Delphine
02-26-2008, 09:20 PM
February 26, 1993 New York City
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Blast Hits Trade Center, Bomb Suspected; 5 Killed, Thousands Flee Smoke in Towers
Many Are Trapped for Hours in Darkness and Confusion
An explosion apparently caused by a car bomb in an underground garage shook the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan with the force of a small earthquake shortly after noon yesterday, collapsing walls and floors, igniting fires and plunging the city's largest building complex into a maelstrom of smoke, darkness and fearful chaos.
The police said the blast killed at least five people and left more than 650 others injured, mostly with smoke inhalation or minor burns, but dozens with cuts, bruises, broken bones or serious burns. The police said 476 were treated at hospitals and the rest by rescue and medical crews at the scene.
The explosion also trapped hundreds of people in debris or in smoke-filled stairwells and elevators of the towers overhead and forced the evacuation of more than 50,000 workers from a trade center bereft of power for lights and elevators for seven hours.
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Eighty Years Old
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R&B singer Fats Domino turns 80 years old today.
When Hurricane Katrina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina) was approaching New Orleans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans) in August 2005, friends tried to encourage Fats to evacuate, but he chose to stay at home with his family, partly owing to his wife's poor health. Unfortunately his house was in an area that was heavily flooded. Writers at the Times Picayune newspaper were e-mailed, some hoping they could relay the information with the Domino's location to authorities & they could be rescued.
Someone thought Fats was dead, and spray-painted a message on his home, "RIP Fats. You will be missed", which was shown in news photos. On September 1, Domino's agent, Al Embry (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Embry&action=edit&redlink=1), announced that he had not heard from the musician since before the hurricane had struck.
Later that day, CNN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN) reported that Domino was rescued by a Coast Guard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard) helicopter. His daughter, gospel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music) singer Karen Domino White (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karen_Domino_White&action=edit&redlink=1), identified him from a photo shown on CNN. The Domino family was then taken to a Baton Rouge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge) shelter, after which they were picked up by JaMarcus Russell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JaMarcus_Russell), then starting quarterback of the Louisiana State University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_University) football team, and Fats' granddaughter's boyfriend. He let the Dominoes stay in his apartment.
The Washington Post (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post) reported that on September 2, they had left Russell's apartment after sleeping three nights on the couch. "We've lost everything," Domino said, according to the Post.
Many have done what they could to help ease some of the pain for Fats Domino and others who suffered the brunt of Katrina in New Orleans. President George W. Bush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush) made a personal visit and replaced the medal that President Bill Clinton had previously awarded Domino.
Domino was the first artist to be announced as scheduled to perform at the 2006 Jazz & Heritage Festival. However, he was too ill to perform when scheduled and was only able to offer the audience an on-stage greeting. This writer remembers that the locals worried over his emotional health.
Domino also released an album Alive and Kickin' in early 2006 to benefit the Tipitina's Foundation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipitina%27s_Foundation), which supports indigent local musicians. The title song was recorded after Katrina, but most of the cuts were from unreleased sessions in the 1990s.
On January 12, 2007, Domino was honored with OffBeat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OffBeat_%28magazine%29) magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Best of the Beat Awards held at House of Blues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Blues) in New Orleans.
New Orleans Mayor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_New_Orleans) Ray Nagin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nagin) declared the day "Fats Domino Day in New Orleans" and presented Fats Domino with a signed declaration.
OffBeat publisher Jan Ramsey and WWL-TV's Eric Paulsen presented Fats Domino with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Statue in the French Quarter
Fats Domino returned to stage on May 19, 2007, at Tipitina's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipitina%27s) at New Orleans, performing to a full house.
In September 2007, Domino was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louisiana_Music_Hall_Of_Fame&action=edit&redlink=1).
In December 2007, Fats Domino was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
AIN'T THAT A SHAME???? :07:
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Blast Hits Trade Center, Bomb Suspected; 5 Killed, Thousands Flee Smoke in Towers
Many Are Trapped for Hours in Darkness and Confusion
An explosion apparently caused by a car bomb in an underground garage shook the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan with the force of a small earthquake shortly after noon yesterday, collapsing walls and floors, igniting fires and plunging the city's largest building complex into a maelstrom of smoke, darkness and fearful chaos.
The police said the blast killed at least five people and left more than 650 others injured, mostly with smoke inhalation or minor burns, but dozens with cuts, bruises, broken bones or serious burns. The police said 476 were treated at hospitals and the rest by rescue and medical crews at the scene.
The explosion also trapped hundreds of people in debris or in smoke-filled stairwells and elevators of the towers overhead and forced the evacuation of more than 50,000 workers from a trade center bereft of power for lights and elevators for seven hours.
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Eighty Years Old
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/AnnabelleL/fats.jpg
R&B singer Fats Domino turns 80 years old today.
When Hurricane Katrina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina) was approaching New Orleans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans) in August 2005, friends tried to encourage Fats to evacuate, but he chose to stay at home with his family, partly owing to his wife's poor health. Unfortunately his house was in an area that was heavily flooded. Writers at the Times Picayune newspaper were e-mailed, some hoping they could relay the information with the Domino's location to authorities & they could be rescued.
Someone thought Fats was dead, and spray-painted a message on his home, "RIP Fats. You will be missed", which was shown in news photos. On September 1, Domino's agent, Al Embry (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Al_Embry&action=edit&redlink=1), announced that he had not heard from the musician since before the hurricane had struck.
Later that day, CNN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNN) reported that Domino was rescued by a Coast Guard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard) helicopter. His daughter, gospel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music) singer Karen Domino White (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karen_Domino_White&action=edit&redlink=1), identified him from a photo shown on CNN. The Domino family was then taken to a Baton Rouge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge) shelter, after which they were picked up by JaMarcus Russell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JaMarcus_Russell), then starting quarterback of the Louisiana State University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_University) football team, and Fats' granddaughter's boyfriend. He let the Dominoes stay in his apartment.
The Washington Post (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Post) reported that on September 2, they had left Russell's apartment after sleeping three nights on the couch. "We've lost everything," Domino said, according to the Post.
Many have done what they could to help ease some of the pain for Fats Domino and others who suffered the brunt of Katrina in New Orleans. President George W. Bush (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush) made a personal visit and replaced the medal that President Bill Clinton had previously awarded Domino.
Domino was the first artist to be announced as scheduled to perform at the 2006 Jazz & Heritage Festival. However, he was too ill to perform when scheduled and was only able to offer the audience an on-stage greeting. This writer remembers that the locals worried over his emotional health.
Domino also released an album Alive and Kickin' in early 2006 to benefit the Tipitina's Foundation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipitina%27s_Foundation), which supports indigent local musicians. The title song was recorded after Katrina, but most of the cuts were from unreleased sessions in the 1990s.
On January 12, 2007, Domino was honored with OffBeat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OffBeat_%28magazine%29) magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Best of the Beat Awards held at House of Blues (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Blues) in New Orleans.
New Orleans Mayor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_New_Orleans) Ray Nagin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nagin) declared the day "Fats Domino Day in New Orleans" and presented Fats Domino with a signed declaration.
OffBeat publisher Jan Ramsey and WWL-TV's Eric Paulsen presented Fats Domino with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f382/AnnabelleL/frquarter.jpg
Statue in the French Quarter
Fats Domino returned to stage on May 19, 2007, at Tipitina's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipitina%27s) at New Orleans, performing to a full house.
In September 2007, Domino was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall Of Fame (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louisiana_Music_Hall_Of_Fame&action=edit&redlink=1).
In December 2007, Fats Domino was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
AIN'T THAT A SHAME???? :07: