World Trade Centre
Nathan Edwards was the first Australian photographer at Ground Zero on September 11. He wrote this piece for The Punch when Osama bin Laden was killed.
For the past six months I’ve been sifting through hundreds of photographs that captured the anonymous heroes of September 11. I’ve spent countless hours tracking down those New York firefighters who put their lives on the line as the ten year anniversary looms.
But it wasn’t until the news that Bin Laden had been killed - a decade later - that I had flashbacks to the day that changed the world. I was the only Australian photographer at Ground Zero capturing the horror around me.
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There are many things I remember about 11 September 2001.
Like almost all New Yorkers on that day, I remember the crisp fresh air and the blue sky unbroken by clouds. I remember going to work, thinking about the busy day I had ahead of me.
For me, that day was just another day. Another day at work as a human rights activist. And then the first plane streaked across New York’s crisp blue sky, flying too near, too low, too fast and too loud.
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Alexander D says:
The planes were flown by over-ride remote control. There were no terrorists on any of the planes at all. Read more »
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Andrew says:
Hi Betty The evidence in the following video, released by Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, proves that building WTC 7 in the World Trade Center complex in New York was demolished using explosives on the afternoon of 11th September, 2001 at approximately 5:20 pm. The evidence in this video… Read more »
I don’t care what you believe, what awful things you’ve seen to make you hate - if you think an aeroplane ploughing into a skyscraper full of civilians is a good thing there is something seriously wrong with you.
So what was wrong with Osama bin Laden?
Like Muhammad Atta, the pilot of the second plane to strike the World Trade Centre, bin Laden was an educated man from a privileged background.
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Sharon says:
Are you a parent Thomas Anderson? I can’t help but wonder if you have someone in your world that brings out a pure animal instinct to protect them. Is there no one that you would throw yourself infront of a bullet for? I have twin boy and girl, my son… Read more »
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Liam says:
Methinks someone has a size issue Read more »
After months of controversy, approval has been granted for the construction of an Islamic community centre and mosque two blocks away from the site of the World Trade Centre in New York City.
But the $US100m dollar building that will boast a gym, childcare centre and a couple of restaurants has raised several questions about religious tolerance, cultural freedom and national healing, leaving many New Yorker’s divided and one of their biggest questions un-answered: when will the United States pull out of Afghanistan?
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Ginzou says:
Well said, the Taliban have won if the US ignores it’s founding values and principals. If I lived in NY then the only objection I’d have is i’d prefer it to be a multi-faith community centre that all people from all cultures can use. Read more »
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TheRealDave says:
@Pete - given that over , what is it up to now? 4000 odd US servicemen have died directly stemming, right or wrong depending on your viewpoint, directly from 9/11 I think that many of the families of those servicemen and women who were and are being killed in action… Read more »
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