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The Falling Man
Esquire ^ | September 9, 2016 | By Tom Junod

Posted on 09/10/2017 7:04:18 PM PDT by Auntie Mame

In the picture, he departs from this earth like an arrow. Although he has not chosen his fate, he appears to have, in his last instants of life, embraced it. If he were not falling, he might very well be flying. He appears relaxed, hurtling through the air. He appears comfortable in the grip of unimaginable motion. He does not appear intimidated by gravity's divine suction or by what awaits him. His arms are by his side, only slightly outriggered. His left leg is bent at the knee, almost casually. His white shirt, or jacket, or frock, is billowing free of his black pants.

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They began jumping not long after the first plane hit the North Tower, not long after the fire started. They kept jumping until the tower fell. They jumped through windows already broken and then, later, through windows they broke themselves. They jumped to escape the smoke and the fire; they jumped when the ceilings fell and the floors collapsed; they jumped just to breathe once more before they died. They jumped continually, from all four sides of the building, and from all floors above and around the building's fatal wound. They jumped from the offices of Marsh & McLennan, the insurance company; from the offices of Cantor Fitzgerald, the bond-trading company; from Windows on the World, the restaurant on the 106th and 107th floors—the top. For more than an hour and a half, they streamed from the building, one after another, consecutively rather than en masse, as if each individual required the sight of another individual jumping before mustering the courage to jump himself or herself.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 911; 911anniversary; fallingman; islam; islamic; jihad; koran; mohamed; mohammed; muslim; muslims; quran; sharia
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To: Bellflower

I tried reading the article but the screen got blurry. It’s probably my iPad..


61 posted on 09/11/2017 2:17:18 PM PDT by cardinal4 ("Sat stonefaced while the building burned..")
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To: Auntie Mame

The jumpers were choosing between “Death by burning” and “Death by impact with the ground”. “Life” was no longer one of their options.


62 posted on 09/11/2017 2:24:12 PM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: Fiddlstix

There was a show by this title on very late last night - only once for my TV - I missed the first five minutes but recorded the rest and watched it.


63 posted on 09/11/2017 7:10:45 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: editor-surveyor

You said “vote fraud” is what put obunghole in the WH. Over fifty millions votes weren’t fraudulent. He wasn’t elected by vote fraud - he was elected by ignorant people.


64 posted on 09/12/2017 3:21:26 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: raybbr

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He won by fraud and election manipulation, primarily.

Yes there are lots of ignorant and arrogant votors, but they are there in every election.

Comparing statistical vote patterns in ‘08 for congress vs President demonstrates massive manipulation at the polls in addition to the outright fraudulent votes.
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65 posted on 09/12/2017 8:54:01 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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