My Grandpa passed away in WTC when 9/11 attack, He work on the 104th floor, Cantor Fitzgerald of the North tower, he was a very kind person, I miss him so much😭RIP My grandpa Jeffrey 1948-2001, We will Never Forget and God Bless America🇺🇸😢🕊️
I live in germany and was so young I cant even remember it happening. I still watch these videos every year. I really feel for you guys. Even though every year this goes further in the past, it feels like it gets more impactful on me every time
I was in England...hear abut it in a shop selling Crystals - they had a radio on which was extremely unusual- one of the staff said ''A plane has hit the WTC in New York''... And Pentagon was mentioned. It was just so shocking- collecting son from school, all one saw were people glued to tv screens in bookies and grocery shops - when the second plane hit we knew it wasn't an accident. It was just too much to take in. Rest in Peace the Innocent Souls killed that day and afterwards from lung damage &C from toxins in the wreckage.
@@ekinunsay8830 I was in England...I typed out a much longer reply, but you tube auto deleted it. I remember it so clearly. It was a grey day here, but beautiful in New York til the disaster changed everything.
As kids who witnessed 9/11, I think we logically understood that planes crashed, buildings fell and people died. But as time passed and we grew up, we became to realize what we really saw was mass murder and suicide. These videos take us back to that day and replay it in a completely different lens. I'd imagine most people who binge-watch 9/11 videos are kids that grew up in the 90s.
exactly. (born in 94 and somehow 9/11 seems like a trauma even if in the time i didnt realize what happened, i cant really describe it. like it makes me remember things that i didnt even witness, through emotions and the spirit of the time or whatever)
@twinkletoes8145 The last sentence of the comment says, "I'd imagine most people who binge watch 9/11 videos are kids that grew up in the 90's." The person replied that they didn't grow up in the 90's. I hope that helps you understand so you won't be so ugly next time!
Crazy that it's been 23yrs, yet feels like yesterday in many respects. Nobody forgets where they were when they first found out... nobody. It baffles me that there is an entire generation that never experienced this incredibly defining moment in history.
@@JillianWinters-rq2uq My grandmother at the time (may she reset in peace) called me and said "Turn the TV on!" - I replied "What channel?" - She said "Any channel, history is being made"; And the reset is history.
I got home about 2.15pm UK from work,a friend text me to put the TV on immediately. Like many I saw the second plane in real time hit the other tower. It was like a Bruce Willis film. A delivery driver arrived and I called him in.....20 minutes of shock together. Honestly it will never leave me. Bless them all ✨
I was 8, my father was flying to D.C. on a business trips and his plane was landed in Jersey. Cell phones aren't as they are now, and we didn't get a hold of him until 2 days later. It was a scary thought and I cannot imagine him never calling me to tell me he was fine. This event inspired me to serve, to never let this happen again. When I turned 18, I enlisted in the Navy to do Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection. RIP to those lost and to the families who lost their loved ones.
Thanks for putting your life on the line for my family and friends to live this spoiled life of freedoms we’re lucky to have because of people like you.
I was a senior in high school on 9/11. Every year after around this date I start to watch every documentary due to the fact I still can’t believe that happened. I noticed this year that there were little to none coming on. Extremely disappointing because it seems like people are forgetting. Thank you for posting this.
ua-cam.com/video/JRjzJF4b8nU/v-deo.htmlsi=izgGeD-4XFBwXMtm This song was playing in the towers plaza as a man was dangling from one of the towers, it doesn't show that in this linked video, this is just the exact instrumentation of the song which was lost for over 20 years and recently just found
I was only sixteen years old when 9/11 happened and every year I too watch documentaries to honor the victims and their families. NEVER WILL FORGET 9/11!
It’s mad how no matter how long ago this has been and will be, it will always be one of the few days as a small child that I can remember forever. RIP to all those lives lost x
Same thing happened wrt JFK's assassination which happened on my 14th birthday. Most people who were alive then will never forget it. A friend of mine died in a N. Tower. So no way I'll forget 9/11 either.
Don’t forget all the people still dying today because of everything they were breathing in for days , weeks , months , years from working at ground zero
Yes, I always think of this. Goodness knows what they inhaled that day, it doesn’t bear thinking about. So many people since 9/11, lost to cancer, lung diseases, PTSD, depression and other illnesses. The true toll will probably never be known. 😔
I am french and I was 6 years old when this tragedy happened. This was the first time I heard about New York City. Since this day I had been passionated by this city. And finally I had the opportunity to visit it in 2019 and 2024. I hope one day I will show to my kids the beauty of NYC and tell them this story. We will never forget those who died this day. Especially the firefighters and the first responders. Vive New York City ! ❤
You should watch the documentary made by two French brothers who were following a probationary firefighter (if you haven’t yet). They were in the lobby of the North Tower. The documentary is simply titled 9/11. Jules and Gedeon Naudet were the two film makers.
At terminal velocity, approximately 120mph, the human body experiences thousands of G’s when it suddenly decelerates from traveling at around 50 meters per second to 0 instantaneously. That sudden halting is enough to obliterate our bodies, literally. Just an eruption and “pink mist” was left. Now consider the collapse of the towers - thousands of tonnes of steel, concrete and building materials which pancaked down on top of itself; A 100 story building reduced to piles of rubble in around 10 seconds. Each tower’s fall produced sufficient energy to be registered on the Richter scale at 2.2 and 2.3 - more than enough energy to completely pulverize the fragile human form. Around 40% of all of those who died that day have had no remains discovered at all. The immense power of the collapse eradicated their physical form beyond what our current technology can recover.
13:52 this seemingly even-toned, almost emotionless call f*cks me up more than almost any other. He says all the “things” you’d expect. But, “I’ll see you when you get there” just absolutely punches me in the gut. Without any doubt or confusion, he just knew.
Well, for the same reason, the other guy said, please hurry after they said they were on the way, if you were close enough, but still alive it was really hot really fast I imagine. And since they had no way out Yeah they knew. But you never want to believe until that last hope is gone at which point you’re already dead. That doesn’t mean some who made it weren’t afraid in the moment and felt sure they were about to die. so much unnecessary suffering and loss. because of a few psychos.
I have watched many documentaries about 9/11 but this call always breaks my heart into a million pieces. And my heart breaks for his partner who had to listen to this voice mail and there was absolutely nothing she could do then. It breaks my heart.
RIP to all those who lost their lives on September 11th 2001, we've never forgotten you. And to all those who are still here and have a experience from that day or have lost someone on that day my thoughts are with you 🙏🕊️
I remember this horrible day like it was yesterday. I was in 8th grade and in Ms. Picarro’s math class in Brooklyn. The towers were right outside our classroom window on the 5th floor. I was daydreaming and staring out the window when the first plane hit. I couldn’t process what I had just witnessed. It was like a movie. The screams of my classmates who had parents working in the towers still haunts me. My teacher ran to the windows to close the blinds and tried to calm us down while she waited to further instruction. My hands were trembling in fear thinking about my dad who was supposed to be at work at that time. Many of us waited hours for our parents to pick us up. There were papers and grey soot everywhere. Panic started to set in, when I saw my dad’s car pull up. His car was completely covered in debris. Turns out he was running late for work that morning when he saw the plane hit . He immediately turned back around and sped to my school. I am so grateful that he made it back safe. Many of my classmates lost loved ones. RIP to all who lost their lives that horrendous day 🙏🏻
if your father saw the first plane and and turned almost emediantly around then it makes no sense for the car to be covered with debris im not saying your making up the story. that would mean his car was near
@@Ripvan_winkle25too close I mean if it was after the Towers collapse it would make sense cuase the cloud of ashes were just going every where extreamly fast like you couldn't run away from it
Always refreshing to see a local’s account in the comments. I was nowhere near there, so it doesn’t matter where I was. I’m a bit tired of the “I was at work in New Zealand or Albuquerque!” Like, c’mon.
The impact this event had on the whole world is insane. I was 8 years old, thousands of miles away in Germany and yet I felt the weight of it all around. My parents watching the news all day, us talking about it in school extensively while my teacher cried all the way through, all flags on half-mast, everything. I actually slept in my parents room for a couple of nights because I had a pretty big window in my room and I was terrified of planes crashing through it any minute. I remember all of this so vividly as if it happened yesterday.. Never forget
14:13 "And i just totally love you, and ill see you when you get here." Damn bro, i had to go in the bathroom at work and shed a cpl tears for that. RIP Brian 🙏
Ive watched every video on this tragic day. I have to say this video is one of the best I've seen. Excellent work in showing the dedication of our first responders and the lives touched by the death of their loved ones. Its 2 days before the 23rd anniversary. I remember that day so well. The heartbreak and the fight of so many to get out of both towers. The horror of the innocent people on the planes. Nearly 3000 innocent lives lost and the families left behind are in my thoughts and prayers 🙏
I was in Manhattan for Christmas 1999 and saw the impressive majesty of the towers. Back home in the UK, I cried as I watched the horror unfold. Every year, I watch a few documentaries to set aside time to mourn for those lost. Never forget..
I'm Russian. I was about 16 when it happened, my last school year. I still remember having an English class that day and then coming back home and watching on live TV those events happening. I was in shock. The whole world was supporting and mourning with the US.
@@L3go_Man87 I'm just a regular citizen, not much into politics (other than being in horror with what's going on now with my country). So I don't know much on what was going on regarding security and everything at those times.
@@L3go_Man87it might have not effected Russia itself but it effected the the ppl of Russia that care for human life and their suffering. We are all all still individuals that care in spite of whatever political positions our leaders hold.
I was 11 when this happened 😢. I just remember crying nonstop with my mum as we watched it on the news from the UK. I kept asking my mum "why are they jumping" and sobbing. I didn't know anyone who died that day but it still impacted me so much. Even to this day I can't read or watch something without crying. ❤❤❤❤❤
It took me many years to stop crying, to fly again, to not look at a deep blue sky as malevolent, to see a plane in the sky at the same position as the planes that attacked and not shiver, not remember. My daughter was four at the time, and I was terrified of her seeing me cry so much and become afraid of flying. So I stayed up late every night to watch the news. There was a woman and her 4 year-old on one of the planes. It shook me up so much for years.
