The sign that said “Have the heart to forgive” with the word “never” overwriting “forgive” was such a powerful way of showing the conflicting views on that day.
And that’s how the world works. Revenge begets revenge-almost all violence in the world is, in some way or another, a reaction to earlier violence. Years after 9/11, indoctrinated youths in the Middle East or on some radical-Islamist forum will see the atrocities committed by U.S. drone strikes indirectly as a result of 9/11, and they will not be able to forgive the far greater number of civilians killed in those attacks. Yes, some people are able to break free from their communities’ cycle of violence and vengeance. But they are the few exceptions, unfortunately, to a rule dictated by human nature.
@CoCo Exception to the rule, like I said. Not every case has to fit the rule for it to be the rule. Also, keep in mind that: (1) the mainstream view of the bombings has unofficially deemed that they were justified retribution that cancels out Japan's initial aggression (whether this view is correct or not is separate question); and (2) Japan as of 2021 only has a "second-class" "army" in that its military forces are not allowed to conduct military activities outside of pure self-defense; and (3) even if Japan had a normal military, it is still a sovereign, civilized nation-state, and nation-states/governments are, as a rule, (relatively) less rogue players than terror organizations, rebel movements, etc. -- Japan understands the reality that it would not be a good ending for them even if they wanted vengeance and decided to act on it. None of these things applies to al-Qaeda or I.S.I.S.: they don't act in accordance to mainstream views, non-aggression treaties, or rational considerations.
@@benberkson4481 now praise god that will help you get closer to Him and you will be luckier. i aint tryna be that guy but it’s true it’ll help you trust me
@@xxpierkeepsloadingxx7146 I don't think there were many pets that would have been allowed inside the twin towers. Unless maybe guide dogs or pets that might have been killed as they passed by.
My dad told me that he used to see the same old faces every morning in the train heading to work . Most of them worked at the twin towers . He said the next day after 9/11 train carts were mostly emptied . He never saw those people again
@@N-GinAndTonicTM both tragedies were terrible, but I don’t think it can really be argued that Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren’t the worse of the two. An atomic bomb is devastating, imagine your atoms being pulverized and you being completely wiped from existence. No body to bury, no even recognition that you’re dying, just the transition between hearing the bomb drop and becoming a shadow on a wall.
The “day at the movies poster” actually made me cry. You can visualize so many destroyed souls just looking to get away with a movie and a free soda/popcorn
I have a deep sense of gratitude for ppl with cameras who think ahead of their time n understand/understood how important it is to capture small subtle moments. He didn't go film ground zero. He filmed humans n communities 5,6,7 blocks away grieving n processing. These are the things we think about. "I wonder wat it was like the next day." "I wonder wat ppl did." "I wonder if ppl stayed inside or mourned together at local parks n cafes." We have the answers to that without even having to ask now. All bc someone took initiative to capture these small important moments. The free movies, museums etc. Some of us wouldve never known. Ppl playing music n hacky sack.... we would've never known wat the streets looked n sounded like. So shout out to this guy/gal❤ even old NYC videos from the 30s where photographers randomly filmed ppl walking down the street or catching a taxi. I love how their mind works. They know that ppl in the future would want something to look back on. The small moments in time❤
I remember that week vividly. I live in Queens, and it was so eerie in the city for a long time after. I was off on the day of 9/11, and I was planning to go to J&R music World that morning to buy a headset for my cell phone. Anybody from NY remembers how close J&R on Park Row was to the Twin Towers. I would have been caught up in all that, but I decided to stay home and chill in bed. That probably ended up saving my life.
Wow .. how lucky you were. I went to school on Park Place between Broadway and Trinity, so I used to walk down Park Row daily. I was 13 on 9/11 and lived in SI, but my dad was a homicide detective in Manhattan and his precinct was the 1st precinct which covers the towers. He was off also, thank God 🙏
@@kdxtreme7479 yeah, an American Airlines plane in Far Rockaway that December I think. It was headed to Puerto Rico. We thought it was another terrorist attack.
The day after 9/11, the hot dogs were free, the movies, the museums, everything. Everyone was just doing what they could to feel anything but pain. Everyone had a shoulder to cry on, and no one stayed inside that day. Makes you wonder what has to happen for us to be like that again. To just be Americans helping and loving each other without any judgment or forethought.
Two words: common goal. Everyone wanted to cheer and be cheered up. Now, all over the planet, people are always divided by stupid politics and other things that are naturally divisive.
@@Bobspineable I feel like if something like this happened today (God forbid), people wouldn't be as helpful or kind; many would probably even stop to ask someone what their political and social and whatever else views/beliefs are before they decide to help them. 🙄 Just look at how terrible people got with COVID.
@@sweetiepielarae I know ppl have the most garbage takes on anything today about garbage takes in moments like this we need to embrace what makes us human ,emotions
@@mujtabaraisani shouldn’t have knocked down the towers then 🤦♂️ Afghanistan and Iraq were the naughty kids who acted out and got put in time out for 20 years…not our fault
I remember everyone on the news was explaining how they heard multiple explosions and analysts explaining that collapsing didn't make any sense. Nowadays that's considered a "conspiracy theory"... But I remember it very well as it happened. Such a horrible event.
I was talking about this with my sister a couple of weeks ago. I'm not even from the U.S. and I was 6 years old when this happened, but I still get nervous every time I hear a plane flying "too close".
I was in high school in central Massachusetts on 9/11. I remember going out for gym class at 11 am and military choppers and jets flew over the school multiple times. It was terrifying each time because we all had been watching the news unfold in classrooms for gym class. That whole day is still quite vivid in my memory.
This video is exactly how my dad described the city being for a long time after 9/11. He said everybody was helping and just cherishing each other, no matter who they were.
@@chandrashekariyer9329 i guess the quote ‘we must know darkness to see light’ is true. We must live through the worst times to see the best in humanity.
Not just in the city. L.I. was the same and I’m guessing the rest of the tri-state area too. Everyone helping everyone. Less judgement. Much more solidarity. And American flags literally on every single house for at least a year or 2 every day. Flags are always out but usually not this amount of time. It was a good distraction,too a degree, from the constant(multiple in a week in most towns including mine) funerals,candle light vigils, 24/7 non stop news on literally ever single channel for weeks, and more. I rarely watch anything related to 9/11 because I and my family “experienced” it enough, but this was a bit different of a video with no tower shots. Only street level thankfully.
