"America is under attack" - Informing the President on 9/11
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2011
- Andrew H. Card Jr., acting dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and former White House chief of staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2006, shares his first-hand experiences from September 11, 2001.
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My uncle was on his way to the towers that day for a meeting. He got held up on the bridge and watched the whole thing happen.
Bet he never complained about traffic after that
@@jackidontknow1085 true
Wow everyone’s uncle worked in the World Trade Center that’s so wierd
@@californiagurl8056 he didnt "work" there, just happen to have a meeting that day at that location with people.
Triforce Keyblade ok just understand we’re I’m coming from a lot people are faking that they had a family member that worked there during 9/11
I was in the National Guard when this happened. That day I was spending the night at an old girlfriend’s house and was waken up and was told the first plan hit. My initial response and quote was “what kind of idiot was flying?” I got up, went into the living room and watched. Sometime later, I watched the second plan hit. My stomach just collapsed and I said to my old girlfriend and her parent “we’re at war. I have to go.” On my way home I called my dad who was at work. I said “dad, are you watching tv?” He said he wasn’t and then I told him “go turn on the news. We are at war I’m coming home.” As soon as I got home and walked through my front door my phone was ringing and it was my 1st Sgt. we were placed on active standby ready. There are just some things you never ever forget doing or saying.
And then America bombed a bunch of children in a country most Americans can't find on a map.
I’m glad ur ok!!
I had just signed my enlistment contract with the AF, 2 weeks before. My first thought, as I saw the 2nd tower was, "I'm going to war." It was a moment of shock and fear, but something I was ready to go and train for my job. I was ready for a fight... godspeed...
@@streettacohunter3706 It takes a heroic an honorable person to go into the unknown and face it full force; to be willing to give up your freedoms for the freedom of others. I was trying to sign up for the Airforce, but couldn't because I wasn't medically qualified. I think I was in love with the idea, but I compared to you, I am a complete coward. Thank you for your service.
@@djmindcrasher and it was fun :)
This is a fantastic example of not causing a panic.
I am not a fan of president Bush but by far this is a perfect example of not causing panic anyone who says this was wrong does not know a thing
@Ivanhoe ॐ ....wha?
I disagree. The Secret Service should have taken him away immediately. His location was public knowledge, there was an airport in the vicinity and a rough dozen of planes were reported missing at that time. I think it is a laughable excuse to claim that he stayed for the children. He was commander in chief, the US were under attack and he should have reacted immediately. That he stayed inert for half an hour and the Secret Service let him tells me something is off.
@@subbus1949 yes. He should immediately have calmly explained that something has come up, and he had to leave. Someone tells him the country is under attack and he sits there doing nothing? What kind of leadership is that? It's incredible that ppl defend him sitting there. If it was a group of adults he was with, it would've been ok? The lack of critical thinking in this country is astounding.
@@subbus1949 the presidents job isn’t to hide like a dog with its tail between its legs. I didn’t like bush at all but this was a very rare point in which he was able to show one of the few things he was good for, being a leader, he didn’t hide, he didn’t run, he didn’t lash out; he stood up as a strong man, he sent the message that this wasn’t going to make him run. Nothing more to this than him being a leader. Leaders don’t hide.
He sounds like a very intelligent man. You have to applaud his critical thinking at that moment. You served your country well, sir.
I just got home from school that day (I live in EU), grabbed some snacks and turned on the TV to just surf the channels. I clearly remember I passed through CNN and saw the WTC smoking and stopped and told to myself: hold on, CNN does not show movies... then rolled back to CNN and saw the 2nd plane crashing live. It was super clear, yet all the commentators were oblivious for long minutes that there was a 2nd impact. Then I called my family (remember kids, there was no facebook back then. Very few people knew what's up at the time) and told them shit just got real. There was utter chaos. After the 3rd plane hit the Pentagon there were rumours that bombs go off all around the US.. panic was working real hard, and we legit thought that WW3 is upon us.
It really was a wild day. I was in the same situation, home from school for some reason when mom called me out of the shower, i thought she was just confused for a few seconds, until the second plane hit.
In a very weird coincidence my family had a colleague of my father over for dinner that night. He was visiting northern europe, from Greenwich, NY, with a son who worked in the second tower, it's the only time in my life i can remember us having an american over for dinner, and he didn't want to be alone in a hotel room that night.
Im glad im reading this comment. Same happend to me i was only 5 but still.
Turned the telly on and saw the 2nd plane hit. Something clicked in my mind that at that age shouldn't have. It didn't fundamentally change my childhood but it made the world more grimmer.
Its weird to think that this year it will be 20 years ago. Almost everything change from that point on.
