked plane.
De Niro, who introduced 9/11 when it debuted on CBS nine years ago, will film a tour of the World Trade Centre memorial to be shown during the telecast. Oscar-winning actor De Niro founded the Tribeca Film Festival in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks to aid in New York City's recovery.
Jules and Gedeon Naudet's new cut of 9/11 will air at 8pm ET on September 11 on CBS.
9/11: The Filmmakers' Commemorative DVD Edition is available at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Please use the links below.
In Memory of Sherry Ann Bordeaux
Sherry Ann Bordeaux was 38 years old and from Jersey City, N.J. (Born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina). She worked for Fiduciary Trust Company International on the 90th floor of the South Tower of the WTC.
George W. Bush, National Geographic Channel Interview
George W. Bush said in an interview that his apparent lack of reaction to the initial news of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks was a conscious decision to project an aura of calm in a crisis.
In a rare interview about the attacks, the former president told the National Geographic Channel what was going through his mind when he was informed that a second passenger jet had hit New York’s World Trade Center.
Bush was visiting a Florida classroom, and the incident, which was caught on videotape, has often been used by critics to ridicule his apparently blank face.
"My first reaction was anger. Who the hell would do that to America? Then I immediately focused on the children, and the contrast between the attack and the innocence of children. So I made the decision not to jump up immediately and leave the classroom. I didn’t want to rattle the kids. I wanted to project a sense of calm. I had been in enough crises to know that the first thing a leader has to do is to project calm".
The National Geographic Channel will broadcast the hour-long interview on Aug. 28 as part of a week of programs on the cable network that mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
In a rare interview about the attacks, the former president told the National Geographic Channel what was going through his mind when he was informed that a second passenger jet had hit New York’s World Trade Center.
Bush was visiting a Florida classroom, and the incident, which was caught on videotape, has often been used by critics to ridicule his apparently blank face.
"My first reaction was anger. Who the hell would do that to America? Then I immediately focused on the children, and the contrast between the attack and the innocence of children. So I made the decision not to jump up immediately and leave the classroom. I didn’t want to rattle the kids. I wanted to project a sense of calm. I had been in enough crises to know that the first thing a leader has to do is to project calm".
The National Geographic Channel will broadcast the hour-long interview on Aug. 28 as part of a week of programs on the cable network that mark the 10th anniversary of the attacks.
9/11 Memorial Sees Reservation Rush in First Day
It took just over three hours for all the passes for the opening day of the National Sept. 11 Memorial to be completely distributed. In the six hours since the 9/11 memorial's online reservation site opened Monday morning, more than 24,000 passes have been reserved, according to a spokeswoman for the memorial.
Death of an American Hero - Roselle The 9/11 Guide Dog
Roselle, known as "Thunder Dog", was a very special guide dog who survived the September 11th World Trade Center attacks with her blind owner, Michael Hingson.
Roselle and Michael were on the 78th floor of the North Tower when the first plane hit their building. In a remarkable display of trust and teamwork, the two climbed down 1,400 stairs, fled the towers, survived the ensuing collapse, and successfully navigated through the choking debris cloud.
Roselle passed away on Sunday June 26th, 2011 at the age of 13.
A book about her life has been released. Thunder Dog: A Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero
Flags of Honor for 9/11
3,000 flags bearing the names of 9/11 victims will go up in a park near Ground Zero for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. The Flags of Honor feature the names of the victims in red and blue, creating the stripes of the American flag. The flags will be mounted on 7 foot poles, low enough for visitors to hold and read the names. They will be on display from Sept 8th to Sept 12th in Battery Park.
Lockerbie: The deadliest attack on American civilians before 9/11
21 December 1988, a wet and miserable winter evening. In the small Dumfriesshire market town of Lockerbie local people were looking forward to Christmas, some wrapping presents and others preparing their dinner. 14 year old Steven Flannigan had just braved the weather to go to a neighbour's house to set up his present of a new bicycle for his younger sister Joanne.
About 60 miles away, in Prestwick Airport's control tower, air traffic controller Alan Topp was watching his radar screen as Pan American Flight 103 from London to New York - the Clipper Maid of the Seas - crossed the Solway Firth. "Clipper 103 requesting oceanic clearance," First Officer Raymond Wagner said. It was the standard, normal request for aircraft about to cross the Atlantic.
What happened next will forever be remembered as one of the worst tragedies the world has ever known. An explosion blew apart the Boeing 747 as it cruised at 31,000 feet above the Scottish countryside with 243 passengers and 16 crew aboard. The blast sent winds with the force of a tornado through the fuselage, killing many of those on board immediately and effectively blowing the aircraft into pieces. Plane debris and dead passengers were scattered over an area of 845 square miles, from southern Scotland to northern England.
