It’s 9/11 and it’s the fifth year after the attacks. Commemorations are everywhere, including, of course, all over the web. These kinds of “anniversary” remembrances are very helpful to those still grieving (and for most traumas of this magnitude, the grief is fresh for years) but for me, I’d rather not revisit that day. I still remember very clearly how I learned of the attacks, what I felt, what the weather was like, who I talked to and what I did that day and the next.
I don’t feel particularly compelled, then, to go back and recall everything. But for those who do, the web has plenty of video content made on September 11, 2001 and shortly thereafter. CNN has a remarkable offering on its Pipeline service: a “history” day that replays all of CNN’s original coverage that day.
CNN’s replayed coverage began at 8:30 a.m., minutes before the first plane hit the World Trade Center in New York and it continues through midnight. Pipeline is usually a premium access-only site, but today CNN is offering the service for free. (Demand must be high because I can’t get onto the site.)
Another place to turn: filmmaker Steve Rosenbaum, who created the critically acclaimed film “7 Days in September,” is making that movie available through September 15 at no charge to viewers on Google Video (direct link to film here). That film, originally shown in theaters, captured the emotions of those who shot footage on the fateful day.
Cynthia Brumfield at 12:49 PM|Comments(0)
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