transmothraMore human remains have been found at the former site of the World Trade Center.
According to the Washington Post article above, ~20,000 pieces of people have thus far been found. ~2,749 died in the attack. This means that, statistically, every person who died at the World Trade Center that day was blown into an average of about 7 pieces.
Really brings it home, huh?
Here’s one thing that I actually miss about vinyl records: you could actually look at the record itself and know instantly* which tracks were the interludes and which were the opuses. When will files on a computer be able to do that?
* yes, I know you can see it on CD, but you have to look really hard and close and squint a lot. That’s no fun!
Listen to these 9/11 tapes from NORAD’s NEAD base for chills. Read the whole story of how the effort to quell the 9/11 attacks was doomed from the beginning by faulty communications and a military that was sadly outmanned, overwhelmed, and ultimately outgunned. From Vanity Fair. Chilling, terrifying stuff. The candor, and humanity, on these tapes is stone-cold real.
130 years ago, a genocidal maniac was finally put down. Long may Gen. George Armstrong Custer rest.
NDNs pwnd U sucka!!1!!