Interesting movie about what happens when young kids working at the Statue of Liberty lose their job in the wake of attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001.  If you ever watched A Walk To Remember (2002), you will immediately recognize Al Thompson, the token Black character from that film.

Well times have changed since that film, and Al Thompson has served as a casting director and a producer since that time.  In this film, he plays a young man struggling to get through trying circumstances, pursued by recruiters for the Army that eventually catch up with him deferring his ambitions to go to college and make something out of himself.  The war changes him, and he is not the same man coming out as he was going in, as he deals with mental issues.

The film portrays recruiters in an extremely negative light, manipulating the emotions of young kids that are caught in difficult situations, even lying about the fact that they may have to go to war in Iraq.  While that might be true, the film seems to have an anti-war, anti-military bias.  It is characteristic of films shot in the the last decade, anti-establishment, questionably unpatriotic, but it does give you a lot to think about.

The design, by a Dutch architectural company, is part of a flagship project to develop a major new site in central Seoul.

The PR chief at the Yongsan Development Company, Seo Hee-seok, said the accusation was a shock.

“When I heard that, I was totally surprised, and bewildered,” he told me.

“It felt like something out of a novel. And because this is just one of many buildings in the new development, I even wondered whether it was a conspiracy.”

‘Cultural differences’

The symbolism and spiritual impact of buildings is important in South Korea.

Feng shui experts are often consulted on the best possible position of a new construction, and just a few years ago, the vast front gate to Seoul’s main Gyeongbok palace was moved and rotated, to erase changes made by Korea’s former Japanese colonial rulers.

There is little opposition to the plan on the streets of Seoul

Mr Seo says this latest dispute is not a matter of insensitivity but of different cultural perceptions.

“If I’d been living in New York at that time, and been part of that experience,” he says, “I might agree it looked like it. But to me, at the moment, it doesn’t resemble the World Trade Centre attacks at all.”

On the streets of Seoul, though, some people do make the connection.

“Even if it does remind people of 9/11, there’s no law saying it can’t be built,” one man told me. “It might even remind people of the tragedy that happened back then.”

“I know there’s been some criticism of this,” another commuter said, “because it looks like the 9/11 attacks, but in my view it’s a piece of architecture and I don’t think there’s a problem with it – I think it’s a fantastic design.”

The development company say they were offered two versions of the design. The chaotic pixelated style was chosen because it was seen as “trendy”.

A second version, with a smooth, undulating bridge snaking round the two buildings was dismissed as “too old-fashioned”.

The design will not be finalised until next year, with construction due to begin in 2013.

But as of now, the company says there has been no decision to alter their plans to appease the critics.

Bush to accompany Obama on the anniversary of 11 September, Government of the United States held a 10th anniversary Sept. 11 attacks that took place in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

Bush to accompany Obama on the anniversary of 11 September

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Three locations were chosen because all three became the scene of the hijacking of four aircraft incident that led to the deaths of nearly 3000 people.

Center memorial ceremony itself will be performed at the World Trade Center, New York, where the two twin towers that once stood there was destroyed during the terrorist attacks occurred.

In a previous warning will usually be the name of the victims read out.

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Warning time will also be colored by the action of silence at the time of the incident coincides with a spate of hijacking a plane by terrorists, when two planes hijacked by terrorists attacked the twin towers, then when the plane hit the Pentagon and another plane crashed in an agricultural region in Pennsylvania after passengers thwarted the hijackers action.

Warning in New York will take place at noon local time and will be marked with the warning by placing a number of names of victims on the banks of a pond located in the former location of the two twin towers.

U.S. President, Barack Obama is scheduled to lead the commemoration of this.

Continue to be vigilant

While speaking on Saturday local time, Obama said the U.S. will remain strong despite frequent attacks directed against the country.

“As a strong nation, we will be able to keep going,” Obama said in his weekend routine.

“Thanks to the tireless efforts made by our military personnel, intelligence officers, law enforcement, and homeland security officers, no doubt, today’s Americans became more powerful and al-Qaeda is currently heading the path his defeat.”

