I was 23 and teaching at a private HS right outside DC. One of my homeroom students sisters, Asia Cotton, was on the plane that hit the Pentagon. Our students needed police escorts home, and I spent all day trying to call parents, holding my own feelings in. My good friend Tim worked in one of the Twin Towers, but his daughter forgot her lunch that day, and he had to drop it off at the school. He arrived to work just as the first tower was hit, and immediately turned around. Every single coworker he had died. After many funerals, he checked himself into inpatient therapy. I spent the evening at a bar with friends watching tv, most of us in shock. No planes or noises in the sky for a week was noticeable. I'll never forget.
Jeez, I can only imagine the survivor's guilt something like that caused for Tim there. I hope he eventually, if not got over it (as I can't imagine that's something you can just "get over"), at least was able to manage that guilt and find acceptance. Also, took a lot of bravery to recognize the impact that caused on him mentally and to get help.
I lived in Boston at the time and since the planes took off from there, we were on a serious lockdown in the state. Your experience was very very personal. That must have been so sad for you.
Thank you sir for your courage to remain solid in that horrible time, teachers like you I’ll always remember & appreciate. Extremely sorry people you know were directly effected by the attack, I hope they were able to subsist & move through that attack the best they can. I was only 1 years old at the time but now have talked to & know quite a few people who had family & friends die from that terrorist attack, it’s harrowing to talk to them about & im very glad osama bin shithead got gunned down for that but that doesn’t bring back the thousands who were murdered. I have visited ground zero, been to the museum, talked to survivors & prayed & meditated & cried countless times for the victims but that’s not enough. It’s tough watching these videos but also therapeutic
I’m an American, and I’ve seen a LOT of wild things. The Challenger explosion was broadcast across television all over the country in 1986 and I was in 1st grade. In 5th grade, the Berlin Wall was being torn down and Communism was collapsing all over Europe. They were significant pieces of history…but nothing compares to the horror you feel as a young adult watching people, your countrymen and countrywomen, fleeing from falling buildings and debris, smoke in the sky, fires everywhere like September 11, 2001. I can tell you, wholeheartedly, I cried my eyes out and applauded President Obama when he announced that murdering SOB was dead.
I was only a baby at the time. But My aunt lived in queens, New York at the time she worked at the Marriot Hotel right next to WTC. My mom used to travel for work back then and she was traveling that week. so on that day I went with my aunt. The lady that watched me when my aunt went to work went on a trip or something so my aunt was gonna take me to work with her. She called in stating she’d be 10 minutes late because she had to deal with me. She said I was usually the calmest baby I rarely cried over things which I believe because as a child I never was overly emotional about things like how most kids were. Christmas didn’t really care for presents. Etc. (idk whats wrong with me lol) and im the same way now. But anyways she said but that day in her words “I was acting the fuck out” crying, screaming the whole deal so she took a detour on her way to a store and got me some juice. She said we were in the car and she heard the loudest boom and she felt the base (vibrations) in her chest. She told me some people were crying, she called my mom immediately and my mom stopped dead in her tracks and turned the car around (didnt make it back bc they closed the roads) my aunt took some videos and we were there for a few minutes. The second plane hit when we were driving back to her house. Then we hit a blockade. I asked her how we got home and she said by a boat. (We didnt get far by car they initially closed off certain streets for emergency vehicles) so we sat in the car for a minute until my aunt got me out and we went in a nearby bar where alot of people were standing and speculating and recording. She said were there for like 40 minutes trying to figure things out she was calling everyone. Then she said suddenly there was a deep rumble from the earth like there was an earthquake and everything started shaking the building was coming down I was crying uncontrollably and people outside were running and screaming and. She said she cradled me under the bar counter area. And the sunlight from outside got dimmer and dimmer until it was gone. She said obviously people were fucking panicking and in a frenzy but nobody left the bar due to the dust and She said she couldnt see outside like a large dark grey cloud came down to the street or something she said it looked like dust and it was seeping in through the doorway. We didnt know what to do. She said people were arguing and crying and after 25 or 30 or so minutes another deep rumble came from the earth (second tower coming down) more dust came through and a window in the bar shattered aunt said she thought she was gonna die long story short. Some first responders came into the bar and told us the only way off the island were boats So she took a wet rag to cover our faces to get through the dusty areas. We got through as a group like everyone was holding hands to make sure nobody got lost or left behind. We found A boat and We left Manhattan. And yeah She still has the rag. But yeah thats my story. Chokes me up everytime. Im in the US Navy now and I’ll tell you the two times in my life where I felt most proud to be an American is when I found out the 9/11 boatlift is the largest rescue operation by boat in human history larger than dunkirk in WW2. Whats craziest about that is it wasnt done by professionals or the military. It was just regular people with big hearts. And when I became a United States Sailor. My aunt doesn’t talk about her coworkers tho. I understand why. But yeah thats my story.
@@daviion632 I was actually in New York City on vacation, I was 21, a year before the attacks. It was my very first self-funded trip and I remember seeing the Towers in person. On 9-11, I got in my car to head to work, and the Central time is one hour behind Eastern, so it was still relatively early morning in Texas, but the reports out of NYC were on every single Dallas radio station. I hurried to work and everyone was watching on television…I’ll never forget those images.
I was in 6th grade when the Challenger happened. I thought it would be my "where were you" moments ofy generation like my parents with JFK. BOY was I wrong...
Very emotional…I remember horns honking and my neighbor screaming in the street, brought everyone out to their doors. Very unusual when the hood gets patriotic 😂
Yup same here in East Tennessee and also we had random fireworks and even gunshots going off out here in the country. Sounds weird but that’s just how we celebrate lol
@@christined6321 lol see and they say we’re so different. Any country invades here and we get us rednecks and y’all in the hood together, thats the 6th branch of the military they definitely don’t wanna see lol! Much love!
@@christined6321 A small time when we were truly United as Americans. Wish we could get back to that. I’m a “backcountry” Southern an I also remember horns honking and fireworks. The next morning there were a lot more American flags hanging up then there usually were. You saying it was “patriotic in the hood” made me both laugh and feel sad since it’s so rare to see us all United now as Americans instead of being put into “boxes” by our politicians.
I’m a veteran, and I still remember this night like it happened last night. I was in a band at the time, and we happened to be playing a show that night. About 10 mins before went onstage to play, I got a text from a buddy about the news. I started crying and told my band mates what had happened, and we decided that we would go onstage, they would have me announce what happened, take a shot, and then start our set. I never played with more energy and enthusiasm than I did that night. And after our set, I had several drinks bought for me. It was an incredibly surreal night. I was so happy that he was dead, but I also couldn’t help but think of the friends I had lost leading up to that night that we got the news. I decided to use that moment to celebrate their memories (that’s what they would have wanted anyway), and to relish in the fact that we had finally given that guy a dirt nap. That was a good night for me, and tons of other people around the world
Being a veteran , you may enjoy my story. I was in elementary school but I knew what was going on as it was happening . I was living with my parents and great grandparents. My great grandfather served in ww2 , discharged after he was shot in the knee. We watched the 2nd plane hit and it was the only time I saw him cry. I knew immediately , he knew it was an attack. He knew it meant war and more loss of life and he couldn't do anything about it due to his knee . He motioned me to sit on his lap and I remember word for word what he told me: " Sweetie, today is a very important day in history and a lot of people are going to be hurt and even killed today and for a while after this. There is evil in the world and this evil can only be battled 1 way. By having as much love and kindness as you can and share it with everyone you come across. That is the most powerful thing you could do. " I live my life by that talk we had. Thank you for your service and God bless
Nowadays disasters strikes some place and it's either "well deserved" or "they deserved it" (article of a Texas town getting hit with multiple tornadoes). Hurricane Harvey and so many came to help
I was in the crowd outside the WH that night. My husband was wearing an Army shirt and people where shaking his hand, thanking him for his service, and a couple people hugged him (way outside of his comfort zone). It was an incredible unforgettable night. I’m glad we drove up from Richmond to be there.
