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If you are a poet, 9/11 probably brought out your worst tear-jerking drivel. Only a handful of poems took me by surprise in their poignancy. Most were explosions that needed to be spilled and then corked. (Even Bruce Springsteen fans should be honest and admit that "Empty Sky" is trite; he doesn't come close to capturing an emotion the way he did when he told Mary she was "all right.")
My 9/11 poem never saw the light of day because it sucked so bad. The photo I just made to match it sucks even worse. Yet here it is, an example of the mediocrity I often decry.
I've been making this public and private all day because I don't want to complain about what some call The Macy*s Parade of Tragedy that 9/11 events have become and then participate in it.
I also understand the need for remembrance. I'm Jewish. It's part of my duty, they told me all through my childhood, to make sure that oppression of Jews, as well as racism and discrimination of all people, is eliminated.
But Jesus! The soap opera All My Children is observing a frickin' moment of silence! I want to see Jack smack Erica, like the bitch she is!
About 3,000 people died on 9/11. And it's a day we can't help but remember when we flip the calender to September every year.
But I live in Baltimore, where there are about 300 murders every single year. My friends suffer painful treatments for and some eventually die from their cancers and other debilitating illnesses. Family and friends are robbed. (Robbery is not just about property; it's a terrifying time, and each member of my family has suffered a separate incident of robbery with a handgun.) Bridges collapse. Cars crash. Children are abused.
Children! Are abused!
We in this country have no shortage of tragedy. I bet we could find one to mark every day of the year so many times that our calendars would be black and as large as space.
A camera crew looks out over the bank of the Mississippi River at remains of the collapsed I-35W bridge in Minneapolis. This is the morning after. Their faces say it all.
A US Army Blackhawk medic helicopter landing on the 10th Ave. bridge in Minneapolis - that took some balls. The rotor-wash can be seen on the water below.
The St. Anthony Falls laboratories, a part of the University of Minnesota, are seen on the banks.
Interstate 35W bridge. I heard about it and flew like the wind on my bicycle, as I thought I could offer assistance.
Looking toward the west river road in Minneapolis at some of the rescue vehicles after the collapse of the Interstate 35W Bridge on the Mississippi River.
Rail cars crumpled under the north approach of the bridge. This was taken from next to the MetalMatic factory. (#156 in Explore, 1 Aug 2007.)
Tanker Truck Fire and Bridge Collapse (I-75 at 9 Mi Rd) Hazel Park, Michigan
Last night's accident:
- Gallons of fuel in tanker: 13000
- Temperature of flames: 2500°
- Only minor injuries were reported!
- I-75 is the main freeway to Detroit (now closed) :-(
0.5 miles from my friend Mike’s house.
3 miles from my house
'Police said a car spun out of control along a winding section of Interstate 75 and caused the tanker to crash about 8 p.m. Wednesday.
The drivers of the car, the tanker and a third tractor-trailer in the crash escaped with only minor injuries, said Hazel Park Fire Chief Ray DeWalt. He said all were treated at hospitals and released.
"A vehicle lost control and caused the tanker to lose control, causing it to flip," DeWalt said. He said that caused a Meijer Inc. tractor-trailer carrying produce to crash as well.'
The scene as viewed from the Stone Arch Bridge. Unfortunately, my camera lens decided to pick today to stop focusing at anything past 30mm. Not a great photo, but best viewed large.
Item 130381, Fleets and Facilities Department Imagebank Collection (Record Series 0207-01), Seattle Municipal Archives.
There are many cars that fell into the water and are completely submerged...
The 35W bridge was at the same level as the 10th Ave. bridge in the foreground.
There were about 12 rescue boats in the water.
Downtown Minneapolis is in the distance with St. Anthony Falls lock-and-dam on the immediate left. The east bank of the University of Minnesota is directly behind me.
On the far right in the distance are the arches of the Stone Arch bridge, now a pedestrian and bicycle bridge and a former train bridge for crossing the Mississippi. I am standing on another bicycle and pedestrian bridge, again a former train bridge.
Interstate 35W bridge. I heard about it and flew like the wind on my bicycle, as I thought I could offer assistance.
Looking up at the Interstate 5 bridge as it crosses over the Skagit River between Mt. Vernon and Burlington, Washington State.
Nikon N80, 28-70mm AF Nikkor, Konica VX-100 S print film
I talked to this woman and her son at the scene who went over the north end of the Interstate 35W Bridge in their mini van. They must have been one of the last vehicles to fall. The boy told me they were headed straight down and flipped over landing on their roof. The boy was unharmed, his Mother had bandages on her fingers and a bandaid on her face. They were waiting for her husband to come pick them up, he was stuck in traffic. They said they felt lucky to be alive.
I was on my way home just after the 35W bridge collapsed today. The area around 4th street and University was a mob scene. The streets were filled with people, bikers, police, fire trucks, ambulances and other rescue vehicles.
