Libertine Posted 1 August 2009 Author Posted 1 August 2009 Still makes me shiver to think that this man served me my fucking lunch in the window to the world restaurant just 6 months before he had to chose whether too burn to death or jump out of a window.At the time I was just a little kid, but I can remember when the falling man documentary came out on tv how shocked I was to find out it was him. How do you know it was him?
AjcW Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 How do you know it was him? Because he gave us his card on the day, and I have it in a scrap book that I made of new york(i was nine ). And obviously in the documentary revealed his name.
Brainy Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 wikipedia says (yeah wiki!) that the guy is still unknown.
AjcW Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 wikipedia says (yeah wiki!) that the guy is still unknown. Read the wiki post above. Five years after the attacks, Jonathan Briley, a 43-year-old employee of the Windows on the World restaurant, was identified by chef Michael Lomonaco as The Falling Man. Briley was a sound engineer who lived in Mount Vernon, New York and worked in the North Tower restaurant. According to the film, the victim was initially identified by his brother in the morgue by the victim's hands and shoes. Lomonaco claims that he was able to identify Briley by his clothes and body-type. In one of the pictures, The Falling Man's clothes were blown away, revealing an orange undershirt similar to the shirt that Briley wore to work almost every day. His older sister, Gwendolyn, asserted he was wearing that shirt on the day of the attack. She told reporters of The Sunday Mirror, "When I first looked at the picture...and I saw it was a man - tall, slim - I said, 'If I didn't know any better, that could be Jonathan.'" A charity has been set up for Briley's family, and many news programs have aired his story as being the one of The Falling Man.[citation needed] However, the identity of The Falling Man has never been officially confirmed. Says he is a sound engineer their, I know I met the guy, like I said I was 9 or 10, and he gave us his card after having a chat with my family, must of been the bloke who organised the live bands they played in there and not the waiter
Libertine Posted 1 August 2009 Author Posted 1 August 2009 Because he gave us his card on the day, and I have it in a scrap book that I made of new york(i was nine ).And obviously in the documentary revealed his name. Oh right, cool. That could be worth something.
AjcW Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 Oh right, cool. That could be worth something. It could but I dont think I would even dream of cashing in on a man who died in that way.
Libertine Posted 1 August 2009 Author Posted 1 August 2009 It could but I dont think I would even dream of cashing in on a man who died in that way. Of course. Meant it's kind of 'priceless', in more way than one.
fox123 Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 You round pauls house You'd think so... not allowed to go round any more, I get f00ked and forget to tell my mrs im staying out. oops hehe
AjcW Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 Of course. Meant it's kind of 'priceless', in more way than one. Yeh I gotcha. I think one of the most memorable pieces of videos from that day is were the policeman salutes the plane just before it crashes into the first tower, mistaking it for an important aircraft.
Ashley Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 When and if I can find the disk, i'll upload pictures of the oil wells burning in Iraq, I also think there are some pictures from a fighter plane over the mountains what a family member took.
Brainy Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 Chernobyl... May know it from COD4. Whole heap of more Chernobyl pictures here.. chilling.
StanSP Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 Forgive my ignorance, but what actually happened at Chernobyl? Was it just a huge explosion of radiation which still lingers around today?? I'd like to find out what the wholse story is, as I'm sure there is more to it than 'an explosion' if that's what it was.
Brainy Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 I'm not 100% sure but I think that's the basics of it.
Libertine Posted 1 August 2009 Author Posted 1 August 2009 Whole heap of more Chernobyl pictures here.. chilling. So awful, but kind of beautiful. Forgive my ignorance, but what actually happened at Chernobyl? Was it just a huge explosion of radiation which still lingers around today??I'd like to find out what the wholse story is, as I'm sure there is more to it than 'an explosion' if that's what it was. Pretty much.
Asha Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 Forgive my ignorance, but what actually happened at Chernobyl? Was it just a huge explosion of radiation which still lingers around today??I'd like to find out what the wholse story is, as I'm sure there is more to it than 'an explosion' if that's what it was. Yeah it was an accident at a nuclear reactor. There was massive power excursion which destroyed the reactor, unleashing rediculous amounts of radiation. Think I read somewhere that it unleashed something like 500 times more radiation than the bomb on Hiroshima. Ah yeah, must have read it on wikipedia.
Samilktray Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 So how would the people at this Chernobyl place of died when they were exposed to the radiation? Just dropped dead or...
Libertine Posted 1 August 2009 Author Posted 1 August 2009 So how would the people at this Chernobyl place of died when they were exposed to the radiation?Just dropped dead or... It was evacuated, most people would have died later on I think.
StanSP Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 Will it ever be safe to start rebuilding there in the future? Or is there that much radiation that it will always be dangerous?
Asha Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 Will it ever be safe to start rebuilding there in the future? Or is there that much radiation that it will always be dangerous? I think living there would be a bit dangerous. And as Lib said, it's almost beautiful now. I hope they leave it like that, in a way.
Libertine Posted 1 August 2009 Author Posted 1 August 2009 Will it ever be safe to start rebuilding there in the future? Or is there that much radiation that it will always be dangerous? Doubt it. It's okay to go there for a tour or visit, that's probably about it.
StanSP Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 I think living there would be a bit dangerous.And as Lib said, it's almost beautiful now. I hope they leave it like that, in a way. Yeah true. It's like a landmark and keeps the history of the event in the present.
Samilktray Posted 1 August 2009 Posted 1 August 2009 Apparantly they only expect it to become some sort of industrial estate, and that wont be for at least 200 years, so I've just read. Did absolutely no1 develop like a 3rd eye or arm? Immature but someones gotta ask it.
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