Man this makes me emotional to watch. I was 11 on 9/11 and remember seeing it all on the news. That event destroyed my innocent childhood. I enlisted at 18 and did a tour in Afghanistan. Thank you my English friends. Y’all are like family to us over here.
Yes thank you for your service, I feel a lot safer now since Libya, Iraq,Syria, Afghanistan ,Mali, Yemen are completely in rubble and destroyed, thank you for killing millions of innocents who had nothing to do with 9/11.
I was only in second grade and I had Nightmares for months after seeing the news. we were literally about to head to the airport when it happened, I remember my sister and Grandmother crying and holding hands while I was trying to fully comprehend that it wasn't a movie
@@katielee7364 I was old enough to know exactly what was going on. But didn’t know what terrorism was or anything like that. Innocent childhood was instantly crushed and I was opened to the world of violence and war. Sucked.
I was only 15 at the time but it was one of those events where everybody(outside of conspiracy theorists) was united, which is pretty rare for a super diverse country like ours. We had lost 3000 of our fellow Americans on 9-11 and had spent 10 years trying to get revenge so it resonated really strongly and you could feel the happiness and, to a lesser extent, catharsis in the air when we finally avenged those deaths.
67 Brits, 11 Australians and 24 Canadians were killed there and quite a few others from other countries as well, it was a sad day I was lucky enough not to see because I was only 1 years old.
@@kevinprzy4539 I was 5 at the time so don't remember it well but I have vague memories about being happy to be pulled out of kindergarten(my dad's a Navy vet and we were living on base). It took me years to put 2 and 2 together about what day that was.
Philadelphia Eagles fan here and you are correct about Philly fans. We are some of the most passionate fans you'll ever see. Look at clips of the Philly after the Eagles won the super bowl in 2018, it was absolute mayhem!
Damnit Daz. Every time I watch this video I get goosebumps and tears start falling down my face. This was such a special thing to witness as an American. Now because of politics this country is so divided. However watching this again gives me a sliver of hope that something will remind some of us that no matter what we are all human first. Politics, religion, race, sex/gender(don't want to offend anyone) and everything else are just the wrapper on the candy bar. The should be tossed in the trash so we can get to the goodness inside, juast as with people. Thank you so much for this vid. I needed a bit of cheering up.
I'm 67 years old and live in North Texas and these are my memories. Second grade teacher Mrs. Grady coming into the classroom crying because President Kennedy had been assassinated, a Tuesday morning I didn't have to work the news channel said the Challenger space shuttle would soon be streaking across the sky so I went out sat on the edge of the pool with my feet in the water and watched a single con rail coming while thinking how amazing this is and then there were several con rails going different directions, A sunny Tuesday morning at work trying to get workers instructions for the day when one employee walked in and said a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center so we turned on the little black and white TV in the office and shortly after watched a second plane fly into the other tower, a lazy evening resting in my recliner with the TV on but not really watching when news alerts start scrolling that Osama Bin Laden had been killed. All of these events in my life will still bring a tear to my eye but the killing of OBL is the only one that brings me happiness.
I remember exactly where I was on 9/11. I remember being pulled out of my second grade class and everyone had to sit in the hallways. I remember the teachers watching the tv in disbelief, but as a kid I didn’t grasp the situation that was unfolding on the tv. Children being pulled by their parents left and right. By the time I left the hallway was almost empty. The horror that this one man caused that day, one way or another, sticks with everyone that was alive to witness it.
I was in the second grade as well and my dad picked me up and took me home and made me stay in my room away from the tvs because of it and he wouldn't let me go outside in the yard I've never seen this man more terrified than that day
Was at this game in left field, section 141, had no idea what was going on for the first few minutes of the USA chants, since almost everybody was using their cell phones the internet took forever to load, eventually I heard the news by word of mouth. Very cool thing to be apart of especially since that was the only major sporting event in the country at the time, it was a Sunday night
I lived near DC at the time. My husband was active duty military. Some ladies and I from the base drove to the White House that night. I will never forget I was part of that crowd. It was crazy and amazing energy there.
It's such a shame that it takes tragedy to bring us together but it's even more of a shame how quickly people forget and tear each other apart. My personal day like this was being in the chow hall in my FOB in Iraq when someone came in yelling " WE GOT SADDAM!"
I was young (I’m a high school student) when this happened and I live in the South in a “backwoods” area, but I remember hearing fireworks and people honking their horns once they watched the news about this. The next morning there were way more American flags hanging off of people’s houses then there usually were. It’s so sad to see how divided our country is right now. All because of political BS and politicians putting us everyday American citizens against each other based on our race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, region, religious beliefs, political beliefs, countries of origin, etc. You never want anything like 9/11 to happen again, but sometimes I think we all need something big to happen to realize we’re all just Americans. Nothing brings people together like tragedy does sadly.
Funny how it worked out. A NY team and a Philly team, what with the 9/11 attacks being on the twin towers in NY and the plane that went down in Pennsylvania. Also to Aiden's questions about the game, A game usually last between 2 and a half and 3 hours, but things can cause it to take longer. Like a lot of pitching changes or injury etc. A typical game is 9 innings, this game because it was tied after 9 innings went into extras and lasted 14 innings before an inning ended with 1 team having the lead. The visiting team always bats first each inning, but if they should score in a given inning the home team still gets their turn at bat.
What made this game even more poetic for that night is that it was being played between a team representing New York - the city where the Twin Towers fell on Sept 11th, 2001 - and a team representing Philadelphia - the city where the United States was born on July 4th, 1776.
also Philly was important because one of the planes that was hijacked that day went down in a field in Pennsylvania, it was hijacked and then retaken by passengers but crashed.
You forgot about Philadelphia Eagles fans punching police horses. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this video, thumbs up. John from Philly.
@@John-ci8yk Good times? I was a huge Dallas fan back in the day. Good times was the 1993 World Series and all the future stories of Lenny Dykstra and Darren Daulton. You have yourself a nice day also 😊
@@heywoodjablowme8120 Sorry for the insult , but except for the Flyers wins in 74 and 75, I grew up in the city of total losers. Every year the Phillies suck, the Flyers suck, the Sixers suck, and the Eagles would doublely suck. The only thing that we would hope for is that we would beat Dallas in both games that season. Look the best way I can explain it to you is that we are proud of pelting Santa Claus with ice balls and if you don't believe me look at NFL's film interview with former NFL player / announcer Tom Brookshire and former governor of Pennsylvania and former mayor of Philadelphia Ed Rendell both share their opinion that the nineteen-year-old kid dressed as Santa Claus had it coming. We were proud that Veterans Stadium had the worst field of all the stadiums in the NFL. We were proud that Veterans Stadium have its own jail and judge. We are proud of Eagle's Bucko Kilroy being voted the most dirtiest player in football by Life magazine in 1955. About the only horrible thing that we ARE NOT proud of is the fact that we burn down a whole city block of 61 homes just to evict one black family. I'm sorry but for the longest time in Philadelphia all we had to hope for was to maybe to destroy the Dallas that year. I apologize for the bad grammar and poor punctuation, although English is my only language I was never very good at it.
I was 19 when I had found out about Bin Laden's death. I had graduated from high school the following month. I was in either 3rd or 4th grade when 9/11 happened. It was in the morning and they dismissed us from school early due to the attacks. I remember hugging my parents that awful day. When I was in bed, I got an alert on my phone from the local news and I immediately sat up and watched as Obama gave the announcement about Osama bin Laden's death. I was in shock and I immediately told my parents (waking them up, sorry) what happened. Hearing that evil man who was behind the awful attacks on 9/11 was dead, I was so happy that the families of the victims could have closure from that day.
