Via Men’s Journal: . . .On being scheduled to be on one of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center: “If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, [...]
Tony Bennett: “We Caused” 9/11
September 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size AmSpecBlog By Aaron Goldstein on 9.20.11 @ 9:32PM Yesterday, while promoting his new album Duets II on Howard Stern’s radio show, singing legend Tony Bennett claimed “we caused” the attacks of September 11, 2001. To be precise, he said, “They flew the plane in, but we caused it.” When Stern asked [...]
Nap Time! Rep. Conyers, Asleep, at the 9/11 Memorial in D.C.
September 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Via Detroit News: An alert Oakland Press photographer caught Detroit Rep. John Conyers napping during the “Remembrance and Unity” candlelight vigil on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn (that’s fellow Democrat John Dingell behind him). Conyers has a habit of getting on film in embarrassing ways. The Michigan View [...]
No Ron, 9/11 is Not Our Fault
September 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In recent years I had found myself warming up to the intrepid representative from Texas, Ron Paul. His rigorous devotion to fiscal restraint and the Constitution preceded the Tea Party movement, and his ability to motivate young people toward the cause of liberty is endearing. But for all the good that Dr. Paul has done [...]
On 9/11 Love Isn’t Enough
September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Print Email Text Size AmSpecBlog By Aaron Goldstein on 9.11.11 @ 8:11PM This afternoon I met up with my roommate Christopher and we proceeded to the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade overlooking the Charles River to attend the Massachusetts Remembers September 11th concert and tribute. It’s at the same place where the Boston Pops perform their [...]
Thinking About 9/11
September 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
AmSpecBlog By W. James Antle, III on 9.11.11 @ 12:33PM It’s hard to believe that ten years have passed since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. On a beautiful fall day, airplanes came out of the clear blue sky and rained death upon thousands of Americans. Commuter trains and phone lines were jammed as the country fell [...]
Clarice’s Pieces: Ten Years After 9/11
September 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
F16 Pilot Defending D.C. on 9/11: ‘I would essentially be a kamikaze pilot’
September 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Via Washington Post: Late in the morning of the Tuesday that changed everything, Lt. Heather “Lucky” Penney was on a runway at Andrews Air Force Base and ready to fly. She had her hand on the throttle of an F-16 and she had her orders: Bring down United Airlines Flight 93. The day’s fourth hijacked [...]
9/11 Vigil at Lower Manhattan High School Approved After All
September 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
AmSpecBlog By John Tabin on 9.6.11 @ 8:00PM Some good news: Thanks to the intervention of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, alumni of Stuyvesant High School who were at the Lower Manhattan school on 9/11 will be able to hold their 10th anniversary vigil at the school. As discussed in this space Friday, bizarre and [...]
Lower Manhattan High School Principal Doesn’t Get Why You’d Want to Remember 9/11
September 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
AmSpecBlog By John Tabin on 9.2.11 @ 4:43PM Stuyvesant High School is located one block west and four blocks north of where the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center once stood. As one might imagine, 9/11 was a pretty damn significant event in the lives of the teenagers who were at the school that [...]