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Thoughts on 9/11

September 11, 2023 by WendyB

Post-Covid, I can’t write or even think about 9/11 as I once did. I see that many people feel the same — these comments were among those that caught my eye: On 9/11 in 2020, I wrote of my horror at this lack of perspective when the Covid death toll passed 200,000. A piece Jon…

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Filed Under: 9/11, In the News Tagged With: 9/11, never forget, twin towers, World Trade Center

19 Years Later: Hypocrisy and Community

September 11, 2020 by WendyB

Nineteen years ago today, I was working at a building complex across the street from the World Trade Center. I was supposed to go to a meeting at my company’s WTC offices, but I decided I’d participate by phone instead. That was a stroke of luck, because that morning, 19 men — 15 of them…

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Filed Under: 9/11, In the News Tagged With: 9/11, arrest trump, coronavirus, COVID-19, osama bin laden, pandemic, taliban

September 11 and Fear Itself

September 11, 2019 by WendyB

In 1933, the year the Great Depression reached its lowest point, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated as president and famously told the nation “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” It’s worth reading more of that speech today — the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. Here is the whole first…

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Filed Under: 9/11, In the News Tagged With: 9/11, abolish ice, afghan war

15 Years After 9/11: The Story of Rick Rescorla

September 11, 2016 by WendyB

On the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I recommend that you read (or re-read) the 2002 New Yorker story by James B. Stewart called, “The Real Heroes Are Dead.” It’s about an English-born Vietnam veteran named Rick Rescorla, who became the director of security for Morgan Stanley, a financial firm based in the…

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Filed Under: 9/11, In the News Tagged With: 2001, 9/11, terrorism, trade center, twin towers, World Trade Center, wtc

Three Old Posts and a Little Story

September 11, 2009 by WendyB

I’m giving you reruns today: Laughing While Crying 9/14/01 September 11 Is Here Again UPDATED TO ADD: I always think of the other Wendy Brandes on this date. The other Wendy Brandes and I were at Columbia University at the same time. She was studying law and I was getting my undergraduate degree. I found…

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Filed Under: 9/11, History Tagged With: 9/11, World Financial Center, World Trade Center

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Award-winning designer of fine jewelry inspired by women's history and pop culture. A former journalist who writes about jewelry, fashion, medieval history, news, feminism, dogs, cats and whatever else is on her mind. Blogging since 2007.
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