“They’ll keep trying to attack us. But as we show this weekend we will continue to be vigilant,” he added.

Security tightened in New York and Washington after they received a warning that al-Qaida may be sending a number of assailants.

Some of them probably are U.S. citizens and plan to do the bombing in one of the city.

The report was accepted by a CIA informant last weekend, they said the information as “information is credible but can not be confirmed.”

In commemoration will be held today in New York, Obama will be accompanied by former President George W Bush.

“America will never forget,” Bush said in a memorial ceremony in Shanksville Saturday local time.

“I originally became president and focused on domestic issues became president in time of war. Something that I never anticipated and I had never expected before.”

Bush to accompany Obama on the anniversary of 11 September

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Pager messages include such as :

 This is Myrna, I will not rest until you get home, the second tower is down, I don’t want to have to keep calling you after every event. Please just go home.

 President has been rerouted won’t be returning to Washington but not sure where he will go.

 Bomb detonated in World Trade Centre. Please get back to Mike Brady w/a quick assessment of your areas and contacts us if anything is needed.

The first message was from 0300 local time (0800 GMT), five hours before the first attack in New York and the last 24 hours later.

The attacks on 11 September 2001 left nearly 3,000 people dead.  

If the rate of post-traumatic stress (PTSD) has decreased in the months that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001 among all New Yorkers, it remained significant in those who were directly involved. Most affected by this stress are the employees of the WTC (in particular who were in the top floors), who lost the most loved ones and colleagues, firefighters and rescue workers who responded early in the attacks, direct witnesses to the horror.

According to registry data post-September 11 created by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene New York City, the rate of PTSD was 14% 2-3 years after the attacks, but 19% 5-6 years later. More than 70,000 people have been exposed to the attacks are inscribed in the register. Two surveys have been conducted on this cohort and a third has just been launched this summer.
Respiratory Diseases

In addition to the smoke of fires, huge amounts of dust invaded the southern districts of Manhattan on Sept. 11. Immediate effect: respiratory problems among survivors and those who spoke on the site. Among those most at risk, there were 8 to 12% of asthma attacks after five to six years, three times more than the average recall Lorna Thorpe and Stephen Friedman in a summary published by the Journal of the American Medical Association . A decline in lung function was measured in the fire of September 11 in the first year following the attacks. According to the assessment made by Dr. Thomas Farley, the health department of New York, these effects persisted 6 to 7 years after, there are four times more fire and rescue twice whose respiratory capacity is low for their age, compared to before September 11, 2001. The situation is even worse for smokers.

However the link between the attacks on WTC and sarcoidosis has not been established. This condition is an inflammation affecting multiple organs, particularly the lungs. Studies of this disease among the rescuers are not conclusive, they do not exclude a greater attention to be responsible for the largest number of cases observed.
And longer term?

The medical care of victims of September 11, continues. They have probably been exposed to carcinogens such as asbestos, identified by fire towers. A study published this week by the medical journal The Lancet, conducted more than 9,800 firefighters, can not find a significant increase of cancer in firefighters who responded to the WTC. However, these malignancies may appear after a long delay, the conclusion is not final.

As the world marked a decade of the atrocious and deadly attack on the United States of America, no one remembered or paid tribute to the many immigrants who perished without being counted among the victims.

This dreadful but memorable event took place in New York at the same grounds of 9/11, families of the deceased called out names of their deceased in remembrance and respect for their untimely deaths caused by the treachery and malicious act of terrorism by Al Qaeda and its functionaries.

There were many illegal immigrants who worked menial jobs at the World Trade Center who worked there with documents of American citizens under some sort of arrangements to pay a fee for using their work authorization, social security cards and other documentations. These illegal immigrants perished when the World Trade Center went down under false names thus were counted by authorities as people who are actually not dead but gave their documentation to illegal immigrants.

Hence when insurance and other compensations were paid to families of victims, families of people who are alive but had given their documentation to illegitimate immigrants to enable them work in the United States were compensated.

