{"id":95243,"date":"2020-09-11T07:15:03","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T11:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=95243"},"modified":"2020-09-11T06:46:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:46:55","slug":"nineteen-years-later-we-remember-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=95243","title":{"rendered":"Nineteen Years Later, we Remember 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe cloudless sky filled with coiling black smoke and a blizzard of paper\u2014memos, photographs, stock transactions, insurance policies\u2014which fluttered for miles on a gentle southeasterly breeze, across the East River into Brooklyn. Debris spewed onto the streets of lower Manhattan, which were already covered with bodies. Some of them had been exploded out of the building when the planes hit. A man walked out of the towers carrying someone else\u2019s leg. Jumpers landed on several firemen, killing them instantly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe air pulsed with sirens as firehouses and police stations all over the city emptied, sending the rescuers, many of them to their deaths. [FBI agent] Steve Bongardt was running toward the towers, against a stream of people racing in the opposite direction. He heard the boom of the second collision. \u201cThere\u2019s a second plane,\u201d someone cried.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

–Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9\/11<\/b> (New York: Random House [Vintage Books], 2006), pp.404-405<\/p>\n

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On this night 19 years ago, thousands of Americans kissed their loved ones goodnight for the last time, including 23 NYPD officers, 343 @FDNY<\/a> firefighters, and 37 @PANYNJ<\/a> officers. The 9\/11 Tribute in Light serves as a reminder of the lives lost on that tragic day.#NeverForget<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/o98DFRlsCF<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) September 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n