I WAS AT THIS GAME THIS NIGHT, I was only 13 yrs old with my father and the feeling in the stadium wasnt us philly fans vs new york hating each other but that at that moment we were all brothers and sisters and fellow Americans that loved our country. And DAZ you hit the philly sports fans spot on, I'm born and raised here and the love we have for our teams feels like family and unites the most violent people in the city... There's plenty upon plenty of murders and crimes that happened literally over sports. Sad but it shows how much it really means lol
I was 17 leaving an Usher concert when everyone leaving the arena started finding out. Almost forgot about the concert (which was incredible btw). Such a great night! 🇺🇸
That's awesome showing your kids. I remember just getting hammered that night celebrating. Watching celebrations on people s tvs, from around the world. Then the following day was...🤯. Awesome video.👍
That day on 9/11 I saw the most horrific tragedies as it happened. That night finding out was so emotional for all of us Americans that we all were crying glued to our tvs or cheering outside was an moment we Americans will never forget ❤️
The reason the game was so late at night is because our country is over 1000 miles wide with the mainland spanning 3 time zones. East coast sports and nightlife tend to start later. People go out for a couple drinks on a work night at 8pm. Half of the year its 3hrs earlier on the west coast. Games start late on the east coast so they can televise them nationally at a time when the most people are watching tv. People on the west coast frequently have to rush home from work to not miss a game at 5pm west coast time. East coast people have to find something to do for a couple hours after work waiting to watch the same game.
The emotion was NUTS. My family was talking about it, the spirit of national pride was high, and people were throwing parties in the neighborhood for the next few days. It was...crazy.
I have seen a lot of reactions to this…. ❤ you are a really cute family. I think the fact that these guys stayed really honest about no phones on the field…
I clearly remember that night,, video from across the country started coming in... It was justice come as close as possible.. the death of the heinous man behind the Twin Towers bombing, thousands died.. they'll never be brought back, but it felt SPECIAL TO CHEER OUR COUNTRY... We didn't give up and as ALWAYS, Americans come together as a nation PROUDLY standing or celebrating in the streets... Thnx for watching/reacting to this video... God bless America and our British Cousins across the pond!! PEACE!!
As a New Yorker, I still have trouble watching anything about 9/11. My tears are instant as you live in that fear again. Thank goodness for the Navy seals that took him out. USA!
As a Philadelphia guy, I love dad stopped the vid to talk about our passion! Well done sir. Loving all our pro teams we refer to it as "being a 4 for 4 guy"
I'm a Philadelphia fan. The game started at 8:05pm est. I watched the game on TV. Couldn't get tickets. The game was nationally televised. And there was no other game in any sport being played that night.
It gives me so much pride beyond just our U.S. boarders to see people like yourself and your family, as well as a family from New Zealand, not only see what it means to be American standing behind what is good for all, but to feel it just by watching. We all share the same fishbowl. We should all pee in it a little less. 🫂 Much love! Keep showing love and support to our new Ukrainian fam across the pond from us! 🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇦
As an American 🇺🇸 I gotta say I WAS SO FREAKING HAPPY this night I was having one of the worst days of my life and I went to game that night and let me just say boy did that change my whole world broken 9/11 just to be able to chant USA and be there was the most incredible experience I’ve ever had in my life and ny won that night I’m neither fan of them or the other team but I still went and I’m glad I did a game I’ll never forget nor miss again that was one of them times Americans really showed what and how we can come together for one certain reason goal whatever it may be thank y’all for showing this it was much needed after crying yesterday thank u 🙏
Not wrong about Philly fans. I'm not in Philly, I'm in Bmore, and we are pretty hardcore fans here but I would never were a Ravens jersey at an Eagles game. They are ruthless! It's crazy you know that over there!
I was at Camp Blanding Florida that night. I was in training with the military and unfortunately woke up to the news as I had to go to sleep to early to make wake up call the next morning. Super special to me
I'm a New Yorker who was living in DC on September 11. That's proximity enough, but here's an eerie connection: I was watching that game, and I've seen that video ten times before this channel, and the USA, USA chant began in my hometown of Lake Placid when we beat the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics. The guy who killed Bin Laden referenced Lake Placid and that game (we were trying to kill the final 10 minutes after taking the lead) as they were flying back to Afghanistan, hoping to get out of Pakistani airspace before they scrambled their jets.
I was a sophomore in high school when he was killed. The news didn’t move me much. I didn’t really care, I was still a young kid. But now I realize how substantial a moment it really was.
I was in the tail end of my senior year of high school when this happened. I stayed up until like 2 AM to watch it on the news, then went to bed for school in the morning.
I was only a baby at the time. But My aunt lived in queens, New York at the time she worked at the Marriot Hotel right next to WTC. My mom used to travel for work back then and she was traveling that week. so on that day I went with my aunt. The lady that watched me when my aunt went to work went on a trip or something so my aunt was gonna take me to work with her. She called in stating she’d be 10 minutes late because she had to deal with me. She said I was usually the calmest baby I rarely cried over things which I believe because as a child I never was overly emotional about things like how most kids were. Christmas didn’t really care for presents. Etc. (idk whats wrong with me lol) and im the same way now. But anyways she said but that day in her words “I was acting the fuck out” crying, screaming the whole deal so she took a detour on her way to a store and got me some juice. She said we were in the car and she heard the loudest boom and she felt the base (vibrations) in her chest. She told me some people were crying, she called my mom immediately and my mom stopped dead in her tracks and turned the car around (didnt make it back bc they closed the roads) my aunt took some videos and we were there for a few minutes. The second plane hit when we were driving back to her house. Then we hit a blockade. I asked her how we got home and she said by a boat. (We didnt get far by car they initially closed off certain streets for emergency vehicles) so we sat in the car for a minute until my aunt got me out and we went in a nearby bar where alot of people were standing and speculating and recording. She said were there for like 40 minutes trying to figure things out she was calling everyone. Then she said suddenly there was a deep rumble from the earth like there was an earthquake and everything started shaking the building was coming down I was crying uncontrollably and people outside were running and screaming and. She said she cradled me under the bar counter area. And the sunlight from outside got dimmer and dimmer until it was gone. She said obviously people were fucking panicking and in a frenzy but nobody left the bar due to the dust and She said she couldnt see outside like a large dark grey cloud came down to the street or something she said it looked like dust and it was seeping in through the doorway. We didnt know what to do. She said people were arguing and crying and after 25 or 30 or so minutes another deep rumble came from the earth (second tower coming down) more dust came through and a window in the bar shattered aunt said she thought she was gonna die long story short. Some first responders came into the bar and told us the only way off the island were boats So she took a wet rag to cover our faces to get through the dusty areas. We got through as a group like everyone was holding hands to make sure nobody got lost or left behind. We found A boat and We left Manhattan. And yeah She still has the rag. But yeah thats my story. Chokes me up everytime. Im in the US Navy now and I’ll tell you the two times in my life where I felt most proud to be an American is when I found out the 9/11 boatlift is the largest rescue operation by boat in human history larger than dunkirk in WW2. Whats craziest about that is it wasnt done by professionals or the military. It was just regular people with big hearts. And when I became a United States Sailor. My aunt doesn’t talk about her coworkers tho. I understand why. But yeah thats my story
I was watching this game because my boyfriend was at the game and I wanted to see if I saw him on tv. The Phillies were really good but that game was beyond boring!!! It was a chilly May night, early in the baseball season but it was a nationally televised game & had a lot of viewers watching all over the country. The game was soooo long and because it was nationally televised, the game didn’t start until like 8:30pm (East coast time). I actually found out about Bin Laden while watching the game! Philly sports fans are very passionate, ant times obnoxious - and I absolutely love us!! We had a guy eat 1 rotisserie chicken a day, for 40 days and had an audience of fans while doing it!! Red carpet and all. Smarty Jones, a horse, would’ve gotten a parade if he didn’t screw up his last race. Philly’s Little League World Series Runner ups hot s Mini Parade! Haha
When this happened, i remember repeating the Hail Mary prayer again, and again, and again, (praying for the soldiers who carried out his killing, praying for their families, and praying that no innocent people were killed, even if they were the wives and children of osama) and I continued repeating that prayer until i found out that it was certain that he was dead.... It was the 1 and only time I ever remember praying that another human was dead.... but she(Mary) was no doubt with me until everything became certain.... i was 23 years old, completely alone, and yet I will never forget it.
