Rodent Regatta

about today’s powerful journalism in the New York Times. What I’m having a little difficulty with is the notion or inference that Memorial Day has become or is becoming a time to remember those victims of Oklahoma City’s bombing or 9-11-01 or other ”tragedies.” I’m still a believer in the notion that Memorial Day has been, is and should be about those members of this nation’s military who died defending our freedoms and beliefs.

05/26/02 21:21 CEST. Some powerful journalism in the NY Times today: Fighting to Live as the Towers Died. It’s an account of the people who didn’t survive the attack on the WTC, pieced together from frantic phone calls and emails to friends and family. The Web version includes some well-done interactive pieces (a chronology and detailed annotated maps of the interior of the buildings) as well as full transcripts of the interviews and email texts used in writing the story (North Tower transcripts, South Tower transcripts). [Kottke.org]