Not a single person in the immediate area forgets where they were when their routine, pre-Christmas evening was transformed into a scene of unimaginable death and destruction. While Topp watched in disbelief as his radar screen showed the deterioration of the aircraft in dozens of bright green squares, the bulk of Pan Am 103 scored a direct hit on Lockerbie.
"The fire was falling down from the sky," said resident Jasmine Bell. "Everything was burning, the driveway, the lawn, the hedges, the rooftops."
Fire from the sky was followed by the rain of bodies, some still strapped into their seats. They landed in gardens, streets, play areas, some were even left hanging in trees. A lot of their clothing was torn away, testament to the ferocity of the blast as it ripped through the plane's fuselage.
Then, one minute after the explosion, a large section of the plane's fuselage containing the wings and 200,000lbs of aviation fuel, ploughed into a Lockerbie street. Travelling at more than 500mph it directly hit the house at 13 Sherwood Crescent with a deafening roar, the impact registered 1.6 on the Richter scale and a massive crater 155 feet long was gouged into the ground where the houses once stood.
The aviation fuel exploded when the plane hit the ground sending what residents described as "an atomic mushroom" through the houses in the crescent. Many homes, along with the people inside, were vaporised. Another 21 homes were so badly damaged they had to be demolished. The giant fireball rose above the houses and moved towards the A74 Glasgow to Carlisle motorway, burning cars on the southbound carriageway.
Eleven residents of Lockerbie lost their lives when the plane hit. Steven Flannigan, who had taken his sister's new bicycle to a neighbour, looked out to see his house gone. Nothing of his parents, Katherine and Thomas, were ever found and his 10-year-old sister Joanne also died. The visit to his neighbour had saved Steven's life but suddenly left him an orphan.
Four members of one family, Jack and Rosalind Somerville, and their children Paul and Lynsey, who lived at number 15 Sherwood Crescent, were all killed instantly.
The scene of the crater at daybreak was beamed round the world and is seared into the public consciousness. It is an unforgettable image. Many of those in Lockerbie were in a state of terror. The explosion on the ground was, in the words of one resident, "like pictures of the Hiroshima bomb going off".
In the fields and farm land around the town, the scene was no less horrendous. The plane's nose-cone, containing the cockpit and the bodies of several crew members, was embedded in a field beside the small church in the village of Tundergarth about three miles away. Scattered everywhere were dead bodies, body parts, aircraft wreckage, pieces of personal luggage. Resident June Wilson said: "Some (of the dead) were like waxen dolls. Other people were dismembered. Feet were missing and others had been horribly compressed by the fall."
Overnight the population of Lockerbie increased from 3,500 to 10,000 as the world's media descended on the small town. For days the residents of Lockerbie were asked to live with the bodies in their small streets and gardens, all tagged for forensic examination. Then relatives of the passengers came to identify their loved ones. Canteens were set up 24 hours a day to help feed them. Touchingly, the women of Lockerbie washed, dried and ironed every piece of clothing that was found once investigators had said it was not of forensic value.
In all 270 people from 21 countries died, 189 of them from America. Four hundred parents lost a child, 46 parents lost their only child, 65 women were widowed, 11 men lost their wives, 140 lost a parent and seven lost both parents. It was the deadliest attack on American civilians until the tragedy on 11 September 2001.
The plane started its journey in Frankfurt, Germany, flew to Heathrow Airport and was en route for New York's John F Kennedy Airport when it exploded.
The investigation - then the largest in British history - was shared between Dumfries and Galloway Police and the FBI. They concluded that a bomb, concealed in a radio cassette player, caused the explosion. In 2000 two Libyans - Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Lamin Khalifah Fhimah - were accused of the bombing. Uniquely they were tried by a Scots court held in the Netherlands. Al Megrahi was convicted of murder and his co-accused acquitted.
In a tragic twist it emerged that the bomb was timed to go off while the aircraft was over the Atlantic but the plane was running late.
Steven Flannigan became known as the "Orphan of Lockerbie". He and his older brother David, who had been in Blackpool on the night of the terrorist attack, won a $3.2 million settlement from Pan Am. In 1993, David died at a hostel in Thailand. Steven tried to make a go of things but in August 2000, he lay down on a railroad track in Wiltshire and was killed by a train - the final victim of Scotland's worst disaster.
About 60 miles away, in Prestwick Airport's control tower, air traffic controller Alan Topp was watching his radar screen as Pan American Flight 103 from London to New York - the Clipper Maid of the Seas - crossed the Solway Firth. "Clipper 103 requesting oceanic clearance," First Officer Raymond Wagner said. It was the standard, normal request for aircraft about to cross the Atlantic.
What happened next will forever be remembered as one of the worst tragedies the world has ever known. An explosion blew apart the Boeing 747 as it cruised at 31,000 feet above the Scottish countryside with 243 passengers and 16 crew aboard. The blast sent winds with the force of a tornado through the fuselage, killing many of those on board immediately and effectively blowing the aircraft into pieces. Plane debris and dead passengers were scattered over an area of 845 square miles, from southern Scotland to northern England.