I was born in 1994. I was in first grade in math class when 9/11 happened. And this, this feeling is what I remember the most. Seeing the world suddenly change in to this in the following days. Seeing a massive, massive change in every single person in this country. We were one for a moment. And then we turned to hate.
They're just going for a walk. No doubt the events of the previous day are on all of their minds, but we don't really know if they're walking around aimlessly/confused/empty/lost or not, I think that could be a bit of projection on your part. Even if they are, people walk around aimlessly all the time -- it's called going for a walk. It's normal. And that is what is most surreal to me in this footage, it shows that life just carries on as normal... time waits for no man, and the world keeps spinning.
I wasn't alive during 9/11, but videos like these.. just make me so uneasy. The silence. You can tell something's wrong. The only way to describe this video is uncomfortably heavy.
Yup. I remember the principal wheeled a TV into our classroom in the 6th grade and switched it to the news. It was maybe 10 or 11 in the morning. They let us spend the rest of the day in recess iirc, us and all the other grades, but I remember only the grade 6 kids really knew what happened cause it was K-6. Was kind of surreal watching all the other kids playing, while we just walked around the yard going "WTF?".
@@serialcoffeedrinker We're not even Americans, we're Canadian. A few of us had relatives who lived and worked in Manhatten. I met kids in highschool whose close relatives were there when it happened. Pretty crazy how connected NYC was to the rest of the world back then. It still is, really. That's probably why we all felt so strongly about it.
@@serialcoffeedrinker i was in the 7th grade myself at the time and the teachers were running around frightened and wheeled in a big old tv cart. the kids didnt really understand what was going on but i think the adults being upset was what scared us. i think i got in trouble for nervous laughter but it was so traumatic that i wasnt actually laughing AT it.
When the Las Vegas shooting happened I remember about a week or two of this type of calm. It’s a mix of shock and confusion, because it could’ve easily been us. You don’t know how to react, and it’s so overwhelmingly numb, with just a little edge of anxiety. I never thought I’d see it again, especially in a city that isn’t my own.
This random disassociated footage tells a more poignant story than any forced narrative with dramatic voice over ever could. There's such an empty sad feeling here. Dust and silence. What a time capsule
There used to be an entire collection of 9/11 footage, on TH-cam, that was about 3hrs + long. No media, no voice over etc. Very heartbreaking but strange that it’s no longer available…
@@madeleine8662 Yes. Much louder. And most of this video is from around Union Square, a gathering spot about a mile north of the WTC. Even a block away, things were even more quiet.
Thank you for this footage! This allows me, a 15 year old guy from germany to experience this special feeling you must have had after two planes crashed into the towers you maybe saw everyday as a part of daily live, which now is a invisible symbol of terrorism and death. My condolences to the family of everyone who died at ground zero, regardless if its a fireman, a passanger in one of those planes or someone working in on of the towers.
Knightmare they would have to stay in New York bc the airport is going be shut down for a month to get better security and hire a lot of police AAAAAAAA THANK YOU FOR 137 LIKES YAY
@@scottyoung4524 I believe something similar to that happened to seth macfarlane ( creator of family guy) when he was planned to be on one of the planes that hit the world trade center but he had a hangover and overslept, he woke up to see the news that the plane he was supposed to be on had crashed, it really makes those episodes where Brian stopping 9/11 alot sadder
thanks to the person who decided to shoot scenes, people and random scenes from that time, so now 20 years later we have a portrait of what those days were!
There's almost no footage of the first plane crashing because no one had the reflex of pulling up a big ass camera. If this happened today even 8 year olds would've already filmed it and placed it on TikTok with some stupid "Oh no, Oh no, ohnononono" music. But yeah, thanks to the person who was ahead of time..
While this was being filmed there was two port authority police officers trapped under rubble who were talking to keep each other alive, later that day they both were dug out alive and made a full recovery.
The most chilling part was on that day, and the days after, thousands of people were looking for missing persons. Notes, letters, pictures, drawings and crying people were everywhere.
Imagine going to bed the night that all happened, not being sure if there is another attack impending all while being extremely traumatized from what you experienced that day. Unbelievable
I wasn't there but my mom was around 20 and living in Queens at the time.I asked her this exact same question and she said she didn't even want to sleep and she didn't. She worked in Lower Manhattan and she wasn't able to work for 3-4 weeks. RIP all those who died except the terrorists.
I remember the evenings after that day. People outside of their front doors hanging in their stoop with candles as the sun set. The city was so quiet. Tiny american flags freely waving on car antenas after that. It was really eerie. I will never forget it.
@@cj._.2227 Well I still was born in a faraway country so that wouldn't have affected me much... But it's a crying shame that it took place to begin with ,so many innocent lives were lost ...
That comfortably numb cover says so much about that day, how people just kept moving on, kept going knowing how wild yesterday was for them. I’ve always found in times of crisis, humanity finds a way to unite. This video, i feel is one of the best videos on this platform. The loud silence, the people sitting and staring off into space, the music, the art; it’s all so peaceful yet so heartbreaking at the same time.
The energy this video is so heavy. Nobody seems to know what to do, what to think. They all seem so lost and confused. And there not even doing anything out of the ordinary for them.
My mom, told me the days after it happened, everyone was just quiet, she'd go to a store and it was silent, as if everyone was in a complete state of shock. Everyone had American flags on their cars including hers, and it was just shock.
@Pepe The Sucker Yes, there were persecution against Muslims and those misunderstood to be Muslims. One man went to a gas station and killed the cashier because he thought he was Muslim. Come to find out, he wasn’t Muslim but Sikh. (They also wear turbans). Very sad.
My dad worked at the world trade center at the time.. His birthday is 9/11 so he didn't go into work that day. If he was born 7 minutes later, he probably wouldn't be here today.
Oh how the universe works it’s ways but I’m happy your dad didn’t go in that day but still pretty gut-wrenching to think the same fate could’ve happened to him
@@sledhead340 I mean people shouldn't beat themselves up over something they can't control like their birthday. But still of course lucky for him he skipped work that day
@@sledhead340 I wasn't born yet, but my dad almost went into work that day anyways. But my grandparents came into town so they met up with the two of them at a restaurant. A lot of his coworkers and friends were victims unfortunately.
The silence of a city as big as NYC is something beautiful to me, like the way in which each person feels emotionally connected after what happened is welcoming in some way, I can't explain it. This video is a window to the past and you can feel everything around, i can feel each person, it feels very real and alive, I don't know if there is anyone who sees it like that. Even though this has been 23 years, I can feel it is recent I wasn't even born in 2001 and I'm not even from the USA but i hope that all the people affected now live or rest in peace.
