British Couple Reacts to BOATLIFT - An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience
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- British Couple Reacts to BOATLIFT - An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience
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For many of us in America, though it's been 20 years ago, there are many aspects of that awful day that are still as fresh as if it had happened last year.
Amen! We remember exactly where we were on the horrible day.
I still remember the people jumping..... and the touching empathy from across the globe.... the utter shock.... and the unparalleled unity we had as a nation.
I remember being in school and all of the adults/teachers crying then we got sent home and watched it. I didn’t really understand I don’t remember if I cried but I don’t remember many days at that age so vividly as this.
❤️God Bless America ❤️
I was in 8th grade, in history class of all places when our math teacher knocked on the door.
Until this video came out, not a lot of people (Americans included) knew the story of the boat lift.
It was common knowledge here in NY.
@@SAVikingSA Nebraska here, I didn’t.😔
@@andi5262 yeah, I don't think it was covered on many outlets. It was on our local news here, and half of those were off the air because their transmitters were on the WTC.
Californian, I remember seeing stuff about this on the news but I lacked context for it never having been to NYC. It didn’t help that the news cycle was frantic trying to constantly update with everything going on. That said 9/11 had an impact on me and I for sure fell into a frenzy consuming all kinds of media mainstream and otherwise far more than a 14 year old should be. Man it was such a chaotic time.
Yeah, I didn’t know about it until I saw this
My Dad was rescued by boat that day. On one of the Ferrys. Until the day he died, 6 years ago, he said it was the most proud he has ever felt to be an American. He said he knew the country would recover when he saw civilians coming to help them in their own boats right into the danger of the unknown. Thanks for telling me that story Dad❤
As an American, I can only say, "We are not unique. Sometimes we do good, and sometimes we do bad.
This time we did good."
Well put, thank you.
Our country is not divided as much as certain people and the media want you to believe. I see people loving and helping each other everyday. All day. My husband travels the country for work. He constantly sees people serving, helping and loving their neighbors in every state.
nah america is still divided with white America being the 1's dividing themselves from minorities . if this country isn't as divided like you think it is then racist hateful white people wouldn't say it's not "black lives matter , it's all lives matter" nor would white people ty their best to make sure minorities especially black people would be treated the same as them
I totally agree Holly. The media tend to paint pictures of the US and those pictures aren't necessarily reality. Unfortunately most people only get their information from a few sources and if those source are all painting the same picture then that is the impression people get. It just like all of the stereotypes that people get of America because the only thing they know of America is what they see in movies. Which we (people who actually live in America) know is not REAL America.
Agree, I don’t watch a lot of media, because of that very reason that it has become so saturated with trying to get us divided, we are the UNITED states for a reason, 🙌🏻❤️
@@princesssmileyface91 Beautifully said.
Exactly, despite all the division that is all over media (corporate media, social media) we must not lose faith that most people do in fact want the best for everyone.
As a certain recently famous old doctor once said in response to "How do you want to be remembered?"
"I want to be remembered as someone who wanted the best for everyone. Ya know? Enough hell, man."
Enough hell indeed.
Vincent Ardolino (Amberjack Captain) is what all humans should be. I recently learned that he passed away in 2018. Such a loss for humanity. That man was a legend and had a huge heart. Such a hero. All of the people on those rescue boats are heroes.
I was 18 when this happened. I watched it all happen live. I watched the second plane hit. I watched people jump hundreds of feet to their death to escape the fire. I watched both towers come down. As an American, even though I am not from New York, I can't see pictures or watch videos of this day without anger, anxiety, sadness, and every other emotion come flooding over me. I can never forget this.
I could have written this - I watched the exact same things you did. It started out such a nice day - my brother's birthday. He had worked for a firm in one of the twin towers but had recently moved back to South Florida, thank goodness. But it turned out that there was more collateral damage... all those for whom their birthday suddenly turned into, and would forever after be known as, as day of pure evil and mourning. God bless everyone who came to the rescue that day and in the days that followed, for everything they did to help in any way. Heroes all.
I was 44 years old when this happened. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't know about the boatlift. I'm grateful for your video. I'll never forget that day and watching this makes me cry. Thank you.
