I was smoking weed in a work van six blocks from The world trade centers that morning, we were parked in an alley 30 minutes early. I noticed people running in One Direction so I told the guys I’ll be right back to see what was going on I went down the alley and looked down the street to see one of the World trade center buildings on fire. I ran back to the van and the guys had the radio on so they already knew what happened. We all got out the van and started walking toward the scene when a second plane came from behind the buildings and nailed the second building the fireball was over our heads and all sorts of debris was falling around us. I noticed a lot of Burnt people were leaving the area when one of the building starting to fall I never ran so fast in my life. I keep remembering the smoke cloud coming toward us I jumped in the doorway of a store with a bunch of other strangers and duct as the smoke cloud hit us all. We all were choking eyes were burning hard to breathe it was eerily quiet all you can see was faint emergency vehicle lights through the thick dust in the air. 😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓 I will never forget that day I was 21 years old I’m 40 years old now and it’s for that reason only why I left New York City I love you New York I miss you God bless all those people who lost loved ones, I volunteered the first six days to help look for people but after two days it was obvious no one would be found alive. Thank you for making this video VICE I ended up with thousands of people walking over the Brooklyn Bridge covered in dust and coughing I never want to go through anything like that again, nobody should ever go through that.
I met the Ltjg that made that call over the radio that day. He then proceeded to organize the entire lift until he was relieved later that day by a higher rank
Don’t feel bad. It doesn’t get talked about much. It should be because it was simply awesome. The way they did it and at the speed they did it. Amazing.
You rescued me. Thank you. I was stuck at a chain link fence by the water and saw the boats coming. It was quite an operation. We were able to get on a boat just before the second tower came down.
I'm so sorry about the traumatic things you had to witness that day. I saw it on TV from Missouri and I was devastated and it still breaks me thinking about it to this day. Bless you❤
My husband and I were 2 of the 500,000 rescued out of Manhattan in the boat evacuation that day. Yes, it was an amazing feat, yes, those in the maritime industry who participated are heroes, and yes, this story should be made into a movie.
If you had found yourself in Battery Park/Battery Park City area when the towers came down, you'd understand why that word is completely appropriate and accurate. I won't be commenting further. @traybern
You helped my mother and father get home to me and my younger brother in New Jersey on that day. I was 4 years old and he was 7 months old… my family cannot thank you enough.
I was at school on 68th st that day and my dad was at work on 59th st. He walked up, grabbed me, and we walked a few blocks over to his friends apartment in trump towers. We were stuck in Manhattan for two days. Immediately after everyone realizing it was an attack, not an accident, authorities shut down all roadways and ferries for getting off the island. Besides what he said about the tunnels flooding and subways beneath the towers collapsing, it was feared there were terrorists on the ground and they didn't want them to be able to escape. I NEVER hear that part of the story talked about. Ever. But a lot of people were stuck on Manhattan for a couple days. Also, it rained ash through the boroughs for a month or two afterward. Also, people openly sobbed buying groceries, walking to work, going thru daily life for a long time afterwards. It was rough.
There is a documentary about this, narrated by Tom Hanks. I saw it once and have never seen it on TV again. This is such a great story, it should be on every year. I also saw another documentary about the air flight controllers and the effort it took to land all the planes to prevent another hijacking. This was very fascinating as well, but again it was only on once and I never saw it again.
When the coast guard made the call to all available boats and all those boats came, it was incredible. It brings a tear to my eye to watch all those boats show up and help. Regular people risking their lives to save many people from danger.
I was 21 years old, I remember exactly what I was doing that day. I had to go to court for street racing and had a court date at 9am just hearing a few details. Did 3 days in jail and had no TVs. When I got out, I was absolutely shocked at what happened.
I love the last line where he says "The world can change in an instant, just be ready to respond and have a positive impact." He certainly embodied that statement on 9/11.
My cousin worked in the pentagon. She was a forensic accountant who was just given field duty. Finally what she wanted. To be in the action. She had a meeting in the office where the plane hit but forgot her folder in the car. She went to get her folders turned around and saw the plane hit. She to this day says something collapsed inside her and never was the same when she saw almost all of her coworkers offices hit by the plane/fires.
I grew up in Jersey just outside the city. Now I'm a history teacher and realizing the similarities between this and the evacuation of Dunkirk in WWII. Definitely makes history all seem a lot closer to home.
If you see the films of that day, literally millions of people walked home over bridges as well. The subway didn't start running until the next day. It was an awful day but people really helped one another. Not just first responders but regular people. If people had room in their cars they stopped and took older and sick people with them. People handed out water (it was a hot day). It was a horrific day that mostly brought the best out in my city.
I was in 6th grade and all of sudden I get called to the main lobby to get picked up over the loud speaker and then it doesn’t stop speaking random names for pick up, it was crazy. Just surprised how fast my mom was, to be the first one there.
Subways, ferries, roadways, and bridges were closed off because there were fears that terrorists were on the ground, and authorities did not want them to be able to escape. Cell phones were new luxuries at that time and all the phone lines were jammed. So yeah people were freaking out and stuck for a day or two.
Id imagine most people just ran up towards midtown or past central park. The people who got boats were probably the ones who ran to streets around the financial district and were surrounded by the debris cloud. If an attack happened I midtown too taking out say the empire state ... that would have been utter chaos as a million people would have been trapped between the financial district and midtown. That would have been a hard evacuation
I never knew about this effort by mariners to evacuate thousands off of lower Manhattan. Too many have since died from their exposure to 9/11 toxins. I’m glad this man was able to kick that cancer’s ass and have many more years with loved ones. Seeing all of those vessels plowing toward Manhattan…wow. Good lord…20 years, already.
I was just a baby when this happened. Watching any unedited footage just feels like watching a fucking movie. It doesnt register for a couple seconds that this actually fucking happened.
@@val13c59 The event was real, but the story isn’t. The buildings couldn’t possibly collapse perfectly downwards if the planes really were capable of pushing them. It was proven later to be an inside job by George Bush. May the deceased rest in peace. Yet, I’m upset that the main reason for this event was to indirectly force the media to make muslims look terrible and ngl, nice job. Everyone despises them.
I went to high school with Peter Johansen. I am so impressed and grateful for what he did for NY and everyone during 9/11. So glad to hear that he is remission. A big heartfelt thank you to him and all the other heroes of 9/11.
The pictures of all kinds of boats speeding towards the towers are amazing. Fishing, dredging, sightseeing, even people with their personal speed boats. Everyone had a common goal
One of the most moving pieces I’ve seen of that day. This perspective brought a different realism to the reality and fear individuals on the ground we’re facing. So many heros that day we don’t even know about.