I remember being in kindergarten watching this on tv and all of us kids thought it was a tv show.. until we noticed the teachers freaking out. I’m 25 now and still remember that exact moment. Insane
I’ll be 25 in a few days but remember the day like it was yesterday!
I'll be 25 next month hmm crazy hehe but I remember something odd about that day idk why or if it ended up occurring in a dream but there was some show on TV and there were people in a building that ended up showing the moment when the plane crashed on the north tower and I do remember watching the people run away from the dust cloud when the towers collapsed but like I was too young and I didnt understand a thing that was going on whatsoever even now I dont remember my reaction or the ones of my mom or dad but I'm no longer able to ask my mom anymore she passed away from cancer in May this year :(
LugiaMasterO1 I’m sorry to hear about your loss.. losing a parent is hard. My dad passed away when I was 10 so I feel your pain
I’m going to age myself now. I was 33 when this happened. I was watching the news when the dust from one of the collapsing towers was flying by. A woman with a camera ran into a nearby building. Just seconds after she got in the dust and debris (whoosh) flew by. She got in there just in time!
Same here. I was 6 years old back then and saw the whole thing on TV. So tragic
I know GW Bush took crap for staying with the kids. But he did that to keep them calm.
If he had gotten right up and rushed out of the room everyone probably would’ve wondered what was wrong.
So you get a call your house is on fire and your wife's in there... you just sit on your ass cause you don't wanna cause a panic?
@@garyr7027 There is people to make calls when he is not immediately available, nothing was paused/delayed because of the actions he took. Also, he didn't panic in front of cameras - which if he did it would have gave satisfaction to the terrorists who committed the tragedy, which would have been like a nerve struck so they would have even more incentive to do more acts of terror like this.
I actually think he stayed because he was in shock
@@sparklesupreme8170 I dont think so. He definitely looked bothered by it, but if he was in shock he probably would have immediately left.
I agree bush did good in staying. Kids don’t need to be scared
@Truth Seeker I like how you say that but the media bashed him for down playing the virus and not panicking the entire nation lol 10 years from now people will leave politics behind and realize trump has done alot and he'll be remembered as Reagan is today and I'll bet you on that
@Truth Seeker no wrong you watch the media that is bias fauci predicted 150k deaths by March second he closed off flights from China and was called racist for it 3rd he supplied the country with ventilators fast within 2 weeks 4th the states are primarily responsible for example did you know gov cuomo did not allow old people to leave their old peoples home and put old people with COVID into the homes? I doubt you knew any of this because the media has lied I get you don't like trump I don't like him as much as the next guy but the media is not your friend never forget that ever they will lie to get their way
Truth Seeker it was governors at the state level that ordered elderly patients with covid to go back to nursing homes and infect everyone. Also countless cancer related and trauma related deaths have been counted as covid deaths even without testing because they get more funding. Do your research
@Truth Seeker gotta love how you didn't reply I'm not against you what do I have to lose to change your mind but you tell me what does the media lose when you change your mind
Post 9/11 , there were credible (but ultimately, and thankfully, not accurate) reports that as many as 8 planes had been hijacked. From the time when Pres.
Bush's Secret Service detail was first informed of the 2nd plane crash, the members were extremely vocal that he should leave immediately. Since, as early as
4 days prior, it had been widely reported where he would be visiting on 9/11, everyone there at that school was in mortal danger from an additional kamikaze attack. Getting the U.S. pres. would have been an incredible coup. However, Pres. Bush's Secret Service detail was told to stand down. Why? From a rational standpoint, the delay made no sense whatsoever because of the serious danger aspect. He was the Pres. of the U.S., with lots of issues on his plate. All Bush would have had to do is make an announcement of regret that an issue had arisen requiring his immediate attention. No panic, nor fuss or muss. But all told,
he stayed at that school for about another hour. The Secret Service detail must have been seriously chomping at the bit to leave ASAP. Since Bush's departure was treated rather cavalierly, someone, or a number of someones' must have known that he was not in serious danger. Lots of unreported 9/11 info that's still
(to this day), being withheld from citizens.
"America is under attack."
Not American but I completely shuddered
And here we are, 19 years later. I'm 16 but the stuff I read and watch about that awful day is extraordinary. And can you imagine being Andrew Card, delivering unprecedented news to the leader of the free world, the President of the United States, that America was under attack. Unbelievable. Despite being born 3 yrs later, its just mad to think we are now one year from 9/11 being 2 decades ago
The world remembers September 11th, 2001🇺🇸
Nice words.
I live in Australia and remember exactly where I was and what I was doing on 9-11-2001. I've even taken to flying the American flag on this day in honor of those poor souls lost.
R.I.P.
Argentinian here, 8yo at the time, playing with my Hotwheels while my parents were drinking mate. Somehow I knew that was the moment the world changed forever.
