Dr Paul Allen

Sgt Charles Daniels, a NYPD police officer, got an unusual call in the early morning of August 7, 1974. Someone had spotted a man standing on a wire suspended between the two tallest buildings in the world , the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre. He ascended to the tower roof by elevator, which took several minutes. In his words, this is what he saw: I observed the tightrope ‘dancer’—because you couldn’t call him a ‘walker’—approximately halfway between the two towers. And upon seeing us he started to smile and laugh and he started going into a dancing routine on the high wire….And when he got to the building we asked him to get off the high wire but instead he turned around and ran back out into the middle….He was bouncing up and down. His feet were actually leaving the wire and then he would resettle back on the wire again….Unbelievable really….Everybody was spellbound in the watching of it.” Philippe Petit , a petite Frenchman, had planned this illegal 45 minu...

20 years ago, Eric Metaxas knew practically every born again believer in Manhattan. “It was like a spiritual ghost town,” the cultural commentator, thought leader and author recalled. Yet, over the recent decades—particularly this last one—New York has seen a surge in evangelicalism. Some cultural experts believe the Big Apple to be on the brink of another ‘Great Awakening.’ Gregory Thornbury, president of The King’s College —the only free-standing Christian institution of higher learning in New York City—compares this rise in Christianity to the the great Wall Street revival of 1857. “I would say there is a very special moment of spiritual renaissance happening in New York City right now,” he said. The Roots of the Renaissance.  While it may seem to onlookers that the spiritual renaissance in New York City has just started, it has roots that reach several decades deep. In 1969, shortly before the Cymbalas came to lead The Brooklyn Tabernacle, B.J. and Sheil...

These ten pictures compare and contrast with 9/11. Same location, but a much different picture. The number of casualties will be more than most of us can bear. — Then- Mayor Rudolph Giuliani , Sept. 11 . Before (1980): After (9/11): Before (1990): After (9/11) Before (9/11): After (2001): Before (9/11): After (2011): Before (9/11): After (2011): Before (9/11): After (2011): Before (9/11): After (2011): Before (9/11): After (2011): Before (9/11): After (2011): If only it had been buildings that were damaged. [via  BuzzFeed ] Related articles 1010 WINS 9/11 Series: Rudy Giuliani Looks Back (newyork.cbslocal.com) Elected in 9/11 shadow, NYC mayor deepens the link (sfgate.com) Jets VP worked for Guiliani on 9/11 (nypost.com) Giuliani reflects on impact of 9/11 (politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com) Richard (RJ) Eskow: A Noun, a Verb, and 9/11 (huffingtonpost.com) Remembering 9/11 (video 3) Giuliani's 9/11 National Geographic Channel (rodiagnusdei.w...