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The impromptu gathering ten years ago was done with noble intention to begin the healing process and to show that our elected representatives can be counted on to rise above party and politics to serve the nation. The notion of such a thing in our current political climate is beyond far-fetched. We don’t buy the unity or the bi-partisanship given all that has occurred in the past decade – particularly since the election of our first African American president.
http://veracitystew.com/2011/09/12/cheap-gimmick-congress-sings-national-anthem-to-mark-911-video/The impromptu gathering ten years ago was done with noble intention to begin the... more
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On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, the U.S. came under attack when four commercial airliners were hijacked and used to strike targets on the ground. Three of the planes hijacked by al-Qaeda on that day hit their high-profile targets: the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Nearly 3,000 people tragically lost their lives. Because of the actions of the 40 passengers and crew aboard Flight 93, who fought back against their hijackers, an intended attack on the U.S. Capitol was thwarted.
Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Vice-President Biden, state officials, bereaved relatives, artists and members of the public gathered Saturday to open a 1,500-acre national park on the outskirts of Shanksville (PA) that includes the partially completed Flight 93 National Memorial, in honor of the 40 passengers and crew members who died on United Airlines Flight 93.
The dedication of the memorial on Saturday, provided an opportunity for the two former presidents to appeal for unity. Neither George W. Bush nor Bill Clinton specifically mentioned the fractured state of relations in Washington. But their sharing of a stage and their comments here in the field where Flight 93 slammed into the ground stood in sharp contrast to the current state of divisive political discord.
This piece includes photographs and three documentary short films.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/remembering-the-heroes-the-flight-93-national-memorial/On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, the U.S. came under attack when four... more
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The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 at the World Trade Center site, near Shanksville, Pa., and at the Pentagon, as well as the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing in February 1993. The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. The names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed into bronze panels edging the Memorial pools, a powerful reminder of the largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil and the greatest single loss of rescue personnel in American history.
This piece includes colorful illustrations and an animated short film depicting The National September 11 Memorial.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/a-tribute-of-remembrance-and-honor-the-national-september-11-memorial/The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly... more
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The disaster that occurred on September 11, 2001 was the worst in the history of New York City. Not only were nearly 3,000 people killed in Manhattan, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on that morning; they were victims of a premeditated act of mass murder that pioneered the use of hijacked passenger jets as suicide bombs and then reordered and distorted the decade that followed.
For those in the immediate vicinity, the horror was immediate and unmistakable; it occurred in what we have learned to call real time, and in real space. Those farther away, whether a few dozen blocks or halfway around the world, witnessed the horrors through the long lens of television.The sense of grief and shock, a terrible roaring in the mind of every American, made it impossible to assess the larger damage that Osama bin Laden and his fanatics had inflicted, the extent to which they had succeeded in shattering our self-possession. In the years after 9/11, many still can hardly erase the vision of the wreckage of the two towers, the twisted steel and sheets of glass, the images of men and women leaping from ninety-odd stories up and the knowledge that thousands lay beneath the ruined buildings.
This piece includes a number of high resolution color photographs, a photo-gallery, audio, a documentary short film and the full version of the movie, “The Saint of 9/11.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/september-11-never-forget/The disaster that occurred on September 11, 2001 was the worst in the history of New... more
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On March 11, 2002, 88 searchlights were trained straight skyward in two brilliant, four-mile-high beams. They were two of the most powerful beams of light ever created, illuminating the New York night, visible throughout the city and up to 60 miles away. Relief workers nearby, who had been plowing through rubble for six months, stood and wept. The art installation was both an act of commemoration and a symbol of resilience. It was the first attempt to fill the void in the city’s skyline and it neatly bypassed the debate over whether the site should be rebuilt or left as consecrated ground. The tribute ran every night from dusk till dawn until April 14, 2002, and has returned for a single night each subsequent September 11th.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, a photo-gallery and a three-minute documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/on-the-10th-anniversary-of-911-tribute-in-light/On March 11, 2002, 88 searchlights were trained straight skyward in two brilliant,... more
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The best view in New York belongs to the fearless ironworkers who are stacking the top floors of the new 1 World Trade Center. The top of 1 World Trade Center, as it stands in mid-August, is just shy of 1,000 feet above Lower Manhattan, higher than anything else on the island’s southern end.
Even among the most elite class of ironworkers that specializes in raising high steel, the 40 or so men who are performing the most dangerous work at 1 World Trade are a kind of special forces. Some of them were among the first wave of volunteers on Sept. 12, 2001, brought in to extract steel from the ruins of the twin towers and who have returned to the site as members of the plumb-up gang. The ironworkers’ almost classically curved human forms of arms, legs and backs express the perseverance that has powered the rise of this new tower, a structure whose symbolic importance is undisputed even if its cost and commercial justification remain dubious.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution black-and-white photographs, a photo-gallery and the two-minute documentary short film, “The Sky Cowboys.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/ironworkers-at-one-world-trade-center-the-sky-cowboys/The best view in New York belongs to the fearless ironworkers who are stacking the top... more
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Public Television’s StoryCorps oral history project is premiering “The StoryCorps 9/11 Series,” three new animated films commemorating the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The three-minute animated short films by the Rausch Brothers animators were created to preserve the memories of those who lost loved ones that tragic day. While the films are presented in a vintage cartoon-style, they carry deeply emotional heft due to the tragedy inherent in their stories. They are simple works, befitting the everyday lives that were nonetheless changed forever nearly 10 years ago. A major reason that 9/11 is such a tragedy is that it happened to people not unlike you or me, and these films do an amazing job of crystallizing that central truth.
This piece includes a number of colorful illustrations, as well as the three animated short films, “John and Joe,” “Always a Family” and “She Was the One.
”http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/the-10th-anniversary-of-911-the-storycorps-911-series/Public Television’s StoryCorps oral history project is premiering “The... more
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“Twin Tower Cameos” is an epic collection of movie scenes from Hollywood films that featured the Twin Towers at New York City’s World Trade Center. With the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 just days away, the three-minute short film was created by New York-based director and cartoonist Dan Meth to pay homage to the Twin Towers. The film spans 1969 to 2001, with a perfect decade-by-decade soundtrack. It’s a love letter to New York, and to the iconic towers that once defined its skyline.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, as well as the memorable short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/on-the-10th-anniversary-of-911-cinematic-cameos-of-the-twin-towers/“Twin Tower Cameos” is an epic collection of movie scenes from Hollywood... more
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