@@roydagger You're so sweet....you just made me cry. Our country does alot of crazy things and it's heart warming to hear someone say something kind. Thank you!
It gives me hope, reading your comment. To know that young people learned about this and do care about what happened gives me happy tears!
@Lady Yuna Thank you for sharing that with us!
In 2021 a bunch of those kids now grown up will be giving interviews on their thoughts of that day.
@poet in a paper bag I watched two jumbo jet air planes impact the towers. I do not subscribe to conspiracy theories.
@poet in a paper bag Yep.
@poet in a paper bag Nice. Classic deflection to a new topic.
@poet in a paper bag Prove it
@poet in a paper bag you're an idiot.
The high school that i was going to at the time kept us from knowing what was going on, eventually we had an assembly because word was slowly spreading and i feel like i was the last to know because i went to the gymnasium and started to make a joke and i laughed with another student and everyone turned and looked at me.
I had no idea what was happening but it wasn't until we were sent home early that my bus driver said it was a day we'd always remember and i asked what happened and he told me... Told me that if all flights are grounded you know this is huge. It truly was and I'll always remember watching those towers fall and the fear it instilled in everyone.
I live in Canada, watched it on the news. Hearing this again, I'm so sad for the families and fear people must have felt. I'm bawling watching this.. 19 years later. 💕🙏💕
I was in the 2nd grade, same as those kids Bush was reading to, he did the right thing to continue and to not scare the kids.
no you never
@@murtazaehsan5861 yeah, didnt happen.
I encourage you to read my above statement about underreported 9/11 facts and the potential threat for Pres. Bush's safety.
@@murtazaehsan5861 He just said he was also in the 2nd grade that time, he did not say he was in that room with Bush. So nothing to doubt.
Damn, and you’ve already lost your hair?
Those poor people, I remember coming home from school, I’m from Scotland, and my dad telling me in the car that world war 3 was happening. Talk about breaking the news lightly ☹️
yikes! surely a memory you will not soon forget!
Wow! That's wild. I think that had been a thought on the minds of people all over the world. I am seeing this in June 2021 and it blows my mind how I had no clue back then just how much of an emotional impact that day was across the globe. Then again, I was a 29 year old mother of 4 little ones, so my own mind was already a whirlwind. Twenty years later I am still in awe when I see videos of countries all over the world that played OUR national anthem and paid respect to those who fell that day and to their loved ones left behind. I think in a way it made us all reflect on our own mortality, and realize just how true the words "You're never guaranteed tomorrow" actually are. Blessings to you and your family!
what i respect about america is that if you try to hurt it...it will came at you twice as hard just like at pearl harbour....bin laden just signed hes own death wish
Bin Laden wanted to die a martyr. You realise he lived another 10 years before they found him. Pakistan kept him hidden, which I find flabbergasting that the US hasn't sanctioned Pakistan for all their betrayals over the years.
I was in my 2nd year of college at the time and I remember my mom called me and woke me up in the morning to discuss whatever but she mentioned offhandedly that a plane had crashed into one of the WTC towers. I got up and got breakfast and turned the tv on just moments before the second plane crash. Listening to Card's description of that morning gave me goosebumps.
I can't forget that day
I still get tears in my eyes as I watch back what happened on that day
Don’t forget rick from Cornwall he saved 2000 people and lost his own life.he is truly a hero xx
These are the heroes of that day, and it’s such an understatement
My husband's uncle worked in tower 1 and went outside to have a cigarette. The plane went through his office. He said he's never going to stop smoking because smoking saved his life.
I was sleeping (west coast) when this happened, I was 9 years old and my dad ran into the room and shook me awake, bawling his eyes out. My dad is a very stoic dude, very level headed and so seeing him like this was really weird, I thought he was messing around trying to get me to wake up because I was a suuuuuper heavy sleeper. He ran out of my room and into the living room, that's when I started thinking something was up. I got up really quick after that and went into the living room a couple minutes before the first tower fell. My dad was crying and my mom was watching with her mouth open, I thought it was a movie. After that, I got dressed and went to school with my mom, it was a very quiet car ride and I remember how she held me and told me she loved me before I got out of the car. That day I vaguely remember the principal coming onto the intercom and making a statement, and then we all sat around in the classroom watching the news on the TV stand. 19 years later, I'm currently serving in the US Navy, this moment absolutely shaped me to be the person I am today. RIP to all of whom we lost and continue to lose to medical conditions brought on by the toxic dust.
My dad had just came to the USA he was working in construction. He said one of his friends turned on the tv since they where working inside. He didn’t understand much English but knew that it was bad he said that he watched the second tower get hit. He watched people fall out he always tells me this story he says that everyone stopped and stayed silent.
I was in the Air Force watching it on TV with a bunch of pilots asking if the plane had radar or something to prevent this when the second plane hit... and then we knew.