Everytime I watch something about 9/11 my heart aches and I'm not even American.. I'll always remember this day... I watched the news when I was a kid.. it's so unbelievable
Its even sadder that the buildings collapsed The way they did because they had to detonate emergency charges to ensure the building didn't collapse sideways and kill even more people by taking out neighboring buildings. They blew up a 3rd building as well and have never admitted if it read an accident or what happened.
@@aFlockOfOrfans there was no controlled demo. Buildings are designed to crumple straight down when they fail. If they weren't, we'd have had _several_ buildings crushed by falling buildings.
You left out, “once they are carefully wired with explosives, they can fall straight down”, didn’t you? Otherwise, the shell of the building will remain standing.
I tell people this story all the time and they are always amazed and surprised because it was never really talked about. ....what these people did for the evacuation was nothing short of a miracle
It’s a fantastic story and these people saved lives, I bet. Imagine if they HADN’T been able to evacuate around 500,000 people? I’m sure things would’ve been much worse and they were bad enough.
Keep sharing ! I’m from Minnesota, was in kindergarten at the time of the attack, I have never heard of this story but will now share with others here! They are heroes!
I live right across the Hudson in New Jersey. That day will be engrained in my mind forever. I was in gym class. My teacher told us to all stay seated. I heard my name over the intercom to come to the office, there my mother picked me up and we walked outside. We could see the smoke from the skyline. I saw jets fly over our heads. My father managed to come home from Staten Island, where he worked. I’ll never forget him sitting all of us down and explaining to my young mind what just happened. I went into my room and cried. I was 8 years old. I knew so many people just died but I didn’t understand who would do this or why. As a family trip, two weeks prior.. we took a ferry over to lower Manhattan and visited the towers. Now they were gone. It was mind blowing and devastating. 9/11 changed my perception of everything. It changed our lives. Bless these hero’s who helped bring people to safety.
I was 8 years old as well!! 1993 babies! I am from NJ, I remembered my father sat me and my brothers down and tried to explain what happened. I am watching these documentary's to grasp this as a adult. Wow it is just horrific.
Yup, was about the same age in Jersey too. It was crazy… and before school let us out they had to make sure they could get a hold of parents who they knew worked in lower Manhattan. Such a sad and crazy day especially as a child and having barely any clue what was going on and why everyone was upset at first. Our class was closest to the principal’s office and the principal called our teacher out to the hall and when she came back in she was all red in the face and cried in front of us. She vaguely told us that something and happened in NYC. I can’t remember what exactly but also most people didn’t know exactly what was going on at first. It wasn’t until I got home that I first saw the images on the TV and started to understand what exactly happened. My dad had seen the first tower smoking from his office then saw the second plane hit. As soon as that happened he left to come home and good thing because it he hadn’t he wouldn’t have gotten home til late in the night or the next morning like most people in the city. All of the phone lines were jammed from people trying to call other people so my parents had to email each other to keep in touch. My Grandfather is buried next to Todd Beamer who helped fight to regain control of Flight 93.
I just realized I was almost 14 then.. crazy how this influenced my whole memory on my youth. The hate towards people of color and muslims, I started to notice and suffer from after this 😔
I was a Freshman in High School, sitting in my 2nd hour Art class. I remember hearing about a plane hitting the first tower and thinking it had to be a smaller Cessna type aircraft. Then after hearing about the second plane, we all knew it was something much more significant. That day will always be remembered so vividly. Thanks for sharing this story.
I had finished high/secondary school and was doing a course at a training center, that day was half a day. So it got to lunch time and just as I was leaving the staff mentioned about a plane hitting one of the towers. I thought the same it must be a small airplane, probably a private plane or something. I was still living at home and when I got back to the house my mum met me at the door, said it was all over the tv stations. I said I’d heard it was a small plane, no it’s a full on commercial 747 type. Then the second plane hit and we knew that was going to change everything. Just sat and watched all afternoon not knowing how such an evil act could happen and scared of what it would lead to.
My father was a nyc corrections officer for the harbor unit at the time. He came in on his off day drove his work boat and helped evacuate people. Wish he was still around to see this documentary
“The world can change in an instant. Be ready to respond and to have a positive impact.” All the feels right now. Please everyone, share more love into the world, even when the situation doesn’t deserve it.
That day just seeing all those boats. Even people with their own private boats. Was just amazing. The way everyone was helping everyone. That day. Majority didn’t care about your race, gender or creed that day. It all about saving the person next to you. Holding strangers hands. Being carried by strangers, hugging strangers. They way the city came together was mind blowing.
Yes, and they did just that! Americans like always responded to those in need without question, did not have to ask twice. As a country we are good and decent, willing to help anybody without regard to race, color, ethnicity.... Thank you to the Coast Guard, fisherman, tug boat operators and all those blue collar men and women who only thought of saving others first. Your efforts will always be remembered. You were able to bring over 500,000 home safe.
I had just turned 9 years old. I was in school on Long Island in the 4th grade. My teacher kept leaving the room to go to the library and watch the news on tv. Kids started being pulled out of school early, but I had no idea what was going on. I got home from school with my older sister, and my mom is running up our driveway towards us crying, screaming, that NYC was under attack and they were blowing up the city. I have never seen my mom so scared in my entire life, never again since then either. I asked if my dad was okay, he worked in NYC (not in the Towers). She didn't know - it was impossible to get in contact with anyone there, at that point. He, of course, was unable to get off the island until much, much later that night. He did contact us at some point and he was okay. He didn't work in the Towers but of course, no one knew what was going to happen next. A neighbor of ours worked in the Towers. His name was Kevin Cosgrove and he didn't make it out. His 911 call is one of the most harrowing things I've ever heard. It might still be on TH-cam. I can't listen to it again. Watching stuff from that day is so hard - it's so painful, and so sad. I have never gotten used to or numb to these scenes of horror. But what happened after - The War on Terror - is even sadder. The death and destruction that came from this attack is immeasurable. It has ruined so many lives and still continues to do so. I hope one day we can have peace, but I think I know better than that. It is nice to see that there was some good, some comradery, and some human understanding that came out of that day.
@@sageninja7260 His older daughter was in the same grade as my older sister. His younger daughter was in kindergarten when I was in 5th grade. They paired 5th graders and kindergartners and she was my "buddy." They were a lovely family, it's so tragic what happened to him. It was a hard time.
Can you imagine being in that huge crowd of people, no hope of leaving Manhattan, and all of a sudden, you see all these boats coming to help you? I have chills. Thank you for bringing hope to a day that felt hopeless.
