I survived the eruption of Mt. St. Helens on May 18th 1980, and it deeply affected the course of my life. I used to go up there all the time and innertube down the mountain before it was all obliterated. Now I go up there to watch it all grow back. I'm not afraid either. Keep being a good person.
I was a 6 month old baby on 9/11 and my mom said she was breastfeeding me. We lived near the pentagon and my mom said she heard the loudest sound ever and the house started to shake. My mom said I got frightened and started to cry. It’s so sad how the victims woke up, had their last meal, said goodbye to someone and not knowing this would happen to them. RIP to all the angels ❤️.
I heard New Yorkers say that anytime they got lost they would look up towards the towers to get a sense of direction, knowing that the towers are in lower Manhattan so that points you south.
merfwriter Hiley Absolutely. Even now, 19 years later, it’s a shock to approach NY from the Pulaski Skyway and see the towers NOT there. Check out the Bruce Springsteen song, Missing, from his 911 album, The Rising
it was so strange because I was in NYC dropping my sister off to NYU where she was starting her freshman year, when I heard the news that Aaliyah died, I remember looking at a newspaper in one of those newspaper dispensary cases with the headlines saying she had been killed and the first thing I saw when I looked up was the World Trade Center twin towers and had a very strange feeling...almost feels like a premonition considering what happened not even two weeks later...
I think 9/11 had such an effect on people our age because we were living in a fantasy land where we assumed our safety was guaranteed and time had yet to speed up so our deaths weren't even worth contemplating because we assumed death was far in the future, but then all of a sudden we were introduced to the violence of our planet and at an age when we were both impressionable and capable of understanding. I was 16 and living on the opposite coast in San Francisco. I started watching the news before the second plane hit. I'm going to NYC soon. It will be my first time there. My main reason for going is to confront the horrors I saw that day.
Mad Yosemite I did the same thing in 2018. I finally realized that actually going there was what I had to do to find some semblance of peace about it. It did help.
I lived and worked in Sunnyvale at the time. For some reason, I didn’t turn on my TV that morning, so I didn’t know until I got to work. My boss up in the city called, terrified the Bay Area was next, and was headed home. I remember also, that it was a very beautiful and clear day, in the Silicon Valley at least.
I was 14 years old here in NYC when the Twin Towers were destroyed. That day still haunts me everyday. I went on the roof of the South Tower as a child back in 1994. It was my favorite spot here in NYC. I miss them everyday. #NeverForget911
I love how you processed this horrible moment in time. I don't know if you are still checking this thread since you posted it like 12 years ago but I just wanted to thank you for sharing your experience. I have heard so many survivor stories and this is the first story I have heard from a different angle it reminds me of a tragedy I experienced on Oct 9th 2017 when my entire neighborhood burned down in a wildfire I have a very similar experience and feelings that you had. We also had the National Guard here and also had to show ID to go into certain areas one in particular was where my home used to be but was now a pile of ash. The city came together in unimaginable ways and the kindness of strangers was so strong and had just floored me. I still have a note I found in a pair of donated jeans that said, "stay safe, be strong" One thing I remember feeling that still I still feel blown away by is the fact that during my grief and confusion I couldn't fathom that the world hadn't stopped, It never crossed my mind that other cities and other states were having business as usual when my life and that of all my neighbors had come to a screeching halt it was like we were frozen in time for about a month before I started moving my life forward again and here it is 6 years later and our city still hasn't entirely rebuilt there are many empty lots and so many homeless. I hope you have healed and were able to find peace and move on.
I'm just watching this video for the first time. It's November 2019, eight years since you made this. I haven't looked at the rest of your channel yet (although I will do once this video is finished). I wonder how those eight years have been for you. You seem like a really nice person and I hope the years have been kind.
Wow, it's 19 years ago now. I remember it like it was yesterday. The way the nation came together was so wonderful. But, yeah, the whole world watched in horror that day. God bless you.
I was 18 on 9/11 too. But I'm all the way in AZ and woke up to every channel being flooded with images of the twin towers burning. I just remember being so confused and scared. It was so bizarre and haunting to see the skies completely empty and just the odd somber silence everywhere I went. I went through just about every negative emotion possible that day. Confusion, fear, sadness, anger...... We all as American's changed forever that day and felt for NY that day all the way down to the core. I couldn't imagine being in your shoes being only a couple miles from that horrific scene. God bless New York. And God bless the souls that were lost that day.
Thank you so much for sharing. I wish more New Yorkers would share their personal thoughts and experiences of that day. I watched from home for 2 days, horrified with you all, praying for you all. I think of you all often and am inspired by your resilience. God bless.
Thank you. Yes, I wish New Yorkers were given more attention following this day. We saw the events up-close, and had the best information. I was contacted by several friends around the country that morning, who were watching on TV. I knew, from the moment I heard from them, that the National Media was embellishing the events, and that New Yorkers were not being given a proper voice, perhaps will never be given that proper voice. :(
Hello fellow New Yorker, (i live in upstate), just wanted to drop a line and say, you told that story well and i thank you for it. Sept 11th is one of those things that I don't think any of us will ever forget. I pray we never have to face something horrible like this again.
My 911 story started like everybody's else on television. The night before my wife and I watched the movie The siege with Denzel Washington where New York City is attacked. My wife wakes me up screaming New York city's been attacking my response plus yeah I saw the damn movie let me sleep. Then with an authority and I fear I've never heard she ordered me a bead. I made it to the television in time to see the second plane hit and the string of cuss words that came out of my mouth would have made my drill instructor back in Marine corps boot camp proud. When the buildings fell things from you would come very fuzzy. You see I'm a retired police officer and at that time I was a member of an urban K9 search and rescue team who specialize in looking for people in collapsed buildings. We hardly got our things together and drove as fast as you can drive a vehicle to New York. It took us 26 hours to get there only stopping to pee and pump gas. We arrived very early on the 13th. It was still very dark I don't know the streets time has erased that detail but I will never forget looking down the street at the pile. There was a federal agent there I can't remember what agency and she said stop you can't do that. She said it's like looking at a monster you just glance at it and look away if you stare it will consume you. And that started the seven longest days of my life. I get very angry at people who say that this was an inside job and that there was demolitions in the building because I saw the price first hand that was paid by those fine people who were working in the building the firefighters that ran in and then ran in again along with the police and the port authority. And if I live to be a thousand which doesn't look like likely I'll never understand it.
Wow...I hadn't seen this before and just clicked if from your fb and the entire story is just chilling. I think now that I finally just recently experienced NY, it actually feels more real listening to you. Before all of the coverage was heart breaking and hard to even comprehend, but NYC seemed like it was almost like a movie, being a small town southern girl. But listening to you describe things in your story that I now know are real since I've seen them, its just so much more real. It haves me chills. Thanks for sharing. As awful as it was, hearing about it from ppl that actually witnessed it seems more historical than watching the news.
I was 20, and over the pond in the UK. It was devastating to see on TV. I was absolutely petrified convinced that they were coming for the UK next. Thanks for such an honest account. Your mum saying we need to go donate blood, just wow. That day I was in total awe of the firefighters, paramedics, police, medical professionals. The stoicism of the New Yorkers, like Londoners during the blitz in WW2. We will never forget.
Your passion for NYC really touched me. I live in the midwest where a lot of people seem to think urban places, and especially New York, are just giant ghettos or full of assholes, but my dad's side of the family is from NYC and I'm partial to it. Thanks for sharing your story; I don't imagine it was easy.
Thank you for sharing this. Even here in Denmark, where I live, most people still remember exactly where they were, and what they were doing, when they heard the news - but from over here, the events looked different, it was all newsclips, and "terrible, but far away", and as such, very surreal. Your story helps put things into a more real perspective, and itshows why so many people were so affected, even if they didn't lose any loved ones. So, thank you again.
Hi I was there in 7 world trade. I felt first and second plane hit. I also saw people jumping and falling to their deaths. It still shakes me when i am sitting behind my cubicle or hear a plane flying low. God bless you
The very fabric of your life was shattered. It's not at all surprising that things fell apart. Congrats for pulling out of it. Thank you for posting this story.