Same age, same lack of knowledge.
The son of a friend of mine worked in the second tower. When the first tower got hit, he started down. His boss told him to get back to work, because they hadn't given permission to evacuate. His reply was basically screw you. He then took off, and survived.
I blubbered like a beach watching this. I remember the exact moment this happened. First on a radio station, then a call from my cousin. His dad was on one of the planes.
Tough night. We went to a local bar and closed it. The owners picked up everything! I'll never forget, but I've never heard this part of the story.
Feed Love! Starve hate. 🤘
I think every American can remember what they were doing at that time. I still cry a little but know if it was not for the courage of Americans many more lives would have been lost. We are a resilient people. I am very proud of our love and commitment to one another.
You two are a very cute couple. Keep the love!
As a member of the Coast Guard for over 18 years, I didn't even know the extent as to what was involved in this... This event is what lead me to join - the need to help others. It's amazing what people will do, as you two said, no matter the background - no matter the differences - when lives are in danger, people just come together.
From what I saw in the comments of other reaction vids, NYC had a drill for such a situation shortly before 9/11 with many agencies. Waterways were not included in the drill.
Semper Paratus to you. Fair winds and following seas.
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Good to know.
I wonder why, though?
Thanks for posting.
Still to this day, 911 stirs a lot of emotions in me, and one gesture has stayed with me forever, and that is when I saw Buckingham Palace playing our National Anthem. That simple and yet powerful gesture of support and compassion meant the world to us. I will forever have the outmost respect and gratitude to the British people because of it. Thank you.
I was born after 9/11 but i have so much respect for those who gave their lives to try and save others. This video made me tear up but it shows people can come together and help each other
I had recently turned 7. We watched the news in my 1st grade class and no one knew what was going on but we knew it was really bad based on the teachers reactions and one by one kids parents started picking them up. My parents worked so I went to my babysitters after school like normal. My most vivid memory of all of it was my dad picking me up from there and saying “You will never forget this day. You’ll be hearing about this for a long long time” trying to make sense of it to me. He was right, of course.
I didn’t know about this. When it happened I was asleep on my friend’s couch in Oakland California and he woke me up yelling from his bedroom that his dad called and said we were under attack. I turned on the tv about 30 seconds before the second plane hit. We couldn’t imagine what was happening. Feeling sad and angry at what was happening in New York, we started wondering if there was about to be an attack where we were in the San Francisco Bay Area. I’m glad that you brought this to light. It’s a good reminder that we will always come together in time of strife no matter our daily differences.
That day it happened and the few days/weeks/months after 9/11, that’s the most American America has felt since WW2. I wanted to join the military that day, I couldn’t cause I was 16 and my health isn’t perfect, but I would of joined the military that day.
Yea we had military Motto stickers saying " all for one an one for all" an American flags flying on our Hummer for years after that
I wanted to join also…..I was too old. I wanted to join my friends (paramedics and other emergency personnel….but I was clerical) on their trip across the country to help….was denied then also. NY had soooo many volunteers after the first day or 2 they were turning them away unless you met certain criteria….skills actually in the line needed
Yeah, I talked to a recruiter in the days following, and found out that due to some medical issues (minor to me; I told the recruiter I could 'bull through', as I needed) ... they wouldn't take me. But to this day, whenever I get the chance I donate to groups like Tunnel To Towers () or 'Wounded Warriors' or other organizations ... I can't kick in much - maybe just $5 or $10 - but I do it, and I'm happy to do it, even if it pinches a bit!
Cool story, bud. Love to see warmongers out themselves. Seeing as in the 20+ years after that the US military never once invaded the country responsible for making 9/11 possible, Saudi Arabia. Instead they invaded and killed millions of innocent people in Iraq and Afghanistan whose only crimes against the US were daring to have the wrong skin color and living in a country the racist "patriots" didn't give a fuck about destroying.
And in the end, the US rewarded Saudi Arabia for killing 3000 people (more than double now thanks to cancers and other diseases). Gave them shiny new tanks, planes, helicopters. Taught them how to maintain them and fight with them, all so they could go on to invade their neighbors too. And of course the US also eagerly lapped at Saudi Arabia's boots whenever they threatened to raise oil prices.
