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Would the Twin Towers Have Survived if the Planes Hit Higher?
The collapse of the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001, remains one of the most extensively analyzed structural failures in history. Both planes struck relatively high in the buildings, but what if they had impacted even higher? This article explores whether the Twin Towers might have remained standing had American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 struck between floors 100 and 110 instead of their actual impact points.
By Brandon Brasson5 months ago in History
The Forgotten Cold Chain: America’s Iceman Era
There was a time... not so long ago... that the daily hum of American life depended on a man with a horse, a wagon, and a block of frozen water. Before refrigerators, before humming freezers in every garage, there was the iceman. He clomped through neighborhoods at dawn, iron tongs swinging, hoisting hundred-pound slabs into waiting iceboxes. For children, he was a summertime hero. For families, he was survival. For history, he was an empire of frost that melted almost overnight.
By The Iron Lighthouse5 months ago in History
The Black Tag Lady of 9/11. Content Warning.
On September 11, 2001, emergency medical specialist Ernest Armstead worked in the plaza between the Twin Towers. Surrounded by chaos, he moved from victim to victim, marking each with triage tags. Green meant minor injuries. Yellow meant serious but stable. Red meant critical. Black meant dead or soon to be.
By Brandon Brasson5 months ago in History
Alone Above the Moon
The Loneliest Man in History A Mission That Changed Humanity On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Aboard were three men—Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Their mission was bold: to land on the Moon and return safely. The world held its breath, watching as the Saturn V rocket thundered into the sky, carrying the dreams of millions.
By Be The Best5 months ago in History
The Digital Battlefield
How Cyberwarfare is Redrawing Global Power The 21st century has entered an age where wars are no longer fought only on fields or oceans but in a realm invisible to most people — the digital battlefield. Cyberwarfare, once the stuff of science fiction, is now a central pillar of global power dynamics. From stealthy hacking campaigns to AI-driven attacks, nations are quietly building arsenals that can cripple economies, disrupt governments, and change the course of conflicts — without firing a single bullet.
By Wings of Time 5 months ago in History
How fearless African American women broke barriers, tamed the frontier, and rewrote Western history
Shattering Myths of the Wild West When most people picture the Wild West, they imagine sheriffs with shiny badges, white cowboys driving herds of cattle, and saloon girls dancing under dim lantern light. Hollywood movies and television created that image and repeated it until it became accepted as fact. But the real West was far more diverse. Among its most overlooked pioneers were Black cowgirls—women who rode, roped, herded cattle, and owned stables at a time when both their race and gender were considered barriers.
By Be The Best5 months ago in History
Gender Parity in U.S. Administrations: A Historical Timeline
The United States has a history of inequality for women, as with most countries. It has a development towards fuller equal rights in law and in practice, as with many other countries. Arguments continue in the US over representation, particularly around the current Administration. Lies or falsehoods have been spread. What is the representation of women in American administrations since the vote?
By Scott Douglas Jacobsen5 months ago in History
Fads Gone Wrong: When America Threw Elbows for Toys, Trinkets, and Sauce
Fog Horn Blast 🚨 Every few years, a shiny new obsession descends on America and flips a switch in our brains labeled MUST… HAVE… NOW. Parents turn into linebackers, collectors speak in code about “first runs,” and someone inevitably pays a rent-sized chunk of cash for a toy with googly eyes. This isn’t a list of fads, we all remember those. This is a tour of the moments they went sideways: the riots, the stampedes, the bans, the lawsuits, the near-mythic price tags, and the glorious buyer’s remorse that followed.
By The Iron Lighthouse5 months ago in History
The Road of Tears: A Mother and Son’s Sad Journey
Love and Loss on the Road of Life The road stretched endlessly before them, a thin ribbon of dust cutting through silent fields. A mother and her son walked side by side, carrying everything they owned in two small bags.
By Be The Best5 months ago in History