This guy can tell a story
What a gracious and humble man! Thank you for your service to our country!!!
I was a Junior in a boarding high school in Kenya. I saw the attack written on the Newspapers. I remember reading every line of what the paper said. My heart was so broken because 3 years back; the same terrorist group had attacked US embassy in Kenya and so many innocent lives were lost. When I saw they had struck again, I knew more lives were at stake due to these heartless beings. It’s been 20 years! But still fresh in our minds.
Wow this man is amazing the fact he kept cool under the weight of his responsibility. But he did the best he could kudos to you. Thank you for your service
I will never forget, it changed my life, family, friends, business associate, and the world!🇺🇸
I wasn't even one year old when the attacks happened, but I was alive. What a horrible day it must've been. I can't express enough the meaning behind it, and what the president himself was thinking through all of it. I'm glad he kept the kiddos calm through that horrendous day.
WELL THE PRESIDENT WAS INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING. SO WAKE UP.
This is the one moment I always knew what I was doing on the day it happened. Rip to all them lifes that were lost on that day.
I was in 3rd grade. My teachers wouldn’t tell us what was going on but we could tell something had happened... The teachers were crying. One of the boys in my class was from NYC, his parents came and got him that morning after the towers were hit that morning. Some of his family was lost that day. I’ll never forget my dad picking my sister and I up that afternoon, with tears in his eyes he said, “My girls, we were attacked today.”. That evening my entire family never left the TV. I was too young to truly grasp it, but I understood it was bad.
Same situation here, 3rd grade. We were kept in the dark almost entirely. I didn't learn of the attacks until 3pm that day.
@@andykrew336 darkest moments in us history
I remember exactly where i was when i heard about the first plane. On the way to work. Like everyday.
2:22 I got chills hearing that
Dam this is a hard message to tell
@poet in a paper bag No offense, but you're a fucking chowderhead.
poet in a paper bag rude to the families
Man I love the comments saying "well I knew it was a terrorist attack". Yeah, we all did... After the thing was over. High and mighty conspiracies...
Do you know what the root word is. Terror. It is the use of fear to promote or achieve some end goal
And is this video, it is talking about sacrifices. What type or form of sacrifice are we talking about here ?
@Sue Taft ???
I actually remember watching it unfold live via Sky News Australia and between the first and second hits, even here in Australia, the news readers were reporting it as an accident.
The amateur footage of the North WTC being hit DOES at first glance look like an unfortunate accident.
Was approximately 11pm at night in Australia when the news broke. Wasn’t until shortly after second hit occurred that everyone started to realise it was calculated and deliberate.
Wasn’t until Wednesday morning Australian time that we awoke to the full reality of what happened and who was responsible.
You must be from the South, your Grammar sucks.
Bro when the 2 plane hit? We all new it was an attack. You might not have. But I live in Jersey. I can see the nyc skyline from up the street. When that 2 plane hit? That was it. We all new what was going on.
I was in my third year of college. It was the most horrendous day in history, the day that changed the world.
I turned 41 on September 11, 2001. I live in CA and was getting for work around 7:30 am. My husband was watching TV that morning and I heard Tom Brokaw on the Today Show, wondering what he was doing there because he had been the NBC nighty news anchor for years, so I knew something important happened. I went into the living room and said to my husband, "Now What?" He said look what they've done. At that moment they were talking about the Pentagon. It was unthinkable that the Pentagon would be attacked. The whole day was so surreal. I forgot it was my birthday. 😔
I was 5 blocks from the scene. I saw it
@@despicableme8762 I was 5 blocks from it. I saw it. 👀
say what you will about bush, bue he handled it the way we would expect a leader
with maturity and by being calm
My birthday is on 9/11 I was born a few years after the attacks. I was very confused growing up as a young child since I knew something bad happened on my day of birth . As I became older I am now aware of all the events that happened. Every year on my birthday I spend that day remembering and thinking of all the innocent people that lost their lives that day. God bless America 🇺🇸🙏🏼
Man what a crazy memory. I was young at the time. I remember it but our teachers didn’t tell us what had happened but they were visibly shaken. We were sent home early and it wasn’t until then that i found out
Thank you.
This is certainly a slightly different take than Michaels Moore's.
It is not only Americans that will never forget 9/11. It changed our world.
The Day the World Stopped Turning
I think Bush was more so flabbergasted/stunned into silence
He was a great describer
He’s probably told the story more than 100 times
@ Aridian lol. True.
My Cousin is an RN, she was one of the first people in to treat injured at ground zero, she has the respiratory problems everyone speaks of, she also said she'll never forget what she saw there.
Was never a fan of Bush, but damn, he acted like a true president.