Tributes to heroic Police Officers, Fire Departments workers, SWAT team, Red Cross volunteers and all who died in the cause of duty to save the many victims who were trapped in the building have been gallantly saluted my the United States government and its people, the victims of the attack who were trapped will unequivocally be remembered in the history of the United States. even the insane terrorists have been martyred by those who support their evil and inhuman cause, the only victims who are forgotten and invisible are illegal immigrants who worked hard; African women, men, Mexicans, and other nationals are yet to be recognized officially or unofficially by the New York state and the Federal government.

As a source who personally knew one of the victims explained, “It is awful that people receive the insurance of dead immigrants while their families back home are not even aware of their relatives’ deaths”.

Emmanuel Yaley is a West African immigrant who drives taxi in New York, his friend, an illegal immigrant Augustine Akpene perished at the World Trade Center. As families called out named of their beloved ones who died, Emmanuel couldn’t help sobbing in remembrance of his friend and the fact that he will not be recognized owing to the fact that he worked under the guise of somebody else’s name.

 it appears that these victims out of desperation to make it in America and other booming economies travelled to the United States to do whatever it takes to make a living.

These were not patriotic citizens of America, legal immigrants, law abiding but simply survivors who only cared about where their bread and butter came from. Illegal immigrants mostly live in solitude to avoid having any issues with the law that would automatically have them deported.

The complexity of the immigration issue raises a plethora of underpinning and fundamental issues that state authorities cannot comprehend left alone stay on top of it or find panaceas.

Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States. The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused controversy regarding ethnicity, economic benefits, and jobs for non-immigrants, settlement patterns, impact on upward social mobility, crime, and voting behavior.

it is clear that western governments have a part to play in this when they exploit natural resources such as oil, gold, diamond and leave the countries impoverished, thus the disadvantaged explore ways and means to get their fair share of the pie.

International organizations such as the International Monetary Fund and The World Bank have failed third world countries with programs that have not yielded any substantive results..

The September 11 attack was unarguably an act of evil against humanity which has left affected families still grieving their loss. It will undoubtedly never be forgotten or underplayed.

At least 2,985 people died in the September 11, 2001, attacks, including: 19 terrorists,2,966 victims, 2,998 as of Spring 2009.

All but 13 people died on that day. The remaining 13 later died of their wounds. One person has died since the attacks, of lung cancer. It is suspected to have been caused by all the debris from the Twin Towers.

There were 266 people on the four planes: American Airlines Flight 11 (crashed into the WTC): 92 (including five terrorists), United Airlines Flight 175 (crashed into the WTC): 65 (including five terrorists), American Airlines Flight 77 (crashed into the Pentagon): 64 (including five terrorists), United Flight 93 (downed in Shanksville, PA): 45 (including four terrorists).

There were 2,595 people in the World Trade Center and near it, including: 343 NYFD firefighters and paramedics, 23 NYPD police officers, 37 Port Authority police officers, 1,402 people in Tower one, 614 people in Tower two, 658 people at one company, Cantor Fitzgerald,1,762 New York residents, 674 New Jersey residents, 1 NYFD firefighter killed by a man jumping off the top floors of the Twin Towers.

1,609 people lost a spouse or partner on 9/11. More than 3,051 children lost parents.
While it was mostly Americans who were killed in this horrific attack, there were also 327 foreign nationals. Here is the breakdown, according to country: Argentina: 4, Australia: 11, Bangladesh: 6 Belarus: 1, Belgium: 1, Bermuda: 1, Brazil: 3, Canada: 27, Chile: 2, China: 4, Cote d’Ivoire: 1, Colombia: 17, Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2, Dominican Republic: 1, El Salvador: 1, Ecuador: 3, France: 1, Germany: 11, Ghana: 2, Guyana: 3, Haiti: 2, Honduras: 1, India: 1, Indonesia: 1, Ireland: 6, Israel: 5, Italy: 4, Jamaica: 16, Japan: 26, Jordan: 2, Lebanon: 3, Lithuania: 1, Malaysia: 7, Mexico: 16, Moldova: 1, Netherlands: 1, New Zealand: 2, Nigeria: 1, Panama: 2, Peru: 5, Philippines: 16, Portugal: 3, Poland: 1, Russia: 1, South Africa: 2, South Korea: 28, Spain: 1, Sweden: 1, Taiwan: 1, Ukraine: 1, Uzbekistan: 1, United Kingdom: 67 and Venezuela: 1.  