Keep exposing your nationalist brainrot, please. The obvious red flags are a great warning to stay away from you.
I've seen this many times. Maybe it was good that you two were too young to remember that horrible day in our nation's history. All of us who were grownups , hit us like we were hit with a sledge hammer. Never before or since were we as close as Americans will ever be. Nobody was a stranger that day. We loved one another like ever before
I'm Australian and was 24 when this happened, just watching the boats going to help it gives me chills, as everyday people came together to help. Whenever a country or your own does that it really shows the good in humanity
A few days after 9/11, when all air traffic except military planes was still halted, I remember noting how quiet it was outside. There were no airplanes coming and going from the nearby regional airport. There were no contrails in the sky. However, there was ONE plane flying overhead - a B-2 Stealth Bomber from a nearby US Air Force Base! My kids, some neighbors, and I were all outside when they flew over, and we waved and cheered and cried. Never had I felt such a profound sense of patriotism as when that beautiful aircraft was flying overhead. The pilot must have noticed us, because as the plane came back around, it dropped -very- low, and the bomb bay doors swung open to give us an incredible view into the penultimate symbol of freedom flying overhead. In that moment, I knew I was safe so long as we had Airmen willing to fly into the face of danger.
20 years later, I’m crying tears of pride as I type this. The emotions come right to the surface every time I recall the events of those days.
Also, 20 years later, my baby boy is proudly serving as a US Airman! 🇺🇸
20 years later and I still cry. I was at ground zero six months after the attack and now it's 20 years.
Same here but my return was almost a year later
I was in that area in early 2002. I was only a kid but I still remember seeing a big fence still covered with missing person posters and pictures of people that were killed that day.
I was 30 years old. My kids were at school. My husband had just got off work. We were watching the morning news when it happened. We could see the towers behind the news person. As we were watching a plane hit the tower and they didn't react at first. We both said"What the Fudge( only it wasn't fudge)!" We were stunned. I watched until I had to leave for nursing school. When I got to school they had closed for the rest of the day. We live in Arkansas but no one knew what was happening. By the time I got home my kids got home. They had told them at school. We watched it on tv. My husband and I have been volunteer firefighters for 23 years. It made our hearts hurt. We remember and do our best.
One of the hero stories that wasn't mentioned in this was the John J Harvey. She was a retired harbor fire boat. When the evacuation started her owners took the Harvey down to boatlift people out. Midway through a trip she was radioed by the fire department to ask if her pumps still worked. She was then asked to drop off her passengers and return to the site, reactivated and given her old designation Marine 2, and tied up along side other fireboats to pump water for 80 hours to help fight the fires.
I was in college in Georgia when this happened. I grew up in NYC and felt so far away and useless. Just two weeks before it happened at the end of Aug I was there and took a picture with friends and WTC was behind us. Surreal. Phones were down and couldn't connect with family. But I was so proud of New Yorkers and their spirit that day.
Just the overwhelming response from boat owners and captains really is amazing to see. I hadn’t seen this story until this year. It’s amazing and great to have a positive story to counteract the negative
I remember what class I was walking into that day when we saw it live in the tv. (History class) then 10 years later going to nyc to the memorial was so moving.
Same. I was sitting in 7th grade homeroom and we had the news on while waiting for morning announcements.
It’s so crazy how you watch the original and you cry and you feel like your hearts being squeezed, and then you watch other humans react to it and it’s even more heart wrenching but also comforting. Someone should write a thesis on reaction videos.
Another wonderful story is the people of Gander, Newfoundland, Canada & the citizens of central Newfoundland. 38 widebody aircraft landed at the airport (a former large WWII airbase). A town of less than 10,000 in a very isolated place came running from every direct to feed and house 6600 people from those planes. As an American I will always be profoundly grateful for these people and hope they helped complete strangers. There is a wonderful play titled "Come From Away" about this.