He may not have been the best President but he did well in a situation like this. He didn’t want to instill fear in the kids but when he left that school it was go time
God only if people knew what really happened. And its quite obvious and its insane people still support this guy after all the evidence in the past 20 years have surfaced. Bush gave the teacher this book to make the kids read outloud. They literally are told to say "steel" "plane" "must" "kite" "hit". The fact is bush did know about 911 before hand. The book was literally called "the pet goat" This is a fact you can check on wikipedia. This isnt just a normal book it was given to this weird "teacher" that somehow has visted the whitehouse before confirmed by documents of the whitehouses guest list. The towers we should all know by now were brung down by the thermite bombs that were placed on the structuring of the building the sunday before. Oddly that same day the cameras were turned off and we know there was a strange work group hired as some sort of outside contractors. Important officials that worked in the building oddly moved out the weekend prior and in fact were all linked to bushes campaign. The people that "hijacked" the planes werent even real. The truth is the pilots did it. The blackbox ofcourse dissapeared but there still was a very odd thing. When the planes were taken off course the first plane the pilot literally was talking to the radio control tower after lol. The people portrayed as the hijackers were just citenenzes and they choose ofcourse a middle east man to be protrayed as the hijacker. Look into this guys background its all covered up. Andddd a family member came out after 911 happened claiming the photos of the first hijacker was infact a mothers son who worked at a goddamn insurance company. She later killed herself. Osama was literally given millions of dollars there is proof of this all over the internet it should be a known fact by everyone now and its just common sense why tf wouldnt they release real photos of his body after they "killed him". The special military agents that sussposedly killed him off camera are fucked like they are drugged or something they completely change personality after the interviews.. of course its not covered in the mainstream media. This is just the tip of the iceberg. You wanna find the truth? dont use google use duck duck go. Dont use youtube use vimeo or some other website that isnt connected to facebooks/googles/twitters/instagrams/youtubes controlled media. You will find this info everywhere on the internet except oddly for these main stream internet social networks that were all bought out by the elite. At some early point of looking at all the real evidence its common sense that something isnt right about any of this and it was a inside job. You wanna see some real news? you wanna see the real side of your government? I might fucking get banned for this i wouldnt even be surprised. watch this. www.bitchute.com/video/aUg8wkadPIBb/ this guys videos were sooooo real and exposed the elite soo much he has been banned 2 times off youtube banned off twitter google facebook etc. He cant post anything on the mainstream websites due to exposing the truth. When you watch these videos you will be scared but its just the natural process of something called "waking up".
This shitty pandemic is even explained and proven without doubt its all a scam and fake. He has evidence. You will also probably feel sick after watching this knowing the people that are running your country right now are all fucking apart of a pedophile and satanic illumnati like cult that keeps them "controlled" by blackmailing them. I would understand this is hard to believe since the mainstream media is banning anything posted to do with exposing this. But if you watch that video... You wont be the same after i fucking guarantee it.
Even without any of the real news and evidence shown to a person there common sense should still be asking themselves wtf is wrong with this pandemic. A manmade virus. Then a vaccine somehow gets made in under 6 months. People get the vaccine. People still get covid. Then they will need up to 12 booster shots.... every.. year... The ingredients to the vac are covered up googles post about whats inside it is not true. Graphine oxide and bioluminescencs from a certain jelly fish is inside it. This is why all the vaccinated peoples blood under the microscope looks like its all fucked and clotting up and these weird massive white objects and these sticky looking strings that show up after.
He knew it was going to happen. He knew his role. Wake up. Millions of others have. So if you're not a shill, which I pray for you if you are, wake up.
The fact that I was in 2nd grade too and remember every detail about that day and am now 28yo and seen the second tower get hit live and fall
That day, we all remember what and where we were.
And we will remember that day forever.
Respect.
Peace.
I still remember vividly being on the internet on Sept 8th my birthday and I was 15. I was on a forum and I read someone said that America will be attacked on Sept 11th. The post even stayed days after, I was completely shocked reading that and will never forget
What?? That’s insane. Who was that user?
I know it was almost 20 years ago now, but do you have any idea who posted it or where it was? I wonder what the replies were like.
@@kristelpi652 i honestly only remember the name of the person was in arabic
@@bestrafung2754 I know it was in a hotmail chatroom
I wonder if anybody thought to save it on the wayback archive.
I will always remember that day. Because of the time difference I was at after school tennis and on the way back to home I heard someone mention it. I thought nothing of it and then I walked into the kitchen, turned on the TV and the world changed. For one minute or so I thought it was some kind of accident, maybe a pilot had a heart attack, but when they mentioned both towers had been hit, as well as what happened at the Pentagon and in Shanksville PA I realised what was truly happening, that America was at war. That’s when I got angry and that anger compelled me to join up as soon as I was old enough, to hold those responsible accountable.
