The English City Underneath New York
Added 2023-12-29 11:15:00 +0000 UTCThere’s apparently not much to see at Bristol Basin, although there is a plaque that was installed in 1974, which has a rather poetic way of describing the situation:
“Beneath this East River Drive of the City of New York lie stones, bricks and rubble from the bombed City of Bristol in England. Brought here in ballast from overseas, these fragments that once were homes shall testify while men love freedom to the resolution and fortitude of the people of Britain. They saw their homes struck down without warning. It was not their walls but their valor that kept them free. And broad-based under all is planted England’s oaken-hearted mood, as rich in fortitude as e’er went worldward from the island wall.”
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Another one for the "sporting deaths" list. Will give it a look. Thanks for the disambiguation!
Fascinating Horror
2024-01-02 16:12:56 +0000 UTCHow about a video on the Death of José Fernández? José was a pitcher for the Miami Marlins baseball team who tragically died, along with two other men, in a boating accident in the early-morning hours of September 25, 2016. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(pitcher)#Death I should also note that there is a current pitcher also named José Fernández who is still alive and well and is still playing baseball, Although he's no longer part of MLB, instead playing for the Mexican League. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(pitcher,_born_1993)
Michael Rutherford
2023-12-30 03:01:25 +0000 UTC
