IT started as a normal, regular day. But before it was over, the events of September 11, 2001 had made it one of the most extraordinary dates to remember.
It has been four years now, but the repercussions of planes slamming into the World Trade Centers in New York, the Pentagon in Washington and in that open field in Pennsylvania are being felt even today. In fact, they will be here for a long time to come.
Still, all what happened four years back, is still kept fresh on the web, through a maze of sites that hope to preserve the memories of those who perished that day.
September 11 News.com http://www.september11news.com/ is one such site. A directory of images, timelines, newspaper headlines, and more about September 11 and its aftermath, this site is one of the best archived links on the subject. News, photos, graphics and images, the site is like the encyclopaedia of the September 11 events. There’s even stuff here for conspiracy theorists and prophetic doomsday predictions that tell of all the signs that pointed towards a September 11 scenario, before it took place.
For history buffs, there’s even the importance of the date 11, events that took place in history on the 11th of any month. Like some historians say on September 11, 3BC Jesus Christ was born. Intriguing, eh!
Another, more news oriented site to trove through is CNN’s Special Report titled simply, America Remembers. http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/america.remembers/ An in-depth special marking the first anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, this link is part of the CNN’s Special Reports section. It has parts like Fighting Terror, Faces of September 11 and A Changed World, a look at how people in America changed following the events of that Tuesday in September, 2001. A number of the sections of this site are viewed with the help of Flash. So, better have your computer upgraded if it isn’t already.
But if it is something mind tingling that you want, something that will try and convince you, or at least force you to question the events that took place three years back, then there isn’t a more convincing site than this one.
Hunt the Boeing http://www.asile.org/citoyens/numero13/pentagone/erreurs_en.htm challenges the official version of the events of the September 11th attack on the Pentagon. The doubt that this site creates in your mind is simply amazing. Where is the evidence that even suggests that a big commercial Boeing airplane smashed into the Pentagon? With the help of official photographs and existing facts, this site tries to dispel Washington’s version that the Pentagon was attacked by a plane. And this it does by simply putting forward seven simple questions at the end fo which one is surely forced to reconsider what all you think is the truth.
Hey, did you know that the new American $20 bill contains hidden pictures of the World Trade Center burning and Pentagon in ruins! You think I am kidding, well why don’t you just get one $20 bill and see it for yourself ... or better yet, just click on to Coincidence or Conspiracy? http://www.glennbeck.com/news/05172002.shtml and you’ll see the most amazing truth. But it doesn’t just end with the $20 bill. It’s all about the $100 $50 $10 and $5 bills as well.
This site shows you how to properly fold various bills to show images related to the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. But I’d say one thing about the site as well. Someone’s really got a heck of a lot of time to keep him/herself engaged in such art. Still, I hope I am able to save enough money to be able to buy a $20 bill and be brave enough to try and see whether this thing works or not.
From stories to images, both still and moving, and art created by those who witnessed the events, the web has surely preserved the memories of all involved. September 11 Digital Archive http://www.911digitalarchive.org/ is one such online place. An electronic media to collect, preserve, and present the history of and the public response to the September 11 events, the site also has an Audio section, Documents and an almost first, 9/11 FAQ, with questions and their detailed answers of why this date, this number has become so significant in history.
From within the tragedy fo the World Trade Center, there were rare glimpses of hope and courage that helped us all to believe that all was not lost. And here, on the web site of the Christian Science Monitor, is the stunning tale of one person, out of the thousands, who managed to escape from the within the confines of Tower 1 http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0909/p01s02-ussc.html.
Jan Demczur, an East European immigrant to the US, was a window washer on the World Trade Center, when the first plane struck the tower. How he escaped and how he now lives, is one truly remarkable story. Click here and read how one man, managed to crawl out of a trapped elevator and tell the world, he survived September 11. Let us all pray that no one ever has to go through the ordeal that he did, ever.
IT started as a normal, regular day. But before it was over, the events of September 11, 2001 had made it one of the most extraordinary dates to remember.
