9/11: 102 Minutes That Changed America
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I remember the footage of the people jumping... still to this day I don't know what I'd choose. I remember the fear and the sorrow after. I remember a Sikh neighbor being killed for wearing a turban.
There's this 15th anniversary edition focuses more on security footage, including the actual planes hitting
I would also recommend "As It Happened" which are videos compiling the news coverage on the day it happened
I would also recommend "As It Happened" which are videos compiling the news coverage on the day it happened
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Presented without comment. I try to re-watch it every year.
Still feel 100 percent unreal watching it now even though I watched it happen live that day.
Yeah 102minutes is the one I go to, even bought a DVD a few years back. Strictly from peoples points of view, incredible harrowing footage that really captures the shock of it all over again. Fuck… just horrible.
I came across this recently too which I've never seen. Footage from right there across the plaza. The audio alone is terrifying. All the bullshit conspiracies about explosions going off when it's really the sickening sound every time of body after body hitting the ground. https://youtu.be/9rgMvMuKW5M I cry anytime I see those jumpers in videos, I can't fucking imagine…
I came across this recently too which I've never seen. Footage from right there across the plaza. The audio alone is terrifying. All the bullshit conspiracies about explosions going off when it's really the sickening sound every time of body after body hitting the ground. https://youtu.be/9rgMvMuKW5M I cry anytime I see those jumpers in videos, I can't fucking imagine…
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Presented without comment. I try to re-watch it every year.
I rewatch this, the as-it-happened broadcasts, even the ATC/norad tapes every year and I am not even sure why. That day is seared in my mind and I could never forget it.
this year though I made the mistake of watching that bush propaganda piece apple is pushing
I'll watch it tomorrow like I always do. I was up at 5:30am on the west coast that day and watched almost all of it happen in real-time. Just an absolutely surreal day.
I personally always hate the "it unified the country" talk because depending on your skin tone and perceived religion it did NOT
Tried watching the video of events as it happened. Really hard to sit through.
I was in high school when 9/11 happened. I had to wake up early for marching band practice. None of us knew what had happened until the second plane hit.
I think we finished up practice but once we went inside, all classes were suspended and everyone was glued to all the TVs in every classroom. The footage that came out as the minutes, hours and days rolled on was so profoundly sad and defeating.
Absolutely surreal. My high school career was sort of bookended by two massive tragedies: Columbine during the end of my freshman year and 9/11 at the start of my senior year.
For a brief moment it really seemed like the world came together to mourn along with all Americans and that's when it really dawned on me how beloved my country was by the international community. I wish we could go back to that feeling, the feeling that we were one global community looking out for each other. As sick and disturbing as the attack on 9/11 was, I'll always hold on to that feeling and I'll keep on hoping we can get back to that place again one day. It's just tragic that it took such a horrendous act to bring us all together.
I was in high school when 9/11 happened. I had to wake up early for marching band practice. None of us knew what had happened until the second plane hit.
I think we finished up practice but once we went inside, all classes were suspended and everyone was glued to all the TVs in every classroom. The footage that came out as the minutes, hours and days rolled on was so profoundly sad and defeating.
Absolutely surreal. My high school career was sort of bookended by two massive tragedies: Columbine during the end of my freshman year and 9/11 at the start of my senior year.
For a brief moment it really seemed like the world came together to mourn along with all Americans and that's when it really dawned on me how beloved my country was by the international community. I wish we could go back to that feeling, the feeling that we were one global community looking out for each other. As sick and disturbing as the attack on 9/11 was, I'll always hold on to that feeling and I'll keep on hoping we can get back to that place again one day. It's just tragic that it took such a horrendous act to bring us all together.
9/11 did not bring us all together, that is a fantasy sold to you by corporate media.
It made people insanely blood thirsty for war and if fueled violent racism towards anyone of middle eastern decent. I mean, as recent as Obama's presidency, being Muslim was turned into being perceived as evil. 9/11 is a huge reason for that. This country did everything it could to throw Islam and Middle Easterners under the bus.
Bush Jr took advantage of this and invaded Iraq.
It was also opened a window that the government took, to have carte blanche surveillance over all of it's citizens.
It certainly did not make this country better in any way, shape, or form.
All I remember experiencing was extreme jingoism and war drums.
It's something I genuinely felt though. The country and world at large was spilt as we entered a decades long war on terror, I'm not disputing that, but there was a brief moment in the immediate aftermath when it felt to me like we were unified by grief, sadness, and anger.
It absolutely did not bring us together. Living in SF I know most middle eastern and Muslim people were terrified that someone would blame them and hurt them. It was open season on racism towards middle eastern people in one of the most liberal cities in the United States. Took years for that mentality to go away
I lived in the whitest upper-middle class suburb imaginable in 2001 and I can tell you even from that bubble that this absolutely did not bring us together. There were reports within 24 hours of the attack of increased acts of hatred against anyone slightly brown or darker. Some of you were either too young at the time or extremely sheltered.
To claim 9/11 was some sort of kumbaya moment is honestly pretty fucking insulting to the people who died in the attacks.