The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund has issued out around $1.5 billion to the families of decedents and those injured in the attacks. Though the average award is $1.8 million, the payments have ranged from a low of $500 to a high of $7.9 million.

While this article does not sympathize with the politicians of our time for the many cruel acts they continue to perpetuate and condone such as unnecessary wars that has killed millions, dropping food and bombs in Afghanistan, exploiting nations for natural resources, torturing prisoners without respect to the human rights, it is evident that all these culminated in creating enemies and sowing seeds of destruction and acts of terror such as 9/11.

It is interesting and worth mentioning the numerous conspiracy theories of 9/11 and documentaries which all seem to point fingers at the George Bush government for their alleged involvement in the attack.

However, Al Qaeda and its operatives who claimed responsibility for the attack will go into history for conceiving and executing such evil against humanity.

It becomes mindboggling human beings plotting to kill so many innocent people who have nothing to do with their cause and that brings to the fore  how incredibly insane the world has become.

Illegal immigration to the United States of America is phenomenal owing to the world paradigm which puts the West and booming economies advantaged over crumbling and weak economies around the world at a great disadvantage thus the exodus and brain drain to the land of milk and honey.

Ironically, this fictional picture of America is utterly fallacious especially since poverty is so rife in America. Unemployment has skyrocketed to 15% in the most recent survey this month of September.

Hence this misinformation and Hollywood depiction of all is glowing in America has contributed to many youth fleeing their countries in search of greener pastures to support themselves and their families back home.

Emmanuel Yaley lives in Bronx where many African immigrants live. “A couple of West Africans and East African immigrants who live in my area perished on 9/11. Not all of them were illegal immigrants but I know a Nigerian immigrant, Ghanaian and Senegalese immigrants who died on that gloomy day”.

It is apparent that African governments are less concerned about their citizens in other countries welfare. They are busy pushing the agenda of the foreign and western governments which is to exploit their own people through corruption and amassing wealth while their people live in despicable anguish and desolation.

In a continent which has half of the entire world’s natural resources, it is pitiful that its leaders continue to beg and succumb to western bullies for the survival of their citizens hence many professionals and non professionals are leaving Africa to all kinds of places, United States, Europe, China in search of better lives causing the apparent brain drain on the African continent.

However, until world leaders recognize the need to bridge the gab in the serious dichotomy among developing nations and developed nations, people such as the illegal immigrants who perished in the September 11 attack will continue to be sacrificial lambs that remain invisible and unknown to the world.

Terror events that had lasted 10 years. The U.S. government has even set the Al-Qaeda was behind the WTC twin towers attack, 11 September, 10 years ago. Even so, at least there are still five conspiracy theories are so lively debate in online communities. Fifth, among others:

1. Failed to intercept aircraft
  Why is the world’s strongest air force failed to intercept the four hijacked planes?
  Conspiracy theorists say Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the military to shut up and not facing the plane.

2. The collapse of the Twin Towers
  Why the Twin Towers collapsed so quickly over the foundation after a fire on several floors that are only one or two hours?

  Conspiracy theorists say the Twin Towers was demolished by controlled demolition. These theories related to the rapid collapse (approximately 10 seconds), fire a short (56 minutes in WTC 2 and 102 minutes in WTC 1), the reports of an explosion shortly before the crash, and the pressure that can be seen from several windows on many floors below.

3. The attack on the Pentagon
  How amateur pilots to fly commercial aircraft with complex maneuvers bypass the headquarters of the most powerful military in the world, 78 minutes after first reporting the possibility of hijacking airplanes, and did not leave a trace?

