On Sept. 11, 2001, Vanessa Minter, an American Airlines reservations agent, answered Betty Ong’s call from one of the hijacked planes during the terror attacks. In an exclusive interview with Jonah Kaplan, Minter recalls the flight attendant’s bravery and finally meets Ong’s family 25 years later. Source link
The summer of 1936 wasn’t just hot; it was dangerously hot. At least 5,000 people ended up dying from heat-related causes. “New York City, Baltimore, Columbus, Ohio, Lexington, Kentucky, Minneapolis – I mean, cities were hammered,” said Geoff Williams, the author of “The Summer of Death,” about that great heat wave. “For weeks, some cities…
Minnesota crime scene investigators captured footage when they got their first look inside a high-rise apartment in Minneapolis. According to police reports, at around 5:30 p.m. on June 13, 1993, a tenant reported water seeping into their apartment. A building caretaker and a security guard were called to check it out, and discovered the water…
