U.S. President
Barack Obama shakes the hand of
Beverly Eckert, the wife of a 9/11 victim. Eckert died in the
Continental Connection Flight 3407 crash one week after this photo was taken. As a non-American, the many ironies of this image struck me. The obvious airplane collides with building connection. The handshake from the new President Obama immediately prior to her death and the fact that 9/11 happened so early in G.W. Bush's Presidency. The image seems to capture the human fatal tragic reality of 9/11 and links it to this, what I suppose could be termed a comparatively much more minor but nonetheless horrific, incident as well as involving arguably the most important political figure in the world today.
Support as re-nominator This has now met its time requirement and I feel still merits a run here at VPC. Previous !votes can be found in the collapsed box below. This nom is exactly the same as it was during its previous run through here (when it was nominated by
Candlewicke). ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 05:33, 23 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support Thought this was a striking picture when I saw it in the crash article.
Fletcher (
talk) 11:47, 23 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support as original nominator. For all the reasons I've already given. --candle•wicke 20:30, 23 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Comment Previous !votes have no weight on this iteration of nomination. If you !voted before, please consider !voting again. ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 04:07, 24 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support Exceptional, one-off picture
Tphi (
talk) 19:15, 26 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support I still stand by my origional support !vote :). All the Best,
Mifter (
talk) 02:03, 27 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support, highly encyclopedic and valuable.
J Milburn (
talk) 19:50, 28 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support - How horrible this circumstance was... on the flip side, highly encyclopedic and striking.
VX!talk 20:01, 28 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Previous Votes
Support as nominator --➨♀♂CandlewickeST# :) 02:49, 16 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Strong Support My God, talk about irony. How terrible. ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 19:52, 16 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Strong support per above.
Tphi (
talk) 21:07, 16 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Support--
Mbz1 (
talk) 03:55, 17 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Strong SupportMifter (
talk) 23:18, 18 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Oppose - not eligible. For starters both articles this was in are around a week old. The photo itself was taken on February 6, 2009, making it less than two weeks old. So it doesn't jump the first hurdle of having been in an article for at least a month. Honestly, there's been grumbles about the limited extent of the criteria at VPC already, and even those are just being totally ignored. Please! --
jjron (
talk) 05:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Good catch, John!--
Mbz1 (
talk) 15:53, 19 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Actually, I would suggest that exceptional circumstances should be allowed. See my question on the
talk page. ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 18:57, 20 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Oppose Probably should just speedy close it until it is eligible.
Noodle snacks (
talk) 13:12, 19 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Not promoted - not eligible --
jjron (
talk) 13:17, 27 February 2009 (UTC)reply
U.S. President
Barack Obama shakes the hand of
Beverly Eckert, the wife of a 9/11 victim. Eckert died in the
Continental Connection Flight 3407 crash one week after this photo was taken. As a non-American, the many ironies of this image struck me. The obvious airplane collides with building connection. The handshake from the new President Obama immediately prior to her death and the fact that 9/11 happened so early in G.W. Bush's Presidency. The image seems to capture the human fatal tragic reality of 9/11 and links it to this, what I suppose could be termed a comparatively much more minor but nonetheless horrific, incident as well as involving arguably the most important political figure in the world today.
Support as re-nominator This has now met its time requirement and I feel still merits a run here at VPC. Previous !votes can be found in the collapsed box below. This nom is exactly the same as it was during its previous run through here (when it was nominated by
Candlewicke). ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 05:33, 23 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support Thought this was a striking picture when I saw it in the crash article.
Fletcher (
talk) 11:47, 23 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support as original nominator. For all the reasons I've already given. --candle•wicke 20:30, 23 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Comment Previous !votes have no weight on this iteration of nomination. If you !voted before, please consider !voting again. ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 04:07, 24 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support Exceptional, one-off picture
Tphi (
talk) 19:15, 26 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support I still stand by my origional support !vote :). All the Best,
Mifter (
talk) 02:03, 27 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support, highly encyclopedic and valuable.
J Milburn (
talk) 19:50, 28 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Support - How horrible this circumstance was... on the flip side, highly encyclopedic and striking.
VX!talk 20:01, 28 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Previous Votes
Support as nominator --➨♀♂CandlewickeST# :) 02:49, 16 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Strong Support My God, talk about irony. How terrible. ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 19:52, 16 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Strong support per above.
Tphi (
talk) 21:07, 16 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Support--
Mbz1 (
talk) 03:55, 17 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Strong SupportMifter (
talk) 23:18, 18 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Oppose - not eligible. For starters both articles this was in are around a week old. The photo itself was taken on February 6, 2009, making it less than two weeks old. So it doesn't jump the first hurdle of having been in an article for at least a month. Honestly, there's been grumbles about the limited extent of the criteria at VPC already, and even those are just being totally ignored. Please! --
jjron (
talk) 05:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Good catch, John!--
Mbz1 (
talk) 15:53, 19 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Actually, I would suggest that exceptional circumstances should be allowed. See my question on the
talk page. ~ ωαdεstεr16«talkstalk» 18:57, 20 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Oppose Probably should just speedy close it until it is eligible.
Noodle snacks (
talk) 13:12, 19 February 2009 (UTC)reply
Not promoted - not eligible --
jjron (
talk) 13:17, 27 February 2009 (UTC)reply