Where has those 23yrs gone! To everyone affected by that day i truly hope you are healing for the beloved souls that lost there precious life i hope you are resting in eternal peace. We will never ever forget you all. 🇬🇧
I was a Sheriff in Canada when 9/11 happened and on that day I was at home on days off. My DOB is September 12 and I was getting ready to celebrate. Early on the 11th I received an urgent call from work to turn on the TV and watch the breaking news. I caught a channel just as the second aircraft struck the other tower. I had friends in Manhatten and Queens so I tried to call them but the lines were tied up. As the heartbreaking details of that day were revealed on the news, I knew things would change forever. In September of 2002, my wife and I flew down to NYC so that we could pay our respects. We were unprepared for the scope of the destruction at Ground Zero . The people we met in NYC were remarkable for their kindness and their resolve to carry on. We attended the debut of Fiddler on The Roof and by the second act there wasn't a dry eye in that audience. "Sunrise, sunset, swiftly flow the days"...
I live 2 hours ahead of my mother, who worked in downtown LA. Given it's a economic hub, I figured it might be a target sight, so I tried calling her to tell her not to go into work (it was 6am Pacific Time when the planes hit), but I couldn't get through, all the phones lines were jammed. I didn't get through until later that afternoon. It was because of this jam that President Bush changed things so that we had to switch to digital TV instead of analog.
My Birthday is also on the 12th. I was in my office in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica when a female rushed into my office to tell me Terrorist just struck the Towers. I left the office immediately to "beat the traffic" home, and was glued to my TV screen in shock; late into the night!! "Lest We Forget"...
I was at a friend’s house in Kidlington, just outside of Oxford UK helping in her garden. She was an air hostess whose partner was a pilot for British Airways who phoned to tell her to switch the TV on in time to see the second plane crash into the South Tower. It’s a day I will never forget as was just so sad to watch so many innocent lives lost for nothing.
I cant imagine of having to make a decision of burning to death, being crushed in a falling building or jumping from the hundredth floor my goodness what a horrible choice to have to make. 💔
I’m from Leduc, Alberta, Canada. South of Edmonton. Our international airport is about 10 min from Leduc. My mom woke me up and told me to turn on the tv, I saw the second tower hit live. I was in such shock that I almost forgot that I have my second day of high school on that Tuesday. When I arrived at my high school we were informed that our classes were cancelled. The reason for the cancellation of classes was because when the flights got grounded at the airport and the rcmp were bringing stranded passengers at the airport to my high school since we had 2 huge gyms. The oddest thing was I was so use to hearing planes coming in and out of the airport. It was eerie silent. I spent that day setting up cots and comforting the passengers from the grounded flights that were brought to my high school. They were so scared and so was I (thought ww3 was about to happen). I’ll NEVER forget that day. I wish all the families the best for the lost of their loved ones. I was glad to be involved to help. I got a beautiful framed picture of the towers in my house so I never forget that day.
I was in grade 10 when the planes struck the WTC. The teachers wheeled one of those CRT tv carts into the cafeteria and we were permitted to watch the news as long as we wanted, so there were like 300 students in the cafeteria glued to the tv all day long. I saw it from the beginning live on TV news because i was banned from playing computer games after school so i uno reversed my parents and woke up at 4am every day to play counter-strike before school and would watch the news at the same time.
Fellow Albertan here. I just wanted to say thanks for what you and everyone in Leduc did that day and in the days after to help as much as you could. You guys represented us well just by being good human beings. You showed those people the best of us- of humanity when they needed it most.
Would have been cool though if their president had thanked us and Newfoundland who took in 7k Americans for a week, instead of thanking everyone else then trying to say the hijackers came through Canada and our "lax" airport security and it was our fault. That was proven untrue, all we did was take care of, house, feed comfort and welcome thousands and thousands of their citizens. And we couldnt even get a mention in Bush's 'thank you' speech.
My best friend passed away on plane 97. Last words I herd from her was I love you tell Mom I won't be coming home. Also heard everything in the background.
Lunartwilight37 - I am so sorry you lost your best friend. They are not easy to find. I hope you realize her spirit is with you, and you will see her again one day. Best wishes 🫂❤️
Each year I see these type of documentaries I cry like a baby. I'm from Romania and I saw the second plane hitting the WTC live on tv in 2001 at the age of 10 years, but I can't get out of my mind that image. RIP all those people and I hope one day I can travel to New York to put a flower at the WTC memorial site for all who died.
@@stevenphilip719 man shut up. wtf is "cry like a baby" supposed to even mean? Humans are meant to be compassionate. Tears come from sadness and empathy. It's humane to cry at something like this. if _you_ can't shed a single tear then you're probably desensitized but there's no need to mock the other commenter
@@nyxldx im not mocking any one. 23 years after. unless you had a family member or say a fiance. then i think cry like a baby is fine. but so many people put cry like a baby. instead of made me cry. just sounds embelished. but that just my opinion. i was at a friends wake that week he was a fireman. a very close friend and i had to be helped out of the funeral home. but that was 23 yrs ago. i didnt mean to hurt anyones feelings
@@stevenphilip719 well, you never know what anyone has gone through. Who knows, maybe the other commenter did lose someone or maybe they're just very empathetic. I recently watched a video of a community gathering resources of clothing and school supplies for kids who live in poverty and seeing them receiving the gifts got me to shed a tear for them. Human beings shouldn't shy away from embracing their emotions. Cry of you feel grief or happiness or sympathy. We're empathetic creatures. "crying" isn't something "babies" only do. I'm sorry if I came off aggressive but it's very toxic mindset to think be emotional is something child like and worthy of receive mockery or a sense of shame
I was 18 when this happened. It scarred me for life. I was 37 when I got on a plane for the first time. The only thing I could think about was 9/11. Even to this day I still have reservations about planes
Reliving this all over again, I was 18 years old on 9/11/01, having just successfully survived cancer, I attempted to enlist myself to be part of the US Air Force and I was rejected because of my condition. After that I tried to become a Marine and was rejected for the same reason. I knew then that I wouldn't be able to serve my country. I was in such shock watching those towers fall, seeing those images, I was so scared that day, and I spent the next three or four days on my couch watching all of the news outlets. I didn't eat, I didn't drink anything, I was just in shock for my fellow countrymen, my fellow humam beings, but mostly for the state of our country. I have visited a good majority of my henisphere, having been to the majority of the Caribbean, lived in Florida, made friends in so many places who I still speak to to this day, having two teenage sons and an amazing wife, it makes me appreciate life. However, I will always regret not being able to have my chance to stand up for our flag and say, YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT US! We will forever stand united and there's nothing that you or anyone else can do to change that! 9/11/01 was my generation's version of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 12/7/41 in the way that it was intended to destroy our nation's ability to make war in the Pacific and strike fear into our population, but just as the Japanese found out, much as Al Qaeda found out, you WILL NOT attack and kill innocent people in our homelands without retribution! Even after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto (who was educated in the US) said to one of his confidants, "I fear that all we have achieved was to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with terrible resolve". He was right, but it took almost four more years of world war to prove his statement correct.
@@Brock_Landers don't regret, there's a reason why you didn't get to serve. Look deeper into the truth about the events that took place on this day. When you find it you'll know what I mean. Our stories are similar, when I found the truth it all made sense.
Also reliving it here, I was 9. I pray for you this horrible day friend. On a clear night look up at the stars, pick any star and focus in on it. Take a few moments to clear your head and think about the good times, in one of those moments you will realise, your loved ones are staring back at you. And in the next moment, you will finally understand you are staring at yourself. We are all made from the same stardust. Light up a room and then the world, prayers for you 🙏 ❤
📌 I am a Korean living in Korea. and I still vividly remember that day in 2001 when I saw the news while preparing to go to college in Korea. At first, I thought it was a scene from an American movie, but soon I realized it was not. It was a shocking and surreal moment that I can never forget. Since then, whenever I visit New York, I make it a point to stop by the Memorial Park, and each time I feel an indescribable sadness. That attack was not just a shock to America; it shook the entire world. We all know that some groups like Arab and Chinese individuals have caused harm globally, though we try not to be discriminatory. However, it’s not easy. We must always stay alert, as we cannot afford to experience such a tragedy again. I admire and respect America. I love New York. I hope that the America I admire and love continues to stand strong as a great nation. On the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, I offer my deepest condolences to the people of America. 🙏🏻🇺🇸
I am Kenyan. August 7, 1998, nearly simultaneous bombs blew up in front of the American embassies in Nairobi. Two hundred and twenty-four people died in the blasts, including 12 Americans, and more than 4,500 people were wounded 💔 May God console families of all the victims of terror attack.
That was such a horror, and it always confounded me that we in the USA weren't more focused on the non-American victims of that attack. It was because of someone's hatred for something about the US that all of those Kenyans were hurt or killed. We should have been more aware, but our news media didn't work like that. Still doesn't.
I remember it well. My friends and I were running a ministry for Kenyan AIDS Orphans near Nairobi, from here in the U.S., when that attack happened. We mourned with our Kenyan friends. We worried over "our" Kenyan children. It was awful. Little did we know those same evil terrorists would someday come for the U.S. too. All the evil in the world cannot extinguish all of the good. Love & blessings to you.
I wasn’t born during 9/11. My mom was business plane heading home but was stuck Louisiana. She describe finding out America was under attack seeing the two towers on fire. She had to take rental car back home with group of people from her work. So every 9/11 I hug my Mom a little bit tighter as she go to come where so many other kids loss there parent on that dark day.
Can't believe it's been 23 years. Even though i grew up in California, was only 14 when it happened, and have no connection other than being American, these documentaries and stories bring me to tears EVERY YEAR. I know all the stories, have heard all the voicemails and 911 calls and firfighter transmissions, yet the sadness and heartbreak of this day never seems to lessen when this date rolls around again. All those poor souls
I worked in Upstate NY. My co. had its main offices in both buildings. We lost 8 coworkers. We had to get our company recovered in those beginning hours. We never really saw too much of what was going on. We worked "30" hour days. When we finally were able to see some of these things it w a s like going through it all over again. S one of the people who made it came upstate to work. OMG the stories were very hard to hear. We remember on 9/11 but WE NEVER FORGET!
