Mystik Spiral, “Every Dog Has Its Day” (Daria)
For the first time in the six years I’d lived in New York City, it was utterly quiet. From shortly after the first tower fell to just before the second crashed down to the ground — a span of about 30 minutes — I felt like I was the only person in Manhattan. The light came down through the ash-filled air like the soft rays of a Renaissance painting. The neo-Gothic skyscrapers that framed the street seemed to form the nave of a cathedral. It was simultaneously the most weirdly beautiful and numbingly terrible moment I’ve experienced in New York.
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LIFE Senior Editor, Michael Park — Eye Witness to 9/11: Never Seen Pics (via life) |
Taking advantage of a second chance: A former gang member is given the opportunity to stay in the United States. His alcoholic father was deported earlier. Now Obed Silva is trying to untangle his father’s story and make art from it.
Photo: Obed Silva, who was shot and paralyzed during a liquor store robbery, laughs with his mother, Marcela Mendoza. He now teaches writing at Cypress College. Credit: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times
Growing up without a father after 9/11: Tiffany Ramsaroop has spent the last decade growing from a third-grader to a college freshman. Yet at every milestone there has been a hole where her dad should have been.
That Tuesday, 3,052 children lost a parent in the terrorist attacks. The average age was 9. They came from wealth and from poverty and from countries around the world.
Photo: Tiffany Ramsaroop, 18, was a third-grader when her father, a World Trade Center maintenance worker, died. Sister Kimberly, now 10, was just a baby. Credit: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
life:
It wasn’t always hair extensions, skimpy bikinis, and post-career talk shows…
Back in the day, fashion models were about (gasp!) the clothes, and having a made-for-TV diva personality was less important than looking good in the client’s outfits. See the fashion runways of yesteryear — modest, quaint, and not a thrown BlackBerry anywhere in sight here.
John Legend - Slow Dance live at Royal Albert Hall (by AceDee) This is ONE bad song! Gotta love some John Legend.
Unsung (Documentary) - Angela Winbush (by Manyek) An inspiring story of one of the best to ever do it.
Angela Winbush & Lalah Hathaway BABY DON’T CRY (by Africa4christ1)
