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National 9/11 Flag Touring the United States

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:20:03 +0000

After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, one of the largest American flags damaged during the attacks continued to fly above the resulting wreckage during the clean-up efforts.

Seven years later, that flag, dubbed the National 9/11 Flag, was sewn back together by tornado survivors in Greensburg, Kansas, and has also been stitched by World War II veterans, survivors of the Ft. Hood, Texas rampage, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s family.

New Video Emerges of United Flight 93 Crash Aftermath on September 11 [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:00:14 +0000

A few days ahead of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a new home video showing the aftermath of United Flight 93′s crash into a Pennsylvania field has been released. Dave Berkebile, the man who recorded the video, has since died, and his family members found it while going through his things. As [...]

See Seven Years of 9/11 Memorial Construction in 90 Seconds [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:30:11 +0000

The National September 11 Memorial will be unveiled on the 10th anniversary of the attacks next month. Workers have been toiling at the site for seven years, but this time-lapse video crunches it all down to just a minute and a half. Using footage from live webcam site EarthCam, the past several years of construction [...]

Intruder Calls 911 Before Homeowner Does [AUDIO]

The Web Guy — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:39:36 +0000

A Portland, Oregon woman came home Monday night to find an intruder in her house. So she did the logical thing and called 911.

Little did she know, the intruder had beaten her to the punch.

Worried the returning homeowner would shoot him, Timothy James Chapek -- who had just helped himself to a shower in the bathroom -- had already dialed 911, admitting he had broken into the house, and requesting help from the emergency service.

When help did arrive, police arrested the 24-year old Chapek for trespassing. Read on to hear both calls.

Showering Home Invader Calls 911 on Owner

BrettMcCrummen — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:30:23 +0000

From my "things that make you go hmmmmm" file.

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