The power of the noise on impact is so haunting, it was horrific to watch it happening, I can’t imagine what the victims experienced, still to this day, the magnitude of that day, was a total disaster 😢x
I’m 34 years old. I was in 6th grade science class and i remember everything.. being only 3hrs away in Pennsylvania we were all terrified.. such a devastating senseless unnecessary act.. the day the world stood still.. I still tear up watching these type of videos..
Someone did know that something was going to happen. After years of research and working on his own time, he had it figured out. He tried to warn them. Even got kind of pushy about it. No one took him seriously and he was ignored and "encouraged" to retire early from the FBI. He started a new job as a security specialist on August 22, 2001, but was still monitoring any activity he could. His name was John O'Neill. I encourage anyone who's even vaguely interested to watch Frontline's special "The Man Who Knew". (P.S. Edited to correct Mr. O'Neill's start date at WTC)
They won’t let their narrative go. We are constantly shown new documentary’s like this every year to tug at the heart strings. To remember what those people in the Middle East did to us, and let’s ignore all the evidence proving it’s an inside job.
One fire fighter said to his wife “they’re not finished with this building. They didn’t get what they wanted, they’re coming back for it.” After he responded to the bombing of the WTC in the ‘93. Sadly he passed away during 9/11
This day is one of my earliest memories. My Dad was flying out of Boston that morning (very normal for him at the time). I remember my mom picking me up from school and just being excited for a short day and being upset that she wouldn't let me go out to play with friends. I was too young to comprehend at the time. I remember her crying when my dad called and said he was okay. One of the lucky ones that day. I was so young, but will still never forget that day. RIP to all.
I grew up in NJ and remember the towers being built and lit up. I have so many photographs of the skyline at sunrise and sunset. I was getting ready to go horseback riding with my neighbor when my husband called and told me that I needed to turn the TV on because a plane had hit one of the towers. He was at work in north Jersey. At that point the thought was still that it'd been a smaller plane/ accidental. I was on the phone with him when the 2nd plane hit, and my immediate reaction was this was an attack. I have never felt such rage, grief and overwhelming helplessness before then, and I pray that I never do again. At one point during the days afterwards, we were down wind from NYC and could smell the smoke with the smell of burning wire insulation at our place. To this day I have major panic attacks everytime someone burns wire in their trash because it takes me right back to that day. I'll never forget or forgive.
14:18 that phone call message just melted my heart, and I finally really had a good cry. It's been so long since I tried to process what happened. This should never be forgotten. Those poor innocent people, just insane. Especially watching those people who had to jump. God I can't believe this happened.
There were several images of him & footage, the particular image (edit: meaning the fact that the narrator points out his position at that exact moment) was not at all a statement of the terrible predicament (edit: Although it did speak to the desperation they faced that anyone could identify with, if they gave it some thought). If interested, listen to his sister to actually get an idea that honours his legacy & his beautiful character (Edit: As well, she respectfully speaks about what he may have been thinking in those last moments of life).
I believe that is Rachel Uchitel, who went on to have affairs with Tiger Woods and David Boreanez (whose wife was pregnant at the time.) She’s married and divorced twice since losing her fiance on 9/11.
@@TheRealDiels Actually that interview struck me how selfish she sounded, as she never mentioned worrying about what her fiance experienced, whether or not he suffered or may still be suffering under the rubble, she went straight to how much of an inconvenience this will be to her medium to long term plans, and how hard it was to find someone to marry. Making it sound like that was all she was worried about. I instantly thought, typical N.Y. career women, then I gave her a pass, knowing that everybody processes grief in different ways. But if all you say is true about her, then my first impression was spot on.
PTSD is real. This happened in my 20's. I was working in midtown at the time, but took off that day. But even from home, across the river in NJ, when the wind shifted back North, I could smell in the air the horrid stench of burnt jet fuel and human flesh, literally. As the events went on that day and not knowing where the next attack was coming from next it all came back to me watching this and I had to watch this in 2 parts due to panic attack happening midway thru this. I had to stop and finish it later. RIP to all lost, including my HS friend, Danny Correa..
I was in grade 10 and i was going over to my friend's place after school that fateful day. He had a little sister, about half our age, and we watched the news after school and watched the people jumping, his little sister exclaimed, "maybe they will land on something soft," and my friend and I just looked at each other and without saying a word, continued watching the news. It was a terrible day, not just for Americans, we all felt it.
Orio Palmer, 30:10 , undoubtedly one of the most well recorded rescue efforts from inside the building yet in my opinion not well recognized. This story should be in every documentary due to it being one of the more positive aspects of the attack. Palmer is a hero as we’re all the other rescue workers that day and still today. #NeverForget.
This was the day my parents left for Vegas hours before, and I watched that happen while I was at work. Desperatly trying to get ahold of my parents to see if they were OK as I didn't know at the time they left, what planes were where, and or if they did any connecting flights. This was also the time my boss was yelling at me to get back to work as he said and I quote "I don't care about your family or what's going on your job is more important!".. Detailing cars for a car dealership was not more important at the time. That was the day I never went back to work and told my boss to go ahead and fire me as was glued to a phone and a TV trying to get ahold of someone but all phone lines were busy. (I was never fired but he got major heat from his comments, and was later terminated).
It was, and still is, the day of my 11th birthday. Not 1 year goes by not seeing it happening live on television. I still shed my tears, every time seeing those brave people running towards.. Bless their soles and for those who had encountered their losses that day❤. 34 years of age, since yesterday. I'm a volunteer fireman, inspired by those heroes, for 10 years now. Can't imagine what they have been through.. Never forget!! (NewYork, WashingtonDC, Flight93). Thanks for this documentary! Hope for a better world for my children 🙏 (Europe, NL)
Born in 2010 never went through the traumas of seeing this live still haunting watching videos YEARS later God bless you all who were there or alive during the time in the light of the situation though it did change America security measures etc
Seeing the home movies that were released later was more horrifying because you could see it up close and hear bystanders’ reactions. It was shocking to see it on the news, live, don’t get me wrong… but everyone was just kind of like wtf just happened? Could hardly believe it was even real. The newscasters were trying to stay calm and professional.
I was 19 and in the Navy on 09/11/2001. I was in the process of opening up my clinic (medical) when the first plane hit. I still remember just how sick i was that day and being on a base, we were obviously all on high alert for months after. Life goes on but we never forget the tragedy of that day or the lives lost. May they rest in peace and be safe now. RIP from 2024
Felt like yesterday when 911 happened. One of the saddest days in my life. Words can't explain the feeling. World felt darker and sinner after that day. What a cowardly evil act by those evil doers.
Outstanding delivery of narrator...such a sensitive work. God bless lives of the survivors, families, first responders....so many who lost their life. God bless all loved ones. God bless America. 🇺🇸
@@Thakid_Kaz there are literally 40,000 murdered right now ina genocide over 16000 children yet this idiots think this is the biggest tragedy. A tragedy yes, nowhere near the biggest, the illegal Iraq war killed 100s of thousands
RIP Marcy Borders aka the Dust Lady. She was so traumatized by the attack and went through addiction and a lot of hardships in her life. She credits the death of Osama Bin Ladin as pulling her out of her issues but died in 2014 of stomach cancer definitely due to 9/11 illness and swallowing all those carcinogens from the collapse of the towers. May she rest in eternal peace 🙏
I was in the sixth grade when 9/11 happened. My class was in gym class when the first plane hit, and we had walked into our classroom just as the second plane hit the second tower. We'll never forget those who we lost and the heroes that emerged to help. Never forget.
One thing about them Firefighters (Heros/angels) they know what those people at the top were going through, and they wanted to do whatever they could in their spirit to save them. I'm sure many knew it could be deadly going up, but they thought, "What if that was me up their?". If you give your life for your brother, you will see a special place thereafter. God bless their souls and the loved ones they left behind.
I remember being in grade 5 class when my teacher stopped everything to turn on the tv. We watched as a class and although we were young, what happened was significant and to this day I still remember how I felt. The shock, confusion, disbelief. No words will ever convey how brave and heroic those first responders and people helping others were. Rip to all the victims, you are not forgotten
its crazy... but this is the best documentary I've seen on 911. RIP to everyone and God Bless Everyone who helped. you guys are amazing. i saw it live when I was a freshman in HS. During Homeroom and was sent home after the collapses. America Strong!
12/09/2024 I was watching this yesterday on tv I'm from the uk R.I.P to all that lost there life's we will never forget them my heart goes to family's who have lost loved ones i still cry at this i will never forget this until my dieing days
I was im the 11th grade on 9/11 and it was my first day getting to drive in drivers Ed class. Our teacher was the young cool type and would let us choose the radio station and let us listen to music in the car. I was driving down thw road with 2 other students in the back listening to JLo's Im Real, when our teacher got a call on his cell. He immediately turned the music off said a few words hung up and instructed me to turn into the gas station we were coming up on. He jumped in the driver seat and took us straight back to school. When I walked into the classroom the tv was already on and I remember thinking how annoyed I was that my drive day got cut short and then the 2nd plane hit live on tv and my heart started racing. We spent the rest of the day glued to the tv. My mom picked me and my brother up early because her building which was one of the tallest in our city evacuated and everyone was sent home. The rest of that day was a blur and when I finally laid in my bed that night I cried myself to sleep because i felt so bad for feeling annoyed that I didn't get to finish my drive day when so many people lost their lives and families were broken. Im 39 today and every year I still get that pit of guilt in my stomach. I will never forget.
I remember this day, like it was yesterday! I was 9 years old, living in Republic of Moldova at that time! My mom was watching news and started to scream “omg, omg” I ran to her to see what’s going on! And I saw it, it was so scary even watching on the news, can't imagine what those people were feeling! I’ll never forget 😢😢
Im from Birmingham England Uk.....23years ago and i still remember the day so clearly i was at work in the city centre and from our workshop radio we heard the first reports of a serious incident in America work was cancelled and i immediately rushed to my mates house and he had it on the tv i was horrified my heart filled with fear i could not believe what i was hearing and seeing ive never forgotten this it will live me forever i send my condolences to all affected and all that are still haunted by this enormous loss❤
My grandmother worked in the south tower who was out that week cause she was sick. From Newark NJ saw this all with my eyes at Burnett street middle school. RIP beautiful souls
Event though i never expirienced the events happening at that septembermorning in 2001, my dad worked in the Deutsche Bank building next to the WTC towers. He told me about this happening, and i could never imagine what was racing through those thousands of heads of all of those victims in NYC that morning. I pay my highest respects to those who have fallen and those who knew the deceased. Amen.
