No remains of the 2,823 victims have been linked to any of the known hijackers.Nor have any requests for their remains been received so far.
The US’ National Reconnaissance Office was planning an exercise last September 11,in which an aircraft crashes into one of its buildings. It was to be a simulated accident.The agency had scheduled an exercise that morning in which a small corporate jet crashesinto one of the four towers at the agency’s headquarter building after a mechanicalfailure. The reason: to test employee ability to respond to a disaster. When thereal-world crashes began, the agency cancelled the exercise.
A California-based insurance company has offered free insurance policies for the 300search and rescue dogs that helped at Ground Zero. Owners of 89 of the dogs have acceptedthe offer.
Eight American cable television networks will suspend programming on the morning ofSeptember 11 to honour its victims. They will fade to black. Then for the following hourand 43 minutes, they will show a scroll of the names of the attack
victims.
9/11 Books: War Without End
At least a 100 new books on the event have been released. Our picks:
Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace by Gore Vidal His thesis: theattacks are being used as an excuse to curtail American civil liberties. Article TheEnd of Liberty rejected by Vanity Fair.
9-11 by Noam Chomsky His take on the attacks: America is a terroristnation, and on that day in September, the chickens just came home to roost.
War Without End by DIlip Hiro Begins as a riveting history of Islam.Ends with a fine analysis of the Bush doctrine—"a recipe for war withoutend".
9/11, The Big Lie by Thierry Meyssan His theory: a US military factionin the government zapped two remote controls to guide two planes into the WTC and a USmissile into the Pentagon.
Leadership by Rudolph Giuliani Reminiscences of the day by the steelyformer mayor of New York.
The Cell by John Miller and Michael Stone Dissects the world’smost fatal intelligence failures that led to the attack.
A New Deal for New York by Mike Wallace The Pulitzer prize-winninghistorian talks about 9/11 and the effect on city planning.
9/11 Music: God Is Back
He marks a return in pop albums released after the WTC attacks. A checklist:
The Rising by Bruce Springsteen In this new album, the Boss sings:"I pray for strength, Lord/With these hands."
Heathen by David Bowie The rocker tells God to better give us batteredhumans a break soon or "I might just stop
loving You".
Halos and Horns by Dolly Parton Implores this pop diva: "Hello,God...are you listenin’ any more?"
Busted Stuff by Dave Matthews His is a song about a despondent womanwho continues praying "there’s still a hope in hell He might" (hear).
9/11 TV: Surf’s Free
A look at what will be beamed on the first anniversary
CNN: Its Special programming deploys 25 anchors and correspondentsaround the world to bring 30 "behind the scene" reports. Includes ChristianeAmanpour from Kabul and Pak special.
BBC: Talking Movies interviews people behind "Attack andAftermath: Documenting September 11" by the American Museum of the Moving Image inNew York.
9/11 TV: Telly Tales
Lifetime: Now showing "Stories of Hope, Healing andCourage", a documentary on how five women were affected by the attacks.
Sundance: The channel will have two anthologies to celebrate New Yorkand address the horror. NY, NY, airing September 9, is a series of classic NewYork-centric pictures.
9/11 TV: Telling Tales
ESPN: Its two specials The Bravest Team and Outside theLines featuring topics ranging from the New York City Fire Department’s footballteam to sports in a post-Taliban Afghanistan.
ABC: The programme Love’s Legacy: The Babies of 9/11takes a look at the pregnant wives left widowed on that day.
