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The meaning of 9/11's most controversial photo
« on: April 05, 2012, 06:16:06 PM »
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Re: The meaning of 9/11's most controversial photo
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2012, 08:13:59 PM »
Looks like they are sitting around talking about what happened, I know I talked about it with everyone I could.  And I was at work Wednesday selling cars. The week after September 11th was a pretty good week for sales, the months following...not so much.
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Re: The meaning of 9/11's most controversial photo
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2012, 08:41:12 PM »
They mention in the article the response from one of those in the photo.  I recall seeing this before, and the response from the people in the photo.  They weren't "enjoying the sun," they were horrified by the events unfolding in front of their eyes...and they were outside because they were afraid to be inside a building that day.  ::)
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Re: The meaning of 9/11's most controversial photo
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2012, 09:05:12 PM »
Just people trying to stir up shit when there is no shit there. What ever the people in the pic are up to they are listening Intently to the guy talking. So I don't think they are just shootin' the breeze for shootin' the breeze sake.
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Re: The meaning of 9/11's most controversial photo
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2012, 09:10:49 PM »
Quote from: Zeus on April 05, 2012, 09:05:12 PM
Just people trying to stir up shit when there is no shit there. What ever the people in the pic are up to they are listening Intently to the guy talking. So I don't think they are just shootin' the breeze for shootin' the breeze sake.
I have to agree with this.  It doesn't say where the picture was taken from, but it looks like quite a way away (New Jersey?).

It looks like a fire with a lot of smoke.  I doubt you would have been able to see the impact from that distance.
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Re: The meaning of 9/11's most controversial photo
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2012, 09:20:59 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on April 05, 2012, 09:10:49 PM
I have to agree with this.  It doesn't say where the picture was taken from, but it looks like quite a way away (New Jersey?).

It looks like a fire with a lot of smoke.  I doubt you would have been able to see the impact from that distance.

The article says Brooklyn, they would have seen the impacts, but there is no time associated with the picture - it could easily have been several hours after the collapses. The fire lasted over a week and the site smoldered through December 2011.
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Re: The meaning of 9/11's most controversial photo
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2012, 08:11:41 PM »
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/culturebox/2006/09/its_me_in_that_911_photo.html

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Thomas Hoepker took a photograph of my girlfriend and me sitting and talking with strangers against the backdrop of the smoking ruin of the World Trade Center on September 11th. Earlier, she and I had watched the buildings collapse from my rooftop in Brooklyn and had made our way down to the waterfront. The Williamsburg Bridge was filled with hundreds of people, covered in dust, helping one another make their way onto the street. It was clear that people who ordinarily would not have spoken two words to each other were suddenly bound together, which I suppose must be a fairly common occurrence in the aftermath of a catastrophe.
We were in a profound state of shock and disbelief, like everyone else we encountered that day.

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