9/11

Too soon, Marky Mark, too soon

adamg — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:28:07 +0000

Our own homegrown tough guy and Whitey wannabe is now apologizing for saying if he'd been on Flight 11 out of Logan on 9/11 - like he was originally planning to be - things would have turned out differently.

Remembering

adamg — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:54:15 +0000

Stevil watched a a changing of the guard at the 9/11 memorial in the Public Garden today - not far from the 3,000 flag that ChinatownKicks photographed.

Copyright Stevil and ChinatownKicks, respectively. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Today would not be a good day to be driving a Penske truck around Boston

adamg — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:47:00 +0000

UPDATE: Truck found, it was up to good - legit picking up charity donations - the Globe reports.

Boston and State Police are on alert this morning, in search of an 18-foot Penske truck spotted with blue, plastic 55-gallon drums last night on Columbus Avenue near Mass. Ave.

The Globe reports police issued an alert after receiving a report of "three men loading large buckets of unknown material."

That report came in around 10 p.m. Around midnight, an officer stopped a Penske truck at Stuart and Tremont streets. After it checked out OK, Boston Police notified police between there and Winchester - where it was headed - that it was legit.

The survivors

adamg — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:51:47 +0000

Brian McGrory interviews people who said goodbye to family members flying to Los Angeles from Logan on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

A park near Akamai Technologies in Cambridge will be dedicated today to honor co-founder Daniel Lewin, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11.

Salute to America at MIT

adamg — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 03:14:52 +0000

Building 54 tonight.

Subway service to come to a halt at 8:46 a.m. tomorrow

adamg — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:41:24 +0000

The MBTA announces that all subway trains will pull into stations and stand by at 8:46 for a 9/11 moment of silence.

David Brudnoy on 9/11

adamg — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:46:45 +0000

WBZ has posted Brudnoy's show the night of Sept. 11, 2001.

Remember

adamg — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:14:51 +0000

Events to remember 9/11 in the Boston area:

'No specific threat to the city of Boston' but keep an eye out

adamg — Mon, 02 May 2011 21:56:13 +0000

Police Commissioner Ed Davis:

Remembering the friend he last talked to on Sept. 9, 2001

adamg — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:46:09 +0000

BosGuy remembers his friend Graham:

He was leaving for L.A. in two days, and we were to connect the following weekend so he could tell me about the trip which was a mixture of business and pleasure.

Shards of glass

adamg — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:59:23 +0000

Richard Beaubien spent time this summer at the 9/11 memorial at Logan Airport (he has more photos here).

Earlier: The flag at Gate 32.

Copyright Richard Beaubien. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Peabody and 9/11

adamg — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:55:45 +0000

Karl reads how Peabody police officers got 9/11 declared a day of overtime in exchange for drug testing, says he doesn't get it:

... I can see NYC police (and fire, and paramedics) fighting for such a thing since, you know, since they were the actual people who a) helped at the site and b) lost hundreds of their peers that day. But Peabody? ...

What we have here is a failure of human understanding

adamg — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:07:02 +0000

With absolutely nothing else to talk about, the right wing has, of course, decided to raise the question of why Deval Patrick hates America. David Bernstein creates a chronology of the frenzy following Patrick's 9/11 speech yesterday and puts his use of the phrase "failure of human understanding" in its WWJD context (Patrick has used the phrase before).

Spectacularly stupid 9/11 stunt

adamg — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:30:34 +0000

Let's see: Your brother was one of the airline captains killed on 9/11 and every year for the past four years you've spoken at the annual memorial at the State House.

But this year, you're running for Congress - gasp, as a Republican - and fancy that, the "non-partisan" commission in charge of the memorial won't let you speak - but does invite the chairman of your Democratic opponent's campaign (who happens to be married to the outgoing congressman who, surprise, is the keynote speaker).

Even in Massachusetts, could somebody really be that politically petty? Maybe not. Maybe they're just idiots.

Red Line train stopped at Porter as a 9/11 memorial

adamg — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:18:30 +0000

Joe Keohane reports he was on the Red Line this morning when the conductor announced the train would be stopping at Porter to remember the victims of 9/11:

... So he stopped at Porter, opened the doors, and we sat there for a few minutes looking at each other. ...

Then the conductor came out and gave a speech about 9/11, Keohane reports, wondering if this was just his train or if trains all over the (unprepared for terrorism) T system.