I moved to New York 2 weeks before 9/11. I was going to become a part of the SSA program at Windows on the World. I had my final interview and testing on Monday, September 10, 2001. I wasn't scheduled to come back to the tower until 2pm on the 11th. That day changed my life. I fled NY and went back to Texas after being away since college. I've never left home again. I can hardly watch these clips. All I remember is debris and jumpers. I still have remnants of PTSD. I can only imagine what most natives feel. These videos break my heart. Why do I watch?
I teared up watching this. 20 years later. My heart goes out to everyone in the world who's had to endure loss of loved ones do to war and unjust acts such as this. I'm a New Yorker ,, but was upstate. That was a surreal, eye opening day
Thanks for sharing! I was 7 years old and lived in Saint Petersburg, Russia during that time. I don't remember how we heard about the incident in the first place, but I remember my dad turning on the TV. After few minutes, unfortunately, our power went out. Somehow, somewhere my dad found a gas generator and set it next to a window with an extension cord and plug in the TV. I was an unreal experience. I will never forget that day
Of all the 9/11 docs and stuff I’ve watched I’ve never heard these peoples stories. It was heart warming seeing everyone come together to help each other out. True heroes
America needs to remember this time when we stood together, despite our differences. We have it in us to unite & overcome the most horrific of times. 💙🇺🇸❤️
i was 2 years old long island when it happened, any my mam, a real new yorker, always talks about how united and together everyone was after it happened. everyone treated each other like family.
I was a baby when this happened, but I grieve this as much as any other American citizen. Every year around this date I make sure to refresh my knowledge of this tragedy and remember the ones lost, and the ones left behind and still suffering. To all who personally experienced the horrors of that day 20 years ago the dead and living both, I give all of my well wishes and prayers for their peace. We will never forget that day when the whole of America came together as a family united in grief, and held each other up through the days after.
My mom’s college best friend’s husband was one of the pilots on the plane that crashed near the Pentagon. His funeral was one of the saddest events I’ve been to. He was a hero, just like each one of the boat pilots during the boat lift rescue.
This is absolutely incredible. Footage of the boats rolling in. Outstanding. Never knew the second plane circled around the statue and back to the tower. What a nightmare.
The fact so many people came with their boats means the world to me. Seriously, thank you to all the people who came. You are just as important as first responders, you were servicemen and servicewomen of the national guard that day. I hope you and your families are immensely proud of you.
Chills every time I watch this footage. R.I.P to the thousands of innocent people that had their lives torn apart or ended on that day. Respect to everyone who risked, or lost their own lives helping the people there. Let's hope something like this never happens again.
My grandpa had a meeting in one of the towers at 9 o’clock and it got cancelled that morning, he worked in the building right next door, he said he looked over eight as the plane crashed cause he heard a really loud noise coming at them
On that very horrific and heartbreaking day one thing that shined bright was the love that people had for each other. People gave there lives to help others. I never saw this video and thank you to the captains on the Hudson.
What a kind hearted soul ❤️ I was only 5 on 9/11 but living in NJ near the Hudson river, I remember pieces of that day. I had no idea what was going on, but it felt significant enough to store memories of it in my head, my school shutting down and gathering us in the cafeteria and parents running in screaming, grabbing their kids and waiting for my mom to come. I was lucky to not know anyone who worked in the towers. Unreal, RIP.
Same here. I would have been about the same age. The world really changed for all of us that day. I think I realized how bad some people can really be in this world. So sad. And such a sad chain of events since...
This makes me so proud. I was on the other coast on a US Naval vessel on patrol off of LAX immediately afterwards, and I'd never heard of this until today.
I was 6 years old in FL... my teacher put it on the tv and cried....we all cried... i was so young but....its the only major disaster i can clearly remember... the images on that tv.... rest in peace
we did leave firefighters who ran into the buildings and who caught lung cancer out to die though... 'How are we going to pay for it??" said a certain turtle named Mitch M...
those brave americans died as martyrs. for God's sake if we can't find the money to care for these heroes take it out of McConnel's paycheck. they ran into two burning and collapsing skyscrapers to save people they didn't even know. if that's not bravery then I don't know what is.
I was an adult working in NYC when this happened. I knew several people who died in the Towers. And I knew there were water evacuations but had no clue it was the largest in history. I was proud of how my city handled this awful day, there were lots of stories of people helping others both big and small. New York and New Yorkers are not perfect, but for the most part we really try to help out or friends and neighbors in rough times.
I'm from Sweden. I was 12 years old and just got home to my dad's apartment (on a Tuesday which I remember vividly) with my best friend. My dad was watching the news coverage on TV. I didn't really understand what happened. I basically just thought that two buildings had been destroyed.
I was 7 years old in Mexico, I remember getting ready for school and watching the news and seeing the first tower on fire. After school that day we gathered at my grandma's house and we were all watching the news. I will never forget.
It’s always wild to me even being an adult now how the news of 9/11 rocked the entire world. I’ve heard stories of people in London learning of 9/11, Australians waking up and hearing of it. Just everyone cared. Everyone was on one side for a while, at least. It’s really heartwarming.
I remember watching a video about the boat rescue for the first time back in 5th grade. I still love hearing about it because it shows how even strangers can come together in a moments notice to help others.
I cannot believe it has almost been 20 years. Thats half of my life. And to be honest, this has really and will always remain the most impactful world event of my life (barring, god forbid, something worse happening). I was just at such an impressionable age when it happened, 21. Wow.
God, this is so beautiful. I'm crying for the lives lost again, but I'm bawling for the displays of humanity shown here. To be there, and to keep going back, and to keep putting yourself in that....it shows the truest form of selflessness. I hope we never have to deal with something that tragic again, but, if we do, we'd better have people like this man in the area. A true American hero.
The fact that people stopped what they were doing and came to help their fellow man, didn't think about the cost, didn't think about the credit, just went to help people is something incredible that came from such a horrible, terrible day.
This is really touching. It’s amazing that people will do more for people; than the people living in the high places. Makes me think of the story of “The Little ships of Dunkirk”.
When the worst of humanity is met with the best. None of these people with boats had to put themselves out to go help. Honestly though, watching this puts a lump in my throat. Beautiful and selfless people need to be acknowledged. To all those involved in helping the people running for their lives, thank you.
I remember my dad walking me up early for school saying we are being attacked. We still went to school that day, my best friend learned in 2 period his dad was missing, he ended up being dead but we didnt know that yet. It was a truly weird day being a 10 or 11 at the time I had a idea how serious this was but had no idea it would shape our world and freedoms.