9/11, I was teaching my last class of kids. I was leaving the next morning to fly to New York, then to Switzerland to spend my birthday with family. Our flight was of course cancelled, but it didn’t really matter. I was safe with my family. Best birthday ever.
This was the last time that political affiliation didn’t matter. Everyone was an American that night. Everyone was joined together as one. Makes me tear up every time
Most baseball games on Sunday play day games so the team can travel to the next city they’re playing in. “Sunday night baseball” is the only game playing and ESPN does the coverage. Generally games will be against division rivals, better teams, or cross town classics
the day of the attacks on 9-11...as an American, it brought me to tears to see the amount of compassion people around the world had for us. I will always remember when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II broke with Tradition and played our National anthem at Buckingham Palace. That brought tears to my eyes. I never considered Britain as just another country but rather our older somewhat more refined sibling tolerating her more crazy younger siblings the USA and Australia.
Crazy. I wonder how Americans feel about all the ground zeros the United States military have caused around the world. Probably don’t think twice about it 😂😂😂😂
I was a sophomore in college and we had classes cancelled the next day!! I remember nobody cared if they didn't like you, everyone was American and friends that night! I remember lines of trucks driving through campus flying the American flag. Even 20,000 College students realized how big this moment was!
Philly is on the east coast of America and Nationally televised games there start late. It's in the "latest" of 6 US time zones. 4 in the continental US + Alaska + Hawaii. When it's 10pm in Philly it's 7pm in LA and 5pm in Honolulu.
I kinda miss Sophie... she brought a cute innocence to this channel, which none of the other people have... I hope she is happy and well now, playing with her horses.
Just like I remember where I was during 9/11, I remember exactly where I was when I opened my phone and saw that we had got him. I was at the bar top counter that we have in my house, my whole family was around and I had my girlfriend with me. I remember opening my phone and seeing that we had got him, I screamed it, and immediately put on the TV to minutes later watch President Obama announce exactly what had happened. We were all in shock, we were all so happy.
I remember. I was home. I'm sitting watching tv. When channel surfing, I saw the long hallway scenes on more than a few. Only just managed to record it on the dvr or whatever so my mom could see it. But theyd heard about it at work too.
I remember this I was in Afghaniland in 2011 in the US Army, TF-310 SOF... Our JBAD peers are the ones who carried out the mission in Pakistan... Cool to look back on it and can't help but share that. Even we didn't know who the target was until a day or two after.
My parents are from Philly. My Dad was a die hard Phillies and Eagles fan. My Dad had to move Chicago for his job. He would literally watch Cubs games rooting for them to lose. Eagles fan literally threw snowballs at Santa at one game. My buddies and me got really drunk that night lol.
The reason the game started at 8pm is because TV wait until all time zones were in the evening. As you go west from east coast, there are 4 time zones that stagered. 8pm in the east coast is 6pm where I live in the central time zone.
Hey! Office Bloke number 2! I’m from Conroe or woodlands, 45 basically. To address your kids, the concept of y’all being English in England, then in America and back in England, is very interesting.
I cried when I heard... I kept thinking that man and that event he caused led so many of my highschool classmates to go to Afghanistan... most did not come back. I think we all felt it's importance not just because the event on 9/11 but all the subsequent effects from it. So many lives lost, so many affected.
I was walking the hallway of our HQ building while stationed in Japan. I stepped into the admin office and everyone is gathered around the TV and no one even acknowledged that I even walked in. I got there right as the President was walking to the podium. I just remember the room being quiet as each person processed those they had lost, either during the attack or brothers and sisters we had lost while fighting in Afghanistan for the past decade.
When this was announced I was at home alone and I was so emotional that I was texting everyone rather than calling because I was crying and laughing at the same time! I didn’t want anyone to think I was having a breakdown! 😂
I was 6 when 9/11 happened. When 10 yeard later, i remember hearing this news. I was on the West Coast in an area where traffic got bumper to bumper on the highway. I remember a lot of car horns going off and hearing the chanting mixed with it.
I was in the 5th grade in boston on 9/11, they brought us into the library to watch the coverage on tv before having us dismissed for fear of other attacks.
Country and blues are basically cousins. I personally prefer the guitar in blues but the vocals of country, the vocal inflections in country are the best of any genre imo. If you want more modern country check out Morgan Wallen -Sand in My Boots or Wasted on you, Luke Combs - Beer never broke my heart or Cody Johnson - ‘til you cant. My favourite country song is Chris Ledoux - This Cowboys Hat.
The first baseball game (and if I’m not mistaken the first sporting event) after 9/11 was a Mets game in NY and it’s almost poetic that the night Bin Laden was killed was also a Mets game but in Philly- 2 of the states affected by the 9/11 attacks
Yep, it was a Braves vs Mets game in NY and Mike Piazze hit the game winning homerun against my Braves and I was perfectly fine with that. I knew the city needed it.
I was 23 and teaching at a private HS right outside DC. One of my homeroom students sisters, Asia Cotton, was on the plane that hit the Pentagon. Our students needed police escorts home, and I spent all day trying to call parents, holding my own feelings in. My good friend Tim worked in one of the Twin Towers, but his daughter forgot her lunch that day, and he had to drop it off at the school. He arrived to work just as the first tower was hit, and immediately turned around. Every single coworker he had died. After many funerals, he checked himself into inpatient therapy. I spent the evening at a bar with friends watching tv, most of us in shock. No planes or noises in the sky for a week was noticeable. I'll never forget.
Jeez, I can only imagine the survivor's guilt something like that caused for Tim there. I hope he eventually, if not got over it (as I can't imagine that's something you can just "get over"), at least was able to manage that guilt and find acceptance. Also, took a lot of bravery to recognize the impact that caused on him mentally and to get help.
I lived in Boston at the time and since the planes took off from there, we were on a serious lockdown in the state. Your experience was very very personal. That must have been so sad for you.
And now you're 34 and smell like soup
Thank you sir for your courage to remain solid in that horrible time, teachers like you I’ll always remember & appreciate. Extremely sorry people you know were directly effected by the attack, I hope they were able to subsist & move through that attack the best they can. I was only 1 years old at the time but now have talked to & know quite a few people who had family & friends die from that terrorist attack, it’s harrowing to talk to them about & im very glad osama bin shithead got gunned down for that but that doesn’t bring back the thousands who were murdered. I have visited ground zero, been to the museum, talked to survivors & prayed & meditated & cried countless times for the victims but that’s not enough. It’s tough watching these videos but also therapeutic
Having a hard time hearing the family members, but the video they are watching is actually too loud.
I’m an American, and I’ve seen a LOT of wild things. The Challenger explosion was broadcast across television all over the country in 1986 and I was in 1st grade. In 5th grade, the Berlin Wall was being torn down and Communism was collapsing all over Europe. They were significant pieces of history…but nothing compares to the horror you feel as a young adult watching people, your countrymen and countrywomen, fleeing from falling buildings and debris, smoke in the sky, fires everywhere like September 11, 2001. I can tell you, wholeheartedly, I cried my eyes out and applauded President Obama when he announced that murdering SOB was dead.
