Circus or good purpose? TJ Butrick of Virtual Sanity makes a compelling case for keeping the horrific images of Sept 11 alive, rather than allowing them to slide into PC oblivion.
NBC apparently showed a clip of one person jumping, once, then apologized for showing it! On September 12, the image that struck me most, and haunts me still, was a photo on page 9 of the New York Post. In that image, 4 people are in freefall from the WTC, another is in the act of jumping. I venture to say that not a single person alive can imagine the desperation that drove these people to believe that jumping 100+ stories was the better option. We dishonor them by not telling the whole truth.
He links to Jonah Goldbergs article which inspired him, and I will too.
Posted by Rich at March 22, 2002 12:37 AM