The more I learn about this tragedy, it truly shows how NY came together immediately and the countryman came rushing in. Humanity’s finest show themselves in the truly darkest hours. Blessed be the lives lost, the families, everyone affected by this. ❤️
More heroic people! I'm just learning about them now. I want to know every hero and every person who lost their lives so they are never forgotten. I was in high school when this happened. It was the first time in my life that I didn't feel safe. I remember when the world stood still. Nothing has been the same since.
The "Call to action", and response time gives me chills... i grew up on the water in Westchester NY, we had friends who took boats in.... we all saw smoke for over a month.... I was 12, and this day still haunts me... I thought dad was in trouble as I attempted to call via pay phone from boarding school for 16hrs....
My dad was at 101 Barclay Street when the planes hit... he was in the lobby of 1 Wall Street when the buildings collapsed, and ended up walking across the Brooklyn Bridge on the other side of Manhattan and got home surprisingly early. We thought he was dead for a couple of hours not knowing how anyone could have survived that war zone until he was able to call... I still remember him walking up to our house and taking off his shoes and emptying the dust onto our front lawn. He had dust in his shoes and in all his pockets.
That’s one day that I will never forget. I was living with my mom and stepdad and had 3 kids in school. My mom had left for a preop before she could have a surgery done so they weren’t home. As soon as I saw the news I began panicking and drove to my kid’s’ schools to pick them up. They kept asking what was going on, and I just told them that I would show them when we got home. I was never so scared like I was that day.
i remember i was small and i was out that day when i came home my dad said they have attacked the towers didn't understand what happened that day but now i do, watching this brought tears to my eyes wish well for all americans respect frome iran.🙏🙏
One thing everyone collectively remembers about 9/11 was the weather. I remember the weather perfectly that morning. It was just an absolutely perfect day. There wasn’t one cloud in the sky. It was perfect temperature for an early sept day. Wasn’t too hot. Wasn’t too cold. No humidity (which is unusual here on Long Island that time of year). Just a perfect, late summer day. I remember waking up and really taking note of how beautiful the day was when I got in my car that morning. Whenever I watch any of these videos, the weather of the day is always mentioned. We don’t have many perfect days like that. Everything about the day was perfect…..until a little after 8:30am. Rest in peace to all we lost.
The boatlift is an example of what we can do when called on to be our best selves. If we can all try to be like those boat captains on a daily basis, our world will be a beautiful place.
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I was smoking weed in a work van six blocks from The world trade centers that morning, we were parked in an alley 30 minutes early.
I noticed people running in One Direction so I told the guys I’ll be right back to see what was going on I went down the alley and looked down the street to see one of the World trade center buildings on fire. I ran back to the van and the guys had the radio on so they already knew what happened. We all got out the van and started walking toward the scene when a second plane came from behind the buildings and nailed the second building the fireball was over our heads and all sorts of debris was falling around us. I noticed a lot of Burnt people were leaving the area when one of the building starting to fall I never ran so fast in my life. I keep remembering the smoke cloud coming toward us I jumped in the doorway of a store with a bunch of other strangers and duct as the smoke cloud hit us all. We all were choking eyes were burning hard to breathe it was eerily quiet all you can see was faint emergency vehicle lights through the thick dust in the air. 😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓😓
I will never forget that day I was 21 years old I’m 40 years old now and it’s for that reason only why I left New York City I love you New York I miss you God bless all those people who lost loved ones, I volunteered the first six days to help look for people but after two days it was obvious no one would be found alive. Thank you for making this video VICE I ended up with thousands of people walking over the Brooklyn Bridge covered in dust and coughing I never want to go through anything like that again, nobody should ever go through that.
VICE where can I find the rest of the Audio from the USCG? Is there a link to a USCG Archive somewhere?
Has you asked Google what is the maximum temperature of burning aviation fuel...???
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Quit selling yourselves to the people responsible for this tragedy.
That call to action from the Coast Guard was one of the most badasss things I’ve ever heard
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Love from Nepal to that coast guard ❤🇳🇵
Truth....true moment of humanity working together without a pause
I met the Ltjg that made that call over the radio that day. He then proceeded to organize the entire lift until he was relieved later that day by a higher rank
It’s like Dunkirk
20 years later and I’m just learning about these boat evacuations. Wow.
same 😳
Don’t feel bad. It doesn’t get talked about much. It should be because it was simply awesome. The way they did it and at the speed they did it. Amazing.
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@@jpmnky probably because They new it was going to happen?th-cam.com/video/igX7Z8VstN4/w-d-xo.html
Me too
You rescued me. Thank you. I was stuck at a chain link fence by the water and saw the boats coming. It was quite an operation. We were able to get on a boat just before the second tower came down.
How are you doing now?
God bless you, Karin. I'm so fkng glad you made it away from that absolute horror. I'm so sorry you had to go through that! 😭❤🤍💙
I'm so sorry about the traumatic things you had to witness that day. I saw it on TV from Missouri and I was devastated and it still breaks me thinking about it to this day. Bless you❤
So happy to hear you made it out safely.
I'm so glad made it out❤️
My husband and I were 2 of the 500,000 rescued out of Manhattan in the boat evacuation that day. Yes, it was an amazing feat, yes, those in the maritime industry who participated are heroes, and yes, this story should be made into a movie.
🙏🏾.
Yes! I would watch that. It should be called “One Hand.”
If you had found yourself in Battery Park/Battery Park City area when the towers came down, you'd understand why that word is completely appropriate and accurate. I won't be commenting further. @traybern
@@christinastanton3263 Can people have suffocated in the dust?
@traybernDon't be that person
You helped my mother and father get home to me and my younger brother in New Jersey on that day. I was 4 years old and he was 7 months old… my family cannot thank you enough.
So glad they were able to get home that day xo
So glad your family was blessed that day🌈🙏💜
This is my first time hearing of this portion of the tragedy.
Thanks.
Same, it's amazing and so heartwarming
I was at school on 68th st that day and my dad was at work on 59th st. He walked up, grabbed me, and we walked a few blocks over to his friends apartment in trump towers. We were stuck in Manhattan for two days. Immediately after everyone realizing it was an attack, not an accident, authorities shut down all roadways and ferries for getting off the island. Besides what he said about the tunnels flooding and subways beneath the towers collapsing, it was feared there were terrorists on the ground and they didn't want them to be able to escape. I NEVER hear that part of the story talked about. Ever. But a lot of people were stuck on Manhattan for a couple days. Also, it rained ash through the boroughs for a month or two afterward. Also, people openly sobbed buying groceries, walking to work, going thru daily life for a long time afterwards. It was rough.
