Wonderful Montage Shows Nearly Every Film Appearance Of The Twin Towers

Photographer Joel Meyerowitz compares the pictures he took in the days after 9/11 to ones he made this year

People lined the streets of downtown Manhattan to greet President Obama’s motorcade as it made its way to the World Trade Center site

Photographer Peter van Agtmael documented the people and events at Ground Zero after the killing of Osama Bin Laden, a leader behind the Sept. 11 attacks

Sights and sounds from Ground Zero on the the night President Obama announced Osama bin Laden was dead

WTC is a symbol for what man can do

A soldiers visit to world trade center memorial site

If you never heard of Rick Rescorla, you are missing out on one of the best stories of an “American” hero

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Wonderful Montage Shows Nearly Every Film Appearance Of The Twin Towers
From 1969 to 2001, the Twin Towers made countless cameos in Hollywood films. Sometimes featured prominently in the foreground, sometimes lurking in the distance. This montage celebrates the towers’ all-too-short film career with songs that capture the passing decades. .

Twin Tower Cameos from Dan Meth on Vimeo.

Photographer Joel Meyerowitz compares the pictures he took in the days after 9/11 to ones he made this year

People lined the streets of downtown Manhattan to greet President Obama’s motorcade as it made its way to the World Trade Center site

Photographer Peter van Agtmael documented the people and events at Ground Zero after the killing of Osama Bin Laden, a leader behind the Sept. 11 attacks.

Sights and sounds from Ground Zero on the the night President Obama announced Osama bin Laden was dead. Photographs by Lauren Fleishman for TIME

WTC is a symbol for what man can do.

Wikitude World Browser has been enhanced by 3D capabilities.
Go to the area around ground zero in NYC and you see a 3D icon on the left side of the cam view (in Wikitude v7.8 – on Android based phones). Click on it and the World Trade Center will appear as it looked pre-9/11.
WTC is the first 3D model added to Wikitude.
We chose WTC for this video because it is a facinating showcase for AR – Its not there but its there.
The 3D model in Wikitude can be seen as a symbol similar to the “Tribute in light”: “Tribute in AR”.
Music: Composed by J. Pachelbel; Arr. by Geoff Groberg. Copyright Geoff Groberg Music, BMI.

Wikitude Augmented Reality: WTC – Its not there but its there from Wikitude on Vimeo.

A soldiers visit to world trade center memorial site
This is the prelude to the Iraqi Chronicles Documentary. If you knew what I faced everyday then you would be wiping the tears from your face everyday. I face it so you don’t. You don’t have to say thank you, just say “I love you”. Dedicated To all my battle buddies. sgt. Denoh Grear (US Army)

A soldiers visit to world trade center memorial site from WWW.CHANGEASOUL.COM on Vimeo.

If you never heard of Rick Rescorla, you are missing out on one of the best stories of an “American” hero.

Born born Cyril Richard Rescorla in Hayle, Cornwall, in 1939.

During WWII the 175th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. 29th Infantry Division was headquartered in Rick’s hometown. Being a typical young boy he fell head over heals in love with the American G.I.s. He grew up an athlete, excelling in boxing.

In 1957 Rescorla joined the British Army The Parachute Regiment and also serving with intelligence. Upon leaving the military he served various jobs as a police officer.

He moved to the United States and joined the United States Army in 1963 … wanting to go to Vietnam to fight. In 1965 he was a platoon leader in the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and faught in the Battle of Ia Drang … the battle recounted in the book and depicted in the movie “We Were Soldiers (Once … And Young)”

While serving in Vietnam Rick earned the Silver Star, the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, a Purple Heart, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry …

And didn’t come back to the United States to throw any of them on the White House lawn … nor did he join The Winter Soldiers and undermind his military brothers still fighting, bleeding and dying in Vietnam.

Rescorla was a very bright and astute man. He was a critical thinker. In 1992 he warned the World Trade Center’s Port Authority that the massive structures were vulnerable to (what we call now) VIEDs in the basement parking garage … but his warning was not heeded … In 1993 the first terrorist attack on the WTC happened. Rick helped evacuate the building, and was the last man out.

Rescorla became director of security for Morgan Stanley headquartered in the World Trade Center in 1997. Feeling the WTC was too vulnerable a target for terrorists, Rick recommended Morgan Stanley leave the structure and find new office spaces. But they were locked into a lease. So, Rescorla then made certain all employees of Morgan Stanley train and practice in emergency evacuations from the WTC building, drilling them every three months.

On September 11, 2001 Rick Rescorla was supposed to be on vacation … Instead, he was filling in so one of his deputies could go on vacation.

This, I believe, is one of the last known pictures taken of Rick Rescorla on 9-11-01 as he coaxed and lead the evacuation of Morgan Stanley’s staff and employees out of WTCT2 and WTC5.

When all the Morgan Stanley employees were safely out, Rick went back inside to help more people escape the inevitable doom he had feared and predicted years before …

On the warm, bright, sunny morning of September 11, 2001 Rick Rescorla was not … the last man out of the World Trade Center …

Rick Rescorla’s birth certificate may have said England but he was … an American hero through and through, and in every cell of his body, and every fiber of his heart and soul.

Eight New York City Police Officers who died from World Trade Center Illnesses were added to the Wall of Heroes on Wednesday, the first week of May 2008. Wednesday’s annual Police Memorial Day Ceremony honored eight police officers who died as a result of their rescue and recovery work after the September 11th terrorist attacks.

At least 360 workers who volunteered to perform search and rescue operations at the World Trade Center directly following the September 11, 2001 attacks have since died; 80 of which suffered cancer-related deaths. The White House deliberately pressured the EPA into giving false public assurances that the toxic air at Ground Zero was safe to breathe.

The volunteers and rescuers worked at Ground Zero, nearby blocks and at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island. New York state health officials have identified the cause of death for 154 dead volunteers.The 360 estimate is just the “tip of the iceberg.” There are over 10,000 sick volunteers, 600 of whom are now cancer stricken, allegedly caused by their exposure to toxic elements on the site.

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