JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<link href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap-responsive.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
<script src="http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/extras/coffee-script.js"></script>
<meta charset='utf-8'/>
<title>Welcome to JS Bin</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Doppio+One' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
    <div class="row">
        <div class="span2">
            <button class="btn" id="button">Show modal</button>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

JavaScript

$modal = $('<div id="ModalTest" class="modal hide fade"><h1>This is a modal</h1>');
$('body').append($modal);

$('#button').click(function () {
    $modal.modal('show');
});

$("#ModalTest").on('shown', function () {
    alert("This does not show in IE9!");
});