Posted on 04/05/2002 11:43:43 AM PST by AnnaZ
Why is this important? It's the title of a popular song in Japan, performed by six men who wear nothing but (ahem) fig leaf-adorned underwear.
This was a comment by a judge regarding the firefighters raising the flag photo. On what possible "level" does she not like it? Unless she is addressing the underlying cause of the picture itself, she's batty: it's a remarkable image. I hope she isn't referring to any lack of diversity for cryin' out loud....
Attack on America (News Photo)
First place: Robert A. Cumins / Black Star
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| Septermber 11, 2001: Imminent Doom |
Attack on America - Magazine
First place: Robert Stolarik, Gamma Press
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| Hijacked planes crash into the World Trade Center towers destroying both of them. Two Police officers standing on Vessey Street , holding hands and looking up as the second tower begins to collapse. |
Attack on America Feature
First place: Thomas E. Franklin, The Record
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| 3 NYC Firemen raise the US flag on top of the rubble of the World Trade Center, taken at Ground zero on Sept. 11th |
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On some level I don't like this picture at all, but I can't deny the power it has..." -- Cheryl Hatch, (Judge's Comment)
A strange comment -- I wonder if the "level" this "judge" refers to is the level of multicultural politically correct confusion?
I was just freepmailing WhyisatexasgirlinPA about how the movie "The Exorcist" was the only scary flick I've ever seen in my life, and how nothing else on video even remotely fazes me. I may now have good reason to change that viewpoint!
When reached on the telephone, Cumins' response was, "I just can’t believe this, it is the greatest thing," then he choked up. Later he wrote, "I am honored this photograph was selected. I am also saddened this photograph ever had to be made. I believe it is an image of a moment in history the world must never forget! Ever. I had a 90 second window of opportunity to make this photograph.... from the time I returned to my home (in Verona, New jersey) after hearing of something going on at the World Trade Center....to the time I lifted my camera and made the picture. As I was preparing my camera I saw a plane flying from the south and assumed it was a plane that had just taken off from Newark Airport. I thought of the incredible view the passengers must have of what was happening at the Trade Center, never realizing it was heading toward the South Tower. I made three quick images, the third being the fireball . I thought the fireball was an exploding gas line within the building. The plane itself actually left my mind's consciousness as I was shooting. I made a few additional pictures after the fireball....went inside and turned on the television. People were screaming that a second plane had hit the tower! Then I thought of the fireball I had seen, and that it must have been the plane they were talking about. But the plane I saw was still no longer in my mindset. It was not until I was at the (photo processing) lab, about to scan the film to CD did I realize the first two images were of the plane approaching and entering the south tower and then the fireball....that I had followed that plane right into the building! Ironically, the photograph was made with a Nikon 500 mm lens bought 8 years ago to the day, September 11, 1993....I would use it on September 13, 1993 to photograph the handshake between Rabin, Arafat and Clinton on the south lawn of the White House. The picture of the hijacked airliner a second away from hell on September 11, 2001 was made from the west of New York City, 18 miles away, while the sun was still in the Eastern sky, thus the silhouette and holocaust view. I never heard a scream. I never had to run for my life. I just watched and photographed history unfurl in silence. It haunts me still....and always will. I have not visited Ground Zero. For me, it began and ended from my terrace on September 11."
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