9/11 victim's phones in display for 10th anniversary

The burned mobile phones of 9/11 victims are going on display in a exhibition to mark the tenth anniversary.

The devices which were still heard ringing as desperate family members tried to contact loved ones trapped in the rubble of the collapsed World Trade Center are a haunting memento of the 2001 attack. Rescue workers could also hear the phones ringing while they delved for bodies.

  A cross-section of Richard Reid's shoe.

Other items on show include the passport of failed shoe bomber Richard Reid, which is displayed alongside the matches he tried to ignite the fuse with, and the sedatives used to placate him. There is also a cross-section of his shoes, displayed alongside pieces of the engine and landing gear of United Airlines Flight 175.

North Tower's antenna stands in front of a backdrop of front pages.

The deeply personal exhibit also shows the wallet of Ruth McCourt, who was with her four-year-old daughter Juliana on the second plane to hit the towers.  They were visiting Disneyland. A picture of the pair together on the beach is also seen.  The museum's Susan Bennett added: "A lot of family members want to make sure there are public displays because they don't want people to forget what they lost that day."

Visitor looks at the remains of airplane engines. 

Flying stunts ends in tragedy

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Wingwalker Todd Green attempts to perform a transfer to a helicopter during Selfridge Air Show, less than 30 miles from Detroit, August 21, 2011. In another attempt following, Green fell from the aircraft to his death. Picture taken August 21, 2011.

This undated photo provided by Franklin’s Flying Circus, an aerial shows team, shows Todd Green, top center, Kyle Franklin and Amanda Franklin.

 

Car crashes and Road accidents embarrassing

Maria Rizzo, 34, stopped to admire the spectacular view from the street above the house in Alassio in northern Italy. But she was so intent on taking a snap that she forgot to put on the handbrake, and her car rolled away, smashing through a barrier and plunging down the hill onto the house below.

Michelle and Kevin McCarthy returned to their home in Santa Rosa, California to find it destroyed when a 90ft, 50-ton, crane toppled over crashing into their house and cutting it virtually in half.

A motorist had a lucky escape when his van careered off a mountain road.

A couple had a very lucky escape after nearly reversing their car off a 15m drop in Changsha, capital of southern China's Hunan Province. The man and woman were parked on the top of a car park when the incident happened.

The driver of this car tried to negotiate her way out of a traffic jam - only to drive into a lane of freshly laid cement. The driver, believed to be a lawyer, was attempting to perform a U-turn when she made the embarrassing mishap in front of scores of bemused construction workers.

The driver said that as he was returning home, the vehicle's accelerator stuck and he couldn't stop before hitting the house. The driver was not hurt.

A car crashed into a church roof in Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany. According to the police the driver missed a turn, driving too fast, continued straight ahead on a slightly rising field and then 'took off' to land in the church roof.