I was in the 2nd grade going to school in South Florida when this tragedy occured. I remember that morning, it was a normal day in class and on that morning 5 students were called to the office for early dismissal and us as students were surprised and thought it was very coincidental that 5 kids all at once had to go home and then it occured again and again, after the 3rd time we noticed that this wasn't normal we were just asking around if there was some of sort event I remember asking my teacher about what happened and then it was my turn I was called to go to the office for early dismissal and I was very shocked because my mom would always tell me the day before if she had to pick me up early from school 🏫. I go to the office and my mom picks me up and as I walk out the office I ask my mom what is going on I walk out of the office into the front driveway of school and saw several cars for pick up at around 9 or 10 a.m. and at the point I knew something wasn't right, I never witnessed that in my life and my mom told me in the car what occured and it was all over the radio. We got home and watch this sad event on television.. For years I didn't forget that day. R.I.P. to all those who passed on that day 🙏
I was 19 at the time. It was such a beautiful day. So sunny and warm. Not a cloud in the sky. I live in Bergen Co NJ. Almost instantly you could see the smoke from where I lived. And the sky’s started to change color. It wasn’t until the 2nd plane hit that everyone realized. This wasn’t an accident. There were kids from my highschool missing for a couple days. Cell phones weren’t all that big yet. And it didn’t matter because none of them were really working at that time anyway. The towers held I believe the biggest cell tower in the tri-state. Very scary times. However the way this country got together in the days following is something that can’t even be explained. The love that omitted from ppls souls and energy at that time was something that can’t even be explained. Everyone fought TOGETHER! It was beautiful. Whitney Houston’s National Anthem. Hit #1 I believe.
I was 17 still remember it like it was yesterday.
So many people know exactly where they were when the towers were hit. My uncle was at the gym when the first one hit. He believed it was an accident but the second the second one hit, everyone knew it was intended.
Love this guy. Had the pleasure to work under him (although not directly) at Franklin Pierce University. Although I didn't have many interaction with him, I was able to talk to him several times and even shared some pizza with him. He is by far the best leader I've ever encountered.
I was only two weeks old when this happened, (I'm from Australia) and my dad said that as soon as it happened he came and picked me up and just held me while watching the news (keeping in mind the time zones in would've been night) and he cried because he just kept thinking, I brought a child into a world like this
@Dwingles420 what makes you think its bullshit
@Dwingles420 he was crying because he realised how scary it is bring a child into this world is. do you have children? it is a scary thing bringing them into the world on a good day, now imagine watching this event happen with you 2 week old. I'm his first born its an emotional time. you can believe what you want, but that's the story I get told every anniversary of 9/11
@Dwingles420 they aren’t lies but believe what you want. I’m not losing sleep over some rude ass stranger on the internet who thinks I’m a liar
That is a very touching moment you get to share with your dad. No, it was not because of something good, but I believe in not allowing the death of those people (or any tragic event) to be in vain. If nothing else it brought America, and Americans, together as one. If only for a brief time. It kind of even brought the world together for a moment. I believe your dad's love for you was so great he feared for this tiny human entrusted to his care. That is love. No one can take that away from you. It is precious and worth cherishing. Lots of love from the USA!!!
Dude has a photographic memory for sure.
it’s called “flashbulb memory” when people can remember traumatic events very vividly
I also remember exactly what I was doing that day, actual phone conversations. Thoughts. What I was doing just before I saw the news. Me turning the TV on and seeing one tower on fire and smoke coming out. I remember I didn’t see the other tower. I remember I was standing. Not sitting and how in shock I was when the second tower collapsed. So yeah, not surprised this guy remembers exactly what happened with so much detail.
poet in a paper bag how is he lying?
Will never forget that day, I was in 2nd grade at the time, our principal came in probably 4 or 5 hours into it, and I thought someone had claimed the quarter I turned in that I found at reccess.
No, you were in Houston in Bruce Prichard’s hotel room getting ready for that night’s Smackdown.
These people KNEW and helped plan that If at this point in your life you CANNOT see that. GET COUNSELING
You and I and millions of others know they planned it. These bit and shill accounts on here aren't real. Yes, some people still have their heads up their asses, but the 'Elites ' don't realize how many have awoken. They've awoken the good giant!!! They've murdered, stolen from, and tortured us for too long. Their time is now.
Unfortunately many Americans have forgotten. They have to be reminded that we are one United Nation by way of tragedy. It shouldn't be that way. We shouldn't allow our enemies to divide us. Whether it is a foreign enemy or domestic enemy.
This is Andrew Card. Very smart man a good guy.
@poet in a paper bag that's you. You're a brainwashed shill.
