It's been 8 years. There is footage of the events in New York at the The Camera Planet Archive among other places on the web. There is no shortage of video. Like most Americans, I've seen my share of them. I watch them once in a while, especially on special occasions like today. There's nothing on the video portions that shocks or surprises me any more. I know what happened. Sometimes, though, the audio gets me. A turn of phrase expresses a thought or a detail that hadn't occurred to me and the hand reaches in and tears my insides out. The QOTD did that this morning. The world is a sadder place today and it's an angrier place. Ring a bell, observe a moment, or say a prayer.
Quote of the Day
This shit came from over there.
Over There
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "This update points out sites and stories that deal one way or the other with September 11, 2001 and illustrate the width of the coverage and initiatives."
All that paper. My brother lives in Brooklyn, probably not too far from where this video was shot. He talked about all the paper and dust that descended on the neighborhood; the paper was strewn everywhere and the dust filtered into his apartment through an upstairs window left open because it was such a beautiful morning. In fact, he collected a garbage bag full of paper and even sent me some. Pages from personal calendars and random stuff.
Breaks my heart when I think about that stuff, Dan.