WOW!!!!! I have to tell you, that this video is absolutely AMAZING!! I was going through several 9/11 videos today just watching a slice of this and a snip of that, but not really engaging into anything 100%. I just wanted to catch the first few seconds of a few videos to see if they sounded interesting or not. So when I cam to yours, I said, "eh, this one is almost a half hour long. I'll just watch the first couple minutes and then I'll turn it off. I didn't think it would be too engaging. HOW WRONG I WAS!!! Let me tell you.....you got my attention right from the very start, and you were able to hold my attention for the entire time. I sat and watched every second, and heard every word, and didn't want it to end., Ya know how sometimes you have a really good book that you just can't put down? Well that's how you presented this video. I didn't wanna put it down. I didn't wanna stop watching. Your description of the events of that day, and how they made you feel and what it was like for you just drew me in and kept me there for the whole time. You painted such an awesome word picture for me, I could just see every little detail in my minds eye. Just incredible. Thank you soooooooo much for doing this video. This is the kind of video that will draw people in for years to come. Just WOW!!!
I’d like to second this comment and thank you so much for sharing. My family are from the east end of London... Us Londoners have had our fair share of terror over the years (which seem to be increasing lately) but I don’t think any attack could beat 9/11 for shear barbarity. The buildings were designed to withstand multiple plane strikes, so people trapped at the top were probably waiting patiently for the firefighters to clear a path through to them... no one thought they could collapse. It horrifies me that, after the first collapse, everybody trapped above the impact zone in the other tower basically had to wait out their fate. I can’t imagine how awful that must have been for those people and their families watching on the tv... it’s heartbreaking.
Thank you for sharing your story. I'm considering sharing mine now that I can finally speak about what actually happened to me that day and continues to haunt me to this day
Thank you ever so much for sharing your story, it's always interesting to hear where people were and what they were doing during the time of 9/11. I was 5 years old and I remember playing with my toys in front of the TV where the two buildings were in flames live on TV.
Wow! Thank you for sharing this. I was in second grade at the time and lived in queens. I was way too young to understand how serious this event was. I don't have memories of the towers because I basically grew up in a world where they didn't exist. I have always wondered how I would have reacted had this happened now that I'm old enough to think for myself. I feel like I can totally relate to you, being a curious teenager, I probably would have done the same thing and gone down there. I give you so much respect for handling it like you did, and speaking about it for people like me, who were alive at the time but have no recollection. I almost feel like this event didn't even happen in my lifetime since I was so young and didn't think understand, but you have painted such a vivid picture in my mind. and for once, I actually feel like I understand the depths of what happened that tragic day. Thank you again!!
Thank you for sharing such an emotional journey. I turned 30 two days after 9/11. I lived on the other side of the country in the San Francisco Bay Area. I now have 3 teenagers who ask me about my experiences of 9/11. I cannot think about it, much less talk about it without a lot of tears. I would love to visit NYC someday. I loved your message about not teaching our children to hate. Such a good message that needs to be heard today, that you couldn’t have known about when you made this video. I pray you are doing well. 💜❤️
I'm so glad you shared your personal story with youtube. I love your channel for your hair tutorials, but this was really touching. Your advice is my mantra I live by every day - don't live in fear & don't live with hate in your heart. I want to reach through the computer and give you a big hug!
What a very touching story. Even I, on the other side of the world in Australia remember that day. I left school saying I was sick and sat in front of the tv all day. When something horrible on a scale that big happens I think everyone forgets where we are from and band together for we are all human
Thank you for making this video. I was three when the attacks happened, and my family was on vacation at the beach (I live in California). I remember seeing my family freaking out when it happened, and I remember watching the towers on the news, thinking it was just a movie. It's so crazy hearing a person that actually experienced it and watched it from only blocks away, because, even now, watching it on the news on the anniversary just doesn't seem as real. I appreciate your views on Muslim people as a whole. I remember my mom always telling me "we are at war against a group of people, not a religion"
Thank you for sharing your story. I was 19 at the time and still in shock all these years later. No doubt that it forever changed our world in the way we knew it.
Thank you for sharing your story, you are very strong and brave young woman, and I love how you tried to help and pray and share in the hurt, loss and hope of others.
Thank you so much for sharing this - we don't hear about New Yorker's stories like this much! I can only imagine seeing the Missing posters from here in New Zealand it was the sadest thing to see.
Being a New Yorker that day, you nailed it. While there was some panic over the potential loss of loved ones, overall New Yorkers were mostly in a state of shock. We were asking the five most common questions who, what, when where and why? I was a typical New Yorker who was competitive before 9/11 but afterwards talking to people I realized that we were and still are the greatest city in the world with the greatest people in the world. The unity of the people then and how they recovered afterwards still brings tears to my eyes when I think of it. We are competitive rowdy people, but we know when to call time out and help others in need. New York strong always and forever!
I really aprecciate that you share your Story. Thank you! I was the same age as you when this happened, but in Germany. I remember sitting in front of the TV and beeing shocked and sad and whishing I could help. Since this, I always think of you poor people who were affected by this horrible situation especially every august and september. It's something that leaves me speechless every time I think about it. And yes, even on the other side of the world, this horrible day changed everything. I hope you are fine nowadays.
Although you recorded your message years ago, your words at the end of your very personal account are very very valid. You are a native New Yorker who is enlightened and proud of your home, and you show courage in your acceptance of others who may be and still might be damned after the events of 9/11. Your message is clear; 9/11 was an atrocious, frightening and wicked act of hate which caused so much damage, and we must learn never to give hate a chance. I wish you happiness and continued spiritual growth. Thank you!
I just wanted to thank you for such a personal, heartfelt and uplifting message about your experience and take on the impact of 911 on you, your city and your family. I’m not a New Yorker but my father took my brother and I to NY and he insisted we go to the top of the WTC. That was about 1981 I do remember the elevator ride and the lobby as well as my father explaining that the towers actually proved that the world is round. I need to go back now and it dawned on me how few people have made that pilgrimage to see the museum and the new freedom tower. It ought to be something all Americans should do. I’m glad you took the time to tell your story. I actually stumbled upon Mickey Kosse NYC firefighter who survived the disaster at the base of the north tower that day. They were 14 of only 20 people that survived that were in the building. The north towers center stairwell acted as a bunker down at the base and saved 14 firefighters who had stopped to assist a women in a cast coming down. I also love your braid/plait content very nice. 🙂
I can't imagine being in NY that day and see that happen to your home. I was a sophomore in HS on 9/11, but I was in AZ. I saw the news after the plane hit the first tower, but I saw the second plane hit live. I remember my mother crying and my farther shocked. It was unique for NY, but in a lesser (still important) way it impacted everyone. I always remember it around this time and if I think about it too long, I cry. I think it's healthy for everyone to share their experience at least once.
Wow, I really want to thank you for sharing. I cried watching this and remembered waking up that day and hearing the news in shock. I cried all day at work listening to the radio. I saw how the Country rallied, and listened to the eerie(?) silence of no planes anywhere. It was a very scary time. I also have to say I love how your tortie is wandering around as if trying to figure out why mom is so upset sitting and talking in the very sunshine bright happy room. It made me smile as i cried.
