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Subscribe to RSSA 360 degree panoramic image of the National September 11 Memorial. ( John Makely and Jonathan Sanger / NBC News )
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The names displayed at the memorial are grouped by attack at The National September 11 Memorial in New York.
By John Makely / NBC News - As night falls, the National September 11 Memorial takes on a whole different feeling. Crowds become sparse, construction ceases and the traffic of lower Manhattan seems to fade away. You are left with the sounds of cascading water and the rustling of trees. There is no better place to reflect on what happened on September 11, 2001, and the lives that were lost.
John Makely / NBC News
A couple pauses for a moment near the the south reflecting pool at the National September 11 Memorial in New York.
John Makely / NBC News
In the evening the names of those who died in the attacks are illuminated.
Jonathan Sanger / NBC News
Water cascades into the south reflecting pool.
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The tridents, two relics of the destroyed towers, are seen through the glass enclosure that will be the entrance to the National September 11 Museum once it opens.
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The Winds of Change. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj99oU7AF7k&list=UUV15amW-alrQlZaJlrrpN_A&index=24&feature=plcp
For a link to my favorite 911 video, telling you everything you need to know about the official 9-11 conspiracy theory in less than 5 minutes, search for "9/11: A Conspiracy Theory"
Oh, and there's a new video posted of Tom Brokaw talking about whether there needs to be a new investigation into 911: Search for "Tom Brokaw on The Collapse of WTC Building 7"
All the conspiracy theories have been debunked. Anyone who still believes it was a conspiracy is an uneducated and close minded moron.
@ Elrenno-- Are you kidding me? Debunked by who? The same people who don't want you to know the truth? Your a sheep... Do some independent research, listen to Senators, and Congressman who have spoken out about it and how it was an orchestrated event. Are you familiar with the action that took place on Wall St. the week before Sept 11, 2001? Look that up and than maybe you will see how sometimes things aren't so simple... God Bless The Dead-- 911 Was An Inside Job--
ATLAS - It has been scientifically proven that the collapsing of the towers Did/Could happen due to the two explosions that occured on the upper floors. The extreme heat melted the steel support beams at the site of the explosions/impacts, which collapsed ... then it was the domino effect from there... basic physics ..... you should'nt jump so quickly to calling people "sheep".
You see, you say "look at wall street" or "listen to congressmen" but neither of those are proof that anything was a conspiracy, except to the people who are convinced there was a conspiracy. When you look for a conspiracy, anything strange will fit the bill as proof. Once a rational explanation is put forth, the conspiracy theorists move on to the next claim that doesn't have a concrete answer. Look at the Loose Change guys...they've altered the movie at least three times since it was released, changed what they pointed to as evidence as some was revealed to be false, and found new "evidence' to cling to. If there's an unknown, it's a conspiracy. If there's details that don't immediately make sense, it's a conspiracy. If there's an expert who disagrees with the report, it's a conspiracy.
Elrenno, well said...
Oh it was a conspiracy alright, by a group of Islamic extremists whos' "personal" version of Allah told them to kill as many non-combatant civilians as possible. Those who don't believe the towers fell due to huge JP fueled fires don't know squat about metallurgy.
There is an excellent short article called
9/11 Mastermind Zakheim: Hijack the Hijackers Tool Misused
talking about the role of the remote control technology that was used to guide the planes to the towers. It was supposed to be a deterrence for hijacking but in this case it was used to ensure the planes hit the target despite amateurs being at the wheel.
CyrilPenn
Don't waste 5 minutes watching that BS. Sorry to rain on ur parade CyrilPenn but Muslims did, in fact, run some jets in the towers. There is no mystery about what happened to any of the buildings. They burned up & fell down & killed Americans who also were Jewish. Muslim bombers did it moron. It's on tape. It is a fact. It wasn't Bush or Cheney & there is no conspiracy. Real people, including Muslims were on the planes. People knew them & Americans were on the planes too, people saw them board the planes. It is on film & recorded on cell phones. Real people died in the planes, buildings and ground. Conspiricists smoke too much weed.
Lovely design on the memorial. Very impressive.
this beautiful!!!!!a beautiful memorial!!!!!!the pictures are perfect,especially the panoramic view!!!!!!!!!!!!god bless all invovled they will never be forgotten!god bless america!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!xo
Going to New York in early October. Hope to see this in person......
You need to get passes.
yep ... go online to get passes ... heavily guarded place ... was just there a few weeks ago ... police in full battle gear and security like the airport
Remember to go to the bathroom before you go. There are no public toilets and you can't use the ones in the security office. Also, skip the souvenir store. Save your money for the street performers and road side food vendors (imo).
Remember, you can't buy 32 oz drinks. Bloomberg's way of getting more tax dollars out of you. If you buy 4 8 oz drinks he gets 4x tax. Also, it will cost you $2 to get a pass. Enjoy NY and thanks for your monetary support.
It is beautiful. It is also excessive and probably unsustainable over the long term.
Unsustainable how? We've had national parks in this country for +/- 140 years, surely we can maintain a monument to the victims of 9-11 at least that long, if not indefinitely.
Pacific NW, those parks you speak of dont cost a minimum of 60 million dollars a year to maintain.
