Tag Archives: 9/11

Rachel Maddow was on a roll last night as she ripped Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz for their latest claims that the Bush administration never claimed the 9/11 attacks were perpetrated by Saddam Hussein. A freakin’ classic Maddow takedown. “Maybe the Cheneys don’t know that all this is on tape?”

Gothamist points us to this photo of Ground Zero taken yesterday morning. More than seven years later and it’s still mostly just a big hole in the ground. This shot faces west with New Jersey visible in the distance. (Photo credit: luluinnyc | Amy Dreher on Flickr)

Visitors to the Statue of Liberty will be able to hike up to the crown again beginning on July 4th. The Statue of Liberty’s crown, which was closed after the 9/11 attacks, will reopen to the public on July 4, the White House announced on Friday morning. The decision, by the Obama administration, is a reversal of the previous policy. …

Remember when then-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani was cheating on his wife and she threw him out and he went to live with his two gay BFFs and promised that he’d officiate at their marriage when it became legal? So much for friendship. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was a last-minute no-show at the wedding of his former roommates — a gay …

Several buildings in lower Manhattan were evacuated this morning after a jumbo airliner tailed by fighter jets flew frighteningly close to the skyline. Turns out, it was a photo op for Air Force One. Via the Staten Island Advance: A plane, that appears to be a commercial jet tailed by fighter jets, is a “pre-planned” military flight taking photos of …

Turn it up and sing along. (Unless you’re at work; there be dirty words here.)

Yesterday when Sarah Palin visited a downtown 9/11 memorial, author Michael Daly was there signing copies of his book about Father Mychal Judge, the quietly gay yet celibate priest who was killed by falling debris outside the Twin Towers. When Palin approached Daly’s table, his handlers suggested inscribing a copy for her. In the photo at left, Daly’s book is …

(This story makes its third appearance on JMG. It last ran on this day in 2006.) Manhattan, September 11th, 2001That day, I got to my office on 42nd Street at about 8:55am. About ten minutes later, I got a call from Thomas in Orlando. “Honey, you should look out your window because a plane just hit the World Trade Center!” …

Sent in by downtown Manhattan reader Blake.

(From Married To The Sea via Ballad Of A Ladyman)

Watching the New York Giants roll through the Canyon of Heroes in this morning’s ticker-tape parade, the first such NYC event since 9/11, it’s more than a little disquieting to watch thousands of pieces of paper tumble from lower Manhattan’s skyscrapers. That image is so vividly seared into the brains of New Yorkers (and the rest of the world), it’s …

Six years. It doesn’t seem possible, does it? It’s a dark, wet, gloomy morning in Manhattan today, which feels appropriate. In a way, it’s always going to be 9/11 in NYC as you can’t walk five blocks without coming across some marking of the day – a painted firehouse door or a memorial plaque. Here’s the story and photos I …

Passing a downtown dollar store last night, I noticed that among the safety pins, nightlights, and egg timers, you can also get a 12-pack of face masks. I’ve often wondered if the reason that I haven’t had any post-9/11 respiratory issues is that I happened to find a face mask lying on the ground and kept it on for the …