I hope the lady in the video sees this comment. I am from the Middle East and I used to live in Baghdad in 2001. I remember that day very well. I was in fourth grade. When the attacks happened it was around 5 PM in Baghdad. I was watching the cartoon movie Alice in Wonderland when the national Iraqi television stopped the broadcast and turned into a live broadcast from a different Middle Eastern channel of the events. However, I have to tell you the truth. You know that Iraq and the Middle East in general do have many people who view "the other" who does not believe in Islam as a lower level human being or as their enemy. Just like how Nazi Germany viewed the Jews. This belief system is mainly in the Sunni Muslim population. There are so many wonderful Sunni Muslims who are not that much into their religion. Many Muslims have inherited their religion and they do not like to read a lot in the Quran or they defend it, but they are in denial. September 11 was not a fault of US policies. The attacks happened against the US because the US is world superpower. The US stands in the way of creating the universal Khilafa/sharia law. Those people (I would say no less than 30% of Muslims in the Middle East) hate Russia, China, and India as much as they hate the US. They divide the world into two parties, the infidels and the believers. My elementary school principle assistant was one of those people. She forced the whole school to say long live Usama bin laden in the morning of September 12, 2001. Those people had the same reaction when terrorists attacked Beslan school in Russia in 2004. This kind of reaction did not happen in other areas of the country, but my area was shitty. The government of Iraq condemned the attacks since it was a semi secular government at the time. I believe the problem is in the Islamic text, although my best friend was a Sunni Muslim.
My dad was in the military and won a medal of courage for things he did in the country and the other attacks he helped stop. They had so much more planned. I was only a baby at the time but my family lived on a military base. We had to blackout which means putting stuff over the windows and door cracks an any other openings. The whole base was quiet for days. I remember nothing because I was a baby, obviously. My dad`s stories of that day are horrific but he helped so many people. He got only about 5 hours asleep for two weeks straight and had to pull out his ID card to tell the cashier his age and birthday because he couldn`t remember.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I've only watched on TV about this. This has touch me so much. I'm so sorry you & your family went through this. I do remember that day clearly & what I was doing over here in California & was in shock, disbelieve & very scared. I cant even imagine seeing it happen in person. I admire the positive attitude you have after all that, I can honestly say I'm not sure I would be if I had actually been so close to the horrible event. Hugs to you.
Wow, thank you so much for sharing your experience on this tragic day and the advice about life. I think people around the country forget how much New Yorkers banded together to help and heal the city. Your video really helped me see a different perspective of this day. I was a freshman in high school and was horrified to see my class mates' reactions from the news. So it really pulled a number on me and left me no hope for these kids that I grew up with.
thank you for sharing. i was in 8th grade history class when on 9 11. Im not sure why but 9 11 has been weighing on my mind really heavily lately. i came across your video. God bless.
After all of these yrs I just came to see everything and able to see it for yrs it was to bad sad to watch it but as of lately I was able to make my self watch it again and see now what I have missed doing my life at the time also if they saw what was coming the people would have stayed home sad what happend we should take everyday a blessing of being here we don't know what tomorrow brings GOD BLESS YOU
Your Mother sounds like a beautiful lady and you all wonderful people. To think of giving bloodnd, making signs and cheering on the firefighters. Working 48 hours straight volunteering to feed and care for those who needed it so. 💔
Thank you for sharing this. I never understand the seriousness of this, living outside of America. I really took 9/11 as just another sad event, but you gave me a really raw experience, thank you for enlightening me! I'm sorry you had to go through that. :(
I remember watching it live as it happened a 1000 miles away in Michigan thinking how I felt about that I can't imagine The unfortunate Souls in the Airliners And buildings or in the vicinity Close by and seeing it in person I just can't imagine the trauma all these people went through I hope our country never Ever Go through anything even close to what happened on that tragic day God-bless all the Victims in the airliners and buildings that parish that day And may somehow someday Those survivors of the victims somehow find peace Godless Them all . Thank you so much for sharing your experiences.
Thank you for sharing that with us, it gave me goosebumps. All I can remember about it (I was only 6) was us having a school assembly about it and having a minute's silence. Even to a 6 year old on the other side of the world, I knew something terrible had happened and it made me sad, I cannot imagine what people like you must'v felt when you were so close to it all.
Thank you SO much for sharing your story. You are a brave and courageous woman for doing so and doing so publicly. I appreciate your words and your amazing spirit. You're not only amazingly talented at what you do, you are truthful and inspirational. Thank you again. xoxo
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@SuperBeautyNerd I haven't been to Ground Zero in a few years. I avoid the whole area, it causes me too much distress, but its time for me to face that as well. I think this video was a way for me to prepare myself for it.
I totally understand what you are saying. I remember that day like yesterday. I was terrified. It took me until this year to watch the videos and read the stories. I couldnt handle it. Every year i participate in the 9/11 ceremonies. We lost a lot of friends and more recent, family from 9/11 sickness. Be at peace. ❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing your story! By chance, my first trip to New York I caught the tribute in light accidentally. I’ve seen it every year since then including 2020 as I by chance was there on business, and took my son to see it his first trip. I went to the memorial museum with my friend who grew up in jersey and lost friends in the attack and it was one of the most emotional experiences of my life.
Thank you for sharing your story. I was raised in Brooklyn but had just moved to Virginia earlier in 2001. I cant imagine seeing what you saw. You and your mother are strong women of great couragw reguardless of the choices you made later on. How you behaved on that day shows the deepest truth of your character!!
Thank you for sharing. I’m watching this 9 years after you shared... yet I agree with much of your feelings, even though I was a year younger and a state over (PA) from you when this tragedy occurred. Stay awesome 😎
I was 9 or 10 when this happened, and i remember watching cartoons and then suddenly the news came on, not realising why i tried to change the channel to something more interesting, but it was just news, news, news, on every channel so i went and complained to my mam and her face, just, ive never seen some one go so pale in my life. I'm not even american im engish living in england and the fear even hit us, i can't imagine what it would have been like living there.
Exactly, no matter tried to change channels.. All the same. But in that moment 18 years old and i was breakfast. I remember see for hours and hours and i remember the interviews to the cops and bombers and says "huge explosion" "bombs". For me was clear that day it was something more than the planes but since 12 September 2001 never heard about explosions and i was like wtf since that day.
I was still in Ukraine, on that awful, terrible, horrible day. Woke up to every channel showing the footage. I was in the process reuniting with my dad who was already in the states, at that time. My step sister was in the states too and she called me that day to tell me that she was fired, because her company thought the russians attacked WTC. yeah, Ukraine and Russia are sister countries, we both were raised by russian speaking families, i consider myself 100% russian. It was devastating because i know we dont have in our blood to harm another nation like that...many russiand lost their jobs that day, here in chicago and new York as well.. Me and my grandparents (rip) sat in front of our tvs all day and several days after.. i will never forget thinking " well, there goes my ticket to America " lol joke aside, the pain i felt for this country still lives inside me. I will never forget. Now, im here, in the states (been for 17 years) my child is 14 and she will never forget either. .. rip to those who parished and bless the souls of those who survived!
Thank you for sharing with us. I was lucky enough to visit new York last month I remember this day (I live in England ) and we will never forget it. New York is a beautiful city and I'm looking forward to coming back. 💕
I totally agree with you at the end of your vid.. I was only 2 weeks old during 9/11 but it's unbelievable that a human would actually do that.. Killing lots of people.. & I'm muslim so I'm very happy with your last thought.. (:
I can’t imagine what it must have been to live through those horrors. The emotional rollercoaster, the heart of your city being destroyed, helping out for 48 hours straight,… Getting emotional when talking about it is very normal I guess. The shaking in the end might very well be your body reacting to you talking about the trauma which the events of 9/11 inflicted. Trauma gets stored in our bodies and might shows itself in often uncanny ways. I don’t want to upset you or be disrespectful or offend you in any way. Hopefully what I’m about to say doesn’t upset you too much… Since your video is already 11 years old I’m wondering if anything has changed in how you look upon who’s really responsible for the events of that day. Glad to hear that (over time) you seemed to cope well with the hatred that likely came with what you went true. Closing our hearts due to fear or hatred takes away the ability to enjoy life to the fullest but it’s an understandable reaction when being traumatized in such a way as it also dampens the pain and is a instinctive self-protection mechanism.. I only wonder if, as you were saying don’t stay ignorant, you’ve come to see that what happened that day and the roots of the 'evil people' who were behind 9/11 is situated much closer to home than we could ever have imagined at that time… Coming to this realization is like a new traumatic event, so maybe in some kind of ‘self-protection mode’ (cognitive dissonance so not to be confronted with the painful and unfathomable truth) in which our mind blocks this possibility / reality out you don't wanna allow those thoughts. Having read many books and watched hundreds of hours of documentaries, lectures, witness testimonies,… about this subject I can tell that this wasn’t the work of 19 terrorists. One example: two 110 story buildings collapsed to the ground and an ambulance *parked right in front of the Twin Towers* was left practically undamaged after the collapse and there wasn't much debris behind or around it. This can be seen in a picture taken a few hours after the collapse. The towers almost entirely turned to dust (!) before they even hit the ground. The pile of rubble was only a fraction of what it should have been due to a gravitational collapse. Those towers were destroyed by some kind energy we’re not familiar with. Not saying it is what this documentary suggests (DEW) but it certainly can’t have been merely due to a gravitational collapse. For example 45.000 steel file cabinets were in the building and only 1 (!) (highly deformed) was found afterwards. th-cam.com/video/s7HPhlX0TH8/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/s7HPhlX0TH8/w-d-xo.html I'm willing to tell you some other obvious clues, just let me know. But I can imagine you don't want to hear anything from me ever again. That's perfectly understandable and fine for me. I wish you all the best! May God bless you and your family!