60 million a year so what we r the richest country in the world we can afford it and the ones who died that terrible day deserve it.
these scenes are beautiful .... the new building itself is really cool/creative. but I still wish they would have built TWO Towers instead of just one - to bring back that classic NYC Skyline.
ok people. i personally knew 2 people who died on 9/11. 11 yrs ago. America's worst terrorism however may not be the last...and it pails in comparison to the worlds great terrorism events and horrors of war. This yearly beating of breast and gnashing of teeth is not sustainable over the long term. Grief must give way over to life and moving forward. Let the ones who lost loved ones directly grieve longer but as a nation and even families, all must move on and pay proper respects but not carry on so. Few even remember Dec 7 1941.
You forget the 19th century US terrorism against Plains Indians and the South.
We are moving on, but we are doing it as a nation, so it's taking a while. Unlike Pearl Harbor, we don't have a definite war victory over the people who carried out the attack to help us move on. Everyone grieves at their own pace.
I was raised knowing you wore a pearl in remembrance on December 7. And I still do.
Whoever believes that conspiracy sh!t should keep licking the window....
What caused Bldg 7 to fall? It was not hit. Keep licking your Bush-Cheney sticker and drooling on your US flag lapel button.
DOU44 - Building 7 burned down. It was hit with burning rubble from the collapse of the towers, and the firefighters were in no position to do anything about it, so it burned.
So, it comes full circle. Airplanes at that time were equipped with remote control flight termination equipment. Who was overseeing this system at that time? Dov Zakheim. And he was also overseeing the 2.3 trillion missing at the pentagon. No wonder the 9/11 commission said that the funding of the attack was of no practical significance.
I suspect your knowledge of anything technical is slight. You want to believe Cheney and Bush personally blew up the towers? Enjoy yourself. Don't forget to pick up your meds and stay in the basement where you are safe from mind control. A properly sized saucepan over your head can also be an added defense.
60 million dollars of quiet? Waste of money. Another 12 million for security? Colossal waste of money.
You and Al seem to be connected?
Fantastic memorial. To think that a building that i actually witnessed as it was built from my Bayonne, NJ bedroom window and commuted to and from by Path trains for 7 years for work in NYC once stood there breaks my heart more than I can say. 4 people from Bayonne were killed that day, 2 were on the flight that fought back. i'd like to think that they supported the attempt to take back the plane and save further damage. And to the knuckleheads that talk conspiracy theorist here and all over the nation, here's a smack in the back of the head to you. Dolts, get a friggin life. You really haven't got a clue.
It still saddens me that those towers are gone, and so many died and were injured. For all the money that they are spending, I would rather they rebuild the twin towers with a section dedicated to the memory of the 9/11 victims.
IMHO, i would have liked to see the twin towers re-build EXACTLY the way they were, kind of "in your face" to the people who knocked them down.
The memorial is stunningly beautiful, hope to see them in person someday. Again, imho, i'm ok with the cost...
I watched a Fox show last evening about 9/11. First person accounts from some survivors, relatives of the deceased, little or nothing in the way of commentary, as I watched the show, seeing both planes hit, I was sickened. When I saw the many people jumping from the building to escape the fire, I had to turn off the TV. I was so sickened, so aghast, I went to bed and lay awake. How can man commit such atrocities in the name of a "God"? The flight that crashed In PA...those people are to be lauded. And yet there are fruit cakes who expect to see a rumpled airplane at that site and at the Pentagon. The fact that they don't...is evidence of a conspiracy? Ever seen an aircraft hit something at five hundred plus knots?
$60 million a year to maintain is staggering. I don't think we should forget those lost, but how about giving it to the families of those who perished and the responders that have had health problems and have ultimately perished.
Thanks Obama for making Bin Laden a priority. The republicans said it didn't matter if we got him. But it did to us. Good job Seals and Commander In Chief.
May God bless and protect America on this day of remembrance. May the souls of those who perish rest in perfect peace.
Heinsight is great. Should of left it originally as radio row...instead of the capital of Zionism.
That is the target and reason it was hit.
My granddaughter asked me last night what we were going to do today. I'm ashamed to say that what she was asking didn't immediately register with me and I asked her if she had any plans. She said, "Well, its 9/11." It is indeed and your Photo Blog is very beautiful and it deeply touches my heart and tears flow. I see the plane flying into the building - I see that happen as I have uncountable times since that day. I feel the shock and the inability to grasp what I know I saw. It is still too unbelievable. I pray that God holds each of you, each of us, in his arms.
I remember like it was yesterday. I still have that much hate inside me for those who did it. I do NOT CARE if it was an "inside job" or not...I know that it was terrorist that flew the planes and cost lives. Everyone was at a stand still--we were all shocked that this was happening...watching those people jump from the buildings, some couples kissing for the last time before they jumped to their death...I will never forget. When the buildings came crashing down all i could do was stand and beg...hoping that I honestly wasnt seeing these things. We were taken advantage of on that day, and i will NEVER forget. We need to stop really arguing on whether it was an inside job, or even the terrorists...there were lives lost that day, some in which we all saw take their own. My daughter and my son will grow learning of this day...yes in years down the road possibly more and more truth will come out...until then, my focus will be on the hate I have for certain people, and the tug at my heart for all the families. --Will not forget, will not forgive!