US marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks, ‘moments that divide time’

Blu82 said:
They took of with no missiles or gun ammunition just the jest fuel that was already loaded.
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Seems crazy for a rapid response group to do that.

And no air defenses in DC?

Not even MANPADS.
 

25 Photos Of Windows On The World, From Its ‘Spectacular’ Beginnings To Its Tragic Destruction On 9/11 - All That's Interesting​

Windows on the World opened in April 1976 to critical acclaim — and by 2000 it was the top-grossing restaurant in the United States.

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When Windows on the World opened in 1976 on the 106th and 107th floors of the World Trade Center's North Tower, New York Magazine dubbed it: "The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World."

Today, however, the restaurant is best known for its tragic end in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

On September 11, 2001, all 170 people in the restaurant — including 72 Windows on the World employees — were killed after hijackers crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower at 8:46 a.m, blocking off any means of escape. Less than two hours later, the tower collapsed.

But out of the tragedy and horror came great generosity. In the years since, surviving employees have come together to take care of their former co-workers' families.

This is the story of Windows on the World.
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Read the full article at the link below:

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25 Evocative Photos Of Windows On The World, The Legendary Restaurant Once Atop The World Trade Center

Windows on the World was destroyed during the 9/11 attacks.
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As a young adult, Baldwin Lee photographed the downtown streetscapes of lower Manhattan, within walking distance of where he’d grown up in Chinatown as the son of a noodle manufacturer.

In the photos, again and again, peering over the shoulders of the dirty loft buildings and overscale Cadillac Eldorados, the twin towers of the World Trade Center appear.

Fifty years after they were made and 25 years after the catastrophe, these pictures take on a secondary layer of meaning because they document a city that (even aside from the destroyed towers) is so vastly changed.

“New York was not the most pleasant place in the world then — dirty, trash everywhere. It just looked like another run-down town that was on the way out,” he says.

Was he conscious of recording a very specific time and place? Not really: “You document what’s in front of you, and I tried to make honest, straightforward pictures of that.”

Read more about the enduring impact of the towers on the photographer here:
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When the Twin Towers Were New

Baldwin Lee’s first body of photographic work documented a landmark that nobody expected to disappear.
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AOC spotted laughing next to Mamdani at 9/11 ceremony — as victims’ families weep during reading of names​


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AOC spotted laughing next to Mamdani at 9/11 ceremony — as victims’ families weep during reading of names

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were seen yukking it up during the somber reading of 9/11 victims at Ground Zero during the 25th anniversary service.
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Blu82 said:
They were prepping for a training mission when they got the call to scramble as they were the closest at the time.
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In general to protect the capital they should have had 2-3 planes always on standby.
 
I avoided reading this thread yesterday, knowing that it would get somewhat political. I remember the day clearly:
I was driving to a meeting, listening to the radio news (in the days when we did such things). I heard that an aircraft had crashed into a building, and thought, oh, an unfortunate accident. When I came out of the meeting an hour later, there was reports of a 2nd plane, which sounded ominous. When I got home, I turned on the TV, only to see footage of smoke plumes, but no commentary, or useful information, until many hours later. We forget that there was no social media, or independent journalism in those days.

At the time I felt a great deal of sympathy for the American people. That changed soon after when Bush invaded Afghanistan, knowing full well that most of the hijackers were Saudi citizens. Since then things have gone downhill in many spheres of life, with the War on Terror being the first mis-step.

Bin Laden may be dead, but many of the things he hoped for have been wild exceeded, particularly in the last decade. Disputes between allied countries, pointless wars in the Middle East, a highly polarised political atmosphere, and a general malaise in the West. He may have been an evil man, but he single-handedly targeted a huge weakness in populist democracy.
 
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