Never forget...remembering all those innocent people and brothers taken that day and all those who to this day continue to fight for the lives due to 9/11 related illnesses and cancers from working on the pile in the aftermath. Remembering especially my friends Andrew Jordan (Ladder 132) and Andre Fletcher (Rescue 5) as well as one of our Suffolk County Fire Instructors and a great guy Ray Meisenheimer (Rescue 3) who were taken that day, you will never be forgotten.
This was a really well done memorialization. Thank you to the uploader and to those involved in its production. #WeWillNeverForget #Remember911 #UnitedWeStand
11:36 "Hey, oh shit" She doesn't even realize what kind of hell is happening to those people in the tower at this time. Some are happy while others are dying. This is life.
I remember that moment sitting by the TV in my robe, watching live footage from my home in Poland, as a 14 yo I've never been to NY but when I saw the towers collapsing I just could not believe that the symbol of that city that I knew from various movies and postcards was gone for real, at that point it was only about the loss of the building itself as we didnt know that so many people could not evacuate on time.....that was and still is unthinkable
Never forget this day. It was a day where we saw the greatest evil but we also saw the greatest unity in people comforting each other even to this us. We are stronger than evil. For those who lost someone that day, it will never be okay but know we all shed tears for you and your loved ones.
The so-called 'unnamed man', or 'falling man' was later determined to be Jonathan Briley, a sound technician in charge of the PA system that morning at Windows On The World restaurant.
I was 19 and getting breakfast in my dorm cafeteria. I walked in seeing all the TVs on only the north tower already hit. When i was in the kitchen getting my food is when the south tower was hit, but i did not know it until i sat down. When i was waiting in the hallway outside my classroom remember these girls said the towers fell. All this feels like it was yesterday and the memory seared in all our minds.
Twenty three years ago on this day, I was in sixth grade when our principal entered the room and called our teacher to the door. He whispered to her and her demeanor changed. She turned on the TV on the cart in the corner of our room. The American flag we had just recited the Pledge of Allegiance to less than an hour ago stood beside it. We saw the first tower in flames and like everyone else, we didn't know the full scope of what was going on. Our teacher then passed out printer paper to us and instructed us to draw what we thought was going to happen. My friend and I drew the scene of a battle, the kind we would have in our sandbox at home with plastic G.I.Joe's. We didn't know where this was, initially, we were only eleven. I myself thought it was in another country until I began seeing the firemen and first responders on the TV. When the second plane struck, the sound that my teacher made, a horrified shriek of life, is a sound that I can never forget and plays in my head every time I see the footage of that moment. She turned to tears as our principal returned by this time having been checking the other classrooms. She turned to him and fell into his arms quietly crying. He then looked over the class and his eyes were wide, his jaw tight. The TV remained on. Why it wasn't shut off I think was due to the shock of it all but I saw everything. I saw the people who had jumped, the frightened faces of those who were there. The imagery and sounds would give me nightmares for decades. I crumpled my drawings and hid them, later throwing them in the trash. After it was over and the towers were gone, we were sent home. My Mom asked me if I was okay when I got home. I thought she meant physically, so I said that I was fine as though it was a silly thing to ask. She had no idea I had watched the entirety of that morning on live television. I think about it every year and every time the clock reflects that date. I now work alongside people who were not even born when this all unfolded. Like the quote at the end of this video, I hope that more people can learn to love one another and appreciate this life. Take your time to talk to one another. Listen to each other, empathize and know that every one has something they are going through. It's okay to ask silly questions, to be embarrassed, to fail, to be rejected. But whatever you do, don't ever, ever, ever give up.
I am so sorry you had to go through that. Being so young, I cannot even imagine. I was 19 and already in the Navy. It was hard enough for soldiers, let alone with civilians. I hope you are doing better now
I was only a year old, so I don't have any memory of the events personally, but every year when the day comes around I can't help but feel sad for the lives that were lost. I was not personally touched by the attacks, but after having the opportunity to visit ground zero back in 2018 I feel like I have a much better understanding of what happened on that day. I can't help but cry sometimes when watching the documentaries now because certain peoples names pop into my head from watching them, such as a few that were mentioned here. People were simply living their lives, and they never got to go home and see their loved ones again. While I have no personal memory of the day, I refuse to ever forget what happened and the sacrifices made by some on to save others.
I was in my early 20's, worked at the hospital in Salisbury, UK, but that day I was ill so I was at home. I remember putting the TV on ready to watch Summer Holiday (Cliff Richard film). I fell asleep and woke up to what I thought was a disaster movie. Sadly, it was just after the first plane hit, and when I realised what was happening I phoned my Mum to tell her to put the TV on. I watched the rest unfold with horror and the deepest sadness. Even to me it still feels so recent. The loss that day, all those lives, was horrific, but equally the losses since are as bad and all because of what evil did that day. Those deaths have been gradual, due to diseases and complications resulting from breathing in toxic smoke etc that day and in the months to come. The bravery of so many that day moves me greatly, the faces of those firefighters as they run into the towers KNOWING that they most likely wouldn't survive...those brave souls who took the incredible decision to end their lives and take control of how they left this world by jumping, often holding hands with each other...it will forever haunt me. We will never forget❤
I was also in my early 20s and from the UK. I was at work, just my boss and I, when she got a call from one of our ex-colleagues to tell her about the first plane. She had been up in the towers in the past on a trip with her friend. We could not access the internet (the old dial-up style!) as it was rammed. We ran down to our buildings reception where the girls there were always logged on. Just as we and many others from our building started watching the screen, the second plane hit the other tower. In that moment all the older workers were saying that’s terrorism!! We’d been aware of this before with things like the IRA and old hijacks in the 80s of course but in my young ignorance I’d never heard of the WTC or Isis, I was just so confused. To this day it remains the worst thing I’ve seen, along with the awful Boxing Day tsunami, and it truly did change the way the world was. So many people continue to suffer from the effects, either mentally, emotionally or physically. Every year, at each of the times everything happened, I think of all those affected by this.
“At 9.59am the horror is repeated as the south tower collapses.”, and shows the north tower collapsing which happened at 10.28am. The south tower collapsing wasn’t a repeat. That was the first tower to fall.
I was in 3rd grade when this happened. the level heroism it takes for those firefighters to walk up those flights of stairs knowing they most likely won’t be coming out alive is crazy. the innocent souls that were taken that day will never be forgotten!
My Grandpa passed away in WTC when 9/11 attack, He work on the 104th floor, Cantor Fitzgerald of the North tower, he was a very kind person, I miss him so much😭RIP My grandpa Jeffrey 1948-2001, We will Never Forget and God Bless America🇺🇸😢🕊️
I am so truly sorry for your loss, sending gentle sisterly loving platonic hugs from Perth western Australia xxx
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@@tessmcnamara9230also from Perth. Same sentiment 😢
Such a senseless tragedy, my heart breaks for you and your family, even 23 years later. Never forget ❤
The "Dust Lady" died Auguest of 2015 at the age of 42. RIP sweet lady...
which one is the dust lady ?
@@Dboss74 17:40 i think her Family said she died of stomach cancer :(
African American lady, you see her towards the end of this documentary @Dboss74
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So sad. She and so many like her endured so much that day.
I’m watching this on 9/11/2024. I will never forget 9/11. I live outside of Washington DC. It was a horrific day.
I lived in Boston when this happened
I live in germany and was so young I cant even remember it happening. I still watch these videos every year. I really feel for you guys. Even though every year this goes further in the past, it feels like it gets more impactful on me every time
I was in England...hear abut it in a shop selling Crystals - they had a radio on which was extremely unusual- one of the staff said ''A plane has hit the WTC in New York''... And Pentagon was mentioned.
It was just so shocking- collecting son from school, all one saw were people glued to tv screens in bookies and grocery shops - when the second plane hit we knew it wasn't an accident. It was just too much to take in. Rest in Peace the Innocent Souls killed that day and afterwards from lung damage &C from toxins in the wreckage.
@@ekinunsay8830 I was in England...I typed out a much longer reply, but you tube auto deleted it. I remember it so clearly. It was a grey day here, but beautiful in New York til the disaster changed everything.
I live in my moms belly when it happens
As kids who witnessed 9/11, I think we logically understood that planes crashed, buildings fell and people died. But as time passed and we grew up, we became to realize what we really saw was mass murder and suicide.
These videos take us back to that day and replay it in a completely different lens. I'd imagine most people who binge-watch 9/11 videos are kids that grew up in the 90s.
I’m a boomer that had to PARENT my 3 kids that day, and in all the days after.
exactly. (born in 94 and somehow 9/11 seems like a trauma even if in the time i didnt realize what happened, i cant really describe it. like it makes me remember things that i didnt even witness, through emotions and the spirit of the time or whatever)
@@liann3881And? I'm not sure what that has to do with millennials watching documentaries because we couldn't process what happened when we were 16.
@twinkletoes8145 The last sentence of the comment says, "I'd imagine most people who binge watch 9/11 videos are kids that grew up in the 90's."
The person replied that they didn't grow up in the 90's. I hope that helps you understand so you won't be so ugly next time!
I was born in the 70s and always watch this devastating footage,what does age have to do with it?prayers to all who lost their lives that day🙏
Crazy that it's been 23yrs, yet feels like yesterday in many respects. Nobody forgets where they were when they first found out... nobody. It baffles me that there is an entire generation that never experienced this incredibly defining moment in history.
I was working in a Research job, when my boss was told planes stroke the wall trade center. I thought, a cesna plane..
I was 16... all my male classmates thought they were going to be drafted.
@@JillianWinters-rq2uq My grandmother at the time (may she reset in peace) called me and said "Turn the TV on!" - I replied "What channel?" - She said "Any channel, history is being made"; And the reset is history.
I was home sleep n my neighbor called n told me to wake up n put ur TV on here in Pittsburgh I was so confused at first.
I got home about 2.15pm UK from work,a friend text me to put the TV on immediately. Like many I saw the second plane in real time hit the other tower. It was like a Bruce Willis film. A delivery driver arrived and I called him in.....20 minutes of shock together. Honestly it will never leave me. Bless them all ✨
I was 8, my father was flying to D.C. on a business trips and his plane was landed in Jersey. Cell phones aren't as they are now, and we didn't get a hold of him until 2 days later. It was a scary thought and I cannot imagine him never calling me to tell me he was fine. This event inspired me to serve, to never let this happen again. When I turned 18, I enlisted in the Navy to do Anti-Terrorism and Force Protection.