That would've been powerful if you lived in an area with high air traffic. It's amazing that the whole nation was shut down that day. You could cut the mood even here in Australia with a knife. Hard to believe a whole generation has been born since 9/11. It still feels recent for everyone around at the time.
I remember trying to find what was happening and how Manhattan was but Canada news mostly just went on like it was Americans problem. I remember feeling helpless.
@@doctorbohr1585 the us was basically shut down for the rest of the week. It was a mini lockdown and the only time that felt similar to the covid situation except it was worse
I remember that day even if I was only 7 years old at the time. I even remember asking my father, "dad? Why aren't there any planes up in the sky?" and his reply was, "because of what happened yesterday." Creepy how I had already forgotten what had happened the day/days prior. Probably due to the trauma of seeing it happen live on TV I guess. I dunno. My mother became a basket case on that day while I was simply staring out the window wondering if we were all going to die on that horrible day.
Happen everyday to people around the world, thanks to US foreign policy. Iraq is still a failed state thanks to the USA. Thousands die there every year as a consequence. US got hit once (of any note) on home soil. Very lucky.
yeah, a lot of people just look lost, depressed, soulless, etc. the environment is also not as busy and crowded as before as well. very weird and uncanny
The dude near the end sitting on the bench doesn’t even look like a smoker, the stress will do that to your soul. Imagine the depression and feelings of impending doom after seeing that go down in your own small bubble. Morale was at an all time low and was a perfect excuse to get people involved in another useless war. Sad shit how our world works
@@thomasglass7223 in the underground subways, in the debree, in elevators. They only pulled a couple people out alive from the collapsed buildings, but they speculated dozens were alive but not saved.
I turned 18 just a few months ago, wasn’t alive yet but plenty of family members were. My dad said that he saw it on TV after my aunt yelled at him to look at the TV, he couldn’t believe it and called my grandmother, she was hysterical. Same thing for my mother, she saw it on TV and couldn’t believe it but if I recall correctly, her mother called her first telling her about what happened. My father was only a few miles away from New York at the time. When I asked both my father and my mother about the day after, they said it was a very quiet day.
oh yeah I can remember this emotion from everyone on the days afterwards. I live in South Jersey and ppl were just walking around like dazed out for sometime.
Asspargass S .....that’s not true. Just because it’s your job doesn’t mean you are ‘made to handle it’ you just find ways of processing and dealing with the horrors. If that was the case PTSD wouldn’t exist as is does for most service personnel.
May all the innocent victims of 9/11 Rest in Peace. ❤ In deepest respect for the loved ones who lost their loved ones. The early reports were bad. They were saying body parts were everywhere. They had to step over them. I won't say more. It was beyond belief. So very sad.😪
@Asspargass S just because you're in the army doesn't make it any less sad. Sure maybe because they hate what they're doing to America, but I know that it must make them sad from time to time knowing they're human beings.
I think they were playing Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. They played that song alot at the time and other solum songs like, 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' by Simon and Garfuncal. And patriotic songs like' 'I'm Proud to Be An American'.
@@aBraveNewNormal I did but just cuz they're playing guitar and singing doesnt mean they're not sad or anxious. Manhattan just lost the 2 largest buildings in the world, 2,996 loves ones, all in one single morning
Many people who worked in those buildings didn’t go to work that day. Obviously not knowing the unfortunate events that would soon come. But you’d be shocked to know the number of people who were now jobless due to not only working inside the buildings, but also for the many companies affiliated with them. It was a tough time for sure and it took the city many years to fully recover, at least economically.
Uno what's sadder putting the blame on innocent people and killing millions ik it wasnt ur fault and ik your just a kind hearted person but this would be a happy day in Syria, Iraq, afghanistan and other middle eastern countries all for a bearded man who claimed he was a religious man only to doom the lifes of "his own people"
Yeah, this is why 2001 is considered the end of the 90s, this kinda generosity doesn't happen anymore for the most part, not from companies and local shops. been thinking of something else to type for this second sentence, but I drew a blank.. I just wish we could reunite as humans whenever something this tragic happens nowadays.
That was the only upside about this. We weren't Democrats or Republicans. We were just human beings during this time period. That lasted...oh about 2 months, give or take. lol
This is why I believe the human race and all evidence of humanity should be wiped away. Destroy everything and die. We are of no use on this planet. No point to live.
@@chairmanxina2338 guess there's plenty of reasons to think that way, but we're just a bunch of fools if we only wait for our demise and not try to change the things for the better, even though we are going to die at the end.
I’m from England, and i’m only 16 so I wasn’t alive when this happened. I’m watching documentaries like this to educate myself on what happened, and its awful. When i was nine, I went to New York. My sister was 21, and she wanted to go for her birthday. We went to the memorial centre for 9/11, and I was appalled at what i saw. Tourists (mainly Asain, in massive tour groups) taking selfies, kids doing cart wheels and people laughing and filming funny videos. This was such a tragic event, which even i knew, and yet these people were acting like it was a meet and greet for their favourite film. I am asking you this: Please show love. Be kind, respectful and thoughtful of others, and what they have or may have been through❤
Dominik Dario 🤦♂️ do you seriously not understand what they mean by that. I don’t even think I have to explain it to you since you’re either a troll or a delusional piece of shit.
I can't imagine how horrible it must of been for the people who died and their families. To have to choose which way you die, either jumping out a window or burning alive is the worst thing I can imagine happening to anyone.
so was ‘a day in the life’. certainly September 11, 2011 was the furthest thing from an ordinary day, but despite the tragedy, the pain and suffering and the impact it caused, life still has to go on
That’s how you know 9/11 really messed people up , there’s like 500 people gathered up and it’s so quiet it’s like when your at lunch at school but have to eat quiet , it jus doesn’t feel right
What are you supposed to do after witnessing 2 planes smash into buildings not only demolishing them both to rubble but killings thousands of people in the process. It’s just inhuman to continue with normal everyday life.
Honestly, schools should show more random footage in comparison to documentaries. Just the randomness of it really gives you an idea of what it feels to be in the middle of it all and how it feels to be overwhelmed by it.
