5 Crazy Things 9/11 Conspiracists Must Think

NYPD fears an overcome visitor will take life in the sunken pools

(NEWSER) - The New York Times today takes a look at a potential problem that, as of yet, has mercifully not come to pass: suicide at the 9/11 memorial. The article focuses on the fears of the NYPD, and is spun off of comments Commissioner Raymond Kelly made to Esquire yesterday about the memorial's two sunken pools. In the article, he acknowledges that, "We have to think of these possibilities. We're concerned about the possibility of somebody jumping in. This is what we're paid to think about." More»

Karol Ann Keasler, 42, worked in World Trade Center

(AP) - Remains of another 9/11 victim have been identified. The New York City Chief Medical Examiner's Office said today it had identified remains of Karol Ann Keasler. She was 42 when she died in the terrorist attack a decade ago. She worked in the World Trade Center at investment bank Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. More»

Nearly 300 NYPD first responders have been diagnosed

(NEWSER) - The federal government denies any cancer danger for 9/11 first responders, but a new study begs to differ. The New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association released data today that cancer rates have nearly tripled among NYPD officers since the terror attack, the New York Post reports. The first-of-its-kind study also reveals that 297 officers have gotten cancer since toiling at Ground Zero, and 56 have died. The average age of diagnosis: 44. More»

Says he would have prevented plane from hitting World Trade Center

(NEWSER) - Men's Journal has a profile of Mark Wahlberg in its February issue, and one quote in particular is generating some buzz: He says that if he were on one of the 9/11 planes that hit the World Trade Center, things would have been different:

• "If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, 'OK, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry.'"

Dutch firm says towers supposed to evoke cloud

(NEWSER) - A Dutch architecture firm is apologizing for the design of a new luxury high-rise it announced last week, after people complained it was reminiscent of the exploding World Trade Center on 9/11, reports Reuters . Called The Cloud, the development in Seoul, South Korea, called for two white high-rises of 54 and 60 stories, joined 27 floors up by a 10-floor "pixelated" cloud containing gardens, a sky lounge, and other amenities. But to many, the lumpy, swollen connection high up between the buildings represented two explosions shockingly reminiscent of the Manhattan tragedy. More»