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This is the real spirit of the USA. It's not our government or our military, it's our people that make us what we are.
not even close
It's also the people who allow the corrupt, callous warmongers whom the people vote into power to control them and infringe on their constitutional, God given rights we all love to talk about but never uphold when it comes down to it..
God Bless
@@charliesamuel5458 ???? Please explain
@@michaelb.3982I think he means “not even close” in respect to govt/military vs people, agreeing with your statement.
When Ash talked about the search dogs. They are supposed to and trained to find survivors in the rubble. But instead they were finding so many dead bodies the dogs started to suffer from actual depression and their handlers would literally have to hide a volunteer in some fake rubble so the dogs could find them, alive and well. To help the dogs not be so stressed and depressed.
They didn't suffer from depression... they lost incentive because finding survivors is what they're trained to do, not find corpses.
I just learned that. That's has to be one of the saddest things to happen in life.
@@controlZchannelI've had Great Pyr livestock guardians for awhile. You don't know a thing. Some of these breeds have the intelligence of a human 5 or 6 year old. They absolutely feel and express great deals of emotion.
Very good point. thank you. @@controlZchannel
@@controlZchannelI am pretty sure dogs get depression dude
The dust was not just concrete. It also included asbestos, jet fuel and pulverized bodies. Thousands of people who inhaled the dust have died from various cancers, mostly lung cancer. We will never forget 🇺🇸
Neither will all the countries the US has terrorized! i'm sure they too will never forget!
Dang, I never thought about the victims remains being in the dust. Ugh.
@loran2156 over 1000 people have not had as much as 1 SPEC of remains to be identified 💔 2 miniscule fragments were discovered just last week. 22 yrs later and this was the 1st time their family had ANY word about them l, can you imagine??!! Its unfathomable. The last found were actually in Sept 2021 before that.
There were fragments found on roof tops almost as far as a mile away but many on roof tops 8-9 blocks away.
I think that's also why new York was hit so hard by covid because of everything people had gone through and they cannot of totally cleaned the city after so it was probably still all over the place for years after. So awful.
In Memory of
Vincent R. Ardolino
1953 - 2018
3000 died that day.
6000 have died since, from health complications due to the smoke and debris that day.
And 33,000 more are still sick to this day, with illnesses related to being at ground zero.
And on top of that, thousands of families.
Hundreds of thousands of friends, and coworkers.
And then the millions of people who watched it happen, and grieved a world we would never see again.
The ripple effect touched everyone.
#NeverForget
... and the hundreds of thousands of civilians who have died as the result of this one event.
Unfortunately, a lot of those people that were covered in that dust from the fallen buildings died several years later from cancer or other lung issues.
It’s unfortunately gonna be a cause of death for a long time to come as people were breathing in who knows what.
@@aaronbeatdown Asbestos that was used as insulation and fire retardant in the building is what.
If you see this post, you should also watch the yellow ribbon project,about Gander, New Foundland. Also pertaining to 9/11!
More UK citizens lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks than on the 7/7 attacks, 9/11 was a tragedy all the world shared in.
I didn't know that
@@OBDaveReactsSomething else most people don't know about 9/11 is that a tribe from Africa donated ten cows to America. Since actually sending the cows to America would've been a hassle, the US had them keep the cows, then funded the education of children from the tribe.
Citizens from UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Japan…it wasn’t called the WORLD trade center by accident.
@jimreilly917 well duh but it it was an attack on America
People who were there are still dying from cancer today from the dust.
Every time I’ve watched a 9/11 news report or video today I start crying all over again. Still as raw today as it was 22 years ago. Never Forget 🇺🇸Thank you for remembering. 🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧
Me too😪all theses yrs later and I was there on that day,I'll never forget it ever!!!
THANK YOU!!! As I was part of this process, being a United States Merchant Mariner, and working on tugboat during this time(the boats with the big "M" on them)we appreciate the recognition, Although we don't need/want it, we were humble to accept our roles and greatful that we could help as many people as we did....but thank you for reacting to such a monumental moment in our history
I remember this day vividly if you ever have questions
good work that day, I've only heard of this rescue from reaction videos like these, and it always gets me
No sir, thank you.