Thank you for sharing your experience!!I know that it was very difficult to share this and throughout the video i felt chills allover my body.It is very sad and unfair for all this people to die like this.I wish that i didn't happen...
oh holy shit, to actually be standing physically there watching the 2nd plane hit, wow holy hell your mum sounds like a trooper, lotta people just wouldn't be able to collect themself in that kinda situation sounds like complete madness, army everywere, missing posters, just nightmarish can't even fathom such mass carnage & mass emotion lots love from england, new yorkers in everyone's thoughts this weekend x
You relived that day we’ll. Very brave young lady! I still can’t get it out of my mind. I turned on CNN on that Tuesday morning as I usually did since Tuesdays were my only day off on a weekly basis in Oklahoma City. By the way, CNN was a good source of news in those days, unlike the Fake News it has become today. The CNN reporter was on a rooftop with the the first tower on fire in the background when the second plane hit. The reporter wasn’t aware of what had just happened behind him, but the viewers were stunned. We lost many lives and lost some of our freedoms to a great degree on that day. Thanks for the post and God bless America.
Sorry I didn't respond sooner! It definitely DID feel like the world was ending. But New York City is strong, and we've bounced back hard in the last decade!
I was a freshman in college, living in Manhattan (Village neighborhood), on that morning. I had an 8am class and then work on campus at 9am, so very much had a near-front-row seat to the events of that morning. It staggers me that people were still working the supermarkets in the city that day. Minimum wage workers are the true unsung heroes of this nation.
who is watching this on 2021👋🙏 what an incredible atory u had🙏 my depth condolence for america🙏😍 we, from indonesia, knew and watched tv as well tht time🙏
On the morning of September 11th, I had stopped in at a grocery store for a couple things before heading to a recording studio to start recording my first CD. I heard someone say a plane had hit the World Trade Center. There was no immediate access to a TV, and I figured it was just a tiny plane with 2-3 people, max. Sad, but I know accidents can happen, even in the sky. After recording all day, I went home and immediately turned on the news. 😳 No one said anything about a commercial jet! Nor had I heard anything about the second tower! From that moment on, I remained glued to the news, losing my jaw on the floor somewhere, and glad I had stocked up on Kleenex. I live about 2500 miles from NYC. I’ve been there once in my life - driving through, sightseeing, while waiting to catch a flight in Newark. I didn’t know anyone who lived there. I had no ties whatsoever to the city. But watching the repeated news clips of those attacks remains to this day, the most horrifying thing I have ever seen. To this day, I can’t think, hear, or speak about it without tears welling up in my eyes. I can’t even fathom how it must have affected those of you whom it touched, personally. 😔 God bless everyone personally affected by the tragic events of that day. 🙏🏼 We will never forget. 🇺🇸
...I couldn't explain how I felt to anyone. It was like it wasn't my city anymore. Then came the barrage of media, and coverage...the questions, the politics...you're right, I grew up too. And my hometown became a sideshow. I was so angry when I heard there were MOVIES coming out! All I have ever done is replay in my mind what my mother's coworkers could have been going through...i couldn't shut it off for months. I recall begging my mom not to go to work when that bomb went off in '93...
I have a small collection of office papers that blew into the courtyard of my building. They’re sealed in a plastic bag along with a campaign poster from local elections held that day. I wrote up my account on loose leaf paper and I’m leaving it to my nieces and nephews to unseal it after my death. I think you definitely had PTSD. I know it affected me, causing me to retreat from life in general, and social life in particular. Hope your second decade was better!
I was 18 when it happened also... I was working at a Target in New Mexico. I went to work that morning around 4am to unpack stuff and stock shelves... I remember everyone running toward the break room near the front of the store. I followed and asked what was going on... Someone says "one of the world trade center was hit" I was so confused. Got to the break room and saw smoke coming from the tower... Then a few minutes later, right there live on the news the 2nd tower was hit and I remember everyone screaming and crying. I remember that shot of fear hit my heart and thinking.. I've just graduated high school... So anxious to get out into the world, and now everything is going to be different. Then we hear the Pentagon got hit. They tell us to go home. I drove home shaking and so so scared. Got home and watched with my family, then there was a footage of people from overseas cheering and burning the American flag... My heart broke and I knew everything was about to change. God bless everyone.
...I am actually grateful she did not live to see this, as I can't IMAGINE what we'd have gone through. All of us... I love you Bella. And like you, but in my own way, I so fiercely love New York.
Me and my twin sister when we younger like around 5 years old thought the twin towers was disney, I guess because they stood out from everything around the area. Meet used to live in a condo in north jersey where u can see the towers from a distance. And now there not there :(
@LaDolly... What's so crazy is that that year was so significant anyway, I was finally moving out of that house, and on to new things... and the day I was having my freshman ceremony, dressed in white to signify the new life my education would afford me, my home city gets attacked, and the buildings in which I shared so many memories with my mother come crashing down! All I could think was I should have been home! With my friends and my family! I felt like a deserter...so detached and ashamed...
Trying to understand 911 and the hate that inspired it is a long arduous process. Your simple heartfelt rendition of feelings from the point of view of an innocent 18 year old is important because at the time you probably had little knowledge that such hate exsisted let alone what caused it. You were just another innocent victim.
I survived the eruption of Mt. St. Helens on May 18th 1980, and it deeply affected the course of my life. I used to go up there all the time and innertube down the mountain before it was all obliterated. Now I go up there to watch it all grow back. I'm not afraid either.
Keep being a good person.
Hairy Pothead can you do a video telling your story?
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I was a 6 month old baby on 9/11 and my mom said she was breastfeeding me. We lived near the pentagon and my mom said she heard the loudest sound ever and the house started to shake. My mom said I got frightened and started to cry. It’s so sad how the victims woke up, had their last meal, said goodbye to someone and not knowing this would happen to them. RIP to all the angels ❤️.
I heard New Yorkers say that anytime they got lost they would look up towards the towers to get a sense of direction, knowing that the towers are in lower Manhattan so that points you south.
merfwriter Hiley Absolutely. Even now, 19 years later, it’s a shock to approach NY from the Pulaski Skyway and see the towers NOT there. Check out the Bruce Springsteen song, Missing, from his 911 album, The Rising
Yes that's very true. It was like a guide to help you get to your destination.
it was so strange because I was in NYC dropping my sister off to NYU where she was starting her freshman year, when I heard the news that Aaliyah died, I remember looking at a newspaper in one of those newspaper dispensary cases with the headlines saying she had been killed and the first thing I saw when I looked up was the World Trade Center twin towers and had a very strange feeling...almost feels like a premonition considering what happened not even two weeks later...
Exactly! I was living in Manhattan on 9/11 and Twin Towers were my direction!
@@beatrizgomez4620 80's baby/90's kid.. TWIN TOWERS ALL DAY.. I miss them..