  Conspiracy theorists said the Boeing 757 commercial airliner did not hit the building, but carried out a missile, a small plane, or drone.

4. The fourth plane United Airlines 93
Why where the plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, is so small and why the aircraft debris was not visible?

  Conspiracy theorists say United Airlines 93 was shot down by a missile and destroyed in the air, puingnya scattered over a widespread area. In addition, the military never gave orders to the air force to shoot commercial aircraft.

5. The collapse of WTC Building 7
 How does a skyscraper is not hit by a plane so fast and symmetrical collapse, when no steel framed skyscraper that collapsed due to fire? Office of emergency aid, the CIA, and Secret Service offices in the World Trade Center Building 7.

Conspiracy theorists say World Trade Center Building 7 was demolished by controlled demolition using explosives and bombs.

GROUND ZERO—Americans anesthetized the witching hour of a abrupt 9/11 ceremony in bull address Sunday, eclipsing the 10-year mark with a vast, austere and at times abstraction annular of civic remembrance.

President Barack Obama set the accent early, accession by helicopter central the iron-curtain of Fresh York City’s Ground Zero with Psalm 46 at the ready: Biblical words of abundance for the actual kin of the broke World Trade Center.

“God is our ambush and strength, a actual present advice in trouble,” the admiral began, with Aboriginal Lady Michele Obama and their predecessors, the Bushes, attractive on.

“Therefore, we will not fear, alike admitting the apple be removed, and admitting the mountains be agitated into the bosom of the sea.”

Three stops later, Obama offered a final adroitness agenda for civic accord at Washington’s Kennedy Center, catastrophe a day that saw pitch-perfect ceremonies in Shanksville, Pa., and the Pentagon, all absolute by a alarm blackmail that never materialized.

“Nothing can breach the will of a absolutely United States of America,” Obama declared.

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“More than monuments, that will be the bequest of 9/11 — a bequest of firefighters who absolved into blaze and soldiers who active up to serve; of workers who aloft fresh towers, citizens who faced bottomward fear, and accouchement who accomplished the dreams of their parents.

“It will be said of us that we kept that faith; that we took a aching blow, and emerged stronger.”

Ten may be annihilation added than a nice annular number. Americans are still activity to deathwatch up Monday aggress by difficult wars, crushing debt, bread-and-butter apathy and toxically polarized politics.

But for a day, at least, the nation was one. America fabricated a anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s millstone.

And boilerplate added so than in Lower Manhattan, area a blanketing aegis attendance accustomed the island burghal a admeasurement of accord for bristles hours of generally acutely claimed testimonials to the fallen, interspersed with moments of blackout and abstract agreeable accessory from the brand of accompanist Paul Simon and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

The names accept been apprehend aloud every year back 9/11. But for the aboriginal time, the families themselves accurate them. Boys and girls, now teenagers, mothers, fathers, wives and husbands — abounding with aged voices, a few almost able to asphyxiate a complete through the tears.

The after-effects of affliction harkened to the aching after-effects of Sept. 11, 2001, back these aforementioned bodies stood acuity alfresco the still-smoldering bits day afterwards day in atrocious chase of a miracle.

As the names were read, anniversary ancestors was led through yet addition aegis cordon. But this time to curiosity at he massive bean voids that comprise the Civic September 11 Memorial, which opens to the accessible Monday now that the abutting ancestors accept been and gone.

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The immense accompanying atramentous pools, set in the aisle of the aboriginal Accompanying Towers, command belly impact, abounding with 10-metre waterfalls, an alien band of white oaks and a ambit of brownish panels inscribed with the names of 2,983 victims, including all who died on 9/11 as able-bodied as the World Trade Center bombing of Feb. 26, 1993.

Make no mistake: for abundant of the accomplished 10 years, the approaching of the World Trade Center armpit has been a festering mess, bouncing from one plan to addition amidst arguable development allowances that saw such accumulated stalwarts as the banking goliath Goldman Sachs win sweetheart tenancy.

