Remembering 9/11: There's an App for That
Today is the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on America which became known simply as "9/11." For many people worldwide, today is a day of remembering and honoring the lives lost, the heroism of those onboard United Airlines Flight 93 who seized control of the plane from the hijackers, and the brave efforts of the rescue workers who worked around-the-clock in search and recovery operations. To help you recall and remember what occurred eight years ago today, there's an app called "9/11 Numbers" which brings the sobering realities of September 11th to light through simple statistics you can flip through on your iPhone.
At first, we have to admit we cynically wondered if the 9/11 app was an opportunistic attempt to capitalize on this national tragedy. But we're glad to report we were wrong. There's no charge for the application - it's completely free - and there are no ads popping up either.
The layout of the app is simple. It's screen after screen of statistics about the terrorist attacks that day as well as updates as to where we stand today. Each stat focuses on a number (hence the "numbers" in the app's title) and then explains what that particular number refers to. For example, "24" is the number of people still classified as "missing" from the World Trade Center. "16" is the number of survivors from WTC South's point of impact. "1776" is the number of feet high the Freedom Tower memorial will be.
In the background behind the text is an image of the New York skyline and the Tribute in Light memorial, an installation of 88 searchlights which projects two vertical columns of light into the sky.
The app offers a creative and interesting way to remember 9/11. And as the app's description reads, "not forgetting is not enough - it's also important to grasp the measure of what transpired."
Thanks to Appsfire for the tip!
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I don't know... it just seems a little too odd to have an app for 9/11. Is it really nescessary to have a reminder every day of what happened?
Will the tears ever stop? God Bless the victims, heroes, survivors and surviving families. Stay safe, stay strong.
may peace to them all
if only being reminded everyday were enough. I can look around and see how many have just "forgotten". Once all forget (and we can thank G-d there are those who don't) Is when history all to quickly repeats itself.
Thanks for pointing out this unique approach to memorializing the day.
We will never forget.
Do you know I'm terribly sorry it all happened, and it was an awful thing, and it affected so many lives etc BUT surely the more we go on about it the more the terrorists are winning?!
Do we really need an app for that? I bet it hits the top downloads today and if it was tracked the top deleted tomorrow.
"Will the tears ever stop? God Bless the victims, heroes, survivors and surviving families. Stay safe, stay strong"
A true way to honour the victims, heroes, survivors and surviving families of 9/11 and .....the thousand times more women, elderly and kids you American have killed around the world since the 2.nd world war ended...shame on your nation but bless the soul of your inocent killed people and their families.
Perhaps we will never forget. Perhaps there are some who will forget. We should never forget what those extremists have done/are doing. Muslims and Middle Easterns are not to blame, it's the extremists that are following blindly to their religions, not even trying to correctly interpret their meaning.
This world would be a lot easier if people just realized that fighting is pointless, that we're all humans, it's us against us. If we just shut up, became one giant nation, lived peacefully, it'd be just us against nature.
But, that's far from now, this is the worst of times :[