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@JamesLucasIT
Sep 11, 2024 • 9 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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Thread of last phone calls made by 9/11 victims to their loved ones 🧵

1. Jim Gartenberg, 86th floor Image
2. Melissa Harrington-Hughes Image
3. Kevin Cosgrove Image
4. Brian Sweeney Image
5. Stephen Mulderry Image
6. Brad Fetchet's voice message to his mother Image
7. CeeCee Lyles Image
8. Todd Beamer was a passenger on United Flight 93 during 9/11. He was among those who fought to regain control from hijackers, causing the plane to crash in a field and saving countless lives by preventing it from hitting the intended target.

These were Beamer's last words: Image
This is collection of photographs of the people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Image

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Apr 20
Thread of surreal underwater sculptures 🧵

1. Christ of the Abyss, Florida Image
2. Ocean Atlas

Standing 18 feet tall and weighing 60 tonnes, this piece by Jason deCaires Taylor is the world's largest underwater sculpture.

Located off New Providence's western shores in Nassau, it portrays a Bahamian girl carrying the ocean's weight, evoking the Atlas myth. Image
3. "The Musician" by Jason DeCaires Taylor is a life-sized sculpture of a mermaid seated near the bench of a Steinway concert grand piano replica.
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Apr 17
Spring is here - an art thread🧵

1. Primavera by Sandro Botticelli (1470-80s) Image
2. Springtime by Pierre Auguste Cot (1873)

This piece depicts a young couple locked in an embrace on a swing amid a forest or garden.

The two seems lost in each other, described by an art expert as "drunken with first love". Image
3. Spring by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1573) Image
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Apr 16
Historical figures when they were young 🧵

1. Five-year-old Albert Einstein, 1884 Image
2. A 19-year-old Teddy Roosevelt, 1877

The future president is pictured here as a Harvard freshman, dressed in his rowing gear.

In college, he was an avid wrestler and boxer — hobbies he carried into his presidency, often sparring with younger White House security staff. Image
3. John F. Kennedy at the age of 10 Image
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Apr 15
The genius of Leonardo Da Vinci, born 573 years ago on April 15, 1452 - a thread 🧵

1. This is his map of Imola, with a modern Google Earth image of the city shown below. Image
2. Château de La Rochefoucauld's staircase

This remarkable spiral staircase was built in 1520 by Anne de La Rochefoucauld.

Its design was based on Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings, which were gifted to her by the King of France. Image
3. The Vitruvian Man illustrates his vision of perfect human proportions.

It is based on principles outlined by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius.

According to art historian Carmen Bambach, it is "justly ranked among the all-time iconic images of Western civilization". Image
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Apr 15
This thread will put a smile on your face 🧵

1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar alongside his longtime coach John Wooden (1969) and 38 years later. Image
2. This uncle tries to keep his nephew with Down syndrome from getting too close to the royal guard, and then...

3. Matthias Steiner lost his wife in a car accident, after promising her he would compete in the 2008 Olympics.

Honoring her memory, he pushed through grief, trained harder than ever, and won the Gold by lifting more than he had ever lifted before.

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Apr 13
Beautiful things from the past 🧵

1. A 16th century ring that unfolds into an astronomical sphere Image
2. The bookwheel

A magnificent 300-year-old library tool that enabled a researcher to have seven books open at once.

Comedian Mark Normand called it "the original version of having too many tabs open." Image
3. Gold ring covered in stars with the inscription "many are the stars i see yet in my eye no star like thee."

British Museum, 17thC-18thC. Image
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