Not a single person in the immediate area forgets where they were when their routine, pre-Christmas evening was transformed into a scene of unimaginable death and destruction. While Topp watched in disbelief as his radar screen showed the deterioration of the aircraft in dozens of bright green squares, the bulk of Pan Am 103 scored a direct hit on Lockerbie.
"The fire was falling down from the sky," said resident Jasmine Bell. "Everything was burning, the driveway, the lawn, the hedges, the rooftops."
Fire from the sky was followed by the rain of bodies, some still strapped into their seats. They landed in gardens, streets, play areas, some were even left hanging in trees. A lot of their clothing was torn away, testament to the ferocity of the blast as it ripped through the plane's fuselage.
Then, one minute after the explosion, a large section of the plane's fuselage containing the wings and 200,000lbs of aviation fuel, ploughed into a Lockerbie street. Travelling at more than 500mph it directly hit the house at 13 Sherwood Crescent with a deafening roar, the impact registered 1.6 on the Richter scale and a massive crater 155 feet long was gouged into the ground where the houses once stood.
The aviation fuel exploded when the plane hit the ground sending what residents described as "an atomic mushroom" through the houses in the crescent. Many homes, along with the people inside, were vaporised. Another 21 homes were so badly damaged they had to be demolished. The giant fireball rose above the houses and moved towards the A74 Glasgow to Carlisle motorway, burning cars on the southbound carriageway.
Eleven residents of Lockerbie lost their lives when the plane hit. Steven Flannigan, who had taken his sister's new bicycle to a neighbour, looked out to see his house gone. Nothing of his parents, Katherine and Thomas, were ever found and his 10-year-old sister Joanne also died. The visit to his neighbour had saved Steven's life but suddenly left him an orphan.
Four members of one family, Jack and Rosalind Somerville, and their children Paul and Lynsey, who lived at number 15 Sherwood Crescent, were all killed instantly.
The scene of the crater at daybreak was beamed round the world and is seared into the public consciousness. It is an unforgettable image. Many of those in Lockerbie were in a state of terror. The explosion on the ground was, in the words of one resident, "like pictures of the Hiroshima bomb going off".
In the fields and farm land around the town, the scene was no less horrendous. The plane's nose-cone, containing the cockpit and the bodies of several crew members, was embedded in a field beside the small church in the village of Tundergarth about three miles away. Scattered everywhere were dead bodies, body parts, aircraft wreckage, pieces of personal luggage. Resident June Wilson said: "Some (of the dead) were like waxen dolls. Other people were dismembered. Feet were missing and others had been horribly compressed by the fall."
Overnight the population of Lockerbie increased from 3,500 to 10,000 as the world's media descended on the small town. For days the residents of Lockerbie were asked to live with the bodies in their small streets and gardens, all tagged for forensic examination. Then relatives of the passengers came to identify their loved ones. Canteens were set up 24 hours a day to help feed them. Touchingly, the women of Lockerbie washed, dried and ironed every piece of clothing that was found once investigators had said it was not of forensic value.
In all 270 people from 21 countries died, 189 of them from America. Four hundred parents lost a child, 46 parents lost their only child, 65 women were widowed, 11 men lost their wives, 140 lost a parent and seven lost both parents. It was the deadliest attack on American civilians until the tragedy on 11 September 2001.
The plane started its journey in Frankfurt, Germany, flew to Heathrow Airport and was en route for New York's John F Kennedy Airport when it exploded.
The investigation - then the largest in British history - was shared between Dumfries and Galloway Police and the FBI. They concluded that a bomb, concealed in a radio cassette player, caused the explosion. In 2000 two Libyans - Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Lamin Khalifah Fhimah - were accused of the bombing. Uniquely they were tried by a Scots court held in the Netherlands. Al Megrahi was convicted of murder and his co-accused acquitted.
In a tragic twist it emerged that the bomb was timed to go off while the aircraft was over the Atlantic but the plane was running late.
Steven Flannigan became known as the "Orphan of Lockerbie". He and his older brother David, who had been in Blackpool on the night of the terrorist attack, won a $3.2 million settlement from Pan Am. In 1993, David died at a hostel in Thailand. Steven tried to make a go of things but in August 2000, he lay down on a railroad track in Wiltshire and was killed by a train - the final victim of Scotland's worst disaster.
A decade, and counting, of publicly mourning 9/11
We must never forget them. And, it seems the world will never forget them. We are still mourning the victims of 9/11. It has been 10 years since our world changed forever, and the pain is still so strong for many people, that they can't forget. We must keep talking about September 11th, we must keep it fresh in our minds so that our hearts will always honour those people who lost their lives.