Although i agree with you. If you showed this to a school with kids under the age of 16 you would have chaos and yelling which defeats the whole purpose
there is a relatively forgotten incident on 9/11 when a Korean air 747 was nearly shot down by fighter jets because they didn't understand the warning to land at the airport and the attacks and indicated in their messages they were being hijacked even though it was a mistake. luckily it landed at an airport in northern Canada and nobody was injured. absolute chaos
One of my mates in the USA said his uncle survived 9/11 cuz an random dog got in his car. And he dropped it off at animal shelter. But however he adopted that dog an called it lucky.
@@JustaDudedoingstuff eh... not really. "Hey, I'm gonna be about an hour late today, there's a dog wandering around at my place. I'm gonna take it to the shelter so it's safe". Isn't really that far of a stretch to imagine.
I'll never forget this. I was in school when it happened. No one told us what was going on, but a lot of kids got picked up early. When I got picked up from school at the normal time, my mother told me what had happened. This footage sure brings back some memories. This also makes me realize that despite the evil we were faced with, there is still good and good people in this world. New Yorkers are actually kind, caring and compassionate. If you need a helping hand, they will help you. This is what we saw after 9/11. Lets be good to one another. Let us always be kind and compassionate.
Yeah, what a terrible way to die. Just going about your day, minding your own business, and suddenly life is just taken away from you. And for those on the planes, I can’t even imagine how scary it would be to have your plane hijacked. I mean the fact that there are people on board with weapons who have killed the pilots and you don’t know what they’re doing or where they’re taking you, must be absolutely terrifying
Not a single person in the video seemed like they gave a shit about what was going on. It's New York, you could have exploded in a million pieces and people still be walking about.
@@xaedeo6549 was the situation worse than now or did something significant happened cause the pollution ?? Sorry for asking so many questions because I was -2 years old I know nothing Edited: lots of people have answered my question, so thank you!!!
My aunt had to visit New York due to her work a day after 9/11. She told me that she got yelled at and almost arrested by airport security and police because she pulled out her cellphone to call my mother. She told me that she had never heard a louder silence in her entire life. As a european this still makes me feel terrible on the inside, may god rest the poor souls of all the people who lost their lives that day.
Everytime there's a huge tragic event the community gets stronger for a while. So having massive tragic events may be a good thing at times even tho many lives are taken. Idk just my opinion.
Thank you for sharing this. Had me crying. What a time is was. My Dad was one of the firemen lost that day Gary Geidel. It's weird looking back and really seeing how much time has past.
Oh man, I'm so sorry for your loss. That's heartbreaking. I just watched some of your videos and your dad seems like a great guy. Big virtual hug to you.
I really love that those New Yorkers wrote "Unite." Back then people did rally together, helping everyone, realizing how fragile human lives are. Now political extremists are using 9/11 to tear people apart again, bringing more innocents into wars. It's sad we'll never achieve peace in this world for this. We never learn.
0:30 This man sitting at the edge completely lost in his thoughts is quite riveting!! He could have lost a friend, a colleague or a loved one.. who knows but this goes to show how it must’ve felt to go through this tragedy all by yourself. Today due to technology we have so many distractions that we completely forget to stop and take some time to soak in what’s going around you
I actually was passing by that movie theater on 9/12. It was such a meaningful gesture by the theater. There were staff outside waving people with smiles on their faces. "Free Movies! Free Popcorn!" 9/11 was such a horrible day and the theater provided just a little bit of a distraction and comfort... even if it was only a couple of hours. I'm sure it helped a lot of people. If anyone that was working there at the time sees this, I want to say how thankful was (and still am) for your selflessness. I'm sure working that day was tough. BTW, I watched "The Fast and the Furious" and "L.I.E." with Paul Dano and Brian Cox. The barricades that you saw on 14th street next to Union Square were to prevent people from going into the area unless you lived south of 14th (which I was at the time.) Cops were checking IDs.
@@Imadethisin6thgrade I was working at 40th and Broadway and lived in the East Village. My office building and bosses told everyone to stay in place. And I told my roommate (who was also my co-worker and in panic mode) that we needed to leave. We walked East out of view of the towers. I also wanted to avoid Times Square (because there was a report on the radio that there was a car bomb at the state department, which was false) and the Empire State Building. My main focus was getting her home safe. And we heard people saying that one of the towers fell. And I assumed it was a rumor and said "that's impossible." I honestly thought they were wrong. There was no way they would just collapse. But, by the time I got to my apartment and turned on the TV, I found out that both of them had fallen.
@@DontWalkRUN that sounds horrifying. i’m glad you and your coworker made it out safe though. noticed you have 700k subscribers too so good luck on your youtube career 🙂
I lived at 12th Street on 6th Avenue. Living in the lock down area was pretty eerie. There was no traffic below 14th Street. Thanks for posting video of the park. It turned into an even bigger memorial as days went on. Today is the first time I've ever watched footage from that day. I saw way too much in person to ever watch it on TV. Every year I avoid TV around this time. But this year I finally watched. And the emotions are still as horrible as that day. Thank you for video of my neighborhood. Somehow it helped to see my home and what it felt like the days and weeks and months after. Be kind everyone.
It’s like... no one can’t actually understand what the hell happened. They look like life’s just passing by their eyes and their minds aren’t there. You can feel them grieving in pain, even 20 years later.
I think some people don’t realize how the aftermath was just as disturbing as the attacks, that smoke stayed there for so long, and the smell of burnt bodies and debris was insane. My dad and my friend’s dad would’ve died if my dad wasn’t late to work and if my friend’s dad didn’t take that day off. Truly eerie
Everyone looks so lost and confused in this, it’s awful. I know there’s a lot going on in this country right now, but I hope we can unite again one day like the Americans of 9/12.
I hear you. I feel the exact same way. I even wrote on Facebook about how we came together as a country on 9/12, and how we desperately need to get back to THAT America, again.
I want unity too.. I wish what you say was true. I wish the aftermath of 9/11 was as many white folks (like my family) remember. I wish ALL Americans were united then... but they werent... I've listened and read so many first person accounts where American citizens were harassed, stalked, or beaten. I've seen first hand Americans having slurs thrown at them, being mocked, and much worse after 9/11. All this simply because they looked like they might be of Arabic descent. Not everyone was united then, we should have been, just like we should be now.
This is beautiful, to see everyone's different ways of trying to overcome such a horrible event, together. Of course it's tragic, but there is still beauty in tragedy. This footage is far better than your typical "dude with a VHS/miniDV camera" kind of recording at the time too. Really glad you uploaded this. We see far too much of the tragedy and not enough about the days following it.
