Mike and Roselle on a park bench (PR Handout) But certainly, nothing like this had ever happened before,” he says. Buildings like that are flexible as they are made to move around in windstorms. “We thought the building was going to fall to the street. “I guess most people say it was at 8.46 am.” The building shook and began to tip. Roselle had been asleep under his desk when it began. As guests began arriving, they were ushered to the breakfast area. It was an important day at work as the regional sales manager for a data protection company Quantum ATL, he was hosting a trainee sales seminar along with a colleague from California, David Frank, at the WTC. The dawn of September 11 had broken out, pink and cool. Twenty years after that day of terror that changed global politics forever, the California resident shares the extraordinary tale of a blind man, a guide dog and a triumph of trust at ground zero. 11 MemorialĪ public speaker, Hingson is now busy creating a programme called ‘Blinded by fear’ to teach people how to control their fear and build trust and teamwork. The Daily Telegraph.ALSO READ | 9/11 20 years anniversary LIVE updates: India pays tribute at New York Sept. German spy Josef Jakobs was last man to be executed in Tower of London. King John Balliol of Scotland (1292-1296). He died in 1987.Īnother Nazi, German spy Josef Jakobs, was the last person executed at the Tower. He was eventually tried at Nuremberg and given a life sentence. Hess was later transferred to another prison. The Tower of London still fulfilled its role as a prison in that conflict, however, with Hitler’s second in command, Rudolf Hess, incarcerated there in 1941, after he was captured in Scotland. The Tower complex suffered significant damage during multiple bombings, with several buildings destroyed. The facility wasn’t so fortunate during World War II. Interestingly, although London suffered numerous attacks during that conflict, only one bomb was dropped on the Tower. The Tower of London has been a tourist attraction in the city since the late 19th century, but while Simon Fraser was the last person executed by beheading at the prison, in 1745, for his role in the Scottish Jacobite Rebellion, the facility retained its role in crime and punishment well into the 20th century.Įleven German spies were executed at the Tower of London during World War I. Guy Fawkes Night is still celebrated in much of the United Kingdom on that date, to commemorate the foiling of that plot and the survival of the British Empire. Fawkes was arrested for his role in a plot to blow up Parliament, after he was found guarding a cache of explosives and gunpowder in the basement of the legislature on November 5, 1605. Perhaps most notably, political prisoner Guy Fawkes was executed at the Tower in 1606. In 1542, Henry VIII had his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, executed at the Tower of London as well. A year later, Henry VIII famously ordered the beheading of his wife, Anne Boleyn. Writer and statesman Sir Thomas More was beheaded in the Tower after refusing to recognize King Henry VIII as the head of the Church of England in 1535. Scores of prisoners were executed at the site, by beheading, firing squad or hanging. Torture may have been fairly rare, but executions were relatively common at the Tower of London. Ropes attached to these bindings were slowly pulled to inflict pain. These prisoners were forced to lie down on the rack, with their hands and feet bound. In the late 1200s, for example, King Edward I ordered the construction of a mint in the complex, which remained in use until 1968. Over the ensuing centuries, many towers as well as a protective wall were added to the Tower of London complex. Ten years after completion of the Bell Tower, King Henry III ordered construction of the Wakefield and Lanthorn towers, the latter being the Old English spelling of the present-day word “lantern.”Īs the name suggests, a lantern was positioned at night at the top of the Lanthorn Tower to help guide ships entering the River Thames and the historic port of London. As the name indicates, the tower was used to hold the royal garments and the famous Crown Jewels of England. The Wardrobe Tower was also commissioned in 1190 and completed in 1199. The bell at the top of the tower was rung to warn of emergencies, such as a fire or impending enemy attack. Construction of the Bell Tower commenced in 1190 and was completed in 1210. Subsequent monarchs took steps to fortify and expand the complex. He became the first prisoner held in the Tower of London, though he later escaped. Flambard was charged with the crime of simony, or the act of selling administrative positions in the church for money.
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