Every story is important. Thank you for sharing. God bless all those who lost their lives on 9/11, their families and friends.
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I think 9/11 had such an effect on people our age because we were living in a fantasy land where we assumed our safety was guaranteed and time had yet to speed up so our deaths weren't even worth contemplating because we assumed death was far in the future, but then all of a sudden we were introduced to the violence of our planet and at an age when we were both impressionable and capable of understanding. I was 16 and living on the opposite coast in San Francisco. I started watching the news before the second plane hit.
I'm going to NYC soon. It will be my first time there. My main reason for going is to confront the horrors I saw that day.
I agree wholeheartedly with you. It was a cruel wake up call for the whole country and a shock to the world that Anerica is not impenetrable!
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I did the same thing in 2018. I finally realized that actually going there was what I had to do to find some semblance of peace about it. It did help.
I lived and worked in Sunnyvale at the time. For some reason, I didn’t turn on my TV that morning, so I didn’t know until I got to work. My boss up in the city called, terrified the Bay Area was next, and was headed home. I remember also, that it was a very beautiful and clear day, in the Silicon Valley at least.
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Have you gone yet? And if so, how was it?
I was 14 years old here in NYC when the Twin Towers were destroyed. That day still haunts me everyday. I went on the roof of the South Tower as a child back in 1994. It was my favorite spot here in NYC. I miss them everyday. #NeverForget911
Thank you so much for that compliment. I'm glad that people like YOU exist! Your words of encouragement are the best gift!
I love how you processed this horrible moment in time. I don't know if you are still checking this thread since you posted it like 12 years ago but I just wanted to thank you for sharing your experience. I have heard so many survivor stories and this is the first story I have heard from a different angle it reminds me of a tragedy I experienced on Oct 9th 2017 when my entire neighborhood burned down in a wildfire I have a very similar experience and feelings that you had. We also had the National Guard here and also had to show ID to go into certain areas one in particular was where my home used to be but was now a pile of ash. The city came together in unimaginable ways and the kindness of strangers was so strong and had just floored me. I still have a note I found in a pair of donated jeans that said, "stay safe, be strong" One thing I remember feeling that still I still feel blown away by is the fact that during my grief and confusion I couldn't fathom that the world hadn't stopped, It never crossed my mind that other cities and other states were having business as usual when my life and that of all my neighbors had come to a screeching halt it was like we were frozen in time for about a month before I started moving my life forward again and here it is 6 years later and our city still hasn't entirely rebuilt there are many empty lots and so many homeless. I hope you have healed and were able to find peace and move on.
I'm just watching this video for the first time. It's November 2019, eight years since you made this. I haven't looked at the rest of your channel yet (although I will do once this video is finished). I wonder how those eight years have been for you. You seem like a really nice person and I hope the years have been kind.
Wow, it's 19 years ago now. I remember it like it was yesterday. The way the nation came together was so wonderful. But, yeah, the whole world watched in horror that day. God bless you.
I was 18 on 9/11 too. But I'm all the way in AZ and woke up to every channel being flooded with images of the twin towers burning. I just remember being so confused and scared. It was so bizarre and haunting to see the skies completely empty and just the odd somber silence everywhere I went. I went through just about every negative emotion possible that day. Confusion, fear, sadness, anger...... We all as American's changed forever that day and felt for NY that day all the way down to the core. I couldn't imagine being in your shoes being only a couple miles from that horrific scene. God bless New York. And God bless the souls that were lost that day.
Well said. Amen to that. I live in Arizona today.
Thank you so much for sharing. I wish more New Yorkers would share their personal thoughts and experiences of that day. I watched from home for 2 days, horrified with you all, praying for you all. I think of you all often and am inspired by your resilience. God bless.
Thank you. Yes, I wish New Yorkers were given more attention following this day. We saw the events up-close, and had the best information. I was contacted by several friends around the country that morning, who were watching on TV. I knew, from the moment I heard from them, that the National Media was embellishing the events, and that New Yorkers were not being given a proper voice, perhaps will never be given that proper voice. :(
My mum and dad where on there honeymoon in New York when September 11th struck they both said it was the one of the scariest moments of there life
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Hello fellow New Yorker, (i live in upstate), just wanted to drop a line and say, you told that story well and i thank you for it. Sept 11th is one of those things that I don't think any of us will ever forget. I pray we never have to face something horrible like this again.
Thank you for watching! Time heals all wounds even if we can't forget.
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My 911 story started like everybody's else on television. The night before my wife and I watched the movie The siege with Denzel Washington where New York City is attacked. My wife wakes me up screaming New York city's been attacking my response plus yeah I saw the damn movie let me sleep. Then with an authority and I fear I've never heard she ordered me a bead. I made it to the television in time to see the second plane hit and the string of cuss words that came out of my mouth would have made my drill instructor back in Marine corps boot camp proud. When the buildings fell things from you would come very fuzzy. You see I'm a retired police officer and at that time I was a member of an urban K9 search and rescue team who specialize in looking for people in collapsed buildings. We hardly got our things together and drove as fast as you can drive a vehicle to New York. It took us 26 hours to get there only stopping to pee and pump gas. We arrived very early on the 13th. It was still very dark I don't know the streets time has erased that detail but I will never forget looking down the street at the pile. There was a federal agent there I can't remember what agency and she said stop you can't do that. She said it's like looking at a monster you just glance at it and look away if you stare it will consume you. And that started the seven longest days of my life. I get very angry at people who say that this was an inside job and that there was demolitions in the building because I saw the price first hand that was paid by those fine people who were working in the building the firefighters that ran in and then ran in again along with the police and the port authority. And if I live to be a thousand which doesn't look like likely I'll never understand it.
I remember feeling impartial when 9/11 happened. But now as I look back I cant imagine the pain and terror that happened on that day! RIP 3,000 lives!
Wow...I hadn't seen this before and just clicked if from your fb and the entire story is just chilling. I think now that I finally just recently experienced NY, it actually feels more real listening to you. Before all of the coverage was heart breaking and hard to even comprehend, but NYC seemed like it was almost like a movie, being a small town southern girl. But listening to you describe things in your story that I now know are real since I've seen them, its just so much more real. It haves me chills. Thanks for sharing. As awful as it was, hearing about it from ppl that actually witnessed it seems more historical than watching the news.
I was 20, and over the pond in the UK. It was devastating to see on TV. I was absolutely petrified convinced that they were coming for the UK next. Thanks for such an honest account. Your mum saying we need to go donate blood, just wow. That day I was in total awe of the firefighters, paramedics, police, medical professionals. The stoicism of the New Yorkers, like Londoners during the blitz in WW2. We will never forget.
Thank you for your story, may we NEVER FORGET. Good luck and have a great life starting today and onward. Take care, from Seattle
Your passion for NYC really touched me. I live in the midwest where a lot of people seem to think urban places, and especially New York, are just giant ghettos or full of assholes, but my dad's side of the family is from NYC and I'm partial to it. Thanks for sharing your story; I don't imagine it was easy.
Thank you for sharing this. Even here in Denmark, where I live, most people still remember exactly where they were, and what they were doing, when they heard the news - but from over here, the events looked different, it was all newsclips, and "terrible, but far away", and as such, very surreal. Your story helps put things into a more real perspective, and itshows why so many people were so affected, even if they didn't lose any loved ones. So, thank you again.
I cannot love this video anymore. I am sooooo glad people like you exist! Thank you
Hi I was there in 7 world trade. I felt first and second plane hit. I also saw people jumping and falling to their deaths. It still shakes me when i am sitting behind my cubicle or hear a plane flying low. God bless you
The very fabric of your life was shattered. It's not at all surprising that things fell apart. Congrats for pulling out of it. Thank you for posting this story.
