“I have been seeking martyrdom for five years. I tried for 9/11 to get a visa but I could

“I have been seeking martyrdom for five years. I tried for 9/11 to get a visa but I could not.”

Ramzi Binalshibh

The alleged main intermediary between the 19 hijackers and al-Qaida leaders, at his arraignment at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.

“This is why I live in New York.”

Emily Perschetz, 29

Watching a climber scale a 52-story skyscraper in Manhattan. Two men climbed the building within hours of each other. Both were arrested.

“There were spirits in the trees around here. I don’t know where they are now.”

Aye Aye San

A laborer who works at Yangon University, lamenting the loss of the city’s Banyan trees in the wake of the cyclone. In Myanmar, some believe the Banyan trees house spirits.