Claudia Rendon of Pennsylvania has had a tough year. First, her mother and uncle died, then her father was diagnosed with leukemia. As if that wasn’t enough, she later discovered her son, Alex, was in need of a kidney transplant.
On the morning of September 11, Charles Gibson and Diane Sawyer of Good Morning America on ABC were speaking with correspondent Don Dahler who was near the World Trade Center following the first plane hitting and giving viewers an account of what was happening on the ground. What happened next was something no one could believe they were seeing.
As the U.S. continued to heal following the terror attacks on September11, U2 told everyone in the world that they were affected, too and did it without a sound at something that is uniquely American: The Super Bowl.
Some things were just meant to be.
It was on this day in 1979, that the world was introduced to ESPN - the "entertainment and sports programming network". And for a lot of us guys, life has been a million times better, ever since.
We are spoiled nowadays...
Over a million people in North Carolina and Virginia are currently without power after Hurricane Irene came ashore on Saturday, and other states further north are bracing for impact on Sunday.