Kena Betancur/Getty Images Manhattan Truck Crash Kills 6 Six people are dead and multiple people are injured after a truck deliberately crashed into pedestrians in lower Manhattan in a possible terror attack. CBS News reports that a motorist plowed into a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial. The NYPD reports that the suspect was shot after exiting the vehicle and flashing “imitation” firearms. The suspect is now in custody. Currently there is one person in custody. No others outstanding. All information is preliminary as the investigation is ongoing. pic.twitter.com/nsaUgZ8MJH — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 31, 2017 This story is still developing…
The animal kingdom has suffered a great loss. The entire world has suffered a great loss, really. Bretagne (pronounced Brittany), a 16-year old search and rescue dog, had to be put down this week. She was the last search and rescue dog alive who helped search through the rubble of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Join us in honoring her memory below… 1. Near Ground Zero Denise Corliss, an electrical engineer from Texas, and a then-two-year-old Bretagne were deployed to the area around the World Trade Center a week after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. 2. Long, Hard, Important Work Bretagne was one of approximately 300 dogs working after 9/11. She and her handler worked 12-hour shifts together for 10 days . 3. End of the Heroic Line On June 6, just a few months shy of her 17th birthday, Bretagne had to be put to sleep. Her owner said she could no longer climb stairs at home and was experiencing kidney failure. 4. A Hero Until the End Up until her health failed, the caine was spending time at a a local elementary school as a dog that children could read to in order to practice their reading skills. 5. A Trip to Remember In 2014, Bretagne made her first trip visit back to New York since the attacks, visiting One World Trade Center. 6. A Sweet 16 For her 16th birthday party, BarkPost threw Bretagne a party that brought her back to New York for festivities that included food, games and presents. View Slideshow
After this woman discovered her husband had been cheating on her for months, he left her in dire straits, both emotionally and financially. Not only did he leave her , but he labeled his soon-to-be ex-wife worthless. That’s about as low as you can get. But it did not keep her down. What surprisingly followed turned out to be a profile in courage, of willpower and strength of character, and a lesson he’ll never forget. We turn it over to the woman in her own words: Wow. Forgive us if it just got a little bit dusty in here. Pretty amazing turnaround, wouldn’t you agree? Share and Like this story and pass it on!
Steve Rannazzisi makes millions of people laugh each week as a star on The League. But no one found what the actor admitted to this morning to be funny. In a shocking, disturbing admission, Rannazzisi confessed that he lied back in the day about working in the World Trade Center at the time of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “I don’t know why I said this. This was inexcusable. I am truly, truly sorry,” Rannazzisi said in a statement issued via his publicist. Of those who have chimed in on the scandal, many have taken note of Pete Davidson’s response because the Saturday Night Live cast member lost his father in those same attacks. “It’s ok @SteveRannazzisi people make mistakes,” Davidson initially Tweeted, awkwardly adding: “Can’t wait to meet my dad for lunch later.” But Rannazzisi appeared to have missed the joke, writing back in response: “Thank you Pete. I really appreciate it.” He eventually deleted this reply. However, and after speaking with Rannazzisi personally, Davidson then turned serious and Tweeted once more: “Take it easy on @SteveRannazzisi … He reached out to me and is truly sorry. We all sometimes lie and exaggerate a story to seem cooler.” That’s true. Just ask Brian Williams . Still… really, Steve Rannazzisi?!? Wow, dude. View Slideshow: 22 Notable Celebrity Apologies
As The Associated Press had noted, the 9/11 United suit was one of several brought by the corporate entity that owns 7 World Trade Center. The judge who decided that the 9/11 United suit should be rejected noted that there was no way the airline could have predicted the series of events that caused the building to collapse. Hellerson wrote: “It was not within United’s range of apprehension that terrorists would slip through the (Portland) security screening checkpoint, fly to Logan, proceed t
The NBC series ‘‘Community’’ will finish the season without Chevy Chase. Sony Pictures Television said Wednesday that the actor is leaving the sitcom by mutual agreement with producers. His immediate departure means he won’t be included in the last episode or two of the show’s 13-episode season, which is still in production. Chase had a rocky tenure playing a bored and wealthy man who enrolls in community college. The actor publicly expressed unhappiness at working on a sitcom and feuded last
On September 20, 2001, Jon Stewart returned to work for the first time since the terrorist attacks that changed a city and a nation forever just nine days earlier. In the uncomfortable and emotional position of welcoming viewers to a show based on parodying politics and current events, the New Jersey native delivered a heartfelt monologue in which he initially asked everyone at home: “Are you okay? We pray that you are and that your family is.”
Sunday is the ten-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania. Since then, children have grown up, wars have been fought, and new buildings are rising in New York City. But we will never forget the victims. In 2005, the folks at Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Neatorama Discovery Date : 08/09/2011 17:12 Number of articles : 2
With the 10 year anniversary of September 11th less than two weeks away, we’d like to turn your attention to a new homage to the World Trade Center’s role as an architectural icon in cinema by Dan Meth. “From 1969 to 2001, the Twin Towers made countless cameos in Hollywood films,” he writes. “Sometime featured Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Flavorwire Discovery Date : 29/08/2011 20:30 Number of articles : 2