I was in the 5th or 6th Grade when this happened I was in Math class and my principal told the whole school to turn on the TV and we all watched and cried...I will never ever forget this all the way from Texas to New York to everyone who had family in 9/11 may your family Rest In Peace and Thank You for your Service ❤
Even today i still remember where i was and what i was doing when this happened. My High School Principal was fired because she wouldnt let the students watch the news while this was happening. My JROTC Colonel even disobeyed her orders to not watch. He said that this is my generations Pearl Harbor. i agree 100%. My father who is former US Navy lost friends in the Pentagon attack.
The Captain of the Amberjack V died a couple of years ago. I’m sure he serves on Heavens crew as a hero. The determination and courage seen on their faces is absolutely amazing and we’re proud of what we can do when push comes to shove. I remember grabbing my flag, running out of
My house and planting it in my front yard, screaming for the bastards to come get me. I wasn’t afraid and I wasn’t going to be afraid of them. You should hear the story of a small Canadian town who can through for flights stalled there after 9/11
If you guys haven't seen The Man in the Red Bandana or Operation Yellow Ribbon, you definitely should. They're both very inspiring.
I will never forget that day.. I am an American and a native Pennsylvanian.. I still relive that day. I went and picked my daughter up from the school and had my 2 yr old son. I think we were in shock for the 1st few days. I am in the medical field and day heart said to load up and go to New York to help in anyway I could. We did gather truckloads of water,.medical supplies, food to be taken. To have it happen also less that 50 miles from home in Pennsylvania also.. so heartbreaking and also so proud of our people..
40yo man from the US, husband and father of 2, cried today during most of this having never seen these heroic acts. Thank you
I was a elementary school teacher on a US military base during 9/11. That morning I arrived at the gate of the base and all the soldiers were armed and wouldn't talk to us or let us on base. As more and more cars parked by the gate, teachers got out and wondered what was happening. A teacher ran to us and said "we've been attacked". We ran to our cars and turned on the radio to hear what had happened.We went home to wait to hear what to do, I remember watching the repeat of the attack over and over on the tv. I called loved ones and friends. Three days later the base and the school opened up. It was so surreal. There were armored vehicles everywhere. Dogs checked our cars as we came in. My students were terrified. They kept asking me... why?
This still makes me cry today. This was such a hard day to go through. I was at work when this happened and I was out of town, in another state so it was scary. I had a long drive home at the end of the day. It was eerie. People who were able went home and stayed there for the rest of the day. I just remember on my drive home there were no cars on the road, very few. This was for sure a scary time in the US but we all pulled together and it was a time I can remember we were one people and stood together. I just want to say that your love and appreciation for the people of the USA really touches me. I love the UK and the people there as well. We are all brothers and sisters.
This story shows the good that humans are capable of. In unimaginable tragedy and (probably) terror, these brave people took their vessels to pick up people, to help in any way they could. It truly was both the best and worst of humanity in one single, world changing event.
I'm a native New Yorker and I can honestly tell you the nature of the native is to step in whenever they see need. When you see someone in NYC who can't be bothered we know immediately they came to NY from some other place in the country. We don't bother with them because they are only there to impress the people back home in wherever USA.
My own experience with the Trade Center is when i went back to the City to visit a friend in lower Manhattan I came out of the subway station and did what every New Yorker does without thinking about it, I looked up to get my bearing based on what landmark I saw first. I did it and found myself wondering why I was looking at open air on the West Side and wondered if I forgot some park in the area. That's when the shock set in. I was looking at the air where the Towers used to be. It was like reliving the day a year earlier. I couldn't reconcile the reality of the area with what my memory knew had to be there but wasn't.
For me all the things I did to make a difference for others obscured the reality of the tangible loss to the city itself. That's how you know a true New Yorker, people come first and you deal with the rest later.
New Yorkers are some of the rudest people. 9/11 was an unprecedented event and does not show a typical reaction of new yorkers to those in need
@@barneystinson2781 Says the man who clearly is the most thoughtful and considerate person on the planet.
Your manners are amazing. I think I'm going to suggest you to be nominated for a Nobel Prize.
@@barneystinson2781 New Yorkers may be brash, crude and busy but the last thing they are is "UnCaring".
A friend of mine was on one of those ferry's after he watched the second plane hit from a building on the same level he was on..rate in front of him. Watching people kill themselves by jumping out the windows on purpose, because there was no other option, was beyond anything I can say.