WOW!!!!! I have to tell you, that this video is absolutely AMAZING!! I was going through several 9/11 videos today just watching a slice of this and a snip of that, but not really engaging into anything 100%. I just wanted to catch the first few seconds of a few videos to see if they sounded interesting or not. So when I cam to yours, I said, "eh, this one is almost a half hour long. I'll just watch the first couple minutes and then I'll turn it off. I didn't think it would be too engaging. HOW WRONG I WAS!!! Let me tell you.....you got my attention right from the very start, and you were able to hold my attention for the entire time. I sat and watched every second, and heard every word, and didn't want it to end., Ya know how sometimes you have a really good book that you just can't put down? Well that's how you presented this video. I didn't wanna put it down. I didn't wanna stop watching. Your description of the events of that day, and how they made you feel and what it was like for you just drew me in and kept me there for the whole time. You painted such an awesome word picture for me, I could just see every little detail in my minds eye. Just incredible. Thank you soooooooo much for doing this video. This is the kind of video that will draw people in for years to come. Just WOW!!!
Musicman81Indy Thank you for an incredibly kind compliment.
I’d like to second this comment and thank you so much for sharing.
My family are from the east end of London... Us Londoners have had our fair share of terror over the years (which seem to be increasing lately) but I don’t think any attack could beat 9/11 for shear barbarity. The buildings were designed to withstand multiple plane strikes, so people trapped at the top were probably waiting patiently for the firefighters to clear a path through to them... no one thought they could collapse.
It horrifies me that, after the first collapse, everybody trapped above the impact zone in the other tower basically had to wait out their fate. I can’t imagine how awful that must have been for those people and their families watching on the tv... it’s heartbreaking.
You two should get married...your both over-wordy ! 😂
Thank you for sharing your story. I'm considering sharing mine now that I can finally speak about what actually happened to me that day and continues to haunt me to this day
Thank you ever so much for sharing your story, it's always interesting to hear where people were and what they were doing during the time of 9/11. I was 5 years old and I remember playing with my toys in front of the TV where the two buildings were in flames live on TV.
Wow! Thank you for sharing this. I was in second grade at the time and lived in queens. I was way too young to understand how serious this event was. I don't have memories of the towers because I basically grew up in a world where they didn't exist. I have always wondered how I would have reacted had this happened now that I'm old enough to think for myself. I feel like I can totally relate to you, being a curious teenager, I probably would have done the same thing and gone down there. I give you so much respect for handling it like you did, and speaking about it for people like me, who were alive at the time but have no recollection. I almost feel like this event didn't even happen in my lifetime since I was so young and didn't think understand, but you have painted such a vivid picture in my mind. and for once, I actually feel like I understand the depths of what happened that tragic day. Thank you again!!
Thank you for sharing such an emotional journey. I turned 30 two days after 9/11. I lived on the other side of the country in the San Francisco Bay Area. I now have 3 teenagers who ask me about my experiences of 9/11. I cannot think about it, much less talk about it without a lot of tears. I would love to visit NYC someday. I loved your message about not teaching our children to hate. Such a good message that needs to be heard today, that you couldn’t have known about when you made this video. I pray you are doing well. 💜❤️
I'm so glad you shared your personal story with youtube. I love your channel for your hair tutorials, but this was really touching. Your advice is my mantra I live by every day - don't live in fear & don't live with hate in your heart. I want to reach through the computer and give you a big hug!
Bless you for doing what you did. Everyday heroes are the people who step up and say, "What can I do?"
What a very touching story. Even I, on the other side of the world in Australia remember that day. I left school saying I was sick and sat in front of the tv all day. When something horrible on a scale that big happens I think everyone forgets where we are from and band together for we are all human
Thank you for making this video. I was three when the attacks happened, and my family was on vacation at the beach (I live in California). I remember seeing my family freaking out when it happened, and I remember watching the towers on the news, thinking it was just a movie. It's so crazy hearing a person that actually experienced it and watched it from only blocks away, because, even now, watching it on the news on the anniversary just doesn't seem as real. I appreciate your views on Muslim people as a whole. I remember my mom always telling me "we are at war against a group of people, not a religion"
Thank you for sharing your story. I was 19 at the time and still in shock all these years later. No doubt that it forever changed our world in the way we knew it.
Thank you for sharing your story, you are very strong and brave young woman, and I love how you tried to help and pray and share in the hurt, loss and hope of others.
Thank you so much for sharing this - we don't hear about New Yorker's stories like this much! I can only imagine seeing the Missing posters from here in New Zealand it was the sadest thing to see.
Being a New Yorker that day, you nailed it. While there was some panic over the potential loss of loved ones, overall New Yorkers were mostly in a state of shock. We were asking the five most common questions who, what, when where and why? I was a typical New Yorker who was competitive before 9/11 but afterwards talking to people I realized that we were and still are the greatest city in the world with the greatest people in the world. The unity of the people then and how they recovered afterwards still brings tears to my eyes when I think of it. We are competitive rowdy people, but we know when to call time out and help others in need. New York strong always and forever!
I really aprecciate that you share your Story. Thank you! I was the same age as you when this happened, but in Germany. I remember sitting in front of the TV and beeing shocked and sad and whishing I could help. Since this, I always think of you poor people who were affected by this horrible situation especially every august and september. It's something that leaves me speechless every time I think about it. And yes, even on the other side of the world, this horrible day changed everything. I hope you are fine nowadays.
Although you recorded your message years ago, your words at the end of your very personal account are very very valid. You are a native New Yorker who is enlightened and proud of your home, and you show courage in your acceptance of others who may be and still might be damned after the events of 9/11. Your message is clear; 9/11 was an atrocious, frightening and wicked act of hate which caused so much damage, and we must learn never to give hate a chance. I wish you happiness and continued spiritual growth. Thank you!
Thank you for this video... Your story is very moving and God Bless You...
I just wanted to thank you for such a personal, heartfelt and uplifting message about your experience and take on the impact of 911 on you, your city and your family. I’m not a New Yorker but my father took my brother and I to NY and he insisted we go to the top of the WTC. That was about 1981 I do remember the elevator ride and the lobby as well as my father explaining that the towers actually proved that the world is round.
I need to go back now and it dawned on me how few people have made that pilgrimage to see the museum and the new freedom tower. It ought to be something all Americans should do.
I’m glad you took the time to tell your story. I actually stumbled upon Mickey Kosse NYC firefighter who survived the disaster at the base of the north tower that day. They were 14 of only 20 people that survived that were in the building. The north towers center stairwell acted as a bunker down at the base and saved 14 firefighters who had stopped to assist a women in a cast coming down. I also love your braid/plait content very nice. 🙂
I can't imagine being in NY that day and see that happen to your home. I was a sophomore in HS on 9/11, but I was in AZ. I saw the news after the plane hit the first tower, but I saw the second plane hit live. I remember my mother crying and my farther shocked. It was unique for NY, but in a lesser (still important) way it impacted everyone. I always remember it around this time and if I think about it too long, I cry. I think it's healthy for everyone to share their experience at least once.
Wow, I really want to thank you for sharing. I cried watching this and remembered waking up that day and hearing the news in shock. I cried all day at work listening to the radio.
I saw how the Country rallied, and listened to the eerie(?) silence of no planes anywhere. It was a very scary time.
I also have to say I love how your tortie is wandering around as if trying to figure out why mom is so upset sitting and talking in the very sunshine bright happy room. It made me smile as i cried.
Thank you so much for making this video. I was crying so much... You are an amazing, beautiful person - inside and out. I wish you all the best!
I hope the lady in the video sees this comment. I am from the Middle East and I used to live in Baghdad in 2001. I remember that day very well. I was in fourth grade. When the attacks happened it was around 5 PM in Baghdad. I was watching the cartoon movie Alice in Wonderland when the national Iraqi television stopped the broadcast and turned into a live broadcast from a different Middle Eastern channel of the events. However, I have to tell you the truth. You know that Iraq and the Middle East in general do have many people who view "the other" who does not believe in Islam as a lower level human being or as their enemy. Just like how Nazi Germany viewed the Jews. This belief system is mainly in the Sunni Muslim population. There are so many wonderful Sunni Muslims who are not that much into their religion. Many Muslims have inherited their religion and they do not like to read a lot in the Quran or they defend it, but they are in denial. September 11 was not a fault of US policies. The attacks happened against the US because the US is world superpower. The US stands in the way of creating the universal Khilafa/sharia law. Those people (I would say no less than 30% of Muslims in the Middle East) hate Russia, China, and India as much as they hate the US. They divide the world into two parties, the infidels and the believers. My elementary school principle assistant was one of those people. She forced the whole school to say long live Usama bin laden in the morning of September 12, 2001. Those people had the same reaction when terrorists attacked Beslan school in Russia in 2004. This kind of reaction did not happen in other areas of the country, but my area was shitty. The government of Iraq condemned the attacks since it was a semi secular government at the time. I believe the problem is in the Islamic text, although my best friend was a Sunni Muslim.