I was only a baby at the time. But My aunt lived in queens, New York at the time she worked at the Marriot Hotel right next to WTC. My mom used to travel for work back then and she was traveling that week. so on that day I went with my aunt. The lady that watched me when my aunt went to work went on a trip or something so my aunt was gonna take me to work with her. She called in stating she’d be 10 minutes late because she had to deal with me. She said I was usually the calmest baby I rarely cried over things which I believe because as a child I never was overly emotional about things like how most kids were. Christmas didn’t really care for presents. Etc. (idk whats wrong with me lol) and im the same way now. But anyways she said but that day in her words “I was acting the fuck out” crying, screaming the whole deal so she took a detour on her way to a store and got me some juice. She said we were in the car and she heard the loudest boom and she felt the base (vibrations) in her chest. She told me some people were crying, she called my mom immediately and my mom stopped dead in her tracks and turned the car around (didnt make it back bc they closed the roads) my aunt took some videos and we were there for a few minutes. The second plane hit when we were driving back to her house. Then we hit a blockade. I asked her how we got home and she said by a boat. (We didnt get far by car they initially closed off certain streets for emergency vehicles) so we sat in the car for a minute until my aunt got me out and we went in a nearby bar where alot of people were standing and speculating and recording. She said were there for like 40 minutes trying to figure things out she was calling everyone. Then she said suddenly there was a deep rumble from the earth like there was an earthquake and everything started shaking the building was coming down I was crying uncontrollably and people outside were running and screaming and. She said she cradled me under the bar counter area. And the sunlight from outside got dimmer and dimmer until it was gone. She said obviously people were fucking panicking and in a frenzy but nobody left the bar due to the dust and She said she couldnt see outside like a large dark grey cloud came down to the street or something she said it looked like dust and it was seeping in through the doorway. We didnt know what to do. She said people were arguing and crying and after 25 or 30 or so minutes another deep rumble came from the earth (second tower coming down) more dust came through and a window in the bar shattered aunt said she thought she was gonna die long story short. Some first responders came into the bar and told us the only way off the island were boats So she took a wet rag to cover our faces to get through the dusty areas. We got through as a group like everyone was holding hands to make sure nobody got lost or left behind. We found A boat and We left Manhattan. And yeah She still has the rag. But yeah thats my story. Chokes me up everytime. Im in the US Navy now and I’ll tell you the two times in my life where I felt most proud to be an American is when I found out the 9/11 boatlift is the largest rescue operation by boat in human history larger than dunkirk in WW2. Whats craziest about that is it wasnt done by professionals or the military. It was just regular people with big hearts. And when I became a United States Sailor. My aunt doesn’t talk about her coworkers tho. I understand why. But yeah thats my story.
@@daviion632 I was actually in New York City on vacation, I was 21, a year before the attacks. It was my very first self-funded trip and I remember seeing the Towers in person. On 9-11, I got in my car to head to work, and the Central time is one hour behind Eastern, so it was still relatively early morning in Texas, but the reports out of NYC were on every single Dallas radio station. I hurried to work and everyone was watching on television…I’ll never forget those images.
Considering you never proved Bin laden did anything because you murdered him before he could be served justice it makes you just as bad as him.
I'm one year older than you and my memories and experiences mirror yours.
I was in 6th grade when the Challenger happened. I thought it would be my "where were you" moments ofy generation like my parents with JFK. BOY was I wrong...
Very emotional…I remember horns honking and my neighbor screaming in the street, brought everyone out to their doors. Very unusual when the hood gets patriotic 😂
Yup same here in East Tennessee and also we had random fireworks and even gunshots going off out here in the country. Sounds weird but that’s just how we celebrate lol
@@TreyM1609 that’s how they celebrate in the city too😅
@@christined6321 lol see and they say we’re so different. Any country invades here and we get us rednecks and y’all in the hood together, thats the 6th branch of the military they definitely don’t wanna see lol! Much love!
@@christined6321 A small time when we were truly United as Americans. Wish we could get back to that. I’m a “backcountry” Southern an I also remember horns honking and fireworks. The next morning there were a lot more American flags hanging up then there usually were. You saying it was “patriotic in the hood” made me both laugh and feel sad since it’s so rare to see us all United now as Americans instead of being put into “boxes” by our politicians.
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious so naturally the vicious will cheer.
I’m a veteran, and I still remember this night like it happened last night. I was in a band at the time, and we happened to be playing a show that night. About 10 mins before went onstage to play, I got a text from a buddy about the news. I started crying and told my band mates what had happened, and we decided that we would go onstage, they would have me announce what happened, take a shot, and then start our set. I never played with more energy and enthusiasm than I did that night. And after our set, I had several drinks bought for me. It was an incredibly surreal night. I was so happy that he was dead, but I also couldn’t help but think of the friends I had lost leading up to that night that we got the news. I decided to use that moment to celebrate their memories (that’s what they would have wanted anyway), and to relish in the fact that we had finally given that guy a dirt nap. That was a good night for me, and tons of other people around the world
Being a veteran , you may enjoy my story.
I was in elementary school but I knew what was going on as it was happening . I was living with my parents and great grandparents. My great grandfather served in ww2 , discharged after he was shot in the knee. We watched the 2nd plane hit and it was the only time I saw him cry. I knew immediately , he knew it was an attack. He knew it meant war and more loss of life and he couldn't do anything about it due to his knee . He motioned me to sit on his lap and I remember word for word what he told me: " Sweetie, today is a very important day in history and a lot of people are going to be hurt and even killed today and for a while after this. There is evil in the world and this evil can only be battled 1 way. By having as much love and kindness as you can and share it with everyone you come across. That is the most powerful thing you could do. "
I live my life by that talk we had. Thank you for your service and God bless
Nowadays disasters strikes some place and it's either "well deserved" or "they deserved it" (article of a Texas town getting hit with multiple tornadoes). Hurricane Harvey and so many came to help
As a former US Army soldier, this still brings a warm feeling to me, with a tear streaming down my cheek. Peace to everyone in the world
How does it feel to be manipulated by your government?
Seriously.
I was in the crowd outside the WH that night. My husband was wearing an Army shirt and people where shaking his hand, thanking him for his service, and a couple people hugged him (way outside of his comfort zone). It was an incredible unforgettable night. I’m glad we drove up from Richmond to be there.
Man this makes me emotional to watch.
I was 11 on 9/11 and remember seeing it all on the news. That event destroyed my innocent childhood.
I enlisted at 18 and did a tour in Afghanistan.
Thank you my English friends. Y’all are like family to us over here.
Yes thank you for your service, I feel a lot safer now since Libya, Iraq,Syria, Afghanistan ,Mali, Yemen are completely in rubble and destroyed, thank you for killing millions of innocents who had nothing to do with 9/11.
I was only in second grade and I had Nightmares for months after seeing the news.
we were literally about to head to the airport when it happened, I remember my sister and Grandmother crying and holding hands while I was trying to fully comprehend that it wasn't a movie
@@katielee7364 I was old enough to know exactly what was going on. But didn’t know what terrorism was or anything like that.
Innocent childhood was instantly crushed and I was opened to the world of violence and war. Sucked.
I was only 15 at the time but it was one of those events where everybody(outside of conspiracy theorists) was united, which is pretty rare for a super diverse country like ours. We had lost 3000 of our fellow Americans on 9-11 and had spent 10 years trying to get revenge so it resonated really strongly and you could feel the happiness and, to a lesser extent, catharsis in the air when we finally avenged those deaths.
67 Brits, 11 Australians and 24 Canadians were killed there and quite a few others from other countries as well, it was a sad day I was lucky enough not to see because I was only 1 years old.
@@kevinprzy4539 I was 5 at the time so don't remember it well but I have vague memories about being happy to be pulled out of kindergarten(my dad's a Navy vet and we were living on base). It took me years to put 2 and 2 together about what day that was.
I would call it delivering justice moreso than revenge.
Yeah totally, If we’ve learned one thing it’s that conspiracy theories never EVER come true.
