These photos & all the text are
from DISTRACTIFY. I have not included
all the pictures, due to space limitations.
This is how future generations will
remember us as people of the early 21st century. Take a moment with me to
reflect on the conflicts, triumphs, and world changing moments all of us have
witnessed together in the past 14 years. We chose this list of 100 photos
to capture the most iconic moments so far.
President
Bush's reaction to news of a second plane striking the Twin Towers. He was
reading to children at a Florida elementary school. [2001]
Firefighters
raise the American flag on the ruins on the World Trade Centers [2001]
Archaeologists
discover some of the oldest artworks known to man in Dordogne, France - over
12,000 years old. [2001]
A
young Afghan woman shows her face in public for the first time after 5 years of
Taliban Sharia law. [2001]
People
gather water from a huge well in the village of Natwarghad in the western
Indian state of Gujarat. More than 1 billion people still lack access to clean
drinking water. [2003]
New
York City is plunged into darkness after a power failure [2003]
U.S.
Navy Hospital Corpsman HM1 Richard Barnett, assigned to the 1st Marine
Division, holds a child after she was separated from her family during a
firefight [2003]
The
Columbia Space Shuttle breaks apart during reentry [2003]
The
first waves of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, which killed over 200,000 people,
hit the shore.
Mark
Zuckerberg and Dustin Moscovitz in 2004, after they had just launched FaceBook.
The
Hubble Telescope takes a picture of what the universe looked like 13 billion
years ago [2004]
The Christian world
mourns the passing of Pope John Paul II [2005]
Phyllis Siegel, 76, and
Connie Kopelov, 84, are finally able to get married in New York. In the past
decade, 17 US States, alongside 15 countries have legalized gay marriage.
[2011]
San
Francisco comes together to help batkid save the city - and to grant the wish
of an ill child. [2013]
Markiyan
Matsekh plays piano for police during the Ukranian revoloution. [2014]
To see the entire article, click here. I urge you to see it; there is SO much more!!
Phyllis Siegel, 76, and Connie Kopelov, 84, are finally able to get married in New York. In the past decade, 17 US States, alongside 15 countries have legalized gay marriage. [2011]
San Francisco comes together to help batkid save the city - and to grant the wish of an ill child. [2013]
Markiyan Matsekh plays piano for police during the Ukranian revoloution. [2014]
To see the entire article, click here. I urge you to see it; there is SO much more!!
Life is not always funny, but it CAN
be beautiful----fishducky