Reputation is What American Valued Most

“The U.S. can use some serious help with its reputation around the world right now. Where should it look for that help? How about corporate America?” this is the statement of Deidre H. Campbell in his article in forbes.com.

Well, if we look at the question the article writer wants to challenge everyone in America on how they could make use of their abilities and skills to uplift their reputation where every nations in the world always looking at their country as one of the best and one of the idolized country of the world but after all the problems that they are facing right now, thus the citizens in America should think of their reputation? Or think for their survival?

But as we go back to all the most tragic problem of America like 9/11 attacks, we can say that America still survive and they didn’t mind with the people who die, they mind for the people who still walking and surviving because for them, people is much important than any other thing and makes their country as one of the richest country in the world.

Most of the victims of 11 September 2001 attacks, when the hijackers change the four commercial aircraft into “missile” that hit the Pentagon and World Trade Center in New York, died without a chance to give a message. However, thanks to radio, phone, phone-call office in the Twin Towers and even the phone in a hijacked plane, a number of victims could convey messages to the outside world.

Melissa Doi, a 32-year-old manager at IQ Financial Systems is based in the South Tower Floor 83 World Trade Center, had called emergency services for at least four minutes. Doi, in a voice so scared, in contrast to the unemotional tone operators, describe how hot the temperature where it was and it makes it difficult to breathe.

“I’m going to die, eh?” she screamed. ”No, no, no, no,” replied the operator. ”I will die,” Doi said again. ”Bu, bu … pray your prayers,” said the carriers are trying to calm him down. ”Please God,” Doi said. The conversation ended shortly after Doi screamed aloud, “Help!”

Another phone call to emergency services is the last of the insurance broker Kevin Cosgrove when his office at Floor 99 at the South Tower began to collapse. ”Oh, God …. Aaaaarrggggghhhh!” Cosgrove, vice president of brokerage firm Aon Corp., was heard screaming at 9:58. His voice then disappeared amid the crash of the collapsing towers.

The passengers and crew of the four hijacked planes also had to make last-ditch effort to stay alive. Intrepid flight attendant Betty Ong, on board American Airlines flight from Boston to the number 11, called the control tower. He calmly explained how two colleagues had been stabbed. ”The cockpit is not answering the phone. I think we’ve been hijacked,” he said at 8:19. Less than half an hour later, Ong and all passenger plane vanished in a fireball in the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

Alice Hoagland, the mother of Mark Bingham, passenger boarding United Airlines Flight 93, tried to call his son after seeing the shocking news about the hijackers. Mark did not answer, so Alice said to him, his voice very quiet and like a mother, “Try to take over the plane …. Collect a number of people and do the best you can do to 0yang gain control (upper plane).”

Mark Bingham, who Alice Hoagland called “sweetie” in the message, believed to have helped in leading a fight against the hijackers who caused the plane they were traveling last fall on a plot of land in Pennsylvania. The hijackers initially want to direct the plane to Washington.

United’s passenger aircraft with flight number 175, Brian Sweeney, also left a message for his wife, Julie, just a few minutes before the plane hit the South Tower. Having heard the automated voice on the answering machine, Sweeney left the message with simple words, but touching. ”Look, I’m in an airplane that has been hijacked,” he said. ”I just want you to know I really love you. I want you to do good, be happy.’s The same for my parents and everyone. I really love you.”

Most of the victims’ families did not get to say good-bye. Victims who died at the World Trade Center and many were not identified his remains.

There are a number of victims who had done the last chat with their families.Beverly Eckert remembers how happy he was when he received a phone call from her husband, Sean Rooney, at about 9:30. He suspects her husband managed to escape from his office in the Twin Towers.

However, he said to me, he is on the floor 105 and I immediately knew that Sean would never come home. After talking several minutes, she whispered, “‘I love you.” That said repetitive. Then, suddenly I heard a loud explosion, “Eckert wrote in New York magazine this week. After the vote, her husband was still alive, but they both knew it was the voice of the building began to collapse.” I called her name repeatedly on the phone. Then I just sat huddled on the floor while holding the phone. “