Nerd
Philadelphia Eagles fan here and you are correct about Philly fans. We are some of the most passionate fans you'll ever see. Look at clips of the Philly after the Eagles won the super bowl in 2018, it was absolute mayhem!
Maybe not all of them… like the ones where some of y’all were eating some things that wasn’t supposed to be eaten…😬
@@tyreek.6815 😂😂 We can skip that video
Damnit Daz. Every time I watch this video I get goosebumps and tears start falling down my face. This was such a special thing to witness as an American. Now because of politics this country is so divided. However watching this again gives me a sliver of hope that something will remind some of us that no matter what we are all human first. Politics, religion, race, sex/gender(don't want to offend anyone) and everything else are just the wrapper on the candy bar. The should be tossed in the trash so we can get to the goodness inside, juast as with people. Thank you so much for this vid. I needed a bit of cheering up.
Ur speaking true facts
I'm 67 years old and live in North Texas and these are my memories. Second grade teacher Mrs. Grady coming into the classroom crying because President Kennedy had been assassinated,
a Tuesday morning I didn't have to work the news channel said the Challenger space shuttle would soon be streaking across the sky so I went out sat on the edge of the pool with my feet in the water and watched a single con rail coming while thinking how amazing this is and then there were several con rails going different directions, A sunny Tuesday morning at work trying to get workers instructions for the day when one employee walked in and said a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center so we turned on the little black and white TV in the office and shortly after watched a second plane fly into the other tower, a lazy evening resting in my recliner with the TV on but not really watching when news alerts start scrolling that Osama Bin Laden
had been killed. All of these events in my life will still bring a tear to my eye but the killing of OBL is the only one that brings me happiness.
I remember exactly where I was on 9/11. I remember being pulled out of my second grade class and everyone had to sit in the hallways. I remember the teachers watching the tv in disbelief, but as a kid I didn’t grasp the situation that was unfolding on the tv. Children being pulled by their parents left and right. By the time I left the hallway was almost empty.
The horror that this one man caused that day, one way or another, sticks with everyone that was alive to witness it.
I was in the second grade as well and my dad picked me up and took me home and made me stay in my room away from the tvs because of it and he wouldn't let me go outside in the yard I've never seen this man more terrified than that day
Was at this game in left field, section 141, had no idea what was going on for the first few minutes of the USA chants, since almost everybody was using their cell phones the internet took forever to load, eventually I heard the news by word of mouth. Very cool thing to be apart of especially since that was the only major sporting event in the country at the time, it was a Sunday night
Hearing the crowd celebrating and the flood of emotion that comes with that highlights the memory for me, and I'm right back.
I lived near DC at the time. My husband was active duty military. Some ladies and I from the base drove to the White House that night. I will never forget I was part of that crowd. It was crazy and amazing energy there.
I'm from philly and your right we love our city n our teams. Love your videos
You should watch the boat lift out of Manhattan to put it in perspective for the kids.
It's such a shame that it takes tragedy to bring us together but it's even more of a shame how quickly people forget and tear each other apart.
My personal day like this was being in the chow hall in my FOB in Iraq when someone came in yelling " WE GOT SADDAM!"
I was young (I’m a high school student) when this happened and I live in the South in a “backwoods” area, but I remember hearing fireworks and people honking their horns once they watched the news about this. The next morning there were way more American flags hanging off of people’s houses then there usually were.
It’s so sad to see how divided our country is right now. All because of political BS and politicians putting us everyday American citizens against each other based on our race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, region, religious beliefs, political beliefs, countries of origin, etc. You never want anything like 9/11 to happen again, but sometimes I think we all need something big to happen to realize we’re all just Americans. Nothing brings people together like tragedy does sadly.
Funny how it worked out. A NY team and a Philly team, what with the 9/11 attacks being on the twin towers in NY and the plane that went down in Pennsylvania. Also to Aiden's questions about the game, A game usually last between 2 and a half and 3 hours, but things can cause it to take longer. Like a lot of pitching changes or injury etc. A typical game is 9 innings, this game because it was tied after 9 innings went into extras and lasted 14 innings before an inning ended with 1 team having the lead. The visiting team always bats first each inning, but if they should score in a given inning the home team still gets their turn at bat.
What made this game even more poetic for that night is that it was being played between a team representing New York - the city where the Twin Towers fell on Sept 11th, 2001 - and a team representing Philadelphia - the city where the United States was born on July 4th, 1776.
also Philly was important because one of the planes that was hijacked that day went down in a field in Pennsylvania, it was hijacked and then retaken by passengers but crashed.
September 12th, 2001 was one of the worst days of my life but May 2nd, 2011 was one of the sweetest. God Bless America.
You forgot about Philadelphia Eagles fans punching police horses. Thank you for the time and effort you put into this video, thumbs up. John from Philly.
Battery chucking Philly fan is my favorite and the one who cheered when Micheal Irving got hurt. But my all-time favorite Philly fan is Bill Burr.
Punching horses like Mongo from Blazing Saddles, God Bless America 🇺🇸
@@heywoodjablowme8120 I remember the Michael Irving incident on television, good times. Thanks for your reply, have a nice day.
@@John-ci8yk Good times? I was a huge Dallas fan back in the day. Good times was the 1993 World Series and all the future stories of Lenny Dykstra and Darren Daulton. You have yourself a nice day also 😊
@@heywoodjablowme8120 Sorry for the insult , but except for the Flyers wins in 74 and 75, I grew up in the city of total losers. Every year the Phillies suck, the Flyers suck, the Sixers suck, and the Eagles would doublely suck. The only thing that we would hope for is that we would beat Dallas in both games that season. Look the best way I can explain it to you is that we are proud of pelting Santa Claus with ice balls and if you don't believe me look at NFL's film interview with former NFL player / announcer Tom Brookshire and former governor of Pennsylvania and former mayor of Philadelphia Ed Rendell both share their opinion that the nineteen-year-old kid dressed as Santa Claus had it coming. We were proud that Veterans Stadium had the worst field of all the stadiums in the NFL. We were proud that Veterans Stadium have its own jail and judge. We are proud of Eagle's Bucko Kilroy being voted the most dirtiest player in football by Life magazine in 1955. About the only horrible thing that we ARE NOT proud of is the fact that we burn down a whole city block of 61 homes just to evict one black family. I'm sorry but for the longest time in Philadelphia all we had to hope for was to maybe to destroy the Dallas that year.
I apologize for the bad grammar and poor punctuation, although English is my only language I was never very good at it.
I was 19 when I had found out about Bin Laden's death. I had graduated from high school the following month. I was in either 3rd or 4th grade when 9/11 happened. It was in the morning and they dismissed us from school early due to the attacks. I remember hugging my parents that awful day. When I was in bed, I got an alert on my phone from the local news and I immediately sat up and watched as Obama gave the announcement about Osama bin Laden's death. I was in shock and I immediately told my parents (waking them up, sorry) what happened. Hearing that evil man who was behind the awful attacks on 9/11 was dead, I was so happy that the families of the victims could have closure from that day.
I WAS AT THIS GAME THIS NIGHT, I was only 13 yrs old with my father and the feeling in the stadium wasnt us philly fans vs new york hating each other but that at that moment we were all brothers and sisters and fellow Americans that loved our country. And DAZ you hit the philly sports fans spot on, I'm born and raised here and the love we have for our teams feels like family and unites the most violent people in the city... There's plenty upon plenty of murders and crimes that happened literally over sports. Sad but it shows how much it really means lol
Interestingly this news was announced in the 9th inning and the game was tied 1-1
10:22 I loved when he realized how hard pitchers can throw in the major league
I was 17 leaving an Usher concert when everyone leaving the arena started finding out. Almost forgot about the concert (which was incredible btw). Such a great night! 🇺🇸
Usher is the shit!
"these are my confessions..."
Thank you. You are a very well spoken and thoughtful family
People ran from their homes, in all cities, to celebrate. Beautiful. Not often are we so United.
