Families stream into NYC 9/11 ceremony

NEW YORK – Families carrying photos of lost loved ones streamed into a plaza near ground zero to observe the eighth anniversary of the World Trade Center attack.

Thousands were expected Friday at now-familiar ceremonies in New York City, at the Pentagon and at the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 in a Shanksville, Pa., field.

NYC 9/11 ceremony

Elaine Dejesus of Clifton, N.J., brought a framed picture of her sister, Nereida (nur-AY’-duh), to the rainy Manhattan ceremony.

Dejesus, wiping away tears, said it took months to prepare mentally, and she does “a lot of praying.” But she also tries to remember “the fun times.”

Four moments of silence were planned in New York — for when jetliners crashed into each tower and for when each tower collapsed. Vice President Joseph Biden was to attend the ceremony.

NEW YORK (AP) — Drawing on the spirit that spurred volunteers to rush to the burning World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Americans looked for ways to help each other on a day better known for mourning the thousands of people killed in the nation’s worst terrorist attack.

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New York City’s Dragonfly

A Locavore Wet Dream

Photo courtesy of: Vincent Callebaut Architectures

Architect Vincent Callebaut will have locavores drooling if his 128-floor vertical farm concept is actually realized.

The Dubai-esque Dragonfly addresses issues like food production and agriculture in cities that are horizontally-challenged for space like New York City. The concept supports housing, offices, laboratories and twenty-eight different agricultural fields.

Photo courtesy of: Vincent Callebaut Architectures

Set at the Southern bank of New York’s Roosevelt Island, the Belgium-designed Dragonfly consists of two towers and is completely Hobbit free. It’s a 2,000 foot tall structure that harnesses both solar and wind power. In fact, it’s completely self-sufficient!

Photo courtesy of: Vincent Callebaut Architectures

The exterior gardens are used for capturing and filtering rain water. Using the water, and domestic liquid waste, the water is recirculated and used for irrigation.

The greenhouse, which gives the structure its wing-like design, supports the load of the building and is inspired by the structural exoskeleton of dragonfly wings.

Photo courtesy of: Vincent Callebaut Architectures

Photo courtesy of: Vincent Callebaut Architectures….