Rare video of the collapse of The World Trade Center North Tower and the rescue of New Yorkers from lower Manhattan on September 11th, 2001.

President Barack Obama said that while al-Qaeda will “keep trying to hit us again” the U.S. is better prepared for a terrorist attack ten years after the Sept. 11 anniversary than ever before.

“Ten years ago, ordinary Americans showed us the true meaning of courage when they rushed up those stairwells, into those flames, into that cockpit,” Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. “In the decade since, a new generation has stepped forward to serve and keep us safe.”

The president said the U.S. will “remain vigilant” and “no matter what comes our way, as a resilient nation, we will carry on.”

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Video from 9/11 - Escape from office in World Trade Center South Tower. From inside the World Trade Center to 195 Broadway to New Jersey Riverfront. The video was actually from a tiny camera attached to a Casio Pocket PC (with somewhat limited memory) from the uploader's colleague. That is all the footage he had. Filmed by Peter on his Casio Pocket PC. In Memory of Randy.

Total chaos... RIP to all those who passed away. Including sme 300+ Firemen that gave their lives to help others.

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TEN YEARS LATER, IS AMERICA MUCH SAFER THAN BEFORE??? This is the big sign of interrogation in the lots of minds. Lowcountry residents will never forget 9/11 and are planning a variety events to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Throughout the county and the country, for one minute at 1 p.m., first responders, houses of worship, towns and others will hold a moment of silence followed by the sound of sirens and bells in a signal to each of us to "stop and remember" the 10th anniversary of the tragedies of Sept. 11, 2001 and pay tribute to those we lost.

New York City will honor those lost in both September 11 and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing with events around the city including art exhibits, church services, and walking tours.

Since 2001, hotel and retail services increased 10%, and tourists and business travelers now have the choice of 18 hotels - triple the number that existed in 2001 -- with seven more new hotels slated for opening in the coming year, according to the Alliance for Downtown New York.

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Newly-released video, in time for the 10-year anniversary, shows smoke rising minutes after United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

On CNN Sunday night, anchor Susan Hendricks introduced a piece of video from a now-deceased witness who videotaped the aftermath of heroic Flight 93 from about 15 miles away. His family has apparently just made the video available now.

The short clip features the anonymous videographer’s narration of the events that occurred before he turned on his camera. According to Hendricks, the tape is believed to be the first to show the immediate aftermath of the United Airlines Flight 93 crash, the fourth plane to go down on 9/11 after passengers fought back against the hijackers, preventing them from crashing it into their likely targets, the US Capitol or the White House.

I bet that was a pretty unnerving experience for this guy. To see the attack on the World Trade Center on TV, hear about the attack on the Pentagon, and to see something similar just ouside his own back yard... a very sad day.

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These Pre-9/11 advertisements were strangely predictive...

CartiSafe Forte is a real drug which is indeed manufactured by Jenburkt. It turns out to be an Indian company founded in 1985.

A brochure image for the WTC. Circa 1984.

Pakistan International Airlines from 1979

A Canadian company, Asbestos Corporation Limited from 1981

Circa 1990

Magazine advertisement for Maker's Mark bourbon

October, 1976 cover of Sesame Street magazine

Spiderman Comic, 1991


Steve Jackson's role-playing card game called Illuminati - New World Order 'predicted' the Pentagon fire on September 11, 2001 in 1995. Jackson issued playing cards, three of which foretold the events of 9/11, three of which correctly predict future events just ahead of us, and two that correctly foretell the last two events that the Bible foretells... (via)

California hip hop group The Coup had this 2001 album cover ready to go just before 9/11 and then changed it to the picture on the right for obvious reasons.

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