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“People are much more worried about someone coughing on them than someone blowing up a building,” said Vishal Garg, chief executive of mortgage refinance startup Better.com, headquartered at 3 World Trade Center on the site known as Ground Zero. … [Read more...] about Rebuilt 19 years after 9/11, New York’s World Trade Center threatened anew by coronavirus

The city will hold its annual ceremony in memory of the nearly 3,000 people who died in the bloodiest terrorist attack in US history, punctuated by a minute’s silence at the exact moments that Al-Qaeda jihadists crashed two hijacked airplanes into the World Trade Center towers. … [Read more...] about New York to mark 9/11 anniversary amid coronavirus pandemic

Flight 93, bound for San Francisco from Newark, New Jersey, never hit its intended target — the four hijackers were believed to be planning to crash it into either the US Capitol or the White House — after passengers stormed the cockpit and attempted to regain control of the aircraft. … [Read more...] about Trump, Biden to commemorate Sept 11 attacks in Pennsylvania, New York

The Mercedes Benz Fashion Week kicked off in Madrid, Spain from September 10. The Spanish fashion week will take place from 10 to 13 September under new security measures and social distance guidelines due the coronavirus pandemic. The event held at Feria De Madrid, among other venues across Madrid, takes place twice in a year, and despite safety measures on account of the coronavirus pandemic, it will still be the largest catwalk in Spain. Madrid Fashion Week has earned a reputation for giving an advantage to national designers. Backstage, make-up and hair of the models was done by masked staffers, while the benches at the venue were marked with text in Spanish that read “Classic canon of beauty = 8 heads. Safety canon = 1.5 meters . Please do not occupy this space”. … [Read more...] about Milan, Madrid, New York: Fashion Weeks kick off around the globe with coronavirus restrictions in place

Spring Studios, the normal home of New York Fashion Week, is also adapting. “We are offering the rooftop at Spring (Studios) to designers for more traditional runway shows that may have a very small and limited, socially distant audience,” said Guidone. Designers will use the indoor venues that previously hosted large runway shows to debut their collections in new ways, such as by creating films or content for social media. “And then we’ll release that content on schedule as if it’s live,” Guidone said. … [Read more...] about New York Fashion Week gets a new look amid Covid-19 restrictions