Thank you for your efforts ♥
Thank you and everyone else on your crew for stepping up when your fellow Americans needed you most.
One of my favorite stories about the 9/11 boat lift is that of the fireboat John J. Harvey. She had been built in 1931, and had actually been retired in 1999 and was serving as a museum ship in New York when 9/11 happened. The museum staff, many of whom I assume were former crew, fired up her boilers and went to help fight the fires. She, alongside two active FDNY fireboats (the John D. McKean and the Fire Fighter, the latter having previously saved New York alongside John J. Harvey when the pair prevented the burning ammunition ship El Estero from blowing up in 1943). The trio of fireboats pumped water into Ground Zero for 80 hours straight and covered for the evacuations. Today, all three ships have been preserved as museums
Something similar happened at the Pentagon. Because the Pentagon had been built at a time when fire trucks were smaller and shorter, the fire department was having trouble getting them into the center courtyard through the tunnels so they could fight the fires from that direction as well. They found an old pumper engine that was in a local Maryland Fire museum and used in parades. They pulled it out, gassed up, drove the 40 miles to the Pentagon, through the tunnels, and into the courtyards.
Thats Awsome {from Canada}👍
The Smithsonian has an article "On 9/11, a Flotilla of Ferries, Yachts and Tugboats Evacuated 500,000 People Away From Ground Zero" from a couple years back.
On 9/11 is it important to understand that the two World Trade Center buildings were not the only buildings that came down that day! There were about half a dozen buildings in the complex, mostly multilevel buildings that also burned and came down. The destruction that day was way more far reaching than just 2 buildings.
Very true statement, all 7 WTC buildings were destroyed as well as the Deutsche Bank building south of the plaza. It took many months to deconstruct that tower.
I saw a documentary about the hotel at the base of the towers. That's another story that frequently gets skipped over.
Also there was a whole mall underground, and the subway. The videos taken of the mall in the days and weeks after are eerie - looks like a totally normal mall, merchandise and cash registers set up but no one around and a couple inches of dust over everything.
The sound of people's bodies hitting things as they flung themselves from the building will never leave me.
Yeah,they had a special on Nat Geo called 'One Day In America' and a lot of it was filmed footage,including the bodies. It still makes my stomach turn knowing it was their only option besides burning to death.
I lost a family member when the first tower fell. I was living overseas on 9/11 and I remember trying to contact everyone I knew in NYC-- the city where I was born. I grew up on Long Island about 60 miles outside of NYC. Most of my friends from high school were cops in NYC and I also knew a NY fireman. I spent all day trying to contact home. I watched it all unfold on TV at home and then at an internet cafe, where I sent hundreds of emails and hours later I received word that a family member died. I could not get home because all US airspace was closed. A friend of mine was able to get me on one of the first flights allowed to fly out to the US. I got home 9 days later. No body was every found. There were only pieces of him. DNA confirmed he was my family member. Well held a memorial for him in NYC and then tried to move on like he would have liked.
They just identified 2 more this week. Advances in DNA science
So very sorry for your loss.
@@daricetaylor737 Thank you.
Wow, that’s crazy- not only losing a family member, but knowing so many first responders and being from New York… all that and not being able to do anything, being so far removed from the situation. Were you somewhere overseas with a very large time difference? What was the news coverage and local reaction like where you were at? (Only curious, I recognize these are probably very personal and distressing memories for you, so please do not feel obligated to respond if it is difficult for you to do so.) Personally, I was a baby on 9/11, not even 6 months old yet, and my family was fortunate enough to not have anyone living in NYC at that time. But sometimes I think about how, ten years earlier, my parents had lived on Long Island and my father had worked in Manhattan- I wonder how they must have felt on that day (I have never asked) or what might have happened if 9/11 had occurred a decade earlier… plus, now that I attend university outside the US, I can better conceptualise what it would be like stranded in another country with no way home… I hope that you and your family are doing as well as you can be now, 22 years later, and have been able to find some peace or healing since the event. I imagine this time of year must still be really difficult for you, around the anniversary, so I hope that you personally are around family and finding ways to cope at the current time. I don’t know why, but for some reason your comment specifically really touched me, so I just wanted to take some time to send a reply. Best wishes.