That! The people jumping is my most vivid memory from watching this unfold on tv.
On Sept 10th i had just bought my first camaro and i was excited to go to work the next day to show off my camaro to my friends. I got up on Sept 11th, got ready to go to work and walked out the door. I got in my car and turned on the Bose stereo system to listen to my music on the way. It came over the radio that the towers had been attacked and was coming down. I sat there staring at my stereo and then just burst into tears cuz i knew people was dying and suffering. I sat there n cried for about a half an hour. I started to work and when i got there they sent us all home.
Thank you for your heartfelt reaction. I'm American and I remember every single second of that day. It was absolutely terrifying, but I'm so proud of how Americans came together to support each other. It was both our worst nightmare and our shining moment.
I was born a year after that horrible day and when I was old enough to truly understand what happened I broke down and just felt fear, anger, hate for the people responsible for the attack, and an overwhelming sadness that had me in tears. Just the number of people who didn’t care if they didn’t make it while they were saving lives and that were helping show just how people will come together in a critical moment to help as much as they possibly can. We remember the lives lost that day but we honor those who gave their own lives to save others. “A country divided can not stand alone we must lift each other up and rebuild towards a bright tomorrow”. God bless America 🇺🇸
I still have trouble sharing what it was like to be in New York on that day and being desperate for my wife to get out of Manhattan. I’ll just say that these people saved lives. There are still people dying to this day from lung diseases from breathing that horrible air and debris in, especially first responders. Getting people out was absolutely necessary.
I am from Southern Ohio and I'm currently 46 years old and it might be an American Tragedy but still touches my heart that the whole world seem to freeze and in that one moment stand still and to have the queen and the other people singing our national anthem it's just something that will always touch my heart ♡ we loved your queen like she was our Queen too she will be greatly loved and is one of the greatest Queens England ever had or probably ever will have and all the Wisdom that she had is just gone with her too ♡ 🥰😍❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥🎺💖🕊️🎉🎊🪅🪅 long live the Queen's Legacy may she be forever remembered ♡
I remember being a 13 year-old kid and seeing the second plane go into the South Tower on TV. And swearing in front of my mother "did you just see this shit?"
Never forget! I was a police officer (not in NY), and husband a firefighter at the time. That one day no matter where you were in our country was felt deep. I do remember every police/fire being put on high alert for the unexpected. I resigned 2 years later, husband went on to serve 32 years! Much love and respect to all victims/ survivors of this most tragic day of at least my lifetime.
I remember my mom telling me stories, I was 1.5 years old, my brother was 3.5. My dad worked in the Avon skyscraper which was only a few blocks away from the World Trade Center. He was somehow able to catch a ride straight north with some other business people to Syracuse. We have family up there. My mom was scared for his life, she couldn't get in contact with him (no cell phones really at the time, at least he didn't have a great one), and prayed he was safe and that she wouldn't be a single mother overnight. I can't imagine the fear.
Thank you for doing this video and showing your girlfriend of this event. The more we can spread the word of these untold heroes, the better. It matters of showing regular people helping each other out.🙏❤️🕊️💙
There are thousands of untold stories from that day, or stories that should be heard more. The one I'll briefly touch on: The rescue dogs. The dogs that searched in the aftermath found so many dead bodies that they were becoming unresponsive and depressed. A few wouldn't even go near the site. It got to the point where policemen and fire department guys would go up and lay on the ground for the dogs to find.. to give them a glimmer of hope.
I was in the 10th grade in my biology class when I got the news. Our school shut everything down after school that's how I knew how serious it was. Such a terrible day to remember.
Dear Beasleys - I'm watching you two years (roughly) after you posted this, and I'm delighted with your commentary. I'm a native "Noo-Yawkuh" and I was working for the US Government in DC at the time this happened. I clearly remember seeing the damage done at the Pentagon building, and that was much easier to deal with than what happened in NYC. Thanks very much for your thoughts on Boatl;ift. All the best.
Always brings back a lot of memories, just joined the NYPD just over two months previously. Absolutely surreal day.