IKR? how have we not heard about this?? America was TRULY united that day
Same here, never heard of this until today, just wow
There is a documentary about this, narrated by Tom Hanks. I saw it once and have never seen it on TV again. This is such a great story, it should be on every year. I also saw another documentary about the air flight controllers and the effort it took to land all the planes to prevent another hijacking. This was very fascinating as well, but again it was only on once and I never saw it again.
I walked 17 miles to get home. I can't even complain because so many never made it home. RIP to ALL our lost souls, you will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!
So glad you made it home! NEVER FORGET 🇺🇸
When the coast guard made the call to all available boats and all those boats came, it was incredible. It brings a tear to my eye to watch all those boats show up and help. Regular people risking their lives to save many people from danger.
I’m sitting here in tears right now for the same reason. I was looking for someone’s comment to add mine too. ❤
@@kmsleyang1980crying too at 5:21 love from the Philippines! 💙
One American brother helping another American brother
I was 21 years old, I remember exactly what I was doing that day. I had to go to court for street racing and had a court date at 9am just hearing a few details. Did 3 days in jail and had no TVs. When I got out, I was absolutely shocked at what happened.
what? every jail has tvs.
@@soulfly3438 not back then
Street racing.. so romantic, so 90's!!
Can't fool me! I saw Tokyo Drift too you trickster!
Are you Brian O’Conner or smthng?
I love the last line where he says "The world can change in an instant, just be ready to respond and have a positive impact." He certainly embodied that statement on 9/11.
My cousin worked in the pentagon. She was a forensic accountant who was just given field duty. Finally what she wanted. To be in the action. She had a meeting in the office where the plane hit but forgot her folder in the car. She went to get her folders turned around and saw the plane hit. She to this day says something collapsed inside her and never was the same when she saw almost all of her coworkers offices hit by the plane/fires.
It was a missile that hit the pentagon. No plane debris.
@@AprilEdwardss jet fuel something something steel beams
@@MW2KillCamsCinema 🙄
@@MW2KillCamsCinema true its very sad
Omg that is crazy. I'm so glad she wasn't in there. I hope she's been able to recover 😔🙏
I grew up in Jersey just outside the city. Now I'm a history teacher and realizing the similarities between this and the evacuation of Dunkirk in WWII. Definitely makes history all seem a lot closer to home.
Yes, I was going to say that. It shows that no matter what happens, there will always be people willing to help
Its called propaganda not history
The little ships ❤️
@@seedplanter7173 wat
@@zippolighter4903 dont say anything to stupid people you wont win they are just to stupid to understand that
had chills the whole time watching this.. What a story
Same. I thought it was just cold but no, the power of humanity gathering together to help one another during a massive tragedy is incredibly moving.
me too.
same, thought it was the shrooms i did the day before...lotta heroes that day. Make America work together again.
I am crying!!!
For some reason I had never thought about how people got off the island. What great work x
If you see the films of that day, literally millions of people walked home over bridges as well. The subway didn't start running until the next day. It was an awful day but people really helped one another. Not just first responders but regular people. If people had room in their cars they stopped and took older and sick people with them. People handed out water (it was a hot day). It was a horrific day that mostly brought the best out in my city.
I was in 6th grade and all of sudden I get called to the main lobby to get picked up over the loud speaker and then it doesn’t stop speaking random names for pick up, it was crazy.
Just surprised how fast my mom was, to be the first one there.
Islam is the truth
Subways, ferries, roadways, and bridges were closed off because there were fears that terrorists were on the ground, and authorities did not want them to be able to escape. Cell phones were new luxuries at that time and all the phone lines were jammed. So yeah people were freaking out and stuck for a day or two.
Id imagine most people just ran up towards midtown or past central park. The people who got boats were probably the ones who ran to streets around the financial district and were surrounded by the debris cloud. If an attack happened I midtown too taking out say the empire state ... that would have been utter chaos as a million people would have been trapped between the financial district and midtown. That would have been a hard evacuation
Wow, I started tearing up when they showed the coast guard calling all boats. People stepping up to help each other in a time of real need.
I never knew about this effort by mariners to evacuate thousands off of lower Manhattan. Too many have since died from their exposure to 9/11 toxins. I’m glad this man was able to kick that cancer’s ass and have many more years with loved ones. Seeing all of those vessels plowing toward Manhattan…wow. Good lord…20 years, already.
As many times as I've seen this footage, it still doesn't seem real.
Told my dad the same today .
Can not believe it has been 20 years. I was 28 and lost my friend, Paul Ambrose, on flight 77 at the Pentagon. 💔
I was just a baby when this happened. Watching any unedited footage just feels like watching a fucking movie. It doesnt register for a couple seconds that this actually fucking happened.
Some people actually don’t believe it’s real. The crazy Conspiracists.
@@val13c59 The event was real, but the story isn’t. The buildings couldn’t possibly collapse perfectly downwards if the planes really were capable of pushing them. It was proven later to be an inside job by George Bush. May the deceased rest in peace. Yet, I’m upset that the main reason for this event was to indirectly force the media to make muslims look terrible and ngl, nice job. Everyone despises them.
Mariners duty is to respond to those in distress, touching to see people honouring that 💪
I went to high school with Peter Johansen. I am so impressed and grateful for what he did for NY and everyone during 9/11. So glad to hear that he is remission. A big heartfelt thank you to him and all the other heroes of 9/11.
The pictures of all kinds of boats speeding towards the towers are amazing. Fishing, dredging, sightseeing, even people with their personal speed boats. Everyone had a common goal
One of the most moving pieces I’ve seen of that day. This perspective brought a different realism to the reality and fear individuals on the ground we’re facing. So many heros that day we don’t even know about.
Everytime I watch something about 9/11 my heart aches and I'm not even American.. I'll always remember this day... I watched the news when I was a kid.. it's so unbelievable
Its even sadder that the buildings collapsed The way they did because they had to detonate emergency charges to ensure the building didn't collapse sideways and kill even more people by taking out neighboring buildings. They blew up a 3rd building as well and have never admitted if it read an accident or what happened.
@@aFlockOfOrfans there was no controlled demo. Buildings are designed to crumple straight down when they fail. If they weren't, we'd have had _several_ buildings crushed by falling buildings.
@@jordaneggerman4734 Wow! That is a new one. Very good!
@@chancerobinson5112 "new"? I'm sorry, but no. It's as old as some of the first metal skyscrapers. My dad was an architect.
You left out, “once they are carefully wired with explosives, they can fall straight down”, didn’t you? Otherwise, the shell of the building will remain standing.
I tell people this story all the time and they are always amazed and surprised because it was never really talked about. ....what these people did for the evacuation was nothing short of a miracle
It’s a fantastic story and these people saved lives, I bet. Imagine if they HADN’T been able to evacuate around 500,000 people? I’m sure things would’ve been much worse and they were bad enough.