@@andrewc6778 No, there wasn't a major time difference where I was. My roommate called me and told me. And from that moment one I was watching it on TV in real time. Thankfully no I knew who was a cop or firefighter died. But I know some of them knew others who did die. Thank you for your kind words.
Even just reacting to this is appreciated, so what you did 22 years ago with blankets meant something to us. One thing I can say about us Americans, when tragedy hits, regardless of if it's man-made or natural, we come together.
There are about 5 million people in Manhattan on any given day.
Including all the boroughs it's about 8 million.
These people are only a few of the thousands of heroes who fought as many people as they could.
This day will never cease to make me cry. We learned just how many friends we had around the world that day and the days and weeks that followed.
Ash, please don't feel silly about that. You did what you could do. No act of kindness is too small.😊
Every building with the name "World Trade Center Building" was destroyed! Seven buildings and a Greek Church.
That day, thousands of people wanted to get home and out of Lower Manhattan! I myself watched thousands walking uptown and walking across the bridge near my building. That day, New Yorkers were there to do what they had to do to help. I'm a proud New Yorker!
This was one of the most inspirational events of that tragedy. These brave men and women with boats have not been given the honors that other first responders have gotten. This group was not just doing their jobs. They were being the unsung heroes you meet in this video. Thank you for sharing them with your viewers. And Ash, the beauty of giving is in the act of assisting because your heart is passionate for a cause. Even - as Dave said, if it all went to the homeless, you brought someone comfort.❤❤
The is another little known story of the planes being refused landing in the United States that day, so they had to land in Gander New Foundland Canada, you might want to do a reaction to another positive story about the goodness of people on 9/11.
Absolutely true, Canadians stepped up & cared for the many strangers they encountered. We are very appreciative to Canadians for their kindness.
There is a great video called OPERATION YELLOW RIBBON that tells that story!
@@beaverisl I have already seen it.
Born and raised in NYC. That day after the first tower fell. And could see the city from my roof . I waited for a mushroom cloud.
I attended high school about two miles from Ground Zero. 9/11/2001 was the second day of my first full week of high school. As far as the weather, we have the same seasons as the UK but NYC is a generally bit warmer than England at that time of year. The thing I recall about the weather that day was it was a bright, sunny late summer/early fall day.
A few of the teachers had TVs in their offices so we were aware something had happened almost immediately. Initially we thought it was some sort of accident or malfunction with the first plane. When the second plane hit, we were aware that it was an orchestrated attack. The school was locked down not long afterwards. The school I attended has students from all 5 boroughs as well as New Jersey. We were locked down in the school until around 5 pm. I lived in Manhattan and walked home afterwards, about a 2 hour walk. Students who lived in Manhattan were encouraged to allow students from the other boroughs to stay with them if possible.
I am in America, born and raised here ! I still remember like it was yesterday and 22 yrs later I still cry watching and remembering ! 😢
I remember that day. I had slept in on my day off. I woke up late to my roommate saying somebody is attacking us. I said what are you on about. She said yes look..That's when I saw what was going on. Nobody knew what exactly was happening because it was still going on. Its was just news chaos and then the fact that the news showed people jumping and falling to their deaths. Also the eerie thing, I live under the flight path to LAX so I'm used to hearing planes making their approach. But that night there was no air traffic at all, except for every 15 mins. A military jet would fly over. Could never see it, only hear it. Other then that it was completely silent. When you are used to hearing planes and helicopters flying over constantly and then you don't, that silence can be deafening.
Since you mentioned Zimbabwe, I'll share a small story from 9/11. The day after, I received an e-mail from someone I knew in Mombasa, asking if I and if all those I knew, were all right.
Thanks so much for reacting.
It's times like that I'm proud to be an American! I was on😂the 58th floor of the South tower when we were attacked. I lived in the Bronx but worked in lower Manhattan. It took me 12 hours to get back home to the Bronx that day!
Hell ya.
