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Wednesday, 9 September 2009
TWIN TOWERS 9-11: A First Hand Account - ( Continued )
This is part 2 of this true story - from my good friend who survived this ordeal. I'll let Thane tell it here . . .
- Sean Linnane
The roar of the collapsing building grew and grew into a fearsome sound of pending death chasing us all. I scrambled to my feet. Don’t look back, get up and run. Run for all your worth! I thought.
I ran as fast and as hard as I could into the garage as far back as I could go while being chased by the ever increasing roar of the collapsing Tower. Thick dust rushed in and quickly filled the garage.
We were alive, but trapped underground . . . buried under 110 stories of concrete, for all we knew . . .
. . . so this is it, I thought, This is how it happens. This is how I’m going to die . . .
Read the whole thing . . . STORMBRINGER
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
INSIDE THE TWIN TOWERS - A First Hand Account
Thane Thompson & I served together in the 82d Airborne Division, then later on the same team in Okinawa; 1st Bn, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne). I lost touch with Thane after he got out. Then years later, one night in Stuttgart, an email from Thane popped up on the us.army.gov service, and this is the story he shared with me. - S.L.
. . . we were at the 20th floor and still descending. An awful explosion roared above. The building shuddered and lights flickered. Everybody flinched, went still, and listened. I listened to gauge the threat. “Was the danger coming closer or receding?” The sound and shaking dissipated. People started moving again. I wondered “what the f*ck was that?” A second explosion in the first tower, I thought. Jesus, that was loud - much louder than the initial impact on Tower 1. Maybe that was the aircraft’s fuel tanks? Could the fuel tanks survive the initial impact? That had to have been a huge explosion in Tower 1 for us to feel that in Tower 2. The thought didn’t occur to me that it could have been a second airplane. 
Too long for a single post, this is Part One of an ongoing series . . . STORMBRINGER
Appeal of the Day.............
Tom Newton-Dunn, Defence editor at The Sun and supporter of this blog writes.......
'In a bid to forget my pathetic abseil down The Sun’s HQ in a chicken suit, I am climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Help For Heroes; with a little help.
Standing at 19,331 ft, Kili is the world’s highest freestanding mountain... and I am still afraid of heights.
Luckily, a team of wounded soldiers (two lower leg amputees, one who is blind, and one shot in the spine) plus a Page 3 girl are coming up with me. Undoubtedly, all five will beat my tear-stained, wretched heap to the top.
Please make this horror worthwhile and donate as much as you can to a hugely important cause. If you were kind enough to give in April, here’s a second chance to shame me. Afghanistan is getting worse, the guys really do need all the help they can get.
Thanks very much for anything you can do... Tom'.
You can donate to his climb HERE
Joining Tom will be Peta Todd pictured here with her clothes on....... 
and The Band of Five with a few more of their wounded comrades.
News..........
Airline terror trial: The bomb plot to kill 10,000 people.
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Laser gun to be used against Somali pirates.
Short people ordered to stand behind President Nicolas Sarkozy during speech.
Tens of thousands protest against Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.
Ahmadinejad declares end to debate over Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Sudanese journalist jailed after refusing to pay fine for wearing trousers.
Six feared dead after 'cross-border water bomb from North Korea'.
Last orders for troops arriving for daily duty with hangovers
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Wow.....
U.S. Army Spcs. Patrick Wilson, left, and Evaristo Garcia fire a 120 mm high-explosive mortar round during a coordinated illumination exercise on Forward Operating Base Mizan, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2009. Both Soldiers are from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army Europe. (DoD photo by Sgt. Kris Eglin, U.S. Army/Released) Date Posted: 9/4/2009
H/T DML
You Know You're From Manitoba When...
1. You only know three spices - salt, pepper and ketchup.
2. You design your Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
3. The mosquitoes have landing lights.
4. You have more miles on your snowblower than your car.
5. You have 10 favourite recipes for moose meat.
6. Canadian Tire on any Saturday is busier than the toy stores at Christmas.
7. You live in a house that has no front step, yet the door is one meter above the ground.
8. You've taken your kids trick-or-treating in a blizzard.
9. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled in with snow.
10. You owe more money on your snowmobile than your car.
11. The local paper covers national and international headlines on 1/4 page, but requires 6 pages for sports.
12. At least twice a year, the kitchen doubles as a meat processing plant.
13. The most effective mosquito repellent is a shotgun.
14. Your snowblower gets stuck on the roof.
15. You think the start of moose season is a national holiday.
16. You head south to go to your cottage.
17. You frequently clean grease off your barbeque so the bears won't prowl on your deck.
18. You know which leaves make good toilet paper.
19. The major parish fund-raiser isn't bingo - it's sausage making.
20. You find -40C a little chilly.
21. The trunk of your car doubles as a deep freezer.
22. You attend a formal event in your best clothes, your finest jewelry and your Sorels.
23. You can play road hockey on skates.
24. You know 4 seasons - Winter, Still Winter, almost Winter and Construction.
25. The municipality buys a Zamboni before a bus.
H/T DML
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