I didn’t even notice the masks until I saw the comment, it’s crazy how something that we didn’t even think of less than a year ago would be a normal part of reality now
@@bigsaucy8296 Shows you how naive people are when it comes down to it. Its really pathetic, going to such extremes for something that has a 99+% survival rate. What are people going to do when the Flu comes now?
I was born a year after 9/11, and I grew up in NYC. This footage is heartbreaking. Especially knowing my father was still searching the ruble with his team. He lead the first responder ground zero team and was one of the first people on the scene after the first tower fell. My father got lung and throat cancer from his time at ground zero and thankfully beat it, but he is the last surviving member of his team.
this feels like a documentary with no speaker
Better than a voiceover unless specifics need to be said
I’m 14 and this is deep
@@KTTstudios what?
@@KTTstudios Reddit incel moment
@@brushmanman6498 wholesome 100 chungus Keanu reeves
Movie theater being free got me, not sure why. Guess it's just seeing everyone willing to help cheer people up and take their minds off what happened.
Dude same
me too
I was thinking the same thing although I don’t think I would’ve watched one during that time
I would have tried to find the owner and personally thanked him. He’s risking 0 profit just to help people get their mind off what happened.
Yes
it’s so sad how everyone just looks so bummed out and confused.
But also funny how people watched the hackey sack guy while still bummed and confused
New York’s always been bummed out 😂
@@Lincoln.Osiris it's like looking at the rainbow after a destructive storm
You just had 911 likes
@@Lincoln.Osiris kinda rude
0:30 his distant look and the silence say everything, everything changed that day, nothing was ever the same
Maybe for the countries we attacked but what changed for the average American after 9/11 except long lines are the airport?
everything, but for those country nothing@@AngkarYearZero
This was the beginning of the end for America. I had my concerns but now I am certain.
@@AngkarYearZero Tell me you were born post 9-11 without telling me lol
@@theoriginalop HAHA, if you only knew, bro...
My man is literally able to record in the streets of New York without worrying about cars
ok
or criminals trying to rob him
u have 911 likes lol
Not all people are "men" - sexist comment
T Bone as a ny ny is safe asl
The sign that said “Have the heart to forgive” with the word “never” overwriting “forgive” was such a powerful way of showing the conflicting views on that day.
That’s what fear does to you unfortunately
Straight out of a fucking movie!
And set the stage for all the hate towards Americans who practiced Muslim. I remember how bad that was for a few years
And that’s how the world works. Revenge begets revenge-almost all violence in the world is, in some way or another, a reaction to earlier violence. Years after 9/11, indoctrinated youths in the Middle East or on some radical-Islamist forum will see the atrocities committed by U.S. drone strikes indirectly as a result of 9/11, and they will not be able to forgive the far greater number of civilians killed in those attacks.
Yes, some people are able to break free from their communities’ cycle of violence and vengeance. But they are the few exceptions, unfortunately, to a rule dictated by human nature.
@CoCo Exception to the rule, like I said. Not every case has to fit the rule for it to be the rule. Also, keep in mind that: (1) the mainstream view of the bombings has unofficially deemed that they were justified retribution that cancels out Japan's initial aggression (whether this view is correct or not is separate question); and (2) Japan as of 2021 only has a "second-class" "army" in that its military forces are not allowed to conduct military activities outside of pure self-defense; and (3) even if Japan had a normal military, it is still a sovereign, civilized nation-state, and nation-states/governments are, as a rule, (relatively) less rogue players than terror organizations, rebel movements, etc. -- Japan understands the reality that it would not be a good ending for them even if they wanted vengeance and decided to act on it. None of these things applies to al-Qaeda or I.S.I.S.: they don't act in accordance to mainstream views, non-aggression treaties, or rational considerations.
My dad interviewed for a job with a company who worked in the World Trade Center. He didn’t get it, which is super lucky looking back on it.
I'm glad your dad's alive.
@@jeremiahkennon4990 thank you yeah me too
Go buy your dad and beer and talk with him
@@benberkson4481 now praise god that will help you get closer to Him and you will be luckier. i aint tryna be that guy but it’s true it’ll help you trust me
@@unclegardener it wont
Even the dog looked sad. He could probably sense the mood.
Ikr poor thing :( imagine how many animals lost owners that day
@@mishussy or owners that lost pets :(
How do dogs look sad
@@jetiscute1 They tend to whimper, Their tail is low, and their ears can be down. They tend to lay down a lot too
@@xxpierkeepsloadingxx7146 I don't think there were many pets that would have been allowed inside the twin towers. Unless maybe guide dogs or pets that might have been killed as they passed by.
My dad told me that he used to see the same old faces every morning in the train heading to work . Most of them worked at the twin towers . He said the next day after 9/11 train carts were mostly emptied . He never saw those people again
@@fugit1vegaming397 don’t wanna be that guy but he must’ve noticed the faces if they noted ‘the same old faces’ on the train
@@AuCeVi thats nit funny . Your'e goibg to hell
That’s chilling
@@AuCeVi omg so edgy!! He's laughing at dead people!! What a cool and clever guy!!
God... that haunts my soul.
"This was the loudest silence anyone ever heard."
9/11 was truly sad and we won’t forget this moment of history. I didn’t see this because I wasn’t born yet, but my parents saw it on the news.
@@oof6471 Yeah same, my dad told me about 9/11 how he was at work and just turned on the radio to hear the tragic news. It’s really crazy.
I like how this reply section is slowly turning into a card game of which disaster was actually worse.
@@N-GinAndTonicTM both tragedies were terrible, but I don’t think it can really be argued that Hiroshima and Nagasaki weren’t the worse of the two. An atomic bomb is devastating, imagine your atoms being pulverized and you being completely wiped from existence. No body to bury, no even recognition that you’re dying, just the transition between hearing the bomb drop and becoming a shadow on a wall.
@@coalkingryan881 Or even worse, being close enough to be slowly killed from the radiation, without the mercy of the instant pulverization...
