The Falling Man....

Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.




I read the start to this story "HERE" at Ace's

Then follow the links to "ESQUIRE" for a very good article written back in 2009

And from 2 days ago..the epilogue story in "ESQUIRE"

I keep coming back to the thought of ...MY GOD.. how horrible and desperate the situation must
have been to be forced to choose jumping and free falling to your death vs. being suffocated or burned to
death in the building.  My thoughts also go to the many brave rescuers that ran TO the buildings and started
climbing the stairs knowing that they were probably going to their deaths.

Sad Sad Day... even 10 Years later.

Many many others also chose to jump as well:

The Road from 9/11 to Obama........

Link
"The yellow brick road to Obama was paved with febrile insanity."

I suck at writing....

SO I will let the professionals handle it. These are some of the posts I have read this morning that I feel should be passed on and shared with others. Go read them,  I agree with what they say.


"MIDDLE OF THE RIGHT"

"RANDOM ACTS OF PATRIOTISM"

"AMERICAN AND PROUD" 

"TO OLD TO WORK" 

"MAROONED" 

and I made Bacon on the grill to snack on while I read these...... 

10 Years Later..........

The Japanese Overcome Disaster......

Look what they have done after 3 months... can you imagine the red tape and Bullshit that would go on if it was this country???

Update.. COOP points out rhetorical side of my question in the comments:
"It did happen here, twice... See Ground Zero & New Orleans."


My hat is off to the determination that they show as a people.



Just three months ago Japan was plunged into chaos after a cataclysmic earthquake sent a merciless tsunami crashing through towns and cities up and down the east coast.

The unforgiving tide of water obliterated tens of thousands of buildings, devouring almost anything in its path. Thousands of people died and hundreds of bodies have never been recovered.

The heart-breaking images of families desperately searching for loved ones amid the rubble of their homes sent shockwaves around the world.

Now, three months on, these images show the Japanese people remain undaunted by the havoc nature has wreaked on their homeland as step by step they rebuild their nation.


"TSUNAMI AFTERMATH"