That's awesome showing your kids. I remember just getting hammered that night celebrating. Watching celebrations on people s tvs, from around the world.
Then the following day was...🤯.
Awesome video.👍
Im a New York Mets fan from New York and I remember watching this live on television. Great reaction. Cheers 🇺🇸❤
We Philly sports fans are very passionate and always get a bad rep from the few bad apples the media likes to focus on
As a Cowboys fan I’m obligated to hate on you guys. That’s my excuse.
@@Alex-kd5xc 😂😂😂 the feeling is mutual
I don't hate Dallas, I was embarrassed as an eagles fan when I heard Dak get booed when he was getting his WPMOY at the super bowl
It's a well deserved "rep". I was there when they pelted Santa Clause and Jimmy Johnson. IT WASN'T a minority of fans. . . . .
Y'all did snowball Santa Clause
SF Giants' fan here. I had just come back from a Taco Bell run and was watching the game when the news came on. What a night.
That day on 9/11 I saw the most horrific tragedies as it happened. That night finding out was so emotional for all of us Americans that we all were crying glued to our tvs or cheering outside was an moment we Americans will never forget ❤️
The reason the game was so late at night is because our country is over 1000 miles wide with the mainland spanning 3 time zones. East coast sports and nightlife tend to start later. People go out for a couple drinks on a work night at 8pm. Half of the year its 3hrs earlier on the west coast. Games start late on the east coast so they can televise them nationally at a time when the most people are watching tv. People on the west coast frequently have to rush home from work to not miss a game at 5pm west coast time. East coast people have to find something to do for a couple hours after work waiting to watch the same game.
The emotion was NUTS. My family was talking about it, the spirit of national pride was high, and people were throwing parties in the neighborhood for the next few days. It was...crazy.
Didn't know you had this channel tbh, subbing right away
I have seen a lot of reactions to this…. ❤ you are a really cute family. I think the fact that these guys stayed really honest about no phones on the field…
A week before my 24th birthday, just 5 months and a little change after I got out of the Marines, was a a crazy night/thing to finally hear.
Your respect for Obama is profound. As an AMERICAN, I FEEL SAME WAY. About him. Nothing but fondness and gratitude...Mr President you done good.
Your not serious right 😂
@@citymorgue8462 very serious. And millions of people feel the same respect for him.
@@lindabrown650 Respecting a guy who gave the green light to blow up weddings and a hospital🤔
I clearly remember that night,, video from across the country started coming in... It was justice come as close as possible.. the death of the heinous man behind the Twin Towers bombing, thousands died.. they'll never be brought back, but it felt SPECIAL TO CHEER OUR COUNTRY... We didn't give up and as ALWAYS, Americans come together as a nation PROUDLY standing or celebrating in the streets... Thnx for watching/reacting to this video... God bless America and our British Cousins across the pond!! PEACE!!
No matter how many times you watch that it's just as powerful as the first time. Great Vid
As a New Yorker, I still have trouble watching anything about 9/11. My tears are instant as you live in that fear again. Thank goodness for the Navy seals that took him out. USA!
When are they taking out the ones who were actually responsible for 911 tho
I was in basic training for the Army when 9/11 happened
As a Philadelphia guy, I love dad stopped the vid to talk about our passion! Well done sir. Loving all our pro teams we refer to it as "being a 4 for 4 guy"
Philly here, no one beats our sports fans 🦅
Philly peacocks(peacocks can't fly)
I know rhe Office Blokes did it as well, but Darren (Daz) should show them Boatlift
You should also watch OPERATION YELLOW RIBBON a job out small town in Canada that helped 7,000 Americans on 9/11!
I'm a Philadelphia fan. The game started at 8:05pm est. I watched the game on TV. Couldn't get tickets. The game was nationally televised. And there was no other game in any sport being played that night.
It gives me so much pride beyond just our U.S. boarders to see people like yourself and your family, as well as a family from New Zealand, not only see what it means to be American standing behind what is good for all, but to feel it just by watching. We all share the same fishbowl. We should all pee in it a little less. 🫂 Much love! Keep showing love and support to our new Ukrainian fam across the pond from us! 🇺🇲🇬🇧🇺🇦
As an American 🇺🇸 I gotta say I WAS SO FREAKING HAPPY this night I was having one of the worst days of my life and I went to game that night and let me just say boy did that change my whole world broken 9/11 just to be able to chant USA and be there was the most incredible experience I’ve ever had in my life and ny won that night I’m neither fan of them or the other team but I still went and I’m glad I did a game I’ll never forget nor miss again that was one of them times Americans really showed what and how we can come together for one certain reason goal whatever it may be thank y’all for showing this it was much needed after crying yesterday thank u 🙏
Not wrong about Philly fans. I'm not in Philly, I'm in Bmore, and we are pretty hardcore fans here but I would never were a Ravens jersey at an Eagles game. They are ruthless! It's crazy you know that over there!
Philly in da houzz!!!! Love this!! 🙌
I was at Camp Blanding Florida that night. I was in training with the military and unfortunately woke up to the news as I had to go to sleep to early to make wake up call the next morning. Super special to me
I'm a New Yorker who was living in DC on September 11. That's proximity enough, but here's an eerie connection: I was watching that game, and I've seen that video ten times before this channel, and the USA, USA chant began in my hometown of Lake Placid when we beat the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics. The guy who killed Bin Laden referenced Lake Placid and that game (we were trying to kill the final 10 minutes after taking the lead) as they were flying back to Afghanistan, hoping to get out of Pakistani airspace before they scrambled their jets.
I was sitting in Spanish class on 9-11 and will always remember it.
Yall should watch the ''boat lift'' or ''jessica buchanan'' video's next.
I was a sophomore in high school when he was killed. The news didn’t move me much. I didn’t really care, I was still a young kid. But now I realize how substantial a moment it really was.
This always makes me feel so emotional
That was a great video 🙂
The video gives me chills everytime
I was in the tail end of my senior year of high school when this happened. I stayed up until like 2 AM to watch it on the news, then went to bed for school in the morning.
I remember too I was in fifth grade or something. The teachers came in and told us and we all erupted into cheers
I was only a baby at the time. But My aunt lived in queens, New York at the time she worked at the Marriot Hotel right next to WTC. My mom used to travel for work back then and she was traveling that week. so on that day I went with my aunt. The lady that watched me when my aunt went to work went on a trip or something so my aunt was gonna take me to work with her. She called in stating she’d be 10 minutes late because she had to deal with me. She said I was usually the calmest baby I rarely cried over things which I believe because as a child I never was overly emotional about things like how most kids were. Christmas didn’t really care for presents. Etc. (idk whats wrong with me lol) and im the same way now. But anyways she said but that day in her words “I was acting the fuck out” crying, screaming the whole deal so she took a detour on her way to a store and got me some juice. She said we were in the car and she heard the loudest boom and she felt the base (vibrations) in her chest. She told me some people were crying, she called my mom immediately and my mom stopped dead in her tracks and turned the car around (didnt make it back bc they closed the roads) my aunt took some videos and we were there for a few minutes. The second plane hit when we were driving back to her house. Then we hit a blockade. I asked her how we got home and she said by a boat. (We didnt get far by car they initially closed off certain streets for emergency vehicles) so we sat in the car for a minute until my aunt got me out and we went in a nearby bar where alot of people were standing and speculating and recording. She said were there for like 40 minutes trying to figure things out she was calling everyone. Then she said suddenly there was a deep rumble from the earth like there was an earthquake and everything started shaking the building was coming down I was crying uncontrollably and people outside were running and screaming and. She said she cradled me under the bar counter area. And the sunlight from outside got dimmer and dimmer until it was gone. She said obviously people were fucking panicking and in a frenzy but nobody left the bar due to the dust and She said she couldnt see outside like a large dark grey cloud came down to the street or something she said it looked like dust and it was seeping in through the doorway. We didnt know what to do. She said people were arguing and crying and after 25 or 30 or so minutes another deep rumble came from the earth (second tower coming down) more dust came through and a window in the bar shattered aunt said she thought she was gonna die long story short. Some first responders came into the bar and told us the only way off the island were boats So she took a wet rag to cover our faces to get through the dusty areas. We got through as a group like everyone was holding hands to make sure nobody got lost or left behind. We found A boat and We left Manhattan. And yeah She still has the rag. But yeah thats my story. Chokes me up everytime. Im in the US Navy now and I’ll tell you the two times in my life where I felt most proud to be an American is when I found out the 9/11 boatlift is the largest rescue operation by boat in human history larger than dunkirk in WW2. Whats craziest about that is it wasnt done by professionals or the military. It was just regular people with big hearts. And when I became a United States Sailor. My aunt doesn’t talk about her coworkers tho. I understand why. But yeah thats my story
Being from Philly I agree, Losing the superbowl put a hurting on my city 😂😭
I was watching this game because my boyfriend was at the game and I wanted to see if I saw him on tv. The Phillies were really good but that game was beyond boring!!! It was a chilly May night, early in the baseball season but it was a nationally televised game & had a lot of viewers watching all over the country. The game was soooo long and because it was nationally televised, the game didn’t start until like 8:30pm (East coast time). I actually found out about Bin Laden while watching the game!
