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Never Forget: recommended readings for 9/11

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Posted by Mike 2006-09-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Excellent. "The Falling Man" was made into a documentary.

What's missing? In only one of the twin towers was there an escape route from the roof. Eleven people escaped from above the burning floors. Once the way out was discovered a couple of escapees risked secondary explosions and returned to the roof to inform others. After some discussion, most decided to await a helicopter rescue. That story should be told.

Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-09-11 00:42|| 2006-09-11 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 There's a great deal of information about 9/11 available, much of it not well-known by most of the public.

I'm surprised someone hasn't made a movie about the lesser-known or discussed actions by ordinary people that day.

The huge armada of private boats that evacuated so many people from lower Manhattan would make a good part of a movie by itself, and it wouldn't help the hated Bush Administration at all, which ought to please Hollyweird. People just responded - with no direction from any government agency - when they saw they were needed. That's America. Of course, it's possible Hollyweird doesn't want people to be reminded of that, or even that Hollyweird wouldn't recognize the real America if it bit them in the ass.

Another story I read in a follow-up news report not long after 9/11 was of a couple of fighter pilots who were scrambled when the government realized they were missing several planes that morning and something was terribly wrong. The pilots - who I believe were Air National Guard, but don't hold me to that - had no missles and quickly figured out that they had no way to actually shoot down an airliner if they needed to. (Their jets probably had guns - don't remember if they had live ammo, or not, but if they did they knew it wasn't enough to be able to shoot down a 747.)

So they agreed that if they found they needed to bring down one of the airliners, they would have to ram it and die. They didn't get the chance, obviously, but even making that decision was heroic. That, plus the story of the thousands of boats, would make a fantastic movie if done right.

Indie producers/directors/writers - are you listening? Everyone knows the famous stories - tell the lesser-known but equally important ones. You'll make a bundle.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-09-11 01:02|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-09-11 01:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Rantburg 9-11-2005 thread

9-11-2004 thread

Rantburg 9-11-2003 thread

9-11-2002 thread

another 9-11-2002 thread

Fred, thanks for all you do and for preserving our experiences from the memory hole.

FYI, I combined your two posts and cleaned up the links a little. -Scooter

Posted by ed 2006-09-11 01:04|| 2006-09-11 01:04|| Front Page Top

#4 WOW! This will keep me up all night, LOL.

THANKS!

Posted by flyover 2006-09-11 03:07|| 2006-09-11 03:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't stay up all night, Flyover; bookmark the page!

Posted by Bobby 2006-09-11 06:59|| 2006-09-11 06:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Thank you, Mike. Thank you, ed.

Scooter, what a lovely shade of Pepto Bismol pink you are on my screen, to be sure!

Posted by trailing wife 2006-09-11 07:49|| 2006-09-11 07:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Great job, Mike.

No need to worry about me forgetting. Or forgiving. Or excusing.

Posted by Matt 2006-09-11 08:57|| 2006-09-11 08:57|| Front Page Top

#8 "Wretchard" (pseudonym), "The Shadow of Our Hand" Belmont Club (blog posting).

Posted by Mike 2006-09-11 09:40|| 2006-09-11 09:40|| Front Page Top

#9 See TW? That's pink, not to be confused with salmon :-)

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-09-11 10:03|| 2006-09-11 10:03|| Front Page Top

#10 Middle East Media Research Institute, The Arab and Iranian Reaction to 9/11 (documentary film).

Posted by Mike 2006-09-11 10:10|| 2006-09-11 10:10|| Front Page Top

#11 As if there weren't enought great links here, I'll add another fairly short but righteous rant from Michael Ledeen: 9/11.

Posted by xbalanke 2006-09-11 13:37|| 2006-09-11 13:37|| Front Page Top

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