The “day at the movies poster” actually made me cry. You can visualize so many destroyed souls just looking to get away with a movie and a free soda/popcorn
If I was in the same situation to be around 911, and find "free movies letter" I can be happy
I mean why miss out on a opportunity for free popcorn. Movie Popcorn is crazy expensive. (I'm just trying to light up mood)
righttt
@@eclipse619_ god youre young
@@Sillytommysadventure you're*
I have a deep sense of gratitude for ppl with cameras who think ahead of their time n understand/understood how important it is to capture small subtle moments. He didn't go film ground zero. He filmed humans n communities 5,6,7 blocks away grieving n processing. These are the things we think about. "I wonder wat it was like the next day." "I wonder wat ppl did." "I wonder if ppl stayed inside or mourned together at local parks n cafes." We have the answers to that without even having to ask now. All bc someone took initiative to capture these small important moments. The free movies, museums etc. Some of us wouldve never known. Ppl playing music n hacky sack.... we would've never known wat the streets looked n sounded like. So shout out to this guy/gal❤ even old NYC videos from the 30s where photographers randomly filmed ppl walking down the street or catching a taxi. I love how their mind works. They know that ppl in the future would want something to look back on. The small moments in time❤
you are so right !!! plus, back then, no one had smartphones, so we didnt have a culture of filming everything.... this person was ahead of the game
Correct.
TH-cam is the closest thing we have to a time machine
You my friend are right . I never though about that . My god wow
Books.
We got the simpsons
ViralKidTJ Simpson’s predicts things
True
That man playing the saxophone spoke more words about that day than anyone else.
He was trying so hard to find beauty and share it with the world despite what he just witnessed days ago.
@@Devil_Mishima i dont think so
What about the kids playing confortably numb?
Reminds me of the Titanic band that calmed everyone while sinking..
How ?
I remember that week vividly. I live in Queens, and it was so eerie in the city for a long time after. I was off on the day of 9/11, and I was planning to go to J&R music World that morning to buy a headset for my cell phone. Anybody from NY remembers how close J&R on Park Row was to the Twin Towers. I would have been caught up in all that, but I decided to stay home and chill in bed. That probably ended up saving my life.
Wow
Wow .. how lucky you were. I went to school on Park Place between Broadway and Trinity, so I used to walk down Park Row daily. I was 13 on 9/11 and lived in SI, but my dad was a homicide detective in Manhattan and his precinct was the 1st precinct which covers the towers. He was off also, thank God 🙏
Do you remember a plane crash in queens two months after?
Wow your lucky stay safe man
@@kdxtreme7479 yeah, an American Airlines plane in Far Rockaway that December I think. It was headed to Puerto Rico. We thought it was another terrorist attack.
0:30 that guy’s face says everything. That is the face of a man going through the five stages of grief.
The day after 9/11, the hot dogs were free, the movies, the museums, everything. Everyone was just doing what they could to feel anything but pain. Everyone had a shoulder to cry on, and no one stayed inside that day. Makes you wonder what has to happen for us to be like that again. To just be Americans helping and loving each other without any judgment or forethought.
Two words: common goal.
Everyone wanted to cheer and be cheered up. Now, all over the planet, people are always divided by stupid politics and other things that are naturally divisive.
No, HUMANS should be helping and loving each other, not Americans
@@Bobspineable I feel like if something like this happened today (God forbid), people wouldn't be as helpful or kind; many would probably even stop to ask someone what their political and social and whatever else views/beliefs are before they decide to help them. 🙄 Just look at how terrible people got with COVID.
It's so quiet.
@@sweetiepielarae I know ppl have the most garbage takes on anything today about garbage takes in moments like this we need to embrace what makes us human ,emotions
this was genuinely the quietest footage of nyc i’ve ever watched and it’s heartbreaking
only after the first Covid chaos lockdowns it was more quiet...
@@lucasrem they also wear masks
One day or two? this is normal in afghanistan for 20 years. all you hear is bombs and fire guns sounds or screams.
@@mujtabaraisani Ask me how I know you are not white
@@mujtabaraisani shouldn’t have knocked down the towers then 🤦♂️ Afghanistan and Iraq were the naughty kids who acted out and got put in time out for 20 years…not our fault
The whole city just looks... tired. Like all anyone wants to do is sleep and forget about what happened.
ironic because nyc is called "the city that never sleeps"
they look more awake than in Corona times.
@@LivenSixtyFive I WANT TO WAKE UPPP IN A CITY THAT NEVER SLEEEPPPPPSSSSSS
That how Michigan looks everyday
@Cryer24597 don’t care 👍 statue of limitations on that one by now 😂
Very important historical footage. Glad there is no commentary, just the raw audio. Tysm.
It’s like everyone is trying to comprehend on what happened the day before
@10K Subscribers For No Reason Challenge you mean you too have common sense?
I remember everyone on the news was explaining how they heard multiple explosions and analysts explaining that collapsing didn't make any sense.
Nowadays that's considered a "conspiracy theory"... But I remember it very well as it happened. Such a horrible event.
It's 2020, I think we still are...
More than like
Shock
just imagine how much anxiety a lot of people had whenever they heard a plane flying by
I mean. It’s just a plane high in the air so they’d probably not even hear it
@@SenkaBandit you can still sorta hear a plane even if its really high im pretty sure
Chris Peacok i dont think it would be so bad to give someone anxiety but just saying :/
I was talking about this with my sister a couple of weeks ago. I'm not even from the U.S. and I was 6 years old when this happened, but I still get nervous every time I hear a plane flying "too close".
I was in high school in central Massachusetts on 9/11. I remember going out for gym class at 11 am and military choppers and jets flew over the school multiple times. It was terrifying each time because we all had been watching the news unfold in classrooms for gym class. That whole day is still quite vivid in my memory.
This video is exactly how my dad described the city being for a long time after 9/11. He said everybody was helping and just cherishing each other, no matter who they were.
Sometimes the most atrocious conditions lead to the most beautiful moments of humanity.
@@RileyWritey heartbreaking to know the best in humanity only appears after tragedy. Or could be heartwarming, depends on how you look at it.
It is how it is supposed to be. Everyone supporting each other.
We weren't made to work. We were made to live
@@chandrashekariyer9329 i guess the quote ‘we must know darkness to see light’ is true. We must live through the worst times to see the best in humanity.
Not just in the city.
L.I. was the same and I’m guessing the rest of the tri-state area too. Everyone helping everyone. Less judgement. Much more solidarity. And American flags literally on every single house for at least a year or 2 every day. Flags are always out but usually not this amount of time.
It was a good distraction,too a degree, from the constant(multiple in a week in most towns including mine) funerals,candle light vigils, 24/7 non stop news on literally ever single channel for weeks, and more.
I rarely watch anything related to 9/11 because I and my family “experienced” it enough, but this was a bit different of a video with no tower shots. Only street level thankfully.
