Sunday, November 11, 2012
Hallmark Glass Bulb: 2001 Stars and Stripes Forever!
2001 tribute ornament from Hallmark featuring a patriotic snowman and on the other side, "Snow place like the USA." The box also relates that "Once again, Christmas has come to this land that we love...and everything seems a little more precious." Ornament is dated 2001, and is clearly attributed to September 11th.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Civilian Justice Comic: 9-11 Tribute Book
Interesting 9-11 tribute comic book. As the front page states, "We Do Not Attack...We Defend!" The "superhero" appears on the front page, as well as Bin Laden. Also, the comic indicates "a % of profits will be donated to the relief funds." You have to wonder if there was any profits, let alone donation made (just me being skeptical). Sunday, September 23, 2012
Cantor Fitzgerald Commemorative WTC Steel

Cantor Fitzgerald and bgc commemorative box with world trade center steel. This special tribute was given to employees. I'm not exactly sure how many were created or distributed, but this is a striking 9/11 example from corporate America. The steel cube weighs about one pound.
Cantor Fitzgerald's corporate headquarters and New York City
office,[7][8] on the 101st-105th floors of One World Trade Center in Lower
Manhattan (2-6 floors above the impact zone of a hijacked airliner), were
destroyed during the September 11, 2001 attacks. Seconds after Cantor's
building was struck by the plane, a Goldman Sachs server issued an alert saying
that its trading system had gone offline because it wasn't able to connect with
a Cantor server.[9][10][11] Cantor Fitzgerald lost over two-thirds of its
workforce, considerably more than any of the other World Trade Center tenants
or the New York City Police Department and New York City Fire Department. CEO
and chairman Howard Lutnick, whose brother was among those killed, vowed to
keep the company alive, and the company was able to bring its trading markets
back online within a week. On September 19, Cantor Fitzgerald made a pledge to
distribute 25 percent of the firm's profits for the next five years, and
committed to paying for ten years of health care, for the benefit of the
families of its 658 former Cantor Fitzgerald, eSpeed, and TradeSpark employees
(profits which would otherwise have been distributed to the Cantor Fitzgerald
partners).[12] In 2006, the company completed its promise, having paid a total
of $180 million[12] (and an additional $17 million from a relief fund run by
Lutnick's sister, Edie).[13]
Before the attacks, Cantor handled about one-quarter of the
daily transactions in the multi-trillion dollar treasury security market.
Cantor has since rebuilt its infrastructure, thanks in part to the efforts of
its London office,[14] and now has its headquarters in midtown Manhattan. The
company's effort to regain its footing is the subject of Tom Barbash's 2003
book On Top of the World: Cantor Fitzgerald, Howard Lutnick, and 9/11: A Story
of Loss and Renewal.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
FDNY Rescue Heroes Toy
Billy Blazes FDNY Rescue Heroes special tribute and figure. This toy is branded Fire Department of NY, and even features a letter on the package from the head of FDNY. The letter speaks about the partnership between Toys R Us and FDNY, and the proceeds from the sale of this toy being donated to the FDNY's Education Fund (right on the front package too). This toy again demonstrates the impact of 9/11 on all areas of material culture. Furthermore, it is clear that 9/11 is the call action for purchasing/consuming this toy. This really is an amazing example, and something people will look back on in 100 years as documentation of the importance and impact of September 11th.
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DC Comics Superman Tribute
In the January 02 issue of Doom Patrol, the following tribute featuring Superman was included. The message states: "In Recognition of all who suffered September 11th and admiration of our nation's real-life heroes."
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