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The collapse of 7 World Trade Center occurred during this video. The resulting dust & smoke cloud is plainly visible. I spent most of the late morning and early afternoon filming the aftermath of (..more)

The collapse of 7 World Trade Center occurred during this video. The resulting dust & smoke cloud is plainly visible. I spent most of the late morning and early afternoon filming the aftermath of the attacks from the promenade along the Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. This video includes the live radio coverage from the two major all-news AM stations in New York, 1010 WINS and WCBS 880. I held my radio near the camera so that the reports were recorded live on the video. You will also hear my voice relaying to my wife via mobile phone that I believed 7WTC had just collapsed. (..less)

This is actual footage of my house under attack by a teenage gang back in 2001. I have cut out about a minutes worth where I had called the police on my mobile phone and gave them my details. It all (..more)

This is actual footage of my house under attack by a teenage gang back in 2001. I have cut out about a minutes worth where I had called the police on my mobile phone and gave them my details. It all started when I caught 3 of them in the act of vandalising the lights at the front of my house which resulted in me having an altercation with one of them. They left and came back with a gang of about 10. I was waiting for them with my Handycam camera and video taped the whole incident. The good news is after the police came and watched the video, the police arrested 3 of them after a short search in the area. (..less)

This was filmed on my mobile phone, I apologise for the pixelations! The Giant house spider (Tegenaria duellica; formerly known as T. gigantea) is a member of the genus Tegenaria and is a close rel (..more)

This was filmed on my mobile phone, I apologise for the pixelations! The Giant house spider (Tegenaria duellica; formerly known as T. gigantea) is a member of the genus Tegenaria and is a close relative of both the Domestic house spider and the infamous Hobo spider. The bite of this species does not pose a threat to humans or pets. An established population of Giant house spiders is generally considered to be a deterrent to the establishment of a Hobo spider population. Giant house spiders compete with Hobo spiders for the same resources. Male Giant house spiders will often kill Hobo spiders and won't hesitate to make a meal of one. Up until 1987, the Giant house spider held the record as the fastest spider in the world. The record has since been awarded to a species of African Sun Spiders (Solifugae), which aren't actually spiders at all. The Giant house spider is indigenous to north western Europe and the pacific northwest of North America. The webs built by the Giant house spider are flat and messy with a funnel at one end. The spider lurks in the funnel until a small invertebrate happens to get trapped in the web, at which point the spider runs out and attacks it. T (..less)