Want to Experience The Twin Towers Again? There May Soon Be An App For That
- Posted on July 20, 2011 at 7:56am by
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Do you want to look at the Manhattan skyline and see the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers again? One New Yorker has plans to develop an iPhone app that would do just that.
Approaching the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11/2001 attacks on America, it seems inconceivable to many that New York has still not rebuilt what the two hijacked planes brought down. For weeks and months after 9/11, there was considerable discussion about what to do at Ground Zero… Everything was on the table – from the calls for complete rebuilding of the twin towers to the considerable argument that nothing should be built on the spot where thousands of innocent people were murdered.
It was finally agreed that one building - the Freedom Tower – would be built at Ground Zero, accompanied by a stunning memorial. While construction continues apace on the building, work on the memorial should be completed in time for the upcoming ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary.
But there are still many who still see the Manhattan skyline and feel that something is missing.
Lifelong New Yorker, Brian August admits that he misses the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and may have come up with an idea that will resurrect the two 110 stories buildings, at least in the virtual world.
Brian has taken his dream to the Internet in search of cash to fund the development of a smart phone app that would create something he calls “Augmented Reality.”
Mr. August says his app would do three simple things: orient, augment, comment. First, the app would orient you towards the site of the World Trade Center, then start augmenting the view with a silhouette of the Twin Towers (at night you would see shafts of light). You can then snap a picture and post it online with comments.
Brain’s site claims that the project is not intended to make a profit. If you are interested in helping his dream become reality, visit the “110 Stories” project page on Kickstarter.
H/T HuffPo
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anthrax13
Posted on July 21, 2011 at 4:26pmLife is not an APP. Will it bring back all of those who died? Computers are good but only to a point.
Report Post »ShamanWorld
Posted on July 21, 2011 at 7:14amThis app IMO is mainly targeted at the younger people who either weren’t born, or weren’t old enough to remember or fully digest the events of 9/11/01. Gripping video yes, but mainly to brain wash another generation into believing and“never forgetting” the 9/11 “attack” hoax.
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on July 21, 2011 at 11:31amOh God, my eyes are bleeding and I just felt an embolus reach my brain.
Someone revive me after the illuminatti have shown up in black helicopters with their Reticulan overlords, have implanted their anal probes and have moved on because I don’t want to be awake when that happens.
What kind of freak do you have to be to believe a multinational, complex conspiracy theory involving hundreds of people (who, in a world where secrets are literally impossible to keep -hello, wikileaks- have all remained silent) rather than just listening to and believing the words of Bin-Laden, several al-Qaeda heads and the heads of the Taliban when they said they did it? JEEZ!
Report Post »ShamanWorld
Posted on July 21, 2011 at 7:52pmOK.You could be right. Doubt it tho…
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:23pmGreat idea, everytime I drive down the FDR, I look to where I used to see the Trade Centers and I visualize them in my head all the time. I miss going through the underground mall around, used to get my magazines, stop in at the Warner Bros store and check out the artwork and then jump on the 1 & 9 and head down to South Ferry when I worked down in the North Financial Center tower… man I miss the Trade Centers, I miss the history of all the time I spent there, that was all taken away from me and so many others…
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:56pmwill there be an app for how office furniture burning cause tower 7 to collapse ?
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0vKL8fNLIE&feature=channel_video_title
LambdaCore
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 7:35pmFuQ the Freedom Tower — rebuild the Twin Towers.
Report Post »Al J Zira
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:35pmI couldn’t agree more. Screw an app, build the damn towers and forget any kind of apologetic memorial.
Report Post »Levinite
Posted on July 21, 2011 at 12:26amAmen. This is the biggest FAIL in world history. The new tower is a joke and a retreat.
Report Post »katamb55
Posted on July 21, 2011 at 1:57pmAs much as Donald Trump makes blood shoot out of my eyes, I supported him with rebuilding the Twin Towers. He should have gotten the deal – they’d probably be 5 years old by now. Then we would have something to celebrate.
Report Post »4blackhorses
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 6:21pmI am one who has Never Forgot. I don’t need apps to remind me of autrocity brought forth on American soil and the loss of almost 3,000 innocents. For me recreating the Twin Towers on an app would have nothing to do with remembrance but would only deepen further my hatred of Muslim terrorists.
Report Post »Disnylv
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:45pmI get it as well, I do still find myself looking for them, but do not need a phone app for remembering. I think of the loss of life and the way of life we have all experienced everywhere in the world where evil is rampant.
Report Post »Jack2011
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:39amGrow up – don‘t forget BUT don’t dwell on it. We got hit. We hit back. We will be hit again.
That doesn’t mean we give up for liberty for safety (ditch the warrant-less TSA pat-downs and nude shots and do what Israel does) or that taxpayers have to pay to build AND maintain forever every attack site.