RIP to those lost and to the families who lost their loved ones.
The Nation and it’s citizens thank you for you services in keeping our country safe. 🇺🇸
Thank you
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Thanks for putting your life on the line for my family and friends to live this spoiled life of freedoms we’re lucky to have because of people like you.
dont forget that Main Trrrorist am sponsor of terrorists seat in white house and sent money to ukr terrorists in ukrain
I was a senior in high school on 9/11. Every year after around this date I start to watch every documentary due to the fact I still can’t believe that happened. I noticed this year that there were little to none coming on. Extremely disappointing because it seems like people are forgetting. Thank you for posting this.
How old are u now
@@tajiluv just turned 40 this year
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ua-cam.com/video/JRjzJF4b8nU/v-deo.htmlsi=izgGeD-4XFBwXMtm This song was playing in the towers plaza as a man was dangling from one of the towers, it doesn't show that in this linked video, this is just the exact instrumentation of the song which was lost for over 20 years and recently just found
I was only sixteen years old when 9/11 happened and every year I too watch documentaries to honor the victims and their families. NEVER WILL FORGET 9/11!
It’s mad how no matter how long ago this has been and will be, it will always be one of the few days as a small child that I can remember forever.
RIP to all those lives lost x
I was working abroad as a young 21 yo when it happened. Watching it on tv. and I had to fly home a month later. it was Scary!
Same thing happened wrt JFK's assassination which happened on my 14th birthday.
Most people who were alive then will never forget it.
A friend of mine died in a N. Tower. So no way I'll forget 9/11 either.
@@Dboss74 oh my gosh! I’d be terrified to fly around that time
@@track1949 I’ll always save a place in my heart for the victims. God bless your friend
Really?
Don’t forget all the people still dying today because of everything they were breathing in for days , weeks , months , years from working at ground zero
Yes, I always think of this. Goodness knows what they inhaled that day, it doesn’t bear thinking about. So many people since 9/11, lost to cancer, lung diseases, PTSD, depression and other illnesses. The true toll will probably never be known. 😔
Anyone there that day was inhaling the remains of the victims - horrifying.
Plus all the people who self-ended from the various trauma they or loved ones went through. The ripples will always be felt.
I remember the 3000 who disappeared. Who’d forget them ?
more people have died from cancers and illnesses in the 23 years since than actually died during the attacks that day. Awful.
I am french and I was 6 years old when this tragedy happened. This was the first time I heard about New York City.
Since this day I had been passionated by this city. And finally I had the opportunity to visit it in 2019 and 2024. I hope one day I will show to my kids the beauty of NYC and tell them this story.
We will never forget those who died this day. Especially the firefighters and the first responders.
Vive New York City ! ❤
You should watch the documentary made by two French brothers who were following a probationary firefighter (if you haven’t yet). They were in the lobby of the North Tower. The documentary is simply titled 9/11. Jules and Gedeon Naudet were the two film makers.
@@christophemeyerYT omg I was 6 as well. Mad how much I remember from this day!
At terminal velocity, approximately 120mph, the human body experiences thousands of G’s when it suddenly decelerates from traveling at around 50 meters per second to 0 instantaneously. That sudden halting is enough to obliterate our bodies, literally. Just an eruption and “pink mist” was left. Now consider the collapse of the towers - thousands of tonnes of steel, concrete and building materials which pancaked down on top of itself; A 100 story building reduced to piles of rubble in around 10 seconds. Each tower’s fall produced sufficient energy to be registered on the Richter scale at 2.2 and 2.3 - more than enough energy to completely pulverize the fragile human form. Around 40% of all of those who died that day have had no remains discovered at all. The immense power of the collapse eradicated their physical form beyond what our current technology can recover.
I was 6 too
I was 6 as well
13:52 this seemingly even-toned, almost emotionless call f*cks me up more than almost any other. He says all the “things” you’d expect. But, “I’ll see you when you get there” just absolutely punches me in the gut. Without any doubt or confusion, he just knew.
Well, for the same reason, the other guy said, please hurry after they said they were on the way, if you were close enough, but still alive it was really hot really fast I imagine. And since they had no way out Yeah they knew. But you never want to believe until that last hope is gone at which point you’re already dead. That doesn’t mean some who made it weren’t afraid in the moment and felt sure they were about to die. so much unnecessary suffering and loss. because of a few psychos.
I have watched many documentaries about 9/11 but this call always breaks my heart into a million pieces. And my heart breaks for his partner who had to listen to this voice mail and there was absolutely nothing she could do then. It breaks my heart.
RIP to all those who lost their lives on September 11th 2001, we've never forgotten you. And to all those who are still here and have a experience from that day or have lost someone on that day my thoughts are with you 🙏🕊️
ELIZABETH CABAN 2575JERO AMEN to Jesus CABAN 🙏 🙌 ❤️ ♥️
I remember this horrible day like it was yesterday. I was in 8th grade and in Ms. Picarro’s math class in Brooklyn. The towers were right outside our classroom window on the 5th floor. I was daydreaming and staring out the window when the first plane hit. I couldn’t process what I had just witnessed. It was like a movie. The screams of my classmates who had parents working in the towers still haunts me. My teacher ran to the windows to close the blinds and tried to calm us down while she waited to further instruction. My hands were trembling in fear thinking about my dad who was supposed to be at work at that time. Many of us waited hours for our parents to pick us up. There were papers and grey soot everywhere. Panic started to set in, when I saw my dad’s car pull up. His car was completely covered in debris. Turns out he was running late for work that morning when he saw the plane hit . He immediately turned back around and sped to my school. I am so grateful that he made it back safe. Many of my classmates lost loved ones. RIP to all who lost their lives that horrendous day 🙏🏻
if your father saw the first plane and and turned almost emediantly around then it makes no sense for the car to be covered with debris im not saying your making up the story. that would mean his car was near
@@Ripvan_winkle25too close
I mean if it was after the Towers collapse it would make sense cuase the cloud of ashes were just going every where extreamly fast like you couldn't run away from it
Always refreshing to see a local’s account in the comments. I was nowhere near there, so it doesn’t matter where I was. I’m a bit tired of the “I was at work in New Zealand or Albuquerque!” Like, c’mon.
We were all New Yorkers that day.
From Ireland 🇮🇪
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not all dufus.
@timwilton9571 true enough. Some were for the terrorists that day......
The impact this event had on the whole world is insane. I was 8 years old, thousands of miles away in Germany and yet I felt the weight of it all around. My parents watching the news all day, us talking about it in school extensively while my teacher cried all the way through, all flags on half-mast, everything. I actually slept in my parents room for a couple of nights because I had a pretty big window in my room and I was terrified of planes crashing through it any minute. I remember all of this so vividly as if it happened yesterday..
Never forget
As an American- thank you. It is a real encouragement to us that ppl all over the world mourned with us. 🇺🇲❤🇩🇪
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"And i just totally love you, and ill see you when you get here."
Damn bro, i had to go in the bathroom at work and shed a cpl tears for that. RIP Brian 🙏
Sad, he’s talking about when she joins him in heaven
That line really got to me "I'll see you when you get here" 😞
Ive watched every video on this tragic day. I have to say this video is one of the best I've seen.
Excellent work in showing the dedication of our first responders and the lives touched by the death of their loved ones.
Its 2 days before the 23rd anniversary. I remember that day so well. The heartbreak and the fight of so many to get out of both towers. The horror of the innocent people on the planes. Nearly 3000 innocent lives lost and the families left behind are in my thoughts and prayers 🙏
9/11: One Day in America | MEGA EPISODE | National Geographic go to see
I was in Manhattan for Christmas 1999 and saw the impressive majesty of the towers. Back home in the UK, I cried as I watched the horror unfold. Every year, I watch a few documentaries to set aside time to mourn for those lost. Never forget..
I'm Russian. I was about 16 when it happened, my last school year. I still remember having an English class that day and then coming back home and watching on live TV those events happening. I was in shock. The whole world was supporting and mourning with the US.
🙏🙏 thank you ❤
How did it affect Russia, I assume Russia has relaxed in security too?
@@L3go_Man87 I'm just a regular citizen, not much into politics (other than being in horror with what's going on now with my country). So I don't know much on what was going on regarding security and everything at those times.
@@L3go_Man87it might have not effected Russia itself but it effected the the ppl of Russia that care for human life and their suffering. We are all all still individuals that care in spite of whatever political positions our leaders hold.
@@annywind7609You are a good person with a good heart ❤️ 😊
I was 11 when this happened 😢. I just remember crying nonstop with my mum as we watched it on the news from the UK. I kept asking my mum "why are they jumping" and sobbing. I didn't know anyone who died that day but it still impacted me so much. Even to this day I can't read or watch something without crying. ❤❤❤❤❤
Those final phonecalls to loved ones, absolutely break me everytime. It's heart wrenching😢😢😢
It took me many years to stop crying, to fly again, to not look at a deep blue sky as malevolent, to see a plane in the sky at the same position as the planes that attacked and not shiver, not remember. My daughter was four at the time, and I was terrified of her seeing me cry so much and become afraid of flying. So I stayed up late every night to watch the news. There was a woman and her 4 year-old on one of the planes. It shook me up so much for years.
I remember sitting in math class watching as a 6th grader in 2001. I'll never forget every detail of that day.
Where has those 23yrs gone! To everyone affected by that day i truly hope you are healing for the beloved souls that lost there precious life i hope you are resting in eternal peace. We will never ever forget you all. 🇬🇧
I was a Sheriff in Canada when 9/11 happened and on that day I was at home on days off. My DOB is September 12 and I was getting ready to celebrate.
Early on the 11th I received an urgent call from work to turn on the TV and watch the breaking news. I caught a channel just as the second aircraft struck the other tower.
I had friends in Manhatten and Queens so I tried to call them but the lines were tied up.
As the heartbreaking details of that day were revealed on the news, I knew things would change forever.
In September of 2002, my wife and I flew down to NYC so that we could pay our respects.
We were unprepared for the scope of the destruction at Ground Zero .