This was a great video -- I remember hearing about the boatlifts a few days after, and then here and there randomly on certain documentaries about the 9/11 events (we still have a lot of channels that will air documentaries about and footage of the events of that day, and I always make a point to watch at least some of it, to remember). Such a study in humanity overcoming any kind of prejudice to help -- I'd like to think that if something major like that happened again here, that would still happen, but I'm sad to say, I'm not really sure it would to the same degree, given the amount of hyper-politicization and polarization that has gone on here in the years since (and it sadly didn't take very long for the "good will/cooperation" feeling to go away). It's amazing to think I was probably around the age you two are now back then (I was 23 and in college, and that morning I was at home having breakfast before getting ready to leave for school -- I had a 10 a.m. class that day. Then, all of a sudden as I was watching a national morning news program, there was a "Breaking News" bulletin - and the events just unfolding as you barely could blink, and the world and time just stopped.)
I was 7 years old on a plane when this happened my family was coming back from Alaska we were 2 hours out of Boston Logan airport when everything happened
As long as i live i will never forget that day , i came home from working third shift just in time to see the second tower hit and watched all day before passing out for a couple hours sleep.. When i went back to work that evening they had a TV set up in the break-room and everyone was surrounding it mesmerized and grown men with tears in their eyes as they watched. Horrible day but for awhile everyone was a New Yorker at heart and a thirst for vengeance was building .
Theres a kind of documentary called 9/11 Cleared for Chaos that goes into the air traffic controllers and pilots who were all working that day and how the total shutdown of American airspace forced Canadian air traffic to land all those planes coming from Europe.
Most planes landed in Newfoundland and a notable aspect of it was the town of Gander, and their willingness to help the passengers actually spawned a musical called Come From Away which I honestly recommend at least listening to the soundtrack of it.
So powerful and a shame this rescue was never televised or talked about. I watched the TV for days and never heard about this. Truly an inspiration
I was 23 years old and living on the west coast. I remember that day clearly. I don't remember hearing about this boat lift though. I guess I never really thought about how people got off of the island. Props to the Coast Guard for making that call and to ALL of those who helped.
I lost my cousin in this attack and my mom lost a good friend. This day will forever be engraved in my brain and ill never forget it. Thank you for doing this reaction
I live in New Jersey, about 40-50 miles southwest of New York city. In that area there are 3 major airports, including one here in Jersey that one of the planes left out of, and at any given time the skies are full of aircraft going into or coming out of them. That morning while at work I noticed the skies grow awfully quiet. Suddenly on the radio I heard that a plane hit one of the towers and all flights across the country were grounded. From where I was I could see the plume of smoke rising after they fell. This boatlift was something I wasn't aware of at the time,
I was a little girl when it happened. In elementary school. We were checking last night’s math homework when the school principal came on over the loud speaker and told the teachers to turn on the news.
My class watched as the second plane hit. I was so little that it’s hard to remember how I felt, but I remember my classmates screaming and crying. The teacher tried to calm us down by letting us play in the toy area, but I remember me and a little girl in my class discussing how the planes would kill us too. I’ll never forget that. I carried my fear of planes into adulthood.
I'm old enough to remember this. I was off work that day and was watching it on TV and was stunned/shocked when the 2nd plane hit and the towers collapsed. I just stood there in front of my TV crying. Up until then the major thing that had happened in my lifetime was the American hostages in Iran, President Reagan being shot, and space shuttle Challenger exploding...but this directly affected so many thousands of people. It was just unfathomable. You younger people need to be sure to tell the true history to future generations.
As an American 22 years later, I can honesty say the anger in me is still fresh every time I see the video of the planes hitting or the buildings collapsing. God bless these boatmen for their bravery and good deeds!
I was there. Father of two new babies....Not until 2 years ago did I ever go back, and when I did, I was almost literally dragged there by my partner. But on my children's life...I will never go back again...nor visit that museum. I saw enough with my own eyes. The boatlift you just watched saved my life that day.
I had plans to go to a Yankee game in the Bronx that day....my friend had never been to the world trade center.. I planned for us to be at the WTC for the first elevator to the observation deck, which would have found us trapped in the tower...but before we caught the train into the city my friend had to stop by her job and that caused us to be late...