'Merica! ...... although I can attest that folks all over the world who DO pull together in times of crises. See Morraco , Greece , Turkey , etc.
This video again reinvigorates my faith in humanity.
RIP to Vincent Ardolino, captain of the Amberjack V We Lost a Hero in 2018 complications from breathing in the dust from the attacks and fires made him and many others that worked for Months at Ground zero. We will Not Forget!
Thanks for braving the images and watching and remembering.
Thank you both for reacting to this and giving attention to the men and women who helped save many lives that painful day.
My wife and second son, who was born the day before, were in a hospital not far from the Wisconsin capitol building. I told her they were coming home that day not knowing what else may happen.
Mr. Rogers used to say, "Look for the helpers."
First, some context: I'm a New Yorker who lived in D.C. on that day, the two cities most affected. I have avoided this video for a decade or so, because, not only did I know I would get teary, I knew I would circle the apartment non stop with clenched fists threatening walls and appliances...I had already done so on September 11, and later, when living in Seattle, while watching the movie, "United 93."
But I finally said, "I like Dave," (and he doesn't have those annoying, exaggerated thumbnail reactions that many others do), I'll give it a go. Thanks for covering it.
So far they estimate around 6000 people have died from that ash and dust since then😢
There were also towns in Canada that took in redirected flights from the U S Some for a couple weeks til they could get new flights
I was working in downtown Manhattan that morning . I saw a lot of things .When the first plane hit I said "What an asshole " When the second plane hit I said " This is an attack
"What is odd is that I didn't know anything about this until well after the fact .My wife works in the emergency room of a very large hospital on Long Island . They were told to prepare to receive massive amounts of casualties ,but none came . It was a situation basically where you either got out OK or you were dead .
Thanks for showing this. I was in England at the time. Your hospitality was amazing!
Thanks. Love from usa. Never Forget!
Hi from Indiana! I almost didn't click but I was thinking that I thought you had already reacted to this but then thought it might be her first time seeing so here I am LOL. Thank you for sharing this story.... I was 22 with a 3 month old baby and it was the scariest day of my life.
PS: Thank you, Ash, for those blankets. As a fellow human across the pond, that is a salve to hear. All of these years later.
Thank you for remembering.
It's worth looking through news clips of the day to get an idea of the shock that everyone felt as it happened. Everyone in New York and the local area really helped the victims at the time and for months and years after. There was a huge sense of patriotism, in its best form, throughout the country. I live in California and people were walking around in shock for weeks and we just felt helpless being so far away from the event, but feeling like we were right there emotionally. I truly believe it caused a feeling of depression across the country for years, but people really pulled together, donated and helped in whatever way they could. I still can't watch movies made about 9/11 - it's just too sad. Thanks for learning about this event and reacting to this great video.
I hope you react to gander in Canada n what they did for diverted planes in 9/11
I just posted about this, didn't see your comment or I would have posted it here as a response, I sure hope they react to that, so many people don't even know about it.
My brother and sister-in-law were on those boats. When he called me 9 hours later to say they'd gotten to their home in Hoboken, New Jersey, safely, I asked him what boats were taking people across, thinking it was the ferries or the tour boats. His response was, "Anything that could float." He said the worst feeling he'd had all day, including seeing the north tower collapse, was when they pulled into train stations and the hundreds of faces of family members waiting for the trains, desperately searching every face, looking for their loved ones.
At the time I was an EMT and had gone to the Chelsea Piers where EMS had been established. I can't explain the heartbreaking anxiety we had, waiting for the injured to be brought in. It was assumed the hospitals would be overwhelmed and we would triage, transfer emergent, and hold onto patients who were stable. We cleaned a lot of eyes, a few cuts, had a couple of respiratory patients that had to be taken to a hospital.....but otherwise, the majority of people either made it out rather safely, or didn't make it at all.
Great documentary.
If you haven’t yet, look up video of the Queens Guard on 9/12/01. The Queen that morning ordered her Palace Guard to play OUR national anthem. NEVER until then had a foreign anthem been played at the opening of the day at the Queen’s residence. QEII was pure class, ince WWII.