I don't mean to discount anyone else's experiences but I am a brown American and that's how I remember feeling at the time.
Honestly to me the world can be summed up in two parts, before 9/11 and after 9/11. This was my second week of high school. I had no knowledge of politics or even really the larger world around me.
This kind of woke me up a bit, and arguably this even lead to a worse world due to endless wars and massive racism.
This kind of woke me up a bit, and arguably this even lead to a worse world due to endless wars and massive racism.
9/11: As Events Unfold
The events of 9/11 as they unfolded through actual audio of First Responders, Air Traffic Controllers, Dispatch Personnel, Airline Employees, Pilots, Citizen...
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3:29 in this, call into the operator just before collapse
UGH
I dont know about anyone else, but post 9/11 I lived in a part of the country were people were viciously attacked based on the color of their skin or perceived nationality. And that doesnt even begin to get into the larger reality of wealthy white politicians and businessmen who enriched themselves and/or expanded their vision for American influence on the back of an immense tragedy. The aftermath of 9/11 brought forth some of the worst examples of the human condition.
At 15 years old I was already pretty plugged into politics and world events, but this still really jolted me and had a big impact on how I viewed things.
But hey, let's humanize Bush because he is a pleasant man and a great painter.
If only Gore had won the 2000 election. Not saying 9/11 wouldn't have happened under a Gore presidency, but he most likely wouldn't have invaded Iraq or enacted the Patriot Act. He may not even have invaded Afghanistan.
RIP to all the 9/11 victims.
If only Gore had won the 2000 election. Not saying 9/11 wouldn't have happened under a Gore presidency, but he most likely wouldn't have invaded Iraq or enacted the Patriot Act. He may not even have invaded Afghanistan.
RIP to all the 9/11 victims.
As others have said, one of those events that you always remember where you were when you first heard ... I was in the canteen of the warehouse I was working in at the time and it just didn't seem real watching the footage. I remember coming home after my shift and just being glued to the TV all evening.
I certainly feel it's the most significant moment I've witnessed in my lifetime. Even watching the documentary now it seems surreal.
I certainly feel it's the most significant moment I've witnessed in my lifetime. Even watching the documentary now it seems surreal.
Found through waybackmachine, a copy of the 9/11 topic as it happened, on the old Gaming Age Forum.
Internet Archive version of a saved copy
I didn't post in there on that day (or at the time the topic got saved by, I think GoodCow was their name). My job at the time didn't provide internet, and cell phones didn't really have internet capabilities like they do now.
Internet Archive version of a saved copy
I didn't post in there on that day (or at the time the topic got saved by, I think GoodCow was their name). My job at the time didn't provide internet, and cell phones didn't really have internet capabilities like they do now.
There's a YouTube channel that's just an archive of raw, upscaled and cleaned-up footage from the day of. It's stunning in it's clarity, it feels like it's happening right now. I gotta admit I kind of got sucked into a dark hole of watching these, seeing things this clear without chyrons and narration and talking heads is just staggering. Warning: you will see people jumping, probably more clearly than you ever have.
It also has the entire raw footage from Jules Naudet, albeit in shit quality. He was the only camera to catch the first plane impact, following a group of firefighters that are the first to walk in the doors of WTC.
Seeing this kind of footage, it really makes you consider how other horrifying atrocities actually went down outside of the sterile prose of history texts.
It also has the entire raw footage from Jules Naudet, albeit in shit quality. He was the only camera to catch the first plane impact, following a group of firefighters that are the first to walk in the doors of WTC.
Seeing this kind of footage, it really makes you consider how other horrifying atrocities actually went down outside of the sterile prose of history texts.
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I didn't feel like anyone "came together" or "unified" when everyone was staring daggers at me as I walked down the street the weeks after 9/11, just because I was brown.
I do remember fearing for my life for days straight after 9/11. That I remember very well.
Precisely what I'm talking about.
The moment the firefighter holding the walkie realizes that's the building coming down above them is fucking chilling. It's insane that they made it out. They made a split second decision to run that saved them.
I still remember this footage clearly and it's been a long time since I've watched it.
I want to find this person and tell them how much of a tool they were for posting this in that thread.
What I thought when reading too, but I was actually surprised seeing that others were talking about how senseless retaliation will only cause more problems. But a lot of them are on their "they will regret this" shit
Was at work and ran to the TV only to see the 2nd plane crash into the other tower..... My bosses mother was flying out of New York minutes before it all happened too.
At first I thought I was watching a movie trailer.... Then saw them all collapse. Was a horrifying ordeal.
At first I thought I was watching a movie trailer.... Then saw them all collapse. Was a horrifying ordeal.
The Falling Man | Behind The Photo | 100 Photos | TIME
Most images of 9/11 depict destruction on a massive scale. But Richard Drew’s quiet picture of one man falling from the towers conveys the tragedy of every l...
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This is absolutely fascinating and feels like reading a historical document in several different ways. Even in those first few pages of posts you have people wanting to unleash hell, people saying they hope Bush has restraint...
I don't know if 'thanks' is the right word but... yeah... interesting read.