So smart he cant spell osama bin laden, we called him UBL what a idiot, and this guy was chief of staff, enough said about the bush admin
@@michaelkilcourse517 He was also called Usama Bin Laden you fucking moron.
@@dapianna23 plus you could call him bugs bunny, its the mans fuckin name and if your too ignorant to know that well, it just says it all, your as thick as the so called chief of staff of the so called US
@@michaelkilcourse517 he clearly said he "thought about osama bin laden UBL we called him" as in nickname dumbass sit down youre embarrassing yourself
God bless the United States of America. I am to this very day so heartbroken and shed tears everytime I think about all the lives we've lost. The attack on our country . the world trade centers. New york soul has been marked with this tragedy. As a new Yorker and someone who dearly loves our country I am so grateful for all our heros that risked their lives on that day. And the president and his team for standing strong with america. We will never break. Nobody could ever harm us again or strike our spirit of this beautiful nation.
This dude was clutch under pressure
"OMG OMG, What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do?" 🤣🤣
I was a junior in high school when that happened and was only 16 too.
We watched on tv the receptions of the morning shows. As time. went by malls closed, most cable channels except major ones shut down. Picking kids up from schools. It was so scary and confusing. When the president stopped all air travel it felt even that more you knew it like a war to start.
I remember that day like it was now, I was living in Greece and I just had check on my baby son in his room to see what he was doing. I walked out of the room and I seen on Mega channel Greek channel showing the plain crash in to the tower. The volume was on mute cause my baby was a sleep. For some reason when I first seen it I thought it was a movie then when it showed the second plane going into the tower i turned volume up I then listened in shock what the Greek reporter was saying. I will never forget that day.
no one who lived through that day will ever forget .... not just Americans but every person in every country in the world. It may have happened in America but it was an attack on the world as nearly every country suffered loss that day .... it didn't just change America, it changed the world .....and the whole world should never be allowed to forget!
Andy Card is a American treasure. If anyone deserved a very long life it was him.
I remember working at IBM Call Center in Research Triangle Park, NC. I got one call from an Customer who stated wait a moment, A plane just hit the World Trade Center i will worry about my computer problem later. All of us at the call center turned on the TV's, looked at video feed on our computers. I realize while all this is going on, none of the phones are ringing? All I did was watch this unfold and after work. Looking up at the sky and I would normally hear planes. But I didn't hear any planes at all and thought so this is what sounded like before planes.
An example of how not to cause a panic especially in front of young children.
Important that this testimony is documented publicly.
I was 3 when this happened. My mother had just dropped me off at preschool on Long Island and I started my day as I normally would. About an hour or so into the day, my school went under lockdown and I vaguely remember my preschool teacher turning off the lights and telling all of us to remain calm and sit in silence. A few minutes later, the phone rang, my teacher answered the phone, and then told me to pack my things and head to the front desk. I did so and my mother was waiting for me. She was driving back home listening to the news when the planes hit and immediately turned around to get me out of school. She looked like she had just saw a ghost. I asked her what was going on and she told me to get in the car. She was quiet the whole drive home as well as when we got home. She left me and my brother alone to be ourselves as kids while she went into her bedroom and remained there the rest of the day. Later that evening she took me and my brother into Queens where my grandparents lived as well as my aunts and uncles. I remember my mom telling me they were having an adult conversation, don't listen to what we're saying. Only a few years later did I finally learn what had happened that dreadful day
Bless her for protecting you.
I was in 4th grade when this happened. I didn’t understand what happened til several years later
I remember that day as if it were yesterday. I will never forget.🥀💔😔
Thank you Sir.
Sounds like a scene out of The West Wing with COS Leo McGarry...
In March of 2001 I was discharged from the military. I felt completely useless on 9/11. My mother was only 2 months old when her father was shot down over Germany. He never made it home to see his daughter. As upset as I was not to be in service at the time she was so very happy not to be possibly burying another loved one due to war. It was a time of turmoil for everybody.
America was united at this time. I am afraid something like this will have to happen again for us to unite.
Doubtful even with another 9/11 that we could unite again. Remember how fast we united but unraveled after getting Osama?
@@misfitbrit1989 I agree. Think about the criticism Bush got for not immediately leaving. Now, they would try to impeach him for it.
@@robbritt2069 agreed. Unfortunately things are so incredibly divided here. If we had another monumental tragedy, conspiracy theories would run wild, fingers would be pointed and it would turn into a lot of what we're seeing right now of "if you don't agree with me, you're the bad guy." The age of social media definately doesn't help matters any.
Lord I hope not!
I was 7 when it happened. I remember my mom picking me up from school and on the way out she told me, "They killed a lot of people."