Keep sharing ! I’m from Minnesota, was in kindergarten at the time of the attack, I have never heard of this story but will now share with others here! They are heroes!
I live right across the Hudson in New Jersey. That day will be engrained in my mind forever. I was in gym class. My teacher told us to all stay seated. I heard my name over the intercom to come to the office, there my mother picked me up and we walked outside. We could see the smoke from the skyline. I saw jets fly over our heads. My father managed to come home from Staten Island, where he worked. I’ll never forget him sitting all of us down and explaining to my young mind what just happened. I went into my room and cried. I was 8 years old. I knew so many people just died but I didn’t understand who would do this or why. As a family trip, two weeks prior.. we took a ferry over to lower Manhattan and visited the towers. Now they were gone. It was mind blowing and devastating. 9/11 changed my perception of everything. It changed our lives. Bless these hero’s who helped bring people to safety.
I was 8 years old as well!! 1993 babies! I am from NJ, I remembered my father sat me and my brothers down and tried to explain what happened. I am watching these documentary's to grasp this as a adult. Wow it is just horrific.
Dang
Yup, was about the same age in Jersey too. It was crazy… and before school let us out they had to make sure they could get a hold of parents who they knew worked in lower Manhattan. Such a sad and crazy day especially as a child and having barely any clue what was going on and why everyone was upset at first. Our class was closest to the principal’s office and the principal called our teacher out to the hall and when she came back in she was all red in the face and cried in front of us. She vaguely told us that something and happened in NYC. I can’t remember what exactly but also most people didn’t know exactly what was going on at first. It wasn’t until I got home that I first saw the images on the TV and started to understand what exactly happened. My dad had seen the first tower smoking from his office then saw the second plane hit. As soon as that happened he left to come home and good thing because it he hadn’t he wouldn’t have gotten home til late in the night or the next morning like most people in the city. All of the phone lines were jammed from people trying to call other people so my parents had to email each other to keep in touch. My Grandfather is buried next to Todd Beamer who helped fight to regain control of Flight 93.
I can’t believe 9/11 is about to be 20 years old this year.
Yeah crazy right? Didn't really think about it until Biden pointed it out in his address about pulling out of Afghanistan.
I can. It is my earliest memory. I'm gonna be 23 this year. Crazy to think this is the only reality of life my generation has ever known
I just realized I was almost 14 then.. crazy how this influenced my whole memory on my youth. The hate towards people of color and muslims, I started to notice and suffer from after this 😔
@@mutegoldfish1158 I’m 26 years old
Atrocities am I right? They grow up so fast 😢
I was a Freshman in High School, sitting in my 2nd hour Art class. I remember hearing about a plane hitting the first tower and thinking it had to be a smaller Cessna type aircraft. Then after hearing about the second plane, we all knew it was something much more significant. That day will always be remembered so vividly. Thanks for sharing this story.
I had finished high/secondary school and was doing a course at a training center, that day was half a day. So it got to lunch time and just as I was leaving the staff mentioned about a plane hitting one of the towers. I thought the same it must be a small airplane, probably a private plane or something. I was still living at home and when I got back to the house my mum met me at the door, said it was all over the tv stations. I said I’d heard it was a small plane, no it’s a full on commercial 747 type. Then the second plane hit and we knew that was going to change everything. Just sat and watched all afternoon not knowing how such an evil act could happen and scared of what it would lead to.
My father was a nyc corrections officer for the harbor unit at the time. He came in on his off day drove his work boat and helped evacuate people. Wish he was still around to see this documentary
“The world can change in an instant. Be ready to respond and to have a positive impact.” All the feels right now. Please everyone, share more love into the world, even when the situation doesn’t deserve it.
Cried my eyes out. Why can’t we stand together again?
Unfortunately it will take another attack like 9/11 before we are united again
@@lara-ce2kg doubt it. Will be the same ole blame game until we ditch identity and social media politics.
Religion and corruption
Don't worry. The govt may be completely inept in every way but it can reliably organise something like that.
@@replynotificationsdisabled identity politics is a toxic rot on our society, social media makes our society dumber collectively
That day just seeing all those boats. Even people with their own private boats. Was just amazing. The way everyone was helping everyone. That day. Majority didn’t care about your race, gender or creed that day. It all about saving the person next to you. Holding strangers hands. Being carried by strangers, hugging strangers. They way the city came together was mind blowing.
“All available boats, this is United States coast guard. Anyone want to help with evacuation of lower Manhattan, report to Governors Island” ❤️
Yes, and they did just that! Americans like always responded to those in need without question, did not have to ask twice. As a country we are good and decent, willing to help anybody without regard to race, color, ethnicity.... Thank you to the Coast Guard, fisherman, tug boat operators and all those blue collar men and women who only thought of saving others first. Your efforts will always be remembered. You were able to bring over 500,000 home safe.
My dad primary school friend died in the attacks. He was a custodian in tower 1. They had made plans to meet up that upcoming Christmas :(
Sorry that happend to you
I had just turned 9 years old. I was in school on Long Island in the 4th grade. My teacher kept leaving the room to go to the library and watch the news on tv. Kids started being pulled out of school early, but I had no idea what was going on. I got home from school with my older sister, and my mom is running up our driveway towards us crying, screaming, that NYC was under attack and they were blowing up the city. I have never seen my mom so scared in my entire life, never again since then either. I asked if my dad was okay, he worked in NYC (not in the Towers). She didn't know - it was impossible to get in contact with anyone there, at that point. He, of course, was unable to get off the island until much, much later that night. He did contact us at some point and he was okay. He didn't work in the Towers but of course, no one knew what was going to happen next. A neighbor of ours worked in the Towers. His name was Kevin Cosgrove and he didn't make it out. His 911 call is one of the most harrowing things I've ever heard. It might still be on TH-cam. I can't listen to it again. Watching stuff from that day is so hard - it's so painful, and so sad. I have never gotten used to or numb to these scenes of horror. But what happened after - The War on Terror - is even sadder. The death and destruction that came from this attack is immeasurable. It has ruined so many lives and still continues to do so. I hope one day we can have peace, but I think I know better than that.
It is nice to see that there was some good, some comradery, and some human understanding that came out of that day.
Can’t believe you lived next to Kevin Cosgrove. Amazing Story!
@@sageninja7260 His older daughter was in the same grade as my older sister. His younger daughter was in kindergarten when I was in 5th grade. They paired 5th graders and kindergartners and she was my "buddy." They were a lovely family, it's so tragic what happened to him. It was a hard time.