The people we met in NYC were remarkable for their kindness and their resolve to carry on.
We attended the debut of Fiddler on The Roof and by the second act there wasn't a dry eye in that audience. "Sunrise, sunset, swiftly flow the days"...
I live 2 hours ahead of my mother, who worked in downtown LA. Given it's a economic hub, I figured it might be a target sight, so I tried calling her to tell her not to go into work (it was 6am Pacific Time when the planes hit), but I couldn't get through, all the phones lines were jammed. I didn't get through until later that afternoon. It was because of this jam that President Bush changed things so that we had to switch to digital TV instead of analog.
My bday is the 10th!! My name is Emma. Sorry using my late mum's account
My Birthday is also on the 12th. I was in my office in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica when a female rushed into my office to tell me Terrorist just struck the Towers. I left the office immediately to "beat the traffic" home, and was glued to my TV screen in shock; late into the night!! "Lest We Forget"...
I was at a friend’s house in Kidlington, just outside of Oxford UK helping in her garden. She was an air hostess whose partner was a pilot for British Airways who phoned to tell her to switch the TV on in time to see the second plane crash into the South Tower. It’s a day I will never forget as was just so sad to watch so many innocent lives lost for nothing.
I cant imagine of having to make a decision of burning to death, being crushed in a falling building or jumping from the hundredth floor my goodness what a horrible choice to have to make. 💔
I’m from Leduc, Alberta, Canada. South of Edmonton. Our international airport is about 10 min from Leduc. My mom woke me up and told me to turn on the tv, I saw the second tower hit live. I was in such shock that I almost forgot that I have my second day of high school on that Tuesday. When I arrived at my high school we were informed that our classes were cancelled. The reason for the cancellation of classes was because when the flights got grounded at the airport and the rcmp were bringing stranded passengers at the airport to my high school since we had 2 huge gyms. The oddest thing was I was so use to hearing planes coming in and out of the airport. It was eerie silent. I spent that day setting up cots and comforting the passengers from the grounded flights that were brought to my high school. They were so scared and so was I (thought ww3 was about to happen). I’ll NEVER forget that day. I wish all the families the best for the lost of their loved ones. I was glad to be involved to help. I got a beautiful framed picture of the towers in my house so I never forget that day.
I was in grade 10 when the planes struck the WTC. The teachers wheeled one of those CRT tv carts into the cafeteria and we were permitted to watch the news as long as we wanted, so there were like 300 students in the cafeteria glued to the tv all day long.
I saw it from the beginning live on TV news because i was banned from playing computer games after school so i uno reversed my parents and woke up at 4am every day to play counter-strike before school and would watch the news at the same time.
Fellow Albertan here. I just wanted to say thanks for what you and everyone in Leduc did that day and in the days after to help as much as you could. You guys represented us well just by being good human beings. You showed those people the best of us- of humanity when they needed it most.
Greetings from Beaumont AB
Would have been cool though if their president had thanked us and Newfoundland who took in 7k Americans for a week, instead of thanking everyone else then trying to say the hijackers came through Canada and our "lax" airport security and it was our fault. That was proven untrue, all we did was take care of, house, feed comfort and welcome thousands and thousands of their citizens. And we couldnt even get a mention in Bush's 'thank you' speech.
From MONTREAL CANADA. We will never forget 🙏 R.I.P. To all Victims and Family ❤🙏 WE ARE ALL 1
My best friend passed away on plane 97. Last words I herd from her was I love you tell Mom I won't be coming home. Also heard everything in the background.
This got to me so heartbreaking ❤️🩹 xxxxx
This is so heartbreaking xx so sad to say tell mum I won’t be coming home x that really got to me xxxx😢😢😢
Lunartwilight37 - I am so sorry you lost your best friend. They are not easy to find. I hope you realize her spirit is with you, and you will see her again one day. Best wishes 🫂❤️
Flight 97? Did you mean flight 93? Praying I don't sound rude. I'm just confused since the flight numbers were 93,77, 11, and 175.
Like the narrator said, those old enough will always remember where they were on that horrific day, i will.
“I’ll see you when you get there” 💔
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Got me where it hurts
@@marisadecicco7129 💯
That phone call always gets me…he was so calm when he left that message
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Each year I see these type of documentaries I cry like a baby. I'm from Romania and I saw the second plane hitting the WTC live on tv in 2001 at the age of 10 years, but I can't get out of my mind that image. RIP all those people and I hope one day I can travel to New York to put a flower at the WTC memorial site for all who died.
it was the worst. i knew 8 people who perished. do you really cry like a baby like hystericly. like a baby does.
@@stevenphilip719 man shut up. wtf is "cry like a baby" supposed to even mean? Humans are meant to be compassionate. Tears come from sadness and empathy. It's humane to cry at something like this. if _you_ can't shed a single tear then you're probably desensitized but there's no need to mock the other commenter
@@nyxldx im not mocking any one. 23 years after. unless you had a family member or say a fiance. then i think cry like a baby is fine. but so many people put cry like a baby. instead of made me cry. just sounds embelished. but that just my opinion. i was at a friends wake that week he was a fireman. a very close friend and i had to be helped out of the funeral home. but that was 23 yrs ago. i didnt mean to hurt anyones feelings
@@stevenphilip719 well, you never know what anyone has gone through. Who knows, maybe the other commenter did lose someone or maybe they're just very empathetic.
I recently watched a video of a community gathering resources of clothing and school supplies for kids who live in poverty and seeing them receiving the gifts got me to shed a tear for them.
Human beings shouldn't shy away from embracing their emotions. Cry of you feel grief or happiness or sympathy. We're empathetic creatures. "crying" isn't something "babies" only do.
I'm sorry if I came off aggressive but it's very toxic mindset to think be emotional is something child like and worthy of receive mockery or a sense of shame
I was 18 when this happened. It scarred me for life. I was 37 when I got on a plane for the first time. The only thing I could think about was 9/11. Even to this day I still have reservations about planes
Almost every other thing in your life is more likely to kill you than a plane.
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I am still afraid of planes to this day, that's because from what I've heard and watched on TV about plane crashes, then this happened 😮😮😮😮😢😢😢😢😢
Reliving this all over again, I was 18 years old on 9/11/01, having just successfully survived cancer, I attempted to enlist myself to be part of the US Air Force and I was rejected because of my condition. After that I tried to become a Marine and was rejected for the same reason. I knew then that I wouldn't be able to serve my country. I was in such shock watching those towers fall, seeing those images, I was so scared that day, and I spent the next three or four days on my couch watching all of the news outlets. I didn't eat, I didn't drink anything, I was just in shock for my fellow countrymen, my fellow humam beings, but mostly for the state of our country. I have visited a good majority of my henisphere, having been to the majority of the Caribbean, lived in Florida, made friends in so many places who I still speak to to this day, having two teenage sons and an amazing wife, it makes me appreciate life. However, I will always regret not being able to have my chance to stand up for our flag and say, YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT US! We will forever stand united and there's nothing that you or anyone else can do to change that! 9/11/01 was my generation's version of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 12/7/41 in the way that it was intended to destroy our nation's ability to make war in the Pacific and strike fear into our population, but just as the Japanese found out, much as Al Qaeda found out, you WILL NOT attack and kill innocent people in our homelands without retribution! Even after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Admiral Yamamoto (who was educated in the US) said to one of his confidants, "I fear that all we have achieved was to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with terrible resolve". He was right, but it took almost four more years of world war to prove his statement correct.
@@Brock_Landers don't regret, there's a reason why you didn't get to serve. Look deeper into the truth about the events that took place on this day. When you find it you'll know what I mean. Our stories are similar, when I found the truth it all made sense.
Thank you for sharing.
PS. please use paragraphs.
Also reliving it here, I was 9. I pray for you this horrible day friend. On a clear night look up at the stars, pick any star and focus in on it. Take a few moments to clear your head and think about the good times, in one of those moments you will realise, your loved ones are staring back at you. And in the next moment, you will finally understand you are staring at yourself. We are all made from the same stardust. Light up a room and then the world, prayers for you 🙏 ❤
Watch 911 The New Pearl Harbor documentary. Then we'll have a chat. 😊
The same people that denied you caused this attack. Hope you can see that Now...
Rest In Peace. May God wrap His loving arms around the families of the victims of 9/11.
📌 I am a Korean living in Korea.
and I still vividly remember that day in 2001 when I saw the news while preparing to go to college in Korea. At first, I thought it was a scene from an American movie, but soon I realized it was not. It was a shocking and surreal moment that I can never forget. Since then, whenever I visit New York, I make it a point to stop by the Memorial Park, and each time I feel an indescribable sadness. That attack was not just a shock to America; it shook the entire world.
We all know that some groups like Arab and Chinese individuals have caused harm globally, though we try not to be discriminatory. However, it’s not easy. We must always stay alert, as we cannot afford to experience such a tragedy again.
I admire and respect America. I love New York. I hope that the America I admire and love continues to stand strong as a great nation.
On the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, I offer my deepest condolences to the people of America. 🙏🏻🇺🇸
Iraq Will Be Taught A Lesson Not To Wake The Beast In America
May we NEVER forget that day...RIP those that lost their life and prayers to all the families affected..
I am Kenyan. August 7, 1998, nearly simultaneous bombs blew up in front of the American embassies in Nairobi. Two hundred and twenty-four people died in the blasts, including 12 Americans, and more than 4,500 people were wounded 💔 May God console families of all the victims of terror attack.
I remember when that happened. It was truly horrific.
I echo your prayer for the families of all the victims. 💔
That was such a horror, and it always confounded me that we in the USA weren't more focused on the non-American victims of that attack. It was because of someone's hatred for something about the US that all of those Kenyans were hurt or killed. We should have been more aware, but our news media didn't work like that. Still doesn't.
@@elizabethchase6528 Yes unlike 911
I remember it well. My friends and I were running a ministry for Kenyan AIDS Orphans near Nairobi, from here in the U.S., when that attack happened. We mourned with our Kenyan friends. We worried over "our" Kenyan children. It was awful. Little did we know those same evil terrorists would someday come for the U.S. too.
All the evil in the world cannot extinguish all of the good.
Love & blessings to you.