No one will ever forget
My family and I weren’t Bush fans, but he played this right. I’m glad he stayed calm and finished with the kids before dealing with it. Everything changed that day. I was only 5. Too young to understand. I barely remember. I just remember noticing my mom was in distress and walking into her bedroom to see what was happening. I think I came in right as or right after one of the planes crashed into one of the towers. And now here we are 19 years later in the middle of the worst pandemic in a century.
So much conspiracy around the President not getting up and leaving right away. This explains well and gives me a sense of relief. I think to myself how I would react to such a thing if I were a leader and in front of a group of children, with the world watching on tv. I would hope I'd stay calm for their sake or I might just "freeze", not knowing what to do next.
This is how they're spinning it, but at the time George W Bush was a laughing stock amongst most educated people. He was a clown, who only became president because of who is father was. Then it became apparent he was a puppet president, a figurehead without any leadership qualities himself. I think when 9/11 happened, he just realised what he signed up for being president.
@@sharnistevens1428 and you would have handled it differently how ?
BECAUSE HE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. WAKE UP!!!!
Andrew Card Jr did a tremendously good job at informing President Bush calmly and quietly the terrible news. He like so many must of felt a deep sense of unimaginable horror.
Never forget.
My introduction to foreign policy as a kid was watching 3,000 people die on live TV and you know things haven't really gotten much better.
God bless us all🙏🏻🙏🏻
So sad australia is always with u America❤
The lesson was about Steel pronounce it slowly then plane and crash... When he told the pres. The second plane hit the towers it was to let him know the job was done
🙁 I was 4, and my sister was a year and a half old. Both were too young to have first-hand memories of that day if there was even a chance im sure my parents had the news and radio off and away from us. My struggle was always trying understand a tragity of that magnitude happend in my life time people will talk about where they were what they were doing how people around them reacted and there Is simply nothing there until about age 10 when they started talking about it enough for me to have some understanding of why September 11 isint like any other day. I'm candain and my understanding is we where good nebiours during that emergency im glade, take care my friends in the south 🇨🇦♥🇺🇲
So.. no joke here... I was homeschooled as a kid, and I was 11 on the day. That morning when my dad came upstairs and turned the TV on, my family and some fellow homeschooling friends were in the middle of a game of Risk, and I was in the process of being attacked in the Eastern United States.. we put the dice down and haven't played Risk again since.
It's a bit odd, but as a kid, I was really into architecture and buildings. My favorite book was a large book with full page pictures of the biggest buildings in the world, and you can bet the Twin Towers were in it. I'd read the book cover to cover, and knew full well that there could easily be a hundred thousand people in those two buildings. But only the one was on fire, right? And all those fire trucks had it handled.
I was watching the live video when the second plane hit, and I was just.. speechless. Everyone saw the explosion, but no one saw what had caused it. My dad thought it was caused by the fire in the other building. (He's ..not too bright.) My mom thought it was a bomb. I couldn't convince them it was a plane because they didn't grasp the sheer size of the buildings, that a jetliner wasn't far bigger than the towers, even when we saw the news replaying it. Eventually of course they realized it.
we saw it all live. The jumpers, the firefighters.. Me and my parents having to explain to my younger brother why someone would think that jumping out the 100th floor of a building would be better than being burned alive. And then we saw Tower 2 collapse. we saw live video from someone on the street facing the wall of smoke and debris as it engulfed crowds of people. we saw it enveloping whole buildings, looking like something out of the movie Independence Day.
After the second tower fell, I asked my parents if this was the sort of thing that.. just happened some times. I'd heard about the plane that crashed into the Empire State Building in '56 (I think?), and as such I thought the Twin Towers would be alright at first. Of course, that had been an accident, and this was clearly deliberate. Everyone knew by then. But I thought maybe sometimes planes just get hijacked and crashed into buildings.
The world changed that day. No one I knew was even in New York that day, but it still shook my world.
Even when the mayor of New York turns off the memorial to cut costs, I can say that from up here, North of the border, we will Never Forget.
Thanks for sharing your story. I'm not from US but this event really did shake, and change, world.
Kindda interesting hearing a bit about what wasn't captured on camera when the president got the news o-o
Amen❤
I am indian and I remember the day, I was in Almaty city in Kazakhstan, saw the helpless real and raw pain of people, that day my heart cried for America
I was leaving my daughters school heading to the train to Manhattan
I REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE I WAS AND TIME WHEN IT HIT, IT FELT LIKE SOMEBODY PUNCH ME IN THE FACE
We will never forget.
Unfortunately people elsewhere in the world will also never forget our response. An endless cycle of hatred.
My aunt was meant to be on the plane that hit first her boss canceled their plans for that day
Never forget
His right eye keeps drooping lower and lower. It starts high, goes low. Look thumbnail :0
The reporter should've waited to ask the question everyone wanted to have an answer for.