Family wants local school named after 9/11 victim
The Bakersfield City School District Board will hear from a family who wants to rename Downtown Elementary School after their family member who died on 9/11, but some parents don't like the idea.
Cathie Ong-Herrera hopes the BCSD board will consider renaming the school after her sister Betty Ann Ong, a flight attendant who first alerted authorities of terrorists on board American Airlines Flight 11. Herrera calls her sister a national hero and wants the school to be renamed in her honor to teach children about the history of 9/11.
But, some parents are opposed to the idea saying Ong has little connection to the school and the school's name is supposed to reflect the community it serves.
Cathie Ong-Herrera hopes the BCSD board will consider renaming the school after her sister Betty Ann Ong, a flight attendant who first alerted authorities of terrorists on board American Airlines Flight 11. Herrera calls her sister a national hero and wants the school to be renamed in her honor to teach children about the history of 9/11.
But, some parents are opposed to the idea saying Ong has little connection to the school and the school's name is supposed to reflect the community it serves.
In Memory of Vanessa Lynn Przybylo Kolpak
Vanessa Lynn Przybylo Kolpak was 21 years old from New York, NY. (Born in Chicago, Illinois). Vanessa worked for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. on the 89th floor of the South Tower of the World Trade Center.
9/11 Memorial Video
I did not want to post any pictures or videos about the horrific events of September 9th 2001. I feel that these images are distressing, especially to victims families and friends. However, I have decided to put one video on this blog that shows the full horror of 9/11 without being distasteful. In the film, the footage is very clear and shows the timeline of the WTC attacks. The background music is a beautful version of God Bless America.
In Memory of Karlie Barbara Rogers
Karlie Barbara Rogers was 26 years old and from London, England. Karlie worked for Risk Waters Group.
On September 11, 2001, Karlie was attending the Waters Financial Technology Congress at Windows on the World, on the 106th floor in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Karlie was one of 67 British victims of 9/11.
The picture above is the 9/11 memorial to the British people who died in New York's World Trade Centre terror attack. The names of the British victims are inscribed on the wall here. The quotation is from the American poet Henry Van Dyke. Part of a steel girder from the World Trade Center is buried underneath this.
(Grosvenor Square Garden, London).
Incisive Media remembers those who were killed in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001
"On the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, we remember our friends and colleagues from what at the time was Risk Waters Group, who were attending the Waters Financial Technology Congress at Windows on the World, on the 106th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center.
Those killed were Sarah Ali Escarcega, Oliver Bennett, Paul Bristow, Neil Cudmore, Melanie de Vere, Michele du Berry, Elisa Ferraina, Amy Lamonsoff, Sarah Prothero, David Rivers, Laura Rockefeller, Karlie Rogers, Simon Turner, Celeste Victoria, Joanna Vidal and Dinah Webster.
We also remember the 65 delegates, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors attending the Waters Congress who also lost their lives."
A tribute to Karlie from her colleagues at Risk Waters said: "From the day Karlie was interviewed we knew she would be a shining star. She was bright and intelligent with a wonderfully optimistic outlook on life. Everything she set out to do she achieved. We will always remember Karlie's warmth, her bubbly personality and her infectious laugh."
Live Camera at the World Trade Center
The 9/11 Memorial is taking shape as the time approaches for the 10th anniversary on September 9th 2011.
The One World Trade Center Tower in New York City will eventually reach 105 stories tall, and stands overlooking the 9/11 Memorial Pools.
You can view the World Trade Center and 9/11 Memorial progress online here, and even watch the building construction happening live on camera here.
The One World Trade Center Tower in New York City will eventually reach 105 stories tall, and stands overlooking the 9/11 Memorial Pools.
You can view the World Trade Center and 9/11 Memorial progress online here, and even watch the building construction happening live on camera here.
In Memory of Wendy L. Small
Wendy L. Small was 26 years old from New York, N.Y. She was a secretary at Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center's North Tower.
2011 September 11 National Medal
2011 September 11 National Medal from United States Mint
Issued in time for the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
The medal's obverse (heads side) features Lady Liberty holding the Lamp of Remembrance. Behind her are beacons of light stretching skyward. Liberty, the lamp and the light symbolize not only the immeasurable loss on the fateful day, but also the resiliency and triumph of those who persevered.
Inscriptions are ALWAYS REMEMBER and 2001 - 2011.
The reverse (tails side) design depicts an eagle, symbolizing the strength of the survivors, the families and the Nation, against a backdrop of cascading water. The flowing water is emblematic of peace, serenity, healing and the continuity of life.
The 2011 September 11 National Medal is available for purchase at the United States Mint's secure Web site, www.usmint.gov/catalog
1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468), and at 1-888-321-MINT (6468), the United States Mint's telephone ordering line for hearing and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment.
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