Helena Bauer

Fan of music, the outdoors, The Earth 🌏 and most people on it.

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

The strength of Oktoberfest waitresses is truly remarkable!

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

An F/A-18 Super Hornet flies at supersonic speed past an aircraft carrier.

[Lynda Carter @RealLyndaCarter]

It’s officially the 21st night of September, so don’t forget to leave out milk and cookies for Earth, Wind & Fire.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

If you need a smile.. 😊

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Last time there was a government shutdown, 800,000 Americans were furloughed or worked without pay.

But enjoy your weekend.

[Bill Ellmore 𝕏 @Ellmore]

I was booked on United Flight 93 on 9/11, 2001, flying nonstop from Newark NJ to San Francisco CA. Around midnight the night before, a coworker called me urging me to change my flight to fly into San Jose instead. This meant I had to give up my 1st class seat and move to a flight that left 20 minutes later (from the same gate) with a stopover in Denver. I was very reluctant but I did it.

When I got to the airport, I watched people boarding flight 93 and I was upset that I was not leaving earlier, in my 1st class seat on a direct flight. I didn’t notice or care about the people as they were boarding, only myself.

When I finally boarded my plane, we were 7 planes behind flight 93. When we were 3 plans away from we taking off, the pilot told us to look out the right side of the plane because it appeared the Twin Towers had been hit by a plane. I thought it might have been a small Cessna until I saw the second plane strike the other tower.

We were grounded just before taking off. I changed that day. I now take every opportunity to get watch and if possible, get to know the people I’m boarding a plane with. I never hesitate to give up my seat for a later flight if requested. I’ve had two children since 9/11 and went to multiple mission trips to war torn countries. Every day I wake up breathing is another gift from God.

Never forget 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

#NeverForget #911Anniversary

[Derek Jeter @derekjeter]

Remembering and honoring those we lost 22 years ago today, our heroic first responders and their families. Never forget.

[NBC Olympics & Paralympics @NBCOlympics]

Never forget. ❤️

The Opening Ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City was one to remember as the American flag from the World Trade Center on 9/11 was presented and the 1980 U.S. hockey team lit the cauldron.

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

Hard to believe people are actually debating whether or not Martin Short is funny.

Newsflash: He is HILARIOUS.

#ComicGenius

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

At least 16 people have been killed by Russian shelling in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region. Russian terrorists have attacked a regular market, shops, and a pharmacy, killing innocent people. The number of casualties could rise further.

Anyone in the world who is still dealing with anything Russian simply ignores this reality. Heinous evil. Brazen wickedness. Utter inhumanity.

My condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one. The Russian evil must be defeated as soon as possible.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Meanwhile in Kyiv

[Concerned Parent in North Texas @ZachRunsThings]

Concerned Parent in North Texas BRAVELY visits downtown Chicago and BARELY SURVIVES.

[Helena Bauer @Henna_Helena]

Happy Birthday to my beautiful hero, legend and owner of the best set of pipes this side of the universe #FreddieMercury ❤️

[TodayInSports @TodayInSportsCo]

We miss THIS sportscenter

[Wars @wars]

A member of the Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) poses for the camera while holding a puppy he saved during World War I in 1918. The Harlem Hellfighters was a regiment comprised of decorated Black soldiers who fought as part of the French army because the U.S. did not allow Black soldiers to fight alongside white soldiers. The French accepted the Harlem Hellfighters with open arms and did not racially segregate them.

During World War I, they fought on the front lines for 191 days, longer than any other American unit, and as a result, suffered the most casualties of any American regiment—losing approximately 1,500 men. Despite the heavy death toll and the poor replacement system, the Harlem Hellfighters never lost a trench or a foot of ground to the enemy, and none of them became prisoners of war. Not only were they one of the most successful regiments of World War I, but they also helped bring Jazz to France.

Upon returning home, the Harlem Hellfighters received a welcome parade in New York City—a privilege denied to them before they had left for war. However, the celebrations were short-lived as the summer of 1919 became known as the Red Summer, during which the country witnessed some of the worst racial violence since the Civil War.

The Harlem Hellfighters, who had dreamed of returning home to a place that would finally treat them with respect and as equal human beings, quickly realized that nothing had changed at all.

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

On July 17, 2014, Russia murdered 196 Dutch citizens when shooting down Malaysia Airlines MH17 over Eastern Ukraine.

Today, Zelensky announced that the Netherlands is donating 42 F-16 fighters jets to Ukraine.

🇳🇱🇺🇦

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

Wishing a happy 90th birthday to the incomparable Gene Kranz! 🎂

Kranz is best known for leading the "Tiger Team" of NASA flight directors who helped bring the Apollo 13 crew safely back home in 1970, but his remarkable career with NASA spanned 34 years.

[NASA's Johnson Space Center @NASAJohnson]

We are putting on our finest vest to celebrate the 90th birthday of legendary flight director, Gene Kranz 🎂

Starting @NASA in 1960 with Project Mercury and continuing through the shuttle era, Kranz is best known for his leadership in Mission Control during the Apollo 13 mission. The determination and can-do spirit displayed by Kranz still inspires teams of @NASAFltDirector today.

[Helena Bauer @Henna_Helena]

@WorldAndScience Carl Sagan didn’t even have to think about that one.