My dad was in the military and won a medal of courage for things he did in the country and the other attacks he helped stop. They had so much more planned. I was only a baby at the time but my family lived on a military base. We had to blackout which means putting stuff over the windows and door cracks an any other openings. The whole base was quiet for days. I remember nothing because I was a baby, obviously. My dad`s stories of that day are horrific but he helped so many people. He got only about 5 hours asleep for two weeks straight and had to pull out his ID card to tell the cashier his age and birthday because he couldn`t remember.
Thank you for sharing your experience. I've only watched on TV about this. This has touch me so much. I'm so sorry you & your family went through this. I do remember that day clearly & what I was doing over here in California & was in shock, disbelieve & very scared. I cant even imagine seeing it happen in person. I admire the positive attitude you have after all that, I can honestly say I'm not sure I would be if I had actually been so close to the horrible event. Hugs to you.
Thank you so much for sharing your story
Wow, thank you so much for sharing your experience on this tragic day and the advice about life. I think people around the country forget how much New Yorkers banded together to help and heal the city.
Your video really helped me see a different perspective of this day. I was a freshman in high school and was horrified to see my class mates' reactions from the news. So it really pulled a number on me and left me no hope for these kids that I grew up with.
thank you for sharing. i was in 8th grade history class when on 9 11. Im not sure why but 9 11 has been weighing on my mind really heavily lately. i came across your video. God bless.
After all of these yrs I just came to see everything and able to see it for yrs it was to bad sad to watch it but as of lately I was able to make my self watch it again and see now what I have missed doing my life at the time also if they saw what was coming the people would have stayed home sad what happend we should take everyday a blessing of being here we don't know what tomorrow brings GOD BLESS YOU
Your Mother sounds like a beautiful lady and you all wonderful people. To think of giving bloodnd, making signs and cheering on the firefighters. Working 48 hours straight volunteering to feed and care for those who needed it so. 💔
Your story is very sad. I can't imagine how I would be in this situation. Thanks for sharing !
Yes it does! Its not in the exact spot, obviously, but its close enough! Everytime I see I feel alot of pride in my city!
Thank you so much for this. My heart goes out to you and I want to send out my love to those who lose love one's
Thank you for sharing this. I never understand the seriousness of this, living outside of America. I really took 9/11 as just another sad event, but you gave me a really raw experience, thank you for enlightening me! I'm sorry you had to go through that. :(
I remember watching it live as it happened a 1000 miles away in Michigan thinking how I felt about that I can't imagine The unfortunate Souls in the Airliners And buildings or in the vicinity Close by and seeing it in person I just can't imagine the trauma all these people went through I hope our country never Ever Go through anything even close to what happened on that tragic day God-bless all the Victims in the airliners and buildings that parish that day And may somehow someday Those survivors of the victims somehow find peace Godless Them all . Thank you so much for sharing your experiences.
Thank you for sharing that with us, it gave me goosebumps. All I can remember about it (I was only 6) was us having a school assembly about it and having a minute's silence. Even to a 6 year old on the other side of the world, I knew something terrible had happened and it made me sad, I cannot imagine what people like you must'v felt when you were so close to it all.
Thank you SO much for sharing your story. You are a brave and courageous woman for doing so and doing so publicly. I appreciate your words and your amazing spirit. You're not only amazingly talented at what you do, you are truthful and inspirational. Thank you again. xoxo
this touched my heart
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@SuperBeautyNerd I haven't been to Ground Zero in a few years. I avoid the whole area, it causes me too much distress, but its time for me to face that as well. I think this video was a way for me to prepare myself for it.
I totally understand what you are saying. I remember that day like yesterday. I was terrified. It took me until this year to watch the videos and read the stories. I couldnt handle it. Every year i participate in the 9/11 ceremonies. We lost a lot of friends and more recent, family from 9/11 sickness. Be at peace. ❤️❤️
Thank you for sharing your story! By chance, my first trip to New York I caught the tribute in light accidentally. I’ve seen it every year since then including 2020 as I by chance was there on business, and took my son to see it his first trip. I went to the memorial museum with my friend who grew up in jersey and lost friends in the attack and it was one of the most emotional experiences of my life.
Thank you for sharing your story. I was raised in Brooklyn but had just moved to Virginia earlier in 2001. I cant imagine seeing what you saw. You and your mother are strong women of great couragw reguardless of the choices you made later on. How you behaved on that day shows the deepest truth of your character!!
Thank you for sharing.
I’m watching this 9 years after you shared... yet I agree with much of your feelings, even though I was a year younger and a state over (PA) from you when this tragedy occurred.
Stay awesome 😎
I can only imagine how horrific it must have been to see that from there. Was horrific enough just watching it live on tv.
Thank you so much for sharing - I am watching all of these videos - never forget
Yeah, today is 9/11/20.
I was 9 or 10 when this happened, and i remember watching cartoons and then suddenly the news came on, not realising why i tried to change the channel to something more interesting, but it was just news, news, news, on every channel so i went and complained to my mam and her face, just, ive never seen some one go so pale in my life. I'm not even american im engish living in england and the fear even hit us, i can't imagine what it would have been like living there.
same, I was 6 and I couldn't really grasp what was happening. Watching cartoons in England and it came on.
Exactly, no matter tried to change channels.. All the same. But in that moment 18 years old and i was breakfast. I remember see for hours and hours and i remember the interviews to the cops and bombers and says "huge explosion" "bombs". For me was clear that day it was something more than the planes but since 12 September 2001 never heard about explosions and i was like wtf since that day.
Yes it was. Glad to meet another New Yorker, and to hear you're ok.
I was still in Ukraine, on that awful, terrible, horrible day. Woke up to every channel showing the footage. I was in the process reuniting with my dad who was already in the states, at that time. My step sister was in the states too and she called me that day to tell me that she was fired, because her company thought the russians attacked WTC. yeah, Ukraine and Russia are sister countries, we both were raised by russian speaking families, i consider myself 100% russian. It was devastating because i know we dont have in our blood to harm another nation like that...many russiand lost their jobs that day, here in chicago and new York as well..
Me and my grandparents (rip) sat in front of our tvs all day and several days after.. i will never forget thinking " well, there goes my ticket to America " lol joke aside, the pain i felt for this country still lives inside me. I will never forget. Now, im here, in the states (been for 17 years) my child is 14 and she will never forget either. .. rip to those who parished and bless the souls of those who survived!
Thank you for sharing with us. I was lucky enough to visit new York last month I remember this day (I live in England ) and we will never forget it. New York is a beautiful city and I'm looking forward to coming back. 💕
Thank you for your honesty. ❤️
So true! I suppose that what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger. Thanks for watching my video. :)
That is a fallacy. What doesn’t kill us gives us ptsd.
Thank you for sharing this. I really like the final advice you gave, it is really the best thing you could say.
I totally agree with you at the end of your vid.. I was only 2 weeks old during 9/11 but it's unbelievable that a human would actually do that.. Killing lots of people.. & I'm muslim so I'm very happy with your last thought.. (:
I can’t imagine what it must have been to live through those horrors.
The emotional rollercoaster, the heart of your city being destroyed, helping out for 48 hours straight,…
Getting emotional when talking about it is very normal I guess. The shaking in the end might very well be your body reacting to you talking about the trauma which the events of 9/11 inflicted. Trauma gets stored in our bodies and might shows itself in often uncanny ways.
