A fast-moving fire yesterday afternoon raised many questions after it started in a custard shop and raged through blocks of boardwalk and businesses along Seaside Park, a New Jersey beach town which was still rebuilding from Super-storm Sandy.

Thankfully, a late-night rainstorm brought relief to hundreds of firefighters attemting to contain the wind-driven flames. Part of the boardwalk was torn up and a 20-foot trench dug to keep flames from spreading through the close-packed buildings.

Firefighters using a 50-foot extension ladder poured a stream of water into a blazing pizza restaurant as flashers and spotlights from dozens of fire trucks lit up the pillar of smoke rising from the town.

If the preview provided damaging storms, a devastating fire for the Jersey shore and now the Manning brothers are going to play against each other.... What else may we expect?

According to the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute, an estimated 17 to 21 million people in the United States are affected by a fear of this day making it the most feared day and date in history.

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This 9/11 memorial photo was taken last evening by master photographer, Captain Dick Sadler. You are looking at lower Manhattan from Brooklyn across NYC's East River.

For him, it was a solemn moment and a nearly religious experience, starting with many boats assembled in front of World Trade Center in the morning, marking the anniversary times of the Towers falling.

Then riding that route throughout the day that all boat captains took in the summer. Finally a 1 hour night tour around lower Manhattan, World Financial and the Statue...all with the Tower lights in full splendor.

Then after work, Captain Sadler went to various spots near the Brooklyn Bridge to spend more time to never forget and trying to preserve the mood through the camera lens. God's presence was surely there.

Although most will never forget what happened in NYC twelve years ago on 9/11/01 some appear to have moved on.

While the events of September 11, 2001 will never be forgotten the official ceremony with the reading of the victims’ names, and the evening’s “Tribute in Light” event, are scheduled for today, along with a moment of silence @8:46A, for some, the developments in Syria and political infighting seem a bit more pertinent.

In NYC, the race to assume current Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s mantle has been particularly nasty with accusations of racism, corruption, millions spent on attack ads.

News coverage of the NYC mayoral and comptroller races in which also-disgraced politicians were running dominates local papers. With all the entertainment to be had from watching politicians brawl, most of New York’s attention seems, finally, to have drifted.

Still, events will be taking place around the city marking the anniversary of the attacks. In addition to the official citywide ceremony at the World Trade Center site and the annual “Tribute in Light,” when the sites of the two towers will be illuminated, the 9/11 Memorial and Museum will offer free walking tours of Ground Zero.

NYC Boroughs will have its own ceremonies as well. At the “Postcards on Staten Island” event, borough officials there will honor and read the names of the 274 Staten Island residents who lost their lives, and Bloomberg is scheduled to make an appearance.

A local branch here in The Bronx of the New York City Public Library will hold a talk and offer a storytelling session for local residents.
Brooklyn will host its own 9/11 candlelight tribute in the evening, and the Children of Abraham Walk for Peace will take its 10th walk, visiting a church and a mosque that provided help for displaced residents during 2012 Hurricane Sandy.
A number of tribute and candlelight ceremonies will take place in Queens, including the “Remember Me” run for the Christopher Santora Scholarship Fund, which is named for a firefighter who lost his life.

US President Barack Obama takes to the broadcast airwaves tonight to speak to the American people about his plans to deal with Syria. This is on the heels of his request for Congress to authorize the use of military force.

However, Russian President Vladimir Putin has sounded a cautious and fast-moving plan for a diplomatic solution which calls on Syria to give up its chemical weapons.

Obama's speech, which is scheduled for 9 p.m. tonight should shed some light on whether The United States of America is headed toward a military strike, with or without congressional approval.