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The last moment of silence of the day marks the collapse of the North Tower seven years ago at 10:29am Eastern. Burned into memory:

Seven years ago, the official notification of crash of United 93 into a field at Shanksville, Pa. was received at 10:15am Eastern.
Reader Jeffrey sent me a pic and e-mail this morning: “[The photo is the] license on my Suburban. It has been (for many years) my way of remembering not only the victims of [...]

Seven years ago, the collapse of the WTC’s South Tower occurred at 9:59 am Eastern.
Listen (vid link fixed):

The voice belongs to Kevin Cosgrove, a claims VP at Aon Corporation. He was 46 years old. Transcript of his 911 call from the South Tower.

Now marks the third moment of silence to mark the crash of American Airlines Flight 77 into the Pentagon at 9:37:46.
From the 9/11 Commission report:
The Hijacking of American 77
American Airlines Flight 77 was scheduled to depart from Washington Dulles for Los Angeles at 8:10. The aircraft was a Boeing 757 piloted by Captain Charles F. [...]

Seven years ago, murderous jihadists crashed United Airlines Flight 175 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center at 9:03:11am Eastern.
From the 9/11 Commission report:
The Hijacking of United 175
United Airlines Flight 175 was scheduled to depart for Los Angeles at 8:00. Captain Victor Saracini and First Officer Michael Horrocks piloted the Boeing 767, which [...]

Seven years ago today, at 8:46:40 am, murderous jihadists crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
From the 9/11 Commission report:
The Hijacking of American 11
American Airlines Flight 11 provided nonstop service from Boston to Los Angeles. On September 11, Captain John Ogonowski and First Officer Thomas McGuinness piloted the [...]

Lan astaslem: Arabic for “I will not submit/surrender”

Remember: The 2,996 Project.
Remember: “Let’s roll!”
Remember: The angels on loan from God.
Remember: The 9/11 babies.
Remember: Falling Man.
Remembrance is worthless without resolve. Resolve is useless without action. Here is how “Never Forget” is practiced 24/7/365 by ordinary Americans taking extraordinary steps to ensure 9/11 doesn’t happen again:
Sgt. Desion Fulks [...]

…such dreadful things
As cold Earth-wanderers never knew.
Plus: British terrorists target the Queen.

Friday, Gordon Chang wrote in the New York Sun that terrorist attacks on the Olympics were almost inevitable.
This morning, it looks like he has a point.
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{Post by See-Dubya}

Treachery. Plus extra bonus treachery from British citizens.

The Los Angeles Times broke the story this morning of Bruce Ivins, who worked at Fort Detrick for 18 years and had been informed of an FBI investigation and impending DOJ prosecution against him in the still-unsolved 2001 anthrax attacks. He committed suicide Tuesday just as the feds were closing in:
Ivins, whose name had not [...]

Justice Denied.

Get thee understanding.

Thanks, George W. Bush!

They don’t even get to the worst part.

Oops.

BoJo has mojo. UPDATE: It’s official!

Can’t tell the players without a program! (UPDATED)

When moral equivalence is moral equivocation. (Now with Hillary operative’s “red-baiting” update!)

Seeking asylum, and finding one.

Prometheus, bound under house arrest

Suicide Kings.

Left-wing bombers.

Forgotten. (Photo credit: Time)

“Not a scintilla of evidence.”

Unintelligent.

“I’m al Qaeda. I’m a sworn enemy of you. You, you, you, you, for me you are enemy.”

Vet vs. Truther.

Carnage.

Chew on this.