Beautifully and meaningfully written. Thank you.
I can't believe I've never heard of this evacuation before. Thank you to everyone that helped.
2 minutes in and I'm crying. People coming together is a beautiful thing.
Major Dunkirk vibes from this! Boat folks are just different. It's amazing how ready they are to help, whatever the catastrophe, whatever the decade.
My childhood best friends' mom was in one of the towers and made it out onto the ferries..its heart wrenching
Can you imagine being in that huge crowd of people, no hope of leaving Manhattan, and all of a sudden, you see all these boats coming to help you? I have chills. Thank you for bringing hope to a day that felt hopeless.
I moved to New York 2 weeks before 9/11. I was going to become a part of the SSA program at Windows on the World. I had my final interview and testing on Monday, September 10, 2001. I wasn't scheduled to come back to the tower until 2pm on the 11th. That day changed my life. I fled NY and went back to Texas after being away since college. I've never left home again. I can hardly watch these clips. All I remember is debris and jumpers. I still have remnants of PTSD. I can only imagine what most natives feel. These videos break my heart. Why do I watch?
Glad you made it back home -- Texas.
This is the first time I've heard about the rescues via boats. It's amazing how everyone pulled together.
God bless all the selfless people that day that acted without hesitation to save another! You are inspiration to humanity! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thank you
Half a mill on my Wriss, I pour wok I pour triss, trusss
Amen
I teared up watching this. 20 years later.
My heart goes out to everyone in the world who's had to endure loss of loved ones do to war and unjust acts such as this.
I'm a New Yorker ,, but was upstate. That was a surreal, eye opening day
Thanks for sharing! I was 7 years old and lived in Saint Petersburg, Russia during that time. I don't remember how we heard about the incident in the first place, but I remember my dad turning on the TV. After few minutes, unfortunately, our power went out. Somehow, somewhere my dad found a gas generator and set it next to a window with an extension cord and plug in the TV. I was an unreal experience. I will never forget that day
Considering current events, how are you holding up?
Nearly 20 years later and still learning stories of sadness & hope. #neverforget
So true
I was one of those who crossed to NJ and thankyou so much for your service and help, I got home around 6 pm , never forget.
Hats off to all the Mariners.
This is my first time seing such a documentary in regards to this.
Thank you.
I will never be able to comprehend the actual scale of the disasters on 911... Its truly incredible
Of all the 9/11 docs and stuff I’ve watched I’ve never heard these peoples stories. It was heart warming seeing everyone come together to help each other out. True heroes
America needs to remember this time when we stood together, despite our differences. We have it in us to unite & overcome the most horrific of times. 💙🇺🇸❤️
With all the shootings, racial tensions, Coronavirus Karen’s, and the bullshit BLM riots. It seems people have forgotten.
@@val13c59 America is the laughing stock now
i was 2 years old long island when it happened, any my mam, a real new yorker, always talks about how united and together everyone was after it happened. everyone treated each other like family.
I was a baby when this happened, but I grieve this as much as any other American citizen. Every year around this date I make sure to refresh my knowledge of this tragedy and remember the ones lost, and the ones left behind and still suffering.
To all who personally experienced the horrors of that day 20 years ago the dead and living both, I give all of my well wishes and prayers for their peace.
We will never forget that day when the whole of America came together as a family united in grief, and held each other up through the days after.
My mom’s college best friend’s husband was one of the pilots on the plane that crashed near the Pentagon. His funeral was one of the saddest events I’ve been to. He was a hero, just like each one of the boat pilots during the boat lift rescue.
This is absolutely incredible. Footage of the boats rolling in. Outstanding. Never knew the second plane circled around the statue and back to the tower. What a nightmare.
So sad
The fact so many people came with their boats means the world to me. Seriously, thank you to all the people who came. You are just as important as first responders, you were servicemen and servicewomen of the national guard that day. I hope you and your families are immensely proud of you.
My cousin Abigail Medina died that day 😔 We will never forget... United we (used to) stand ❤️
I still think of this day on a regular basis almost 20 years later. Each one of us has a different story it’s crazy
what is your story
Yes
You’re a true American sir, and I salute you
Chills every time I watch this footage. R.I.P to the thousands of innocent people that had their lives torn apart or ended on that day. Respect to everyone who risked, or lost their own lives helping the people there. Let's hope something like this never happens again.
It’s like Dunkirk that’s amazing seeing the coordination of the all these strangers just immediately responding
The coast guard has always been the underdog. They're extremely humble, seldom seek recognition and have done so much.
My grandpa had a meeting in one of the towers at 9 o’clock and it got cancelled that morning, he worked in the building right next door, he said he looked over eight as the plane crashed cause he heard a really loud noise coming at them
Same with my father. Was your Grandfather an investment banker ?
@Johnathan Pike No. I woudn't know because I wanst even born. And I also don't live in the US.
Thank you, every mariner that rushed to save lives that terrible day. I salute you all.
On that very horrific and heartbreaking day one thing that shined bright was the love that people had for each other. People gave there lives to help others. I never saw this video and thank you to the captains on the Hudson.
What a kind hearted soul ❤️ I was only 5 on 9/11 but living in NJ near the Hudson river, I remember pieces of that day. I had no idea what was going on, but it felt significant enough to store memories of it in my head, my school shutting down and gathering us in the cafeteria and parents running in screaming, grabbing their kids and waiting for my mom to come. I was lucky to not know anyone who worked in the towers. Unreal, RIP.
I was only in sixth grade in Arkansas when this happened. But no single even has shaped my life and my worldview like 9/11.
That’s unfortunate that that has shaped your world view...
@@odst2247 I was going to say the same
@@odst2247 surprise, most people who have never experienced a post 911 world do indeed feel this way
US had to defend the petrodollar.
Same here. I would have been about the same age. The world really changed for all of us that day. I think I realized how bad some people can really be in this world. So sad. And such a sad chain of events since...
This makes me so proud. I was on the other coast on a US Naval vessel on patrol off of LAX immediately afterwards, and I'd never heard of this until today.
I was 6 years old in FL... my teacher put it on the tv and cried....we all cried... i was so young but....its the only major disaster i can clearly remember... the images on that tv.... rest in peace
A family friend was working boats that day he was part of this, hearing him talk it about was amazing and still is
huge respect for the american people to help out they're own, in the time of need.
we did leave firefighters who ran into the buildings and who caught lung cancer out to die though... 'How are we going to pay for it??" said a certain turtle named Mitch M...
those brave americans died as martyrs. for God's sake if we can't find the money to care for these heroes take it out of McConnel's paycheck. they ran into two burning and collapsing skyscrapers to save people they didn't even know. if that's not bravery then I don't know what is.