I wasn’t born during 9/11. My mom was business plane heading home but was stuck Louisiana. She describe finding out America was under attack seeing the two towers on fire. She had to take rental car back home with group of people from her work. So every 9/11 I hug my
Mom a little bit tighter as she go to come where so many other kids loss there parent on that dark day.
Can't believe it's been 23 years. Even though i grew up in California, was only 14 when it happened, and have no connection other than being American, these documentaries and stories bring me to tears EVERY YEAR. I know all the stories, have heard all the voicemails and 911 calls and firfighter transmissions, yet the sadness and heartbreak of this day never seems to lessen when this date rolls around again.
All those poor souls
I worked in Upstate NY. My co. had its main offices in both buildings. We lost 8 coworkers. We had to get our company recovered in those beginning hours. We never really saw too much of what was going on. We worked "30" hour days. When we finally were able to see some of these things it w a s like going through it all over again. S one of the people who made it came upstate to work. OMG the stories were very hard to hear. We remember on 9/11 but WE NEVER FORGET!
The power of the noise on impact is so haunting, it was horrific to watch it happening, I can’t imagine what the victims experienced, still to this day, the magnitude of that day, was a total disaster 😢x
I’m 34 years old. I was in 6th grade science class and i remember everything.. being only 3hrs away in Pennsylvania we were all terrified.. such a devastating senseless unnecessary act.. the day the world stood still.. I still tear up watching these type of videos..
Someone did know that something was going to happen. After years of research and working on his own time, he had it figured out. He tried to warn them. Even got kind of pushy about it. No one took him seriously and he was ignored and "encouraged" to retire early from the FBI. He started a new job as a security specialist on August 22, 2001, but was still monitoring any activity he could. His name was John O'Neill. I encourage anyone who's even vaguely interested to watch Frontline's special "The Man Who Knew". (P.S. Edited to correct Mr. O'Neill's start date at WTC)
They never listen to the people who know and when the truth gets revealed those people always “mysteriously” die
They won’t let their narrative go. We are constantly shown new documentary’s like this every year to tug at the heart strings. To remember what those people in the Middle East did to us, and let’s ignore all the evidence proving it’s an inside job.
One fire fighter said to his wife “they’re not finished with this building. They didn’t get what they wanted, they’re coming back for it.” After he responded to the bombing of the WTC in the ‘93. Sadly he passed away during 9/11
This day is one of my earliest memories. My Dad was flying out of Boston that morning (very normal for him at the time). I remember my mom picking me up from school and just being excited for a short day and being upset that she wouldn't let me go out to play with friends. I was too young to comprehend at the time. I remember her crying when my dad called and said he was okay. One of the lucky ones that day. I was so young, but will still never forget that day. RIP to all.
One of the best docs of this horrific day...thank you.
I grew up in NJ and remember the towers being built and lit up. I have so many photographs of the skyline at sunrise and sunset. I was getting ready to go horseback riding with my neighbor when my husband called and told me that I needed to turn the TV on because a plane had hit one of the towers. He was at work in north Jersey. At that point the thought was still that it'd been a smaller plane/ accidental. I was on the phone with him when the 2nd plane hit, and my immediate reaction was this was an attack. I have never felt such rage, grief and overwhelming helplessness before then, and I pray that I never do again.
At one point during the days afterwards, we were down wind from NYC and could smell the smoke with the smell of burning wire insulation at our place. To this day I have major panic attacks everytime someone burns wire in their trash because it takes me right back to that day.
I'll never forget or forgive.
14:18 that phone call message just melted my heart, and I finally really had a good cry. It's been so long since I tried to process what happened. This should never be forgotten. Those poor innocent people, just insane. Especially watching those people who had to jump. God I can't believe this happened.
The Falling Man -Jonathan Briley RIP dear beloved man.
There were several images of him & footage, the particular image (edit: meaning the fact that the narrator points out his position at that exact moment) was not at all a statement of the terrible predicament (edit: Although it did speak to the desperation they faced that anyone could identify with, if they gave it some thought).
If interested, listen to his sister to actually get an idea that honours his legacy & his beautiful character (Edit: As well, she respectfully speaks about what he may have been thinking in those last moments of life).
Remember all the jumpers
Send peace to everyone that was and has been impacted by this horrible situation. ❤ sending love to the east coast during this month 🪽🪽🪽🧧
“He’s my fiancé, It’s taken me my whole life to find him.” 😢 I hope she’s doing okay.
I believe that is Rachel Uchitel, who went on to have affairs with Tiger Woods and David Boreanez (whose wife was pregnant at the time.) She’s married and divorced twice since losing her fiance on 9/11.
@@TheRealDielswhy did you feel the need to air her business when someone’s talking about her grieving
@@Thakid_Kazexactly.
@@TheRealDielsso not doing okay then 😅
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Actually that interview struck me how selfish she sounded, as she never mentioned worrying about what her fiance experienced, whether or not he suffered or may still be suffering under the rubble, she went straight to how much of an inconvenience this will be to her medium to long term plans, and how hard it was to find someone to marry. Making it sound like that was all she was worried about. I instantly thought, typical N.Y. career women, then I gave her a pass, knowing that everybody processes grief in different ways.
But if all you say is true about her, then my first impression was spot on.
PTSD is real. This happened in my 20's. I was working in midtown at the time, but took off that day. But even from home, across the river in NJ, when the wind shifted back North, I could smell in the air the horrid stench of burnt jet fuel and human flesh, literally. As the events went on that day and not knowing where the next attack was coming from next it all came back to me watching this and I had to watch this in 2 parts due to panic attack happening midway thru this. I had to stop and finish it later. RIP to all lost, including my HS friend, Danny Correa..
North tower had the antenna. The south tower fell first, then the north fell second
I was in grade 10 and i was going over to my friend's place after school that fateful day. He had a little sister, about half our age, and we watched the news after school and watched the people jumping, his little sister exclaimed, "maybe they will land on something soft," and my friend and I just looked at each other and without saying a word, continued watching the news. It was a terrible day, not just for Americans, we all felt it.
All documentaries about 09/11 are so fascinating...RIP and respect to all victims 😢😢
I was sick that day so wasnt at school. Me and my mum watched the whole thing unfold from home on the news in the UK. I was 7 years old. RIP
“I’ll see you when you get there” gets me every time 💔
This never gets old always sends chilling reminder of what happened that day. Our lives wud change after this tragedy.
How chilling it is to see Arnie's movie Collateral Damage been advertised everywhere..R.I.P to all those lost souls 🙏🙏🙏
Orio Palmer, 30:10 , undoubtedly one of the most well recorded rescue efforts from inside the building yet in my opinion not well recognized. This story should be in every documentary due to it being one of the more positive aspects of the attack. Palmer is a hero as we’re all the other rescue workers that day and still today. #NeverForget.
Thanks!
This was the day my parents left for Vegas hours before, and I watched that happen while I was at work. Desperatly trying to get ahold of my parents to see if they were OK as I didn't know at the time they left, what planes were where, and or if they did any connecting flights. This was also the time my boss was yelling at me to get back to work as he said and I quote "I don't care about your family or what's going on your job is more important!".. Detailing cars for a car dealership was not more important at the time. That was the day I never went back to work and told my boss to go ahead and fire me as was glued to a phone and a TV trying to get ahold of someone but all phone lines were busy. (I was never fired but he got major heat from his comments, and was later terminated).
It was, and still is, the day of my 11th birthday. Not 1 year goes by not seeing it happening live on television. I still shed my tears, every time seeing those brave people running towards.. Bless their soles and for those who had encountered their losses that day❤. 34 years of age, since yesterday. I'm a volunteer fireman, inspired by those heroes, for 10 years now. Can't imagine what they have been through.. Never forget!! (NewYork, WashingtonDC, Flight93). Thanks for this documentary! Hope for a better world for my children 🙏 (Europe, NL)
Born in 2010 never went through the traumas of seeing this live still haunting watching videos YEARS later God bless you all who were there or alive during the time in the light of the situation though it did change America security measures etc
Seeing the home movies that were released later was more horrifying because you could see it up close and hear bystanders’ reactions. It was shocking to see it on the news, live, don’t get me wrong… but everyone was just kind of like wtf just happened? Could hardly believe it was even real. The newscasters were trying to stay calm and professional.
I was 19 and in the Navy on 09/11/2001. I was in the process of opening up my clinic (medical) when the first plane hit. I still remember just how sick i was that day and being on a base, we were obviously all on high alert for months after. Life goes on but we never forget the tragedy of that day or the lives lost. May they rest in peace and be safe now. RIP from 2024
Danke!
Felt like yesterday when 911 happened. One of the saddest days in my life. Words can't explain the feeling. World felt darker and sinner after that day. What a cowardly evil act by those evil doers.
Outstanding delivery of narrator...such a sensitive work. God bless lives of the survivors, families, first responders....so many who lost their life. God bless all loved ones. God bless America. 🇺🇸
This will go down as the worst tragedy ever. To this day I still can’t believe this happened. 😢
Me either after 23 years
@@donikquac Can't believe it's been 23 years. Feels like it happened yesterday. Nah, but seriously, it dosn't feel that long ago.
The worst tragedy ever? Why? Because it happened to America?
@@Egajoras an American I wonder why this is always considered the worst thing to happen as if other tragedies didn’t happen
@@Thakid_Kaz there are literally 40,000 murdered right now ina genocide over 16000 children yet this idiots think this is the biggest tragedy. A tragedy yes, nowhere near the biggest, the illegal Iraq war killed 100s of thousands
All the people who were affected on 9/11 my heart is with you
RIP Marcy Borders aka the Dust Lady. She was so traumatized by the attack and went through addiction and a lot of hardships in her life. She credits the death of Osama Bin Ladin as pulling her out of her issues but died in 2014 of stomach cancer definitely due to 9/11 illness and swallowing all those carcinogens from the collapse of the towers. May she rest in eternal peace 🙏
I was in the sixth grade when 9/11 happened. My class was in gym class when the first plane hit, and we had walked into our classroom just as the second plane hit the second tower. We'll never forget those who we lost and the heroes that emerged to help. Never forget.
One thing about them Firefighters (Heros/angels) they know what those people at the top were going through, and they wanted to do whatever they could in their spirit to save them. I'm sure many knew it could be deadly going up, but they thought, "What if that was me up their?". If you give your life for your brother, you will see a special place thereafter. God bless their souls and the loved ones they left behind.
