Jay-Z performs “Empire State of Mind” at Madison Square Garden

September 13, 2009 @ 1:50 pm

Here is Jay-Z performing one of my favorite songs off of his latest album, The Blueprint 3, on September 12 at a benefit concert for 9/11 at Madison Square Garden.

Smoke rising from Ground Zero

September 12, 2009 @ 12:23 am

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Photo: Andrea Booher/ FEMA News Photo

As always, The Big Picture does an incredible job of posting relevant images pertaining to a major news event, in this case, the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

They have a large image of The Falling Man, an iconic image taken by Richard Drew that inspired a documentary film (posted previously), as well as a number of amazing photos of Ground Zero then and now.

The image above shows Ground Zero on October 4, 2001.

Prince St and Broadway on September 11, 2001

September 11, 2009 @ 11:52 pm

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This is an image taken by Nguan on September 11, 2001 at Prince St and Broadway in New York City. For those who don’t know, this area is rarely this empty during the daytime and this image shows how the terrorist attacks transformed this busy city into a ghost town that day.

Thanks Bommy!

Remembering 9/11 at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum

September 11, 2009 @ 3:02 am

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The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has a page called Make History that details the events of 9/11/2001 in chronological order based on user-submitted content. You can search media content by location within New York City or by date & time that specific events took place. Overall, I think this is one of the better tribute and memorial webpages out there.

9/11 videos from The Camera Planet Archive

September 11, 2009 @ 2:54 am

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The Camera Planet Archive has a dedicated 9/11 video playlist with lots of footage taken by people in New York City on that fateful day 8 years ago.

9/11: 8 years later

September 11, 2009 @ 2:42 am

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It’s gonna be a solemn day…