@@JoniAntonio did we not continue the Victim's fund? I thought Stewart had shamed them into pushing it through?
I was an adult working in NYC when this happened. I knew several people who died in the Towers. And I knew there were water evacuations but had no clue it was the largest in history. I was proud of how my city handled this awful day, there were lots of stories of people helping others both big and small. New York and New Yorkers are not perfect, but for the most part we really try to help out or friends and neighbors in rough times.
They need to show more of these stories some of us never heard. True heros
These mariners were everyday people. They did not have to go so hard to save peoples’ lives but they did, and then some. Powerful stuff.
brought literal tears to my eyes. In the face of such darkness, we came together as Americans to save eachother.
I'm from Sweden. I was 12 years old and just got home to my dad's apartment (on a Tuesday which I remember vividly) with my best friend. My dad was watching the news coverage on TV. I didn't really understand what happened. I basically just thought that two buildings had been destroyed.
I was 7 years old in Mexico, I remember getting ready for school and watching the news and seeing the first tower on fire. After school that day we gathered at my grandma's house and we were all watching the news. I will never forget.
It’s always wild to me even being an adult now how the news of 9/11 rocked the entire world. I’ve heard stories of people in London learning of 9/11, Australians waking up and hearing of it. Just everyone cared. Everyone was on one side for a while, at least. It’s really heartwarming.
This is the first time I have heard of this story. These acts of kindness and heroism are beautiful and help with some of the heartache.
Watching this just gave me chills.
The date is 9/10/21, tomorrow marks 20 years since this happened and I’ll never forget the ones who lost their lives. God bless America 🇺🇸
I had a friend in high school who lived in Manhattan in 2001. He lived on a boat, his parents helped bring dozens of people out of the city.
I remember watching a video about the boat rescue for the first time back in 5th grade. I still love hearing about it because it shows how even strangers can come together in a moments notice to help others.
I cannot believe it has almost been 20 years. Thats half of my life. And to be honest, this has really and will always remain the most impactful world event of my life (barring, god forbid, something worse happening). I was just at such an impressionable age when it happened, 21. Wow.
This was one of the darkest days in our history, but it also brought out the best of humanity
God, this is so beautiful. I'm crying for the lives lost again, but I'm bawling for the displays of humanity shown here. To be there, and to keep going back, and to keep putting yourself in that....it shows the truest form of selflessness. I hope we never have to deal with something that tragic again, but, if we do, we'd better have people like this man in the area. A true American hero.
The fact that people stopped what they were doing and came to help their fellow man, didn't think about the cost, didn't think about the credit, just went to help people is something incredible that came from such a horrible, terrible day.
I remember 911, I had just found out I was pregnant with my first son. We were so united then. I miss that about my country.
😔🙏🏽🙏🏽
Americans might of been united but the CORPORATE U.S.LLC.. GOVERNMENT WAS ARE ENEMY GEORGE BUSH
It’s because you had a common enemy.
@Badam Tsss never hijacked a passenger plane to use it as a flying missile full of citizens, to then kill more civilians. But yes
@Badam Tsss The world destroyed itself. Don’t blame it on the U.S.
This is really touching. It’s amazing that people will do more for people; than the people living in the high places. Makes me think of the story of “The Little ships of Dunkirk”.
When the worst of humanity is met with the best. None of these people with boats had to put themselves out to go help. Honestly though, watching this puts a lump in my throat. Beautiful and selfless people need to be acknowledged. To all those involved in helping the people running for their lives, thank you.
I remember my dad walking me up early for school saying we are being attacked. We still went to school that day, my best friend learned in 2 period his dad was missing, he ended up being dead but we didnt know that yet. It was a truly weird day being a 10 or 11 at the time I had a idea how serious this was but had no idea it would shape our world and freedoms.
The more I learn about this tragedy, it truly shows how NY came together immediately and the countryman came rushing in. Humanity’s finest show themselves in the truly darkest hours. Blessed be the lives lost, the families, everyone affected by this. ❤️
Thank you, VICE, for helping tell this underreported story. USCG and the maritime community's heroism that day never fails to inspire.
He’s a hero. All of the people who helped ferry people that day are heroes.
More heroic people! I'm just learning about them now. I want to know every hero and every person who lost their lives so they are never forgotten. I was in high school when this happened. It was the first time in my life that I didn't feel safe. I remember when the world stood still. Nothing has been the same since.
The "Call to action", and response time gives me chills... i grew up on the water in Westchester NY, we had friends who took boats in.... we all saw smoke for over a month.... I was 12, and this day still haunts me... I thought dad was in trouble as I attempted to call via pay phone from boarding school for 16hrs....
So anyone else start crying watching this?
Almost
22 years later and it’s still haunting seeing these poor people running and fearing for their lives 😢😢😢😢😢😢 WE WILL NOT FORGET
My dad was at 101 Barclay Street when the planes hit... he was in the lobby of 1 Wall Street when the buildings collapsed, and ended up walking across the Brooklyn Bridge on the other side of Manhattan and got home surprisingly early. We thought he was dead for a couple of hours not knowing how anyone could have survived that war zone until he was able to call... I still remember him walking up to our house and taking off his shoes and emptying the dust onto our front lawn. He had dust in his shoes and in all his pockets.
That’s one day that I will never forget. I was living with my mom and stepdad and had 3 kids in school. My mom had left for a preop before she could have a surgery done so they weren’t home. As soon as I saw the news I began panicking and drove to my kid’s’ schools to pick them up. They kept asking what was going on, and I just told them that I would show them when we got home. I was never so scared like I was that day.
i remember i was small and i was out that day when i came home my dad said they have attacked the towers didn't understand what happened that day but now i do, watching this brought tears to my eyes wish well for all americans respect frome iran.🙏🙏
One thing everyone collectively remembers about 9/11 was the weather. I remember the weather perfectly that morning. It was just an absolutely perfect day. There wasn’t one cloud in the sky. It was perfect temperature for an early sept day. Wasn’t too hot. Wasn’t too cold. No humidity (which is unusual here on Long Island that time of year). Just a perfect, late summer day. I remember waking up and really taking note of how beautiful the day was when I got in my car that morning. Whenever I watch any of these videos, the weather of the day is always mentioned. We don’t have many perfect days like that. Everything about the day was perfect…..until a little after 8:30am. Rest in peace to all we lost.
brought tears to my eyes. I used to live in NYC. We moved away in 2001, months before 9.11. Chilling...
The boatlift is an example of what we can do when called on to be our best selves. If we can all try to be like those boat captains on a daily basis, our world will be a beautiful place.