I don’t want to upset you or be disrespectful or offend you in any way. Hopefully what I’m about to say doesn’t upset you too much…
Since your video is already 11 years old I’m wondering if anything has changed in how you look upon who’s really responsible for the events of that day. Glad to hear that (over time) you seemed to cope well with the hatred that likely came with what you went true. Closing our hearts due to fear or hatred takes away the ability to enjoy life to the fullest but it’s an understandable reaction when being traumatized in such a way as it also dampens the pain and is a instinctive self-protection mechanism..
I only wonder if, as you were saying don’t stay ignorant, you’ve come to see that what happened that day and the roots of the 'evil people' who were behind 9/11 is situated much closer to home than we could ever have imagined at that time… Coming to this realization is like a new traumatic event, so maybe in some kind of ‘self-protection mode’ (cognitive dissonance so not to be confronted with the painful and unfathomable truth) in which our mind blocks this possibility / reality out you don't wanna allow those thoughts.
Having read many books and watched hundreds of hours of documentaries, lectures, witness testimonies,… about this subject I can tell that this wasn’t the work of 19 terrorists.
One example: two 110 story buildings collapsed to the ground and an ambulance *parked right in front of the Twin Towers* was left practically undamaged after the collapse and there wasn't much debris behind or around it. This can be seen in a picture taken a few hours after the collapse. The towers almost entirely turned to dust (!) before they even hit the ground. The pile of rubble was only a fraction of what it should have been due to a gravitational collapse. Those towers were destroyed by some kind energy we’re not familiar with. Not saying it is what this documentary suggests (DEW) but it certainly can’t have been merely due to a gravitational collapse. For example 45.000 steel file cabinets were in the building and only 1 (!) (highly deformed) was found afterwards.
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I'm willing to tell you some other obvious clues, just let me know. But I can imagine you don't want to hear anything from me ever again. That's perfectly understandable and fine for me.
I wish you all the best!
May God bless you and your family!
Thank you for sharing your experience!!I know that it was very difficult to share this and throughout the video i felt chills allover my body.It is very sad and unfair for all this people to die like this.I wish that i didn't happen...
oh holy shit, to actually be standing physically there watching the 2nd plane hit, wow holy hell
your mum sounds like a trooper, lotta people just wouldn't be able to collect themself in that kinda situation
sounds like complete madness, army everywere, missing posters, just nightmarish can't even fathom such mass carnage & mass emotion
lots love from england, new yorkers in everyone's thoughts this weekend x
YES YOUR FINAL COMMENTS ARE IMPORTANT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT WHY 9/11 HAPPENED. I DO NOT BLAME AMERICA.
Wow. Amazing. Godbless you girl. I'm a new yorker myself. I was five when it happened. It was very traumatic.
I was only 6 months old on 9/11, but I feel as if it effects me as someone who was old enough to remember it
It effects everyone to one degree or another an out of this world bad event
@thelabemail ...I'm proud you're my friend too. I can't imagine my life without you in it. I'm glad we're in agreement. No living in fear here.
You relived that day we’ll. Very brave young lady! I still can’t get it out of my mind. I turned on CNN on that Tuesday morning as I usually did since Tuesdays were my only day off on a weekly basis in Oklahoma City. By the way, CNN was a good source of news in those days, unlike the Fake News it has become today. The CNN reporter was on a rooftop with the the first tower on fire in the background when the second plane hit. The reporter wasn’t aware of what had just happened behind him, but the viewers were stunned. We lost many lives and lost some of our freedoms to a great degree on that day. Thanks for the post and God bless America.
Sorry I didn't respond sooner! It definitely DID feel like the world was ending. But New York City is strong, and we've bounced back hard in the last decade!
I was a freshman in college, living in Manhattan (Village neighborhood), on that morning. I had an 8am class and then work on campus at 9am, so very much had a near-front-row seat to the events of that morning. It staggers me that people were still working the supermarkets in the city that day. Minimum wage workers are the true unsung heroes of this nation.
who is watching this on 2021👋🙏
what an incredible atory u had🙏
my depth condolence for america🙏😍
we, from indonesia, knew and watched tv as well tht time🙏
On the morning of September 11th, I had stopped in at a grocery store for a couple things before heading to a recording studio to start recording my first CD. I heard someone say a plane had hit the World Trade Center. There was no immediate access to a TV, and I figured it was just a tiny plane with 2-3 people, max. Sad, but I know accidents can happen, even in the sky.
After recording all day, I went home and immediately turned on the news.
😳
No one said anything about a commercial jet! Nor had I heard anything about the second tower!
From that moment on, I remained glued to the news, losing my jaw on the floor somewhere, and glad I had stocked up on Kleenex.
I live about 2500 miles from NYC. I’ve been there once in my life - driving through, sightseeing, while waiting to catch a flight in Newark. I didn’t know anyone who lived there. I had no ties whatsoever to the city. But watching the repeated news clips of those attacks remains to this day, the most horrifying thing I have ever seen. To this day, I can’t think, hear, or speak about it without tears welling up in my eyes. I can’t even fathom how it must have affected those of you whom it touched, personally. 😔
God bless everyone personally affected by the tragic events of that day. 🙏🏼
We will never forget. 🇺🇸
...I couldn't explain how I felt to anyone. It was like it wasn't my city anymore. Then came the barrage of media, and coverage...the questions, the politics...you're right, I grew up too. And my hometown became a sideshow. I was so angry when I heard there were MOVIES coming out! All I have ever done is replay in my mind what my mother's coworkers could have been going through...i couldn't shut it off for months. I recall begging my mom not to go to work when that bomb went off in '93...
I have a small collection of office papers that blew into the courtyard of my building. They’re sealed in a plastic bag along with a campaign poster from local elections held that day. I wrote up my account on loose leaf paper and I’m leaving it to my nieces and nephews to unseal it after my death.
I think you definitely had PTSD. I know it affected me, causing me to retreat from life in general, and social life in particular. Hope your second decade was better!
Thank you for your story!
I was 18 when it happened also... I was working at a Target in New Mexico. I went to work that morning around 4am to unpack stuff and stock shelves... I remember everyone running toward the break room near the front of the store. I followed and asked what was going on... Someone says "one of the world trade center was hit" I was so confused. Got to the break room and saw smoke coming from the tower... Then a few minutes later, right there live on the news the 2nd tower was hit and I remember everyone screaming and crying. I remember that shot of fear hit my heart and thinking.. I've just graduated high school... So anxious to get out into the world, and now everything is going to be different. Then we hear the Pentagon got hit. They tell us to go home. I drove home shaking and so so scared. Got home and watched with my family, then there was a footage of people from overseas cheering and burning the American flag... My heart broke and I knew everything was about to change. God bless everyone.
...I am actually grateful she did not live to see this, as I can't IMAGINE what we'd have gone through. All of us... I love you Bella. And like you, but in my own way, I so fiercely love New York.
Thanks! I appreciate the nice comment!
Thank you for sharing your story.
Me and my twin sister when we younger like around 5 years old thought the twin towers was disney, I guess because they stood out from everything around the area. Meet used to live in a condo in north jersey where u can see the towers from a distance. And now there not there :(
@LaDolly... What's so crazy is that that year was so significant anyway, I was finally moving out of that house, and on to new things... and the day I was having my freshman ceremony, dressed in white to signify the new life my education would afford me, my home city gets attacked, and the buildings in which I shared so many memories with my mother come crashing down! All I could think was I should have been home! With my friends and my family! I felt like a deserter...so detached and ashamed...
Can’t believe this video is 13 years old, and towers are 22 years already, IM 32 ,time needs to slow down
Thank you for sharing your story!
Trying to understand 911 and the hate that inspired it is a long arduous process. Your simple heartfelt rendition of feelings from the point of view of an innocent 18 year old is important because at the time you probably had little knowledge that such hate exsisted let alone what caused it. You were just another innocent victim.
Thank you for your beautiful story...