I was born in 1994. I was in first grade in math class when 9/11 happened. And this, this feeling is what I remember the most. Seeing the world suddenly change in to this in the following days. Seeing a massive, massive change in every single person in this country. We were one for a moment. And then we turned to hate.
Fellow ‘94, here. Same experience.
Imagine those officers, firefighters, and EMTs having to work the day after over 300 of their colleagues were murdered
Oh my goodness you’re so right, that is heart breaking
RIP first responders. They will never be forgotten.
No, man kind will fuck up life somehow.
Worse than that; 343 firefighters and 72 cops and other first responders, total 415.
The first responder being “murdered” doesn’t serve it justice. Call it a sacrifice to save lives.
even if you didn’t read the title, you could just tell something was off. everyone looked so distraught, but they had to carry on with their lives.
@Obi Wan Kenobi You sent politics into a youtube comment section
Yea the looks on their faces and how quiet they were and no one was really talking 🙁😢🤧
nobody looks distraught
It’s just so quiet like they’re all just waiting for something to happen
Obi Wan Kenobi God almost 20 years later and there’s still people as stupid as you eh
Everyone looks like they’re wondering what’s the purpose of their lives and if what they’re doing even actually matters.
Talk about Reality check
@Макс Ловал i try not to think about dark shit ok
I think most people are scared if an attack like that will happen again and that’s why they look so confused but also scared
@@unclegardener notin matter
@@unclegardener it's what you do for yourself and others that matters
0:33 something about seeing that dog really moved me, no idea why sounds corny but it did,RIP to all those lost but not forgotten. ❤
Not the people bleeding, traumatized and running in fear? Just some dog?
@@Glosoli4 they're talking about in this video. there is none of that in this video.
I bet the dog picked up on the mood, tbh.
The dog was confused, but understanded what everyone was feeling
it's depressing, you can tell everyone is down
Not really thats just how everyone is
even the dog
I mean, obviously?
@@ev3859 that's what i said. poor pup
I was thinking the same thing it's feel depressing watching this
Seeing people walk around aimlessly and feeling confused, empty and lost is one of the most heartbreaking things.
Ikr🥺
They're just going for a walk. No doubt the events of the previous day are on all of their minds, but we don't really know if they're walking around aimlessly/confused/empty/lost or not, I think that could be a bit of projection on your part. Even if they are, people walk around aimlessly all the time -- it's called going for a walk. It's normal. And that is what is most surreal to me in this footage, it shows that life just carries on as normal... time waits for no man, and the world keeps spinning.
People in shock
That's me everyday though...🚶♂️
Colby and Brennen yes 😢😢😰
This is weirdly nostalgic and feels slightly traumatizing even though I literally wasn't alive when it happened
Ya same!
I was 3 when it happened
What if your past life you died in the one of the buildings???
@@marcydawn0_o hmm this is the thing that won’t let me sleep tonight 🧐
@@marcydawn0_o well the fact that some were born in 2002, 2003, 2004,+
I wasn't alive during 9/11, but videos like these.. just make me so uneasy. The silence. You can tell something's wrong. The only way to describe this video is uncomfortably heavy.
It was like that everywhere. We watched a mass tragedy live on TV but at the time nobody was really sure what it meant
Yup. I remember the principal wheeled a TV into our classroom in the 6th grade and switched it to the news. It was maybe 10 or 11 in the morning. They let us spend the rest of the day in recess iirc, us and all the other grades, but I remember only the grade 6 kids really knew what happened cause it was K-6. Was kind of surreal watching all the other kids playing, while we just walked around the yard going "WTF?".
@@jodomo4279 Witnessing that in 6th grade is crazy. I couldn't even imagine a bunch of middle schoolers just witnessing a live tragedy.
@@serialcoffeedrinker We're not even Americans, we're Canadian. A few of us had relatives who lived and worked in Manhatten. I met kids in highschool whose close relatives were there when it happened.
Pretty crazy how connected NYC was to the rest of the world back then. It still is, really. That's probably why we all felt so strongly about it.
@@serialcoffeedrinker i was in the 7th grade myself at the time and the teachers were running around frightened and wheeled in a big old tv cart. the kids didnt really understand what was going on but i think the adults being upset was what scared us. i think i got in trouble for nervous laughter but it was so traumatic that i wasnt actually laughing AT it.
It’s like, calm. Chillingly calm. It’s the figurative calm “after the storm”. People stuck trying to process what had just happened. Never forget!
Thanks, GamerMoment03
Nice reply, you ever just uh just uh
When the Las Vegas shooting happened I remember about a week or two of this type of calm. It’s a mix of shock and confusion, because it could’ve easily been us. You don’t know how to react, and it’s so overwhelmingly numb, with just a little edge of anxiety. I never thought I’d see it again, especially in a city that isn’t my own.
The saying is “calm before the storm”
@@swisscheeseplease97 but it’s the day after. “Calm after the storm”
This random disassociated footage tells a more poignant story than any forced narrative with dramatic voice over ever could. There's such an empty sad feeling here. Dust and silence. What a time capsule
i love your wording...where do you get so good at that
my thoughts exactly, I'm here for raw footage
@@kman33ful reading more books helps. The older ones, with more foreign words and potent imagery.
@@heinoustentacles5719 yes
There used to be an entire collection of 9/11 footage, on TH-cam, that was about 3hrs + long. No media, no voice over etc. Very heartbreaking but strange that it’s no longer available…
there’s so many people yet it’s so quiet. chills. full body chills.
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Exactly that’s not normal for NYC
is it louder there usyally?
@@madeleine8662 yea Lower Manhattan on any other day is busting with people and talking and should know I’ve lived here for 18 years now
You can just see the pain on their faces.
@@madeleine8662 Yes. Much louder. And most of this video is from around Union Square, a gathering spot about a mile north of the WTC. Even a block away, things were even more quiet.
Thank you for this footage! This allows me, a 15 year old guy from germany to experience this special feeling you must have had after two planes crashed into the towers you maybe saw everyday as a part of daily live, which now is a invisible symbol of terrorism and death. My condolences to the family of everyone who died at ground zero, regardless if its a fireman, a passanger in one of those planes or someone working in on of the towers.
I'm glad you wanted to learn what happened. My dad and I were there on Sept 11. My dad ran to do free emt infront of the millennium hotel.
Thank you brother. We don’t know each other but this means a lot. That day was horrific.