My sister was in Manhattan when this happened. She was walking down the street filled with dust and ash and gritt after the first building fell. Someone in a little shop opened the door and snatched her inside. She had no real idea of what had happened, and no idea what was still happening. In that little shop that sold drinks, brooms, small toys, cigarettes, just a little of everything under the sun, there were about 20 people sitting on the floor or standing around waiting to see what would happen next. As people wandered by outside the man at the door would reach out and snatch someone else inside. The people already in would hand them a bottle water, a can of soda or cup of coffee, and wait for the next person. At some point the door was just closed when the second building fell and the rush of dust came down the street so hard that two men had to stand against the door to keep it from being blown open. Several people tied cloths around their faces and went out to search for people lost in that nasty gray fog. Most of them stayed in that crowded little shop all night, sleeping on the floor, leaning on each other.
So glad you watched this! Such an amazing story of the everyday men and women stepping up and looking out for one another.
I have seen this so many times and it still brings me to the edge of tears.....
If this doesn't choke you up, you have no soul.
The thing is, we would do the same for you, we share a common thing called empathy. Love to the British people!.
I was an American overseas that day, September 11, 2001. Like a lot of people, I thought it was a video game, a simulator, or a movie. And slowly and in your own time, your mind starts to accept and process it as reality. I was in, well, a very bad place on that day geographically speaking, it was evening, (I went places I never went and did things I never did, for the good guys, if you get my point), surrounded by people who hate America and all things Judaeo Christian. The people surrounding me were loving what they were seeing, laughing, and dancing at the images of the people jumping out of the towers from the top floors, choosing not to be burned alive. etc etc Anyway, because I was 'working' and could not let myself be 'found out', I had to keep all of my anger, frustration, sorrow, the emotional gambit, in check. It was a long time before I could properly express and grieve, but I did get the opportunity to deliver some payback for the souls that suffered that day, and the hearts that continue to suffer to this day. Thank you for your very kind words about the New York boatmen that stepped up that morning. I, and my countrymen and women are the ugly Americans, responsible for half the worlds ills, apparently, and it's cool, righteous, and honorable to speak bad of us, especially a strait middle aged white American, so when someone, anyone, 'gets' us a little bit with a kind word to say, It MEANS A LOT. God bless you.
Dave is so sweet with Ash. What a good guy!
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You should see the movie United flight 93 on 9/11. this would really bring tears to your eyes.
On the other side of the island, people were walking for miles over bridges to get off the island. But there were no bridges available from Lower Manhattan across the bay where the boat lift was taking place.
Airplanes were diverted to Canada. Please watch the the story about Gander, New Foundland. Hundreds of airplanes landed in Gander they stayed until US airspace reopen
Yeah!!!! Glad you've feeling better Ash! 👍😁
Thank you. Everyone outside the US who reacts to these videos often says much like you did "This is hard to watch". It's hard for us to watch as well. But it's so, so important to remember those lost and those who became heroes to display some of humanity's greatest strength.
Thank you for watching even though it's so hard.
The sheer compassion in Ash’s eyes brought me to tears! Much love from your cousin across The Pond 🥹😘🇺🇸
This is my first time watching you two and I am so SO glad that you surprised me. Thank you. In the intro of your video you came off as pretty light hearted (which I understand) but I was very concerned that you might not take this video with the overwhelming seriousness that it deserves. As it continued, I could see that you absolutely felt it's gravity. Thank you. Such a devastating day but I so appreciate your compassion. You presented it beautifully. I will Sub to see what else you've done. Thank you again. ❤
There are two more stories about 9/11 that you might want to consider doing a reaction to in the future. The first is called Operation Yellow Ribbon and is a positive uplifting story. The second story is a sad story and it’s about United Airlines Flight 93. There are numerous videos on UA-cam about United Airlines Flight 93 and they even made two movies about it United 93 and Flight 93. If you do decide to do a reaction to United Airlines Flight 93 I will leave the decision as to what video to react to up to you.