What is it with people who want to put up markers where people die whether it is on the side of a road in a car crash or the middle of a PA farmland (where they used IMMINENT DOMAIN to STEAL THE LAND – How patriotic is THAT?) to put up that plane death marker to the now non-existent twin towers.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 5:53pmwill we have a freedom app if obummer wins in 2012.just to experience joys of how it was.wtf is the point of this shet…
Report Post »Neo Con John
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:47amThis is an interesting idea, I would consider contributing to his cause if,and only if any and all profits AFTER THE DEVELOPMENT, went to went to the 911 family members children’s collage fund or something of that nature so as NO ONE profits from the project.
Report Post »If you read the posted comments, especially from the stand out lib’s who track this web site, this absolutely terrifies them, because they want NOTHING, and I repeat NOTHING to remind the AMERICAN people of what happen on that tragic day when WE ALL were attacked in the most COWARDLY WAY known in history.
If in fact this was accomplished, it would also remind every American of what happened on that day.
I believe that that day has been “swept under the rug” and with the way things are now it would defiantly shed a new light on what happened that day to our great country.
Why that day does not go down in history like 12-7-41 is beyond me, unless you are for a
ONE WORLD ORDER and we should just take it in stride, LIKE WE HAVE BEEN!
meeester
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:03amThis isn’t very considerate – of all the libs with iphones that don’t want to be reminded of reality.
Report Post »GroundZero is Nuclear Demolition x3
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 10:46amWill there be an nuclear demolition app to show how they really fell, maybe a soloman bro building bonus track?
The avg US citizen want to forget about this Jewish con job, and move on. THEY DON”T CARE ANYMORE.
Volume of a sphere: 1.5ft sphere vs 150ft sphere the volume ratio is 1million to 1.
Report Post »LOOK @ THE DUST PPL, bedrock granite accounts for the aluminumsilicates. Molydemum spheres THAT REQUIRES 4700 deg F.
The pools of thermal energy didn’t come out of nowhere.
Hula Calhoun
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:15amAnd anyone who does want to be reminded of it can LOOK AT A PHOTOGRAPH!!!!!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:32amSICK.. just SICK.. it won’t be on my iphone
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:35amSick SICK…you own an iPhone.
Report Post »clingingtogodandguns
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:32amSo we give him money to design the app so he can sell the app.It doesn’t work that way dude you design the app and if people want the app they will buy it.Or you could just get stimulus money from Obummer’s stash.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:38amIs there an app that allows you to depict Muslim jihadists being sodomized by pigs?
Report Post »Jim
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:45amI would buy an i phne just to see that. SQUEEEEEELL!!!!
Report Post »Erabin
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:24amIs there an app to relive the magical moment of planes hitting those (virtual) towers over and over again, preferably with the Benny Hill Theme playing, kinda like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De1wNLEGQ30
Because I would pay good money for that.
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 11:37amErabin,
Report Post »How old are you?
Rational Man
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 5:08pm@Islesfordian
Caving into our flesh today Mr. Evangelist?
Appears that my advice about not falling off your high horse was a little tardy.
Okay, I’m trolling. I couldn’t stop myself!…….I promise to repent if you do!……Whata ya say?
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 6:11pmRM, my joke about the app was a joke. Your judgment against CRU, was that a joke? It seemed you were making a serious statement about the spiritual character of other Christians because they don’t evangelize the way you think they should, even though you have no command from God as to how churches or evangelistic societies should name themselves.
But, if you want to repent of unjustifiably accusing another Christian of denying the Lord I will repent of a tacky joke.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 7:49pmI don’t expect this scripture to get through to you, but I’m going to post it anyway. It’s not as popular as your favorite, “judge not”, but it does apply here.
Proverbs 12, 1
Whoever loves instruction loves knowlege. But he who hates reproof is stupid.
NKJ version
Try not to take it so hard. Conviction always stings, no matter who we are.
Report Post »It’s what you do with it that really matters!
Islesfordian
Posted on July 21, 2011 at 3:37amRM, you have to reprove me with, well, a PROOF. If your argument falls flat because its facts are refuted it‘s rather arrogant to respond that I don’t like reproof. I like correction, as the proverb says, based in KNOWLEDGE.
And I missed where you demonstrated YOUR love of correction.
Also, I don’t use “judge not” as a prohibition against judging when facts are involved. But to leap to judgment without clear facts is another matter. Again, the question is one of evidence.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:38amUseless to me; make an app that puts a conservative in the White House and do it now. Ok, I’ll just vote one in next round.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:26am.
Report Post »Want to Experience The Twin Towers Again? Not Really……
KickinBack
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 8:06amThey’ll make an app for everything. Let me know when there is an app for an app that designs its own apps.
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 9:18amThere’s an app for that.
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