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Paul Simon Gives Poignant Performance of 'The Sound of Silence' at Ground Zero [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:00:56 +0000

During Sunday’s ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Paul Simon gave a haunting acoustical performance of ‘The Sound of Silence’ while some onlookers wept. The song that first propelled Simon and his former musical partner Art Garfunkel into the national spotlight in 1965 was originally written by [...]

College Football Top 25 Weekend Recap – Week Two

Wes Glinsmann — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:31:58 +0000

While many of this weekend’s games were just tune-ups for showdowns to come, there were several great battles to keep things exciting, including Michigan’s last-second win over Notre Dame, South Carolina’s shootout victory over Georgia and Auburn stuffing Mississippi State at the goal line to win their 17th straight game.

With that, here are the highlights from the top 25 and other games of interest this week:

Where Were You On September 11?

Leslie Reynolds — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:00:26 +0000

September 11, 2001 is one day that no American will ever, ever forget. Whether you were in New York City, at work, at home, at school, you will always remember where you were the moment that you heard about the Twin Towers being hit. Something as traumatic as that is not something that you forget. [...]

The Day Everything Changed 9/11 – Sharing The Impact

J Kay — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:00:52 +0000

9/11 is a day that is forever in our hearts and rocked our country to it's core. We had to accept the fact that someone could hurt us without warning. We had to watch the horrible images replay on the news countless times. We had to reevaluate our lives and make hard choices. mlangsam2004, Flickr [...]

September 11 Tribute Songs

Leslie Reynolds — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 19:00:12 +0000

Following the 9/11 attacks, our country became unified in a way that had never been seen before. Everyone was in the dark and unsure of what was to come and people had lost hope. But in a time when there was so much chaos, there was one thing that brought everyone together: music. It doesn't [...]

National 9/11 Flag Touring the United States

Shauna Wright — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:00:03 +0000

After the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, one of the largest American flags damaged during the attacks continued to fly above the resulting wreckage during the clean-up efforts.

Seven years later, that flag, dubbed the National 9/11 Flag, was sewn back together by tornado survivors in Greensburg, Kansas, and has also been stitched by World War II veterans, survivors of the Ft. Hood, Texas rampage, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s family.

Ground Zero Being Rebuilt

Marcie Pink — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:59:11 +0000

Construction is well underway in New York City’s Ground Zero area, site of the September 11th terrorist attacks, on 1 World Trade Center. It will be the tallest building in the US when finished, measuring 1,776 feet (a nod to the year the Declaration of Independence was signed).