Great respect to you both, thank you for the reaction to this! 👍👍
I'm a USCG brat and I grew up on Governors Island. I'm so proud of all our branches of military but Coasties have such a huge part of my heart. My mom went to the College of Staten Island so we took the GI ferry and the Staten Island ferry often. These mariners are such professionals.
Wow, I never realized that so many came to the rescue. Brave and compassionate people. Heroes.
I remember on that day here in USA I felt like we were all one ,we were American brothers & sisters just one love.. It was personal...
Your reaction is the absolute best one I have seen !!! Love your videos !!❤️
BTW…just subscribed !!
Thanks! 😊
I will never forget. I had just turned 30 and remember it like it just happened. I'll never forget my dad's reaction, born in 1931 and living through WW2 and fighting in Korea, a retired elementary school teacher of 30 years. As soon as it happened, he said "There go our freedoms." He was right.
As a father myself, hearing that guy yelling “does anyone have the baby?!” gets me crying every time
Not only people were rescued on 9/11. People also went into buildings to rescue other peoples animals because they couldn't get to them. I was on my way to an appointment in downtown Atlanta when this happened. I made it to the appointment but the whole city was deserted. Newspapers were blowing around, no traffic, hardly no one on the street. It was a very eerie scene.
New York city, including all 5 borroughs, has a population of 8 million. But, most people who work in Manhattan live in New Jersey and up-state NY such as in Long Island. A lot of the wealthy commute from Connecticut.
Yes there were other buildings damaged and some had to be taken down in the financial section by Wall Street. A Marriott hotel located between the towers completely disappeared. There were airplane wheels and landing gear in the streets and by another hotel.
Everytime it shows all the boats coming after the call went out I get goosebumps
20:26 20:26 he’s exactly right, Ash. That small act of kindness you did was done in the spirit of goodness. And that reverberates through all of us. Doesn’t matter where it ended up. Thank you. ❤
People in the eastern US tend to remember that the weather was beautiful that day. Blue sky, no clouds, the humidity of summer was gone, temperatures were warm, not hot. Even now, people will say that it's a 9/11 type day, weather-wise. The last good memory we had that day.
Thanks for thinking of us.
Just for reference: September is the starts of the School season in NY. It's usually between the 6th and the 9th.
Thank you for sharing this with us❤ OMG makes me want to cry again ❤❤
I was 39 yrs old, at work...it was a surreal day and I lived in Indiana.
09/11 The last time Amercans were truly United. I remember that day. I remember the hospital I worked at..we had to check on all our home oxygen patients incase things got worse.
Great video Dave and partner!
Gets me every time. Thanks for playing the video. ❤️
Thank you both!
Check out the story of little Gander, Newfoundland, Canada that took in 38 airliners & 6K people for near a week when all air space was closed on 9/11.
I've seen this at least 5 times, and it still gets to me! I do live within an hour of NYC, so to say it hits close to home, is an understatement!
Loved this reaction! Something you should watch, (you do not need to react to it) is 102 minutes that changed America. It’s all footage in actual time taken from several different videos taken by civilians. It’s chilling and gives the real story about how people felt.
I did watch your video clip, thankfully short. I still cannot watch longer versions, it’s just to painful after all these years.
A couple of weeks ago remains of two more people were identified. I was not aware that more than one thousand have noy yet been identified in 2023.
i did the maths and the rate of rescue was a bit over 1,000 people rescued every minute.
Thank you for such a heartfelt reaction. That was such a terrible, horrific day. I hated the way it terrorized my children, and we had a very large family. The best man at my wedding was a fire chief who traveled to NYC to work the pile. You can’t imagine what those guys were faced with. He died a little more than a decade later from a brain infection. There were many more victims than just those that died on that day.
My father was in the air that day flying for a work visit. We had no idea what was happening with him until his plane was force landed and he was able to call us. My uncle was in NYC that day with his tractor trailer making deliveries. He saw the first plane hit in his rear view mirror and the first building go down the same way as he was trying to get out. My town is home to an air base and they locked us down immediately and enforced the 2 up 2 down rule for fighter jets. It was scary but it was also the one of two most inspiring few weeks I ever lived through. Looking at our country then, at how we all came together and put aside our differences and push through the challenges and look now it makes me sick to see how much we have changed.
