Pin ItemailprintHere’s a sappy-looking, tear-jerking drama that’s got “Oscar bait” written all over it. In other words, you’ll probably love it. “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” is based on Jonathan Safran Foer‘s best-selling novel of the same name. It was scripted by Oscar-winner Eric Roth (“Forrest Gump”, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button“) and [...]
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An Islamic cultural center near the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks that destroyed the Twin Towers held its first exhibit Wednesday evening, an event that went off without incident. Sharif El-Gamal, the developer for the new center, said the biggest error they made on the new project was not involving the families of [...]
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Tony Bennett visited Howard Stern‘s radio show on Monday to promote his new “Duets II” album, but it’s his comments about 9/11 that are creating the most buzz. Stern asked Bennett about how America should handle terrorists, specifically the ones responsible for the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. “But who [...]
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It will now be easier than ever to book a flight, in theory anyway. Google Flight Search launched yesterday, a new service from the search giant allowing travelers to search for available flights, finally making use of Google’s purchase of ITA software in April 2010. Although you can go directly to the Google Flight Search website, [...]
Of all the videos I’ve seen over the years that commemorate the 9/11 attacks and honor the lives of those that were lost, this special video created by Live for their song “Overcome” is the most moving, in my opinion. No other clip captures the raw emotion and sentiment of that fateful day. On this [...]
While the rest of the world was on the ground, weeping for the tragic loss we experienced on September 11, 2001, astronaut Frank Culbertson was aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Two hundred fifty miles above the Earth’s surface, Culbertson was the only American not on our planet when disaster struck. He, along with two [...]
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As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, some startling new tapes have emerged of shocked first responders and 911 operators who took the first few calls about the hijackings and subsequent crashes. While pieces of these recordings have been heard before, the document published by the Rutgers Law Review gives us an amazing play-by-play of [...]
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On September 11, 2001, Marcy Borders (A.K.A. “Dust Lady“) was working at her new bank job when the planes hit the World Trade Center. In a panic, Borders sprang from her desk on the 81st floor of the north tower and went outside to see what was going on. As soon as she got outside, [...]
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Rugby player Mark Bingham died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, while saving countless lives in the process. Ten years later, some chilling voicemails have surfaced that came from Mark’s mother Alice Hoagland. In those voicemails, Hoagland tells her son that it’s safe to assume terrorists have overtaken his plane and that he [...]
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As we approach the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, let’s take a look back at the Twin Towers’ all-too-short movie career. The World Trade Center popped up in more movies than you might imagine throughout the years. Here’s a look at just a few of them. How many others can you [...]
14-year-old Payton Wall lost her father in the September 11th terrorist attacks. When she hit rock-bottom, she would listen to her favorite singer, Justin Bieber, to lift up her spirits. She loved Bieber so much that she and her best friend Madison Robertson, 14, started a letter-writing campaign to meet the Biebs. Last month, President [...]
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It looks like a backlash is brewing for Rashard Mendenhall. Champion has dropped the Pittsburgh Steelers player as its spokesperson over his controversial Twitter posts regarding the death of Osama bin Laden. Earlier this week, the 23-year old Mendenhall questioned the celebrations that ensued in the U.S. once bin Laden was killed. He also questioned [...]
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