I stopped along the river on my scooter to take a few pictures and soon realized it was best that I get out of there because I was just making the problem worse. Too many people were running toward the scene. Some people were crying but most people just seemed to want a glimpse of the scene. Unfortunately, it seemed like an excuse for many college kids to bust out the beers and have a good time. I was really shocked by how many people thought this was just entertainment. After one lady I saw tried to cross a police line to get a better look, an officer yelled at her and she walked away saying " I can see more on TV anyway". Another man tried to get through the barricade with his car and was stopped by a cop on foot. A guy standing next to me yelled " Run him over". Unbelievable.
I'm sure that there were plenty of heroic and selfless acts but the behavior I saw was just depressing.
I was on my way home just after the 35W bridge collapsed today. The area around 4th street and University was a mob scene. The streets were filled with people, bikers, police, fire trucks, ambulances and other rescue vehicles.
I stopped along the river on my scooter to take a few pictures and soon realized it was best that I get out of there because I was just making the problem worse. Too many people were running toward the scene. Some people were crying but most people just seemed to want a glimpse of the scene. Unfortunately, it seemed like an excuse for many college kids to bust out the beers and have a good time. I was really shocked by how many people thought this was just entertainment. After one lady I saw tried to cross a police line to get a better look, an officer yelled at her and she walked away saying " I can see more on TV anyway". Another man tried to get through the barricade with his car and was stopped by a cop on foot. A guy standing next to me yelled " Run him over". Unbelievable.
I'm sure that there were plenty of heroic and selfless acts but the behavior I saw was just depressing.
I was on my way home just after the 35W bridge collapsed today. The area around 4th street and University was a mob scene. The streets were filled with people, bikers, police, fire trucks, ambulances and other rescue vehicles.
I stopped along the river on my scooter to take a few pictures and soon realized it was best that I get out of there because I was just making the problem worse. Too many people were running toward the scene. Some people were crying but most people just seemed to want a glimpse of the scene. Unfortunately, it seemed like an excuse for many college kids to bust out the beers and have a good time. I was really shocked by how many people thought this was just entertainment. After one lady I saw tried to cross a police line to get a better look, an officer yelled at her and she walked away saying " I can see more on TV anyway". Another man tried to get through the barricade with his car and was stopped by a cop on foot. A guy standing next to me yelled " Run him over". Unbelievable.
I'm sure that there were plenty of heroic and selfless acts but the behavior I saw was just depressing.
when they blew up the diamond-lake bridge last month, we had to go peer at the freeway because you never see it deserted. it was amusing then.
The Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis was empty to allow emergency vehicles to cross the river Thursday night. Wednesday night there was a couple thousand people on it trying to see the Interstate 35W Bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi River.
Smoke from collapsed bridge. Probably a semi-truck on fire. I-35W Bridge before and after collapse photos on WorldFlicks
Firetrucks, police vehicles, and ambulances from each city in the metro area were on the scene, along with FBI, and state patrol.
The white van is parked on the bicycle lane, with the firetrucks parked on the west river road. I usually rode on the street. After you pass under the 10th Ave bridge there, the 35 bridge was 15 seconds later, by bicycle. I've ridden this way thousands of times.
Interstate 35W bridge. I heard about it and flew like the wind on my bicycle, as I thought I could offer assistance.
I was on my way home just after the 35W bridge collapsed today. The area around 4th street and University was a mob scene. The streets were filled with people, bikers, police, fire trucks, ambulances and other rescue vehicles.
I stopped along the river to take a few pictures and soon realized it was best that I get out of there because I was just making the problem worse. Too many people were running toward the scene. Some people were crying but most people just seemed to want a glimpse of the scene. Unfortunately, it seemed like an excuse for many college kids to bust out the beers and have a good time. I was really shocked by how many people thought this was just entertainment. After one lady I saw tried to cross a police line to get a better look, an officer yelled at her and she walked away saying " I can see more on TV anyway". Another man tried to get through the barricade with his car and was stopped by a cop on foot. A guy standing next to me yelled " Run him over". Unbelievable.
I'm sure that there were plenty of heroic and selfless acts but the behavior I saw was just depressing.
Police tape lines sections of the West River Road, which is both a motorized traffic street and a main thoroughfare for bike commuters. This is a trail I've ridden hundreds of times. A section of bridge collapsed onto both the street and the bike trail to the right of what this picture shows.
A new bridge across the River Dee was needed for the Chester and Holyhead Railway, a project planned in the 1840s for the expanding British railway system. It was built using cast iron girders, each of which was made of three very large castings dovetailed together. Each girder was strengthened by wrought iron bars along the length. It was finished in September 1846, and opened for local traffic after approval by the first Railway Inspector, General Charles Pasley. However, on 24 May 1847, a local train to Ruabon fell through the bridge. The accident resulted in five deaths (three passengers, the train guard, and the locomotive fireman) and nine serious injuries.[1]
The bridge had been designed by Robert Stephenson, and he was accused of negligence by a local inquest. Although strong in compression, cast iron was known to be brittle in tension or bending, yet on the day of the accident the bridge deck was covered with track ballast to prevent the oak beams supporting the track from catching fire. Ironically, Stephenson took this precaution because of a recent fire on the Great Western Railway at Uxbridge, London, where Isambard Kingdom Brunel's bridge caught fire and collapsed.
This is that bridge