Coming from someone who was there, no one will ever understand the magnitude of this and how much people came together. I, like many others there will never be the same. sounds corny and its said often, I never want another 9/11 but I'd love another 9/12
i watched you react to this with the other two on offices blokes. i was young when it happened but old enough to remember. i will never forget. and also i am from maine and we do have the four seasons here spring, summer, fall ( autumn) and winter. september is the begining of autumn it was when it would start to get cold. thank yu for your reactions
I was in DC when the third plane hit the Pentagon where my husband worked. Luckily , he was out of the office that day, but his colleagues in another building saw the low flying plane go right by their office windows before it hit the Pentagon. I was at home, terrified, thinking we were being bombed as impact explosion was so LOUD.
1st time I've heard about this...
I'm roofer, i was in the north Bronx on an U.S. ARMORY (1 full block), Twin Towns were the size of my pinky, we heard about the 1st plane on the radio and watched the 2nd plane...
The stopping of everything (elevated train #4) was bizarre, then the roar of fighter planes screaming north (in case there were any other planes i guess)...
Worse of times... best of people
and those poor souls in the streets absorbed a lifetime of construction debris in an instant...
There was a photo on the cover of TIME magazine, with the company shirt CSM of his chest, a fellow sheet metal worker, who ran from the midtown area, to the southern tip of Manhattan to assist. He did, and later paid for his efforts, dying from the efforts his kindness.
More people have died from the environmental toxins than the actual attacks...
Yet from the ashes have risen a new area downtown...
I’ve seen this video prior to today but my class also watched this video in class today to remember these heroes too
If you wanna see another rarely-told story about 9/11, there's one about a small Canadian island that became a refuge for thousands of Americans on planes that couldn't land in America. It's called 'Gander'. Even to this day, some of those refugees return to Gander to catch up with their rescuers.
I lived 15min north of Manhattan on 9/11. I saw our local marina CLEARED OUT by boats racing to assist in the lift. Standing on the bank of the Hudson River, watching dozens of boats of all sizes and purposes drag racing toward the island was a sight that cannot be forgotten. The shop the marina had was handing out more life vests to boaters leaving for the lift. Cleared themselves out thousands in inventory stocking boats with vest for babies, kids, and adults. Even wet and dry suits, just in case. If it was useful, the shop employees were tossing them in the boats. You know how in musicals everyone breaks out in highly choreographed dance they never rehearsed? That was the boat lift and that day, NY lived up to its Broadway reputation.
Thank you for keeping the spirit alive.
I'm said to be an old, mean, heartless, bitter bastard and I still cry watching this. I still remember where I was this day, getting ready to go to work. I've seen this before and I still cry. Dave holds together much better than I do, but it's almost impossible for a human being to see this and not get emotional.
And Ash, whatever happened to the things you and your classmates sent from Zimbabwe, what matters is that you cared enough to make the effort. You were compassionate enough and willing enough to try to do something to help some people you had never met and would never know. That's what matters. You did what you could with the hope in your heart that your actions would help. That's the most valuable thing you did: you cared, and you made the effort. That makes you, and all the others who tried to do what they could, wonderful in my mind. I always love and respect those who made a real effort because they cared.
And maybe I'm not so bad as I said at the start. 😛
Manhattan has a resident population of 1.5 million, and a total daytime population of 3.9 million during the work week, and 2.9 million on weekends. This includes commuting workers, local day trip visitors, out of town visitors, hospital patients, and commuting students.
Thanks for sharing this. I'm far away from NY, in Tucson, Arizona. But that day, we were all there in spirit. We were all kind of scared too, not knowing what might happen next. It was so odd, with no planes in the sky. It was surreal. And Americans were so deeply moved by the world's response. Everyone everywhere wanted to help. All of it was appreciated. We were all in shock. It was a day that changed the world.
Absolutely love you two. Great reaction, tears for sure. I've seen this a few times and still makes my heart sink
It was a beautiful September morning.. I live a hour away from Shanksville PA the last plane that crashed in Pennsylvania