And saved our lives.
Heroes all of them. Heroes. Like the first responders, while others were running for their lives, these people were running into the danger.
I love this story. I don’t think a lot of Americans know about it. I just learned recently about it. Always makes me cry. I will never forget where I was that day and hearing the news.
I was 5 years old when 9/11 happened and while I don’t remember the details and the magnitude of the attack, I remember the mood of the situation. I remember my mom and dad being visibly troubled by something and it stuck with me forever. We’ll never forget
I was four and I remember my mom 9 months pregnant my little brother born latter. The Ed on the tv and watched the second plane life. I remember her screaming in terror. And k thought It was a movie
The Coast Guard has an unofficial motto: "You have to go out, you don't have to come back." That day hundreds of civilian sailors lived up to that motto.
I was a senior in high school when 9/11 happened. I remember hearing about the ferries transporting people from Manhattan. But I never knew how massive the boat rescue was.
21 years later and I am still pissed! I grew up with a dad who was a Volunteer Firefighter and EMT, and I spent 12 years as an unarmed security officer so I felt this deeply.
I live in Texas, I very much remember that day, and I never knew about the boat rescues. Thank you so much for doing this❤
Not many people know this story here in the U.S. This is why I share it on Facebook and Twitter every year on 9/11. Thank you for sharing your reaction.
As a Midwesterner (near Chicago), I've not always been the biggest fan of those Damn Yankees from New York. But they sure made us proud during that terrible time; they gave food, clothing, shelter , money, even the blood from their veins, to help total strangers. May God bless New York!
I'm from America and saw it happen in real time on TV. It was horrifying. I had not heard about the boats. Thank you so much for showing this to us.
Please watch the video “9/11 as Event Unfold” I’m over here crying in my kitchen watching this with y’all! Much love from the U.S.
They jumped on the boats. They knew they had to get off that island. They knew they had to get out. The people doing this were doing it without being told. It was amazing. Our version of the little boats.
Every single American suffered that day. I remember the second plane attacking the towers. My brother was a first responder to the Pentagon. I definitely remember that morning so well. I was 21 years old. My boyfriend was from Manhattan. My roommate was from Brooklyn. Was a very traumatic morning.
Every time I see a video of 9/11 or whenever 9/11 comes around I break down in tears. Although it has been 20 years it’s still very fresh in my mind. It’s like it happened yesterday . I was 11 years old when it happened and from that moment on I wanted to join the military but later on in life I got medical issues that stopped me from joining all my friends joined and I’m so happy or them and I will always support our troops no matter what. God bless the USA 🇺🇸
Another tough watch....good for Millie to see......love you guys...
Toughest day of my life for sure. Still brings back tears and sad feelings. I had not heard of this until this video had originally came out. What a great way for people to come together.
Love you guys. We all remember where we were this terror attack happened. I was in freshman year high school. My teacher who is actually now a friend of mine, got word and we turned on the TV. We were thinking a small Cessna type plane hit, until we saw the second airliner hit live. I was calling my mother who worked in the city. The phones were so overwhelmed they didn’t work. I’ve lost people in 9/11. I’ve had friends who lost parents.
My grandfather was sitting on his deck in edgewater NJ…he saw the second plane hit. Terrible day.
A former teacher of mine, now a good friend was on the water that day. After the initial boatlift, he refueled and spent the next 15 hours shuttling people from one port to another so they could get back home.
A professor I had years back was going hunting when he was called in. He was SWAT in a town 2 hours from NYC and the team was going there to help with search and rescue. He watched the second tower fall from a boat as they headed into the city.
A good friend of mine lost his father in tower one and his brother at the Pentagon, both police officers.
I was too young to understand what happened on 9/11, but growing up in NJ, outside of a military base at that, I've heard the stories of hundreds who would never be the same. And I retell their stories as to make sure we never forget.
There is an actor here in the US that is popular named Steve Buscemi (Tv series Boardwalk Empire,also was in the movie Armageddon) who was at one time a New York city fireman.On 911, without announcing it to the world,he went back to New York and rejoined his old squad.He spent weeks there, working 12 hour days rescuing survivors and digging through the rubble recovering remains.He never mentioned it to anyone and nobody knew he did it until someone from the fire station released 3 or 4 photos of him and some of the other men from the fire station.Most people would have gone to make speeches and say"look what I did,I am so special"but not him.He didn't want anyone to know about it because he felt it wasn't about him,it was about the people who were injured,killed and survived.
