A new video has surfaced showing the 9/11 accounts from a first person perspective. The video was shot by a New York bicyclist as the tragedy unfolded.
When Sohaib Athar heard a helicopter hovering above his home in Abbottabad, Pakistan, he knew something unusual was about to happen. The 33-year-old IT consultant got on Twitter and jokingly threatened to take out a “giant swatter” if the choppers didn’t leave. Little did he know, his take on events ...
Japan has experienced 803 earthquakes since the 9.0 magnitude hit on March 11. See an animation of the quakes at Japanquakemaps.com. Bryan Thompson, a missionary who has lived in Japan for 19 years with his family, updated his earthquake blog on Sunday. Thompson’s niece and nephew live in Vancouver. To ...
Recent events in Japan have a lot of people thinking about the safety of nuclear power. Fortunately for those of us in the Pacific Northwest, nuclear power plants are in short supply. The closest nuclear power plant to Vancouver – and the only commercially operated one still running in the ...
Bryan and Janet Thompson continue to update friends and family on their activities helping with the relief effort in Japan. In the past week they say they have seen a few “blessings in the midst of tragedy” including: the arrival of a 747 cargo plane with 93 tons of relief ...
Trace levels of radiation from Japan were detected in Washington on Monday, but health officials say levels are too low to be a health concern. The Washington State Department of Health published a news release saying the small amounts of radioactive material are “millions of times lower than levels that ...
US Digital VP of sales and marketing Jim Stevens and account manager Joshua Barton were caught in Japan on the last stop of a sales trip when the 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck on March 11. After an eventful day, a five-mile cab ride that took them two hours, a packed ...
Bryan Thompson spent the last 19 years in Japan with his wife and three children doing missionary work for Overseas Missionary Fellowship International. After an 8.9 magnitude quake hit the country, Thompson started a blog to keep in touch with friends and family, including his daughter Lauren who recently moved from ...
Several US Digital employees were in Tokyo when the earthquake struck. Here are excerpts from their latest email: Now, I’ll do my best to give brief update of the situation as I see it. We were up until midnight watching the news (9 a.m. Friday morning your time), experiencing aftershocks ...