Philly sports fans are very passionate, ant times obnoxious - and I absolutely love us!! We had a guy eat 1 rotisserie chicken a day, for 40 days and had an audience of fans while doing it!! Red carpet and all. Smarty Jones, a horse, would’ve gotten a parade if he didn’t screw up his last race. Philly’s Little League World Series Runner ups hot s Mini Parade! Haha
Wwe had an event with double the views and bigger reaction, but they never mention that
When this happened, i remember repeating the Hail Mary prayer again, and again, and again, (praying for the soldiers who carried out his killing, praying for their families, and praying that no innocent people were killed, even if they were the wives and children of osama) and I continued repeating that prayer until i found out that it was certain that he was dead.... It was the 1 and only time I ever remember praying that another human was dead.... but she(Mary) was no doubt with me until everything became certain.... i was 23 years old, completely alone, and yet I will never forget it.
9/11, I was teaching my last class of kids. I was leaving the next morning to fly to New York, then to Switzerland to spend my birthday with family. Our flight was of course cancelled, but it didn’t really matter. I was safe with my family. Best birthday ever.
I love this video!
This was the last time that political affiliation didn’t matter. Everyone was an American that night. Everyone was joined together as one. Makes me tear up every time
You have a beautiful family! ❤️
Most baseball games on Sunday play day games so the team can travel to the next city they’re playing in. “Sunday night baseball” is the only game playing and ESPN does the coverage. Generally games will be against division rivals, better teams, or cross town classics
the day of the attacks on 9-11...as an American, it brought me to tears to see the amount of compassion people around the world had for us. I will always remember when Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II broke with Tradition and played our National anthem at Buckingham Palace. That brought tears to my eyes. I never considered Britain as just another country but rather our older somewhat more refined sibling tolerating her more crazy younger siblings the USA and Australia.
Crazy. I wonder how Americans feel about all the ground zeros the United States military have caused around the world. Probably don’t think twice about it 😂😂😂😂
I was a sophomore in college and we had classes cancelled the next day!! I remember nobody cared if they didn't like you, everyone was American and friends that night! I remember lines of trucks driving through campus flying the American flag. Even 20,000 College students realized how big this moment was!
Even though it was ten years later....what a night...it was so important to everyone here in the states. I was in HS when 9/11 happened.
Philly is on the east coast of America and Nationally televised games there start late. It's in the "latest" of 6 US time zones. 4 in the continental US + Alaska + Hawaii. When it's 10pm in Philly it's 7pm in LA and 5pm in Honolulu.
I kinda miss Sophie... she brought a cute innocence to this channel, which none of the other people have... I hope she is happy and well now, playing with her horses.
Just like I remember where I was during 9/11, I remember exactly where I was when I opened my phone and saw that we had got him. I was at the bar top counter that we have in my house, my whole family was around and I had my girlfriend with me. I remember opening my phone and seeing that we had got him, I screamed it, and immediately put on the TV to minutes later watch President Obama announce exactly what had happened. We were all in shock, we were all so happy.
I remember. I was home. I'm sitting watching tv. When channel surfing, I saw the long hallway scenes on more than a few. Only just managed to record it on the dvr or whatever so my mom could see it. But theyd heard about it at work too.
I remember this I was in Afghaniland in 2011 in the US Army, TF-310 SOF... Our JBAD peers are the ones who carried out the mission in Pakistan... Cool to look back on it and can't help but share that. Even we didn't know who the target was until a day or two after.
I wasn't a fan of Obama on a politics level, but you're right the man had mad charisma and leadership skills.
So he was basically a bullshit artist who told people what to do. You just described a car salesman.
My parents are from Philly. My Dad was a die hard Phillies and Eagles fan. My Dad had to move Chicago for his job. He would literally watch Cubs games rooting for them to lose. Eagles fan literally threw snowballs at Santa at one game. My buddies and me got really drunk that night lol.
The reason the game started at 8pm is because TV wait until all time zones were in the evening. As you go west from east coast, there are 4 time zones that stagered.
8pm in the east coast is 6pm where I live in the central time zone.
Hey! Office Bloke number 2! I’m from Conroe or woodlands, 45 basically. To address your kids, the concept of y’all being English in England, then in America and back in England, is very interesting.
Thank you for your interest. Texas.
Hello from Miami, Fl
I cried when I heard... I kept thinking that man and that event he caused led so many of my highschool classmates to go to Afghanistan... most did not come back. I think we all felt it's importance not just because the event on 9/11 but all the subsequent effects from it. So many lives lost, so many affected.
911 was an inside job tho....
Watching this brought tears to my eyes
As someone from Philly he’s so accurate on the passion Philly fans have
That chess comment was hilarious mate 😂
I was walking the hallway of our HQ building while stationed in Japan. I stepped into the admin office and everyone is gathered around the TV and no one even acknowledged that I even walked in. I got there right as the President was walking to the podium. I just remember the room being quiet as each person processed those they had lost, either during the attack or brothers and sisters we had lost while fighting in Afghanistan for the past decade.
When this was announced I was at home alone and I was so emotional that I was texting everyone rather than calling because I was crying and laughing at the same time! I didn’t want anyone to think I was having a breakdown! 😂
My dad was born and raised in philli can agree he is very passionate about his sports
I was 6 when 9/11 happened. When 10 yeard later, i remember hearing this news. I was on the West Coast in an area where traffic got bumper to bumper on the highway. I remember a lot of car horns going off and hearing the chanting mixed with it.
I didnt know this was his family, I've been watching both separately
I was in the 5th grade in boston on 9/11, they brought us into the library to watch the coverage on tv before having us dismissed for fear of other attacks.
Country and blues are basically cousins. I personally prefer the guitar in blues but the vocals of country, the vocal inflections in country are the best of any genre imo. If you want more modern country check out Morgan Wallen -Sand in My Boots or Wasted on you, Luke Combs - Beer never broke my heart or Cody Johnson - ‘til you cant.
My favourite country song is Chris Ledoux - This Cowboys Hat.
The first baseball game (and if I’m not mistaken the first sporting event) after 9/11 was a Mets game in NY and it’s almost poetic that the night Bin Laden was killed was also a Mets game but in Philly- 2 of the states affected by the 9/11 attacks
Yep, it was a Braves vs Mets game in NY and Mike Piazze hit the game winning homerun against my Braves and I was perfectly fine with that. I knew the city needed it.
Did he just say a baseball game lasted 90 minutes??? That’s hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