I remember the day this happened!! I was 20 yo at the time.. I woke up early..turned on the early morning news... and the first plane had just hit minutes before I turned the tv on... so I seen the second plane hit on live tv... and knew right then.. America was under attack!! I Will NEVER forget that moment!!Feels like it was yesterday!!
Really appreciate both of your comments but we as Americans need to be seeing this. We need to be reminded of what evil can do when evil goes unchecked. We need to remember and never forget. There are two quotes that free people need to ALWAYS have in their minds and never forget to apply them to our lives. They are:
"Those who fail to learn from History are destined to repeat it" and
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,”
It was horrendous, I was almost 19 living in the middle of the US, to be there is unimaginable, these images bring tears even 21 years later, just 3 nights ago our fire chief referenced the 343 who died trying to help others
There is something about people on boats. Rescuing anyone in danger seems to be something in their blood. It doesn't matter if it is a small rowboat or a large ship, if they see someone who needs help they go to it. The Dunkirk evacuation, the plane that went down in the Hudson, 9-11, many accounts of boats in distress in yacht races where the nearest boat immediately stopped racing to go help, and so many others.
During 9/11 I was still active duty in the U.S. Navy (on leave with family in Texas), and I had never heard this story until just now. I don't think it was ever reported in the national news. But then again, after being glued to the news for days and weeks, eventually I had to just shut off the tv/radio. I don't think I ever cried so much in my life. My heart couldn't take it anymore and I just had to turn it off, hug my child, and live in the present. This was an epic story, thank you for showing us. I think I cried thru the whole thing. God I love this country! 🥲🥰🇺🇸
I lived 20 minutes from where flight 93 went down, had a friends relative watch it happen. A day I can never forget.
Every time I see this, it brings tears. Not only tears of sadness, but also tears of pride for humanity. 💔 ❤️
I am American and just saw this for the first time a few months ago. As many have already said, 9/11 is still very raw for most of us here in the US. I cannot explain exactly why, but it is.
living in nyc, just a few miles from downtown manhattan, I can tell you that everyone, and I mean everyone I know, remembers exactly where they were on this day, what they were doing and every detail of this day. no matter where you were in nyc, people could be found standing in the street, just staring towards Manhattan in disbelief. Being only in elementary school at the time, I can even remember the weather & it was a gorgeous day.
9/11 is something that still puts an anxious chill in my chest whenever I watch or read about it for too long. I was actually about 7 when this happened; I was at school and I just remember all of a sudden everyone was turning the TVs on in their classrooms, and other teachers were running to tell other people to turn their TVs on. I, obviously, didn’t understand the severity of it at the time, but knowing that I saw it as it was happening is disturbing. I have never actually sat down and watched the news footage from that day. I don’t know if I will ever be able to. It is definitely the worst tragedy to have happened in my lifetime and yeah, it’s very hard to believe that it was real.
This event is one of those things permanently seared into my memory, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing, same with the Challenger space shuttle disaster…
2 years old?!?! Oh my. You guys are so young. My son was about to turn 1yo. I woke up from a long night of work to my wife holding my son crying and saying "they are attacking us! What do we do? What do we do!" It was a very emotional day for a lot of people! :-(
I am so proud of my country. I served in the U.S.Navy which honored to help defend this land.
That day was horrible ! So many of my fellow Americans lost and gave their lives that day . Even when I see 9/11 it's more than just never forget . It was heart breaking !
I was 9 years old when this happened. I remember all the kids getting pulled out of school. And I live in New Jersey, directly across the bay from Manhattan, I remember my mom driving past the beach front after she had taken me out of school and just looking across the bay and seeing the black sky of smoke .
I live a bit north of NYC, where all the NYPD and FDNY guys lived. So many funerals here. I had just turned 21, and my friends and I went to the local Irish pub near us and drank.
That day is seared into my brain and will never leave.