The Twin Towers were enormous buildings and the attacks of 9/11 were of such magnitude that people were able to see the skyline change from neighboring states and camera-equipped satellites were even able to capture the aftermath from space.
The Sept. 11 Memorial is set to open exactly 10 years and one day after the planes crashed into the World Trade Center. The 9/11 Memorial will open on September 12, after being dedicated during Sunday’s remembrance ceremony in New York City.
As the tenth anniversary of 9/11 nears, several outstanding examples of how TV dealt with the tragedy come to mind, including David Letterman’s first broadcast after the attacks and Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ But perhaps none was more powerful than the first post-9/11 ‘Daily Show With Jon Stewart‘ and Comedy Central is streaming the entire episode free on their site
I'm going to assume that all of us who were alive and old enough to understand things remember exactly what we were doing when the U.S. was attacked on September 11th, 2001. Well, here's what Paul remembers about that day.
People were actually pulled out alive after the collapse. The British lost the second highest number of people. The fire lasted for months. THREE buildings actually fell. One company lost two-thirds of its employees. And what happened to all that steel?
Sometimes we speak of the uncounted casualties of 9/11. Well, one of those uncounted casualties is Tiger Woods’ golf game. I’ll explain on the next page.
Not long after the second tower was hit on September 11th, an NYPD helicopter flew over both towers and got footage of the smoke pouring out. Then after the first tower fell, they got footage from above of the toxic dust filling the streets of Lower Manhattan. See the amazing footage on the next page.