I remember being in grade 5 class when my teacher stopped everything to turn on the tv. We watched as a class and although we were young, what happened was significant and to this day I still remember how I felt. The shock, confusion, disbelief. No words will ever convey how brave and heroic those first responders and people helping others were. Rip to all the victims, you are not forgotten
its crazy... but this is the best documentary I've seen on 911. RIP to everyone and God Bless Everyone who helped. you guys are amazing. i saw it live when I was a freshman in HS. During Homeroom and was sent home after the collapses. America Strong!
Have you seen 'One Day in America'?
12/09/2024 I was watching this yesterday on tv I'm from the uk R.I.P to all that lost there life's we will never forget them my heart goes to family's who have lost loved ones i still cry at this i will never forget this until my dieing days
You should watch the documentary about the falling man, Jonathan Briley. He was tumbling. That was just one moment in time
I was im the 11th grade on 9/11 and it was my first day getting to drive in drivers Ed class. Our teacher was the young cool type and would let us choose the radio station and let us listen to music in the car. I was driving down thw road with 2 other students in the back listening to JLo's Im Real, when our teacher got a call on his cell. He immediately turned the music off said a few words hung up and instructed me to turn into the gas station we were coming up on. He jumped in the driver seat and took us straight back to school. When I walked into the classroom the tv was already on and I remember thinking how annoyed I was that my drive day got cut short and then the 2nd plane hit live on tv and my heart started racing. We spent the rest of the day glued to the tv. My mom picked me and my brother up early because her building which was one of the tallest in our city evacuated and everyone was sent home. The rest of that day was a blur and when I finally laid in my bed that night I cried myself to sleep because i felt so bad for feeling annoyed that I didn't get to finish my drive day when so many people lost their lives and families were broken. Im 39 today and every year I still get that pit of guilt in my stomach. I will never forget.
I remember this day, like it was yesterday! I was 9 years old, living in Republic of Moldova at that time! My mom was watching news and started to scream “omg, omg” I ran to her to see what’s going on! And I saw it, it was so scary even watching on the news, can't imagine what those people were feeling! I’ll never forget 😢😢
Im from Birmingham England Uk.....23years ago and i still remember the day so clearly i was at work in the city centre and from our workshop radio we heard the first reports of a serious incident in America work was cancelled and i immediately rushed to my mates house and he had it on the tv i was horrified my heart filled with fear i could not believe what i was hearing and seeing ive never forgotten this it will live me forever i send my condolences to all affected and all that are still haunted by this enormous loss❤
Spy Billy Wau warned us about Osama bin laden and suggested he be taken out, someone in the government said no! Stupid decision
My grandmother worked in the south tower who was out that week cause she was sick. From Newark NJ saw this all with my eyes at Burnett street middle school. RIP beautiful souls
My grandma from Newark too and she retired after the bombing in 93
@@Thakid_Kaz yeah mines passed from complications after
@@King_IrvVQ I'm sorry for your loss, I'm sure she was a sweet lady🥰
Event though i never expirienced the events happening at that septembermorning in 2001, my dad worked in the Deutsche Bank building next to the WTC towers. He told me about this happening, and i could never imagine what was racing through those thousands of heads of all of those victims in NYC that morning. I pay my highest respects to those who have fallen and those who knew the deceased. Amen.
I’m so sorry to all those who lost someone on 9/11. Prayers for you and your family 🙏🏼
Never forget...remembering all those innocent people and brothers taken that day and all those who to this day continue to fight for the lives due to 9/11 related illnesses and cancers from working on the pile in the aftermath. Remembering especially my friends Andrew Jordan (Ladder 132) and Andre Fletcher (Rescue 5) as well as one of our Suffolk County Fire Instructors and a great guy Ray Meisenheimer (Rescue 3) who were taken that day, you will never be forgotten.
This was a really well done memorialization. Thank you to the uploader and to those involved in its production. #WeWillNeverForget #Remember911 #UnitedWeStand
R.I.P to all who lost their live you will never be forgotten 😢
11:36 "Hey, oh shit"
She doesn't even realize what kind of hell is happening to those people in the tower at this time. Some are happy while others are dying. This is life.
I remember that moment sitting by the TV in my robe, watching live footage from my home in Poland, as a 14 yo I've never been to NY but when I saw the towers collapsing I just could not believe that the symbol of that city that I knew from various movies and postcards was gone for real, at that point it was only about the loss of the building itself as we didnt know that so many people could not evacuate on time.....that was and still is unthinkable
Never forget this day. It was a day where we saw the greatest evil but we also saw the greatest unity in people comforting each other even to this us. We are stronger than evil. For those who lost someone that day, it will never be okay but know we all shed tears for you and your loved ones.
23:19 narrator misspoke. It's the North Tower that collapsed second, even though it was first hit.
The so-called 'unnamed man', or 'falling man' was later determined to be Jonathan Briley, a sound technician in charge of the PA system that morning at Windows On The World restaurant.
What is "PA system"?
@@hebervera2219public announcement
@@hebervera2219 public announcement system
@@hebervera2219 port authority, they had there headquarters at the WTC
Public address systems - or PA systems - are specially designed mixer, amplifier, and speaker combinations used to communicate with an audience.
I was 19 and getting breakfast in my dorm cafeteria. I walked in seeing all the TVs on only the north tower already hit. When i was in the kitchen getting my food is when the south tower was hit, but i did not know it until i sat down. When i was waiting in the hallway outside my classroom remember these girls said the towers fell. All this feels like it was yesterday and the memory seared in all our minds.
Watching on 9/11/2024- can’t imagine the horrific situation the people had to endure.
Twenty three years ago on this day, I was in sixth grade when our principal entered the room and called our teacher to the door. He whispered to her and her demeanor changed. She turned on the TV on the cart in the corner of our room. The American flag we had just recited the Pledge of Allegiance to less than an hour ago stood beside it. We saw the first tower in flames and like everyone else, we didn't know the full scope of what was going on. Our teacher then passed out printer paper to us and instructed us to draw what we thought was going to happen. My friend and I drew the scene of a battle, the kind we would have in our sandbox at home with plastic G.I.Joe's. We didn't know where this was, initially, we were only eleven. I myself thought it was in another country until I began seeing the firemen and first responders on the TV. When the second plane struck, the sound that my teacher made, a horrified shriek of life, is a sound that I can never forget and plays in my head every time I see the footage of that moment. She turned to tears as our principal returned by this time having been checking the other classrooms. She turned to him and fell into his arms quietly crying. He then looked over the class and his eyes were wide, his jaw tight. The TV remained on. Why it wasn't shut off I think was due to the shock of it all but I saw everything. I saw the people who had jumped, the frightened faces of those who were there. The imagery and sounds would give me nightmares for decades. I crumpled my drawings and hid them, later throwing them in the trash. After it was over and the towers were gone, we were sent home. My Mom asked me if I was okay when I got home. I thought she meant physically, so I said that I was fine as though it was a silly thing to ask. She had no idea I had watched the entirety of that morning on live television. I think about it every year and every time the clock reflects that date. I now work alongside people who were not even born when this all unfolded. Like the quote at the end of this video, I hope that more people can learn to love one another and appreciate this life. Take your time to talk to one another. Listen to each other, empathize and know that every one has something they are going through. It's okay to ask silly questions, to be embarrassed, to fail, to be rejected. But whatever you do, don't ever, ever, ever give up.
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I am so sorry you had to go through that. Being so young, I cannot even imagine. I was 19 and already in the Navy. It was hard enough for soldiers, let alone with civilians. I hope you are doing better now
....your teacher had you draw what you thought would happen to a burning building full of people??
I was only a year old, so I don't have any memory of the events personally, but every year when the day comes around I can't help but feel sad for the lives that were lost. I was not personally touched by the attacks, but after having the opportunity to visit ground zero back in 2018 I feel like I have a much better understanding of what happened on that day. I can't help but cry sometimes when watching the documentaries now because certain peoples names pop into my head from watching them, such as a few that were mentioned here. People were simply living their lives, and they never got to go home and see their loved ones again. While I have no personal memory of the day, I refuse to ever forget what happened and the sacrifices made by some on to save others.
I was in my early 20's, worked at the hospital in Salisbury, UK, but that day I was ill so I was at home. I remember putting the TV on ready to watch Summer Holiday (Cliff Richard film). I fell asleep and woke up to what I thought was a disaster movie. Sadly, it was just after the first plane hit, and when I realised what was happening I phoned my Mum to tell her to put the TV on. I watched the rest unfold with horror and the deepest sadness.
Even to me it still feels so recent. The loss that day, all those lives, was horrific, but equally the losses since are as bad and all because of what evil did that day. Those deaths have been gradual, due to diseases and complications resulting from breathing in toxic smoke etc that day and in the months to come.
The bravery of so many that day moves me greatly, the faces of those firefighters as they run into the towers KNOWING that they most likely wouldn't survive...those brave souls who took the incredible decision to end their lives and take control of how they left this world by jumping, often holding hands with each other...it will forever haunt me.
We will never forget❤
I was also in my early 20s and from the UK. I was at work, just my boss and I, when she got a call from one of our ex-colleagues to tell her about the first plane. She had been up in the towers in the past on a trip with her friend. We could not access the internet (the old dial-up style!) as it was rammed. We ran down to our buildings reception where the girls there were always logged on. Just as we and many others from our building started watching the screen, the second plane hit the other tower. In that moment all the older workers were saying that’s terrorism!! We’d been aware of this before with things like the IRA and old hijacks in the 80s of course but in my young ignorance I’d never heard of the WTC or Isis, I was just so confused. To this day it remains the worst thing I’ve seen, along with the awful Boxing Day tsunami, and it truly did change the way the world was. So many people continue to suffer from the effects, either mentally, emotionally or physically. Every year, at each of the times everything happened, I think of all those affected by this.
We will never forget 9/11 this horrible day.
Rest in peace to all victims souls.🙏.
“At 9.59am the horror is repeated as the south tower collapses.”, and shows the north tower collapsing which happened at 10.28am. The south tower collapsing wasn’t a repeat. That was the first tower to fall.
I was in 3rd grade when this happened. the level heroism it takes for those firefighters to walk up those flights of stairs knowing they most likely won’t be coming out alive is crazy. the innocent souls that were taken that day will never be forgotten!