I'm also a teenager and it's pretty interesting to me seeing how one event affected so many millions of people so differently
@gondar6181😐
Imagine being a tourist from a foreign country and witnessing the attack
Knightmare they would have to stay in New York bc the airport is going be shut down for a month to get better security and hire a lot of police
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Imagine being the guy who got fired from the WTC before the attack or took the day off or even ran late?
Scott Young their heart would’ve skipped 100 beats til death so I guess they’d die either way
@@scottyoung4524 I believe something similar to that happened to seth macfarlane ( creator of family guy) when he was planned to be on one of the planes that hit the world trade center but he had a hangover and overslept, he woke up to see the news that the plane he was supposed to be on had crashed, it really makes those episodes where Brian stopping 9/11 alot sadder
imagine witnessing the attack period.
That was very generous of the theater offering free movies and snacks
Yeah
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Zenouk _ shut up
@@Chuked What does aks stand for?
splashenful AK-47
thanks to the person who decided to shoot scenes, people and random scenes from that time, so now 20 years later we have a portrait of what those days were!
Agreed. It’s like having a portal back in time instead of news coverage.
There's almost no footage of the first plane crashing because no one had the reflex of pulling up a big ass camera. If this happened today even 8 year olds would've already filmed it and placed it on TikTok with some stupid "Oh no, Oh no, ohnononono" music.
But yeah, thanks to the person who was ahead of time..
@@jelle7 true that
This clip will live on and will be in history to remember this event.
@@jelle7 that audio is cringe af
This dude new that 23 years later we’d all be watching this
Not only 23 but hundreds
While this was being filmed there was two port authority police officers trapped under rubble who were talking to keep each other alive, later that day they both were dug out alive and made a full recovery.
When i was reading it i thought that you were going to say one of the cops died. Thank God they didn't i would've been sad out of that story
you mean the inspiration to that dumbass boring movie that got released
@@SmokeEater2012 what movie
snail World Trade Center I think
@Revenant oh believe me it was it was nothin but 2 dudes laying down doin nothin but talkin for more than an hour
Its so surreal seeing how people don't know what to do and are just wandering around not really knowing what to do
They're in shock
@Hot Tea Not the time man, not the time.
@Hot Tea this isn’t funny
@Hot Tea Literally shut the fuck up with those tiktok comments. That app is toxic within itself
*it's*
The most chilling part was on that day, and the days after, thousands of people were looking for missing persons. Notes, letters, pictures, drawings and crying people were everywhere.
I remember that
Man i remember. Sad
Not American but thinking about it makes me feel empathy for americans. Jeez must be so hard
But we all saw that on the news. This man captured life, just plain life, as it tried to carry on the day after.
Imagine going to bed the night that all happened, not being sure if there is another attack impending all while being extremely traumatized from what you experienced that day. Unbelievable
I wasn't there but my mom was around 20 and living in Queens at the time.I asked her this exact same question and she said she didn't even want to sleep and she didn't. She worked in Lower Manhattan and she wasn't able to work for 3-4 weeks. RIP all those who died except the terrorists.
thats exactly what my mom felt that night, she had to call her mom (my grandma) because she just couldn't sleep
well yeah , sad truth is that that is every night for civilians in middle east
@@cristinaelizabethkraat1569 rip the terrorist as well, you don't even know the truth, those terrorists didn't even make the building collapse
The terrorist didn't even make the building collapse, it all started at the bottom, and tell me why over 75 trillion was lost the day before.
I remember the evenings after that day. People outside of their front doors hanging in their stoop with candles as the sun set. The city was so quiet. Tiny american flags freely waving on car antenas after that. It was really eerie. I will never forget it.
Thank you for sharing your true experience!
I wish I was there to see that tragedy. It would have been traumatizing yet beautiful at the same time.
Damn
I didn't even exist back then , damn
@@reno8494 don’t think u really wanted to
@@cj._.2227 Well I still was born in a faraway country so that wouldn't have affected me much... But it's a crying shame that it took place to begin with ,so many innocent lives were lost ...
You can totally see that feeling of “heaviness” of the people.
Most of the people in this video seem to have their heads down, some crossing their arms. A sense of dread is what I gathered.
Why does this comment have 911 likes????
why the sarcasm bro
@@samil20000 its not
@@obbbob4911 ppl use totally when theyre being sarcastic or satirical
That comfortably numb cover says so much about that day, how people just kept moving on, kept going knowing how wild yesterday was for them. I’ve always found in times of crisis, humanity finds a way to unite. This video, i feel is one of the best videos on this platform. The loud silence, the people sitting and staring off into space, the music, the art; it’s all so peaceful yet so heartbreaking at the same time.
The energy this video is so heavy. Nobody seems to know what to do, what to think. They all seem so lost and confused. And there not even doing anything out of the ordinary for them.
You described Life
And they don't know it yet, the world will never be the same.
They’re*
Finally someone who uses "lost and confused" for an *actual* tragedy unlike those who uses it just because they couldn't hang out with friends😒
@@user-qx8vo8dz2w so you can't feel bad for anything unless it's an "actual"tragedy?
My mom, told me the days after it happened, everyone was just quiet, she'd go to a store and it was silent, as if everyone was in a complete state of shock. Everyone had American flags on their cars including hers, and it was just shock.
@Pepe The Sucker I have no idea, my mom only told me what happened the days after, but not in full detail, I wasn't born when it happened.
What the fuck even happened here?!
I think these two people are the same person, because they're writing style is exactly the same and he is having a fake argument with himself....
@Pepe The Sucker Yes, there were persecution against Muslims and those misunderstood to be Muslims.
One man went to a gas station and killed the cashier because he thought he was Muslim. Come to find out, he wasn’t Muslim but Sikh. (They also wear turbans). Very sad.
@mark q awesome wtf is wrong with you
Seeing that dog broke my heart. It made me realize how many dogs never got to see their owners again
Just thinking about dogs who were waiting at home, wondering why their best friend isnt home yet. Heart breaking
They had families too you know
So sad that dog is prolly deaf
Dreaf
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The movie theatre broke me. Such a loud proclamation through just the humble act of taking zero profits.
Free movies and a free popcorn and drink just to forget the pain of 9/11.
I’ve never heard silence quite this loud.
Huh?
@@fruitloop622 don't act stupid
@@chocthemoc967 Calm down mate.
@@fruitloop622 tiktok sound
Taylor Swift
The free movies with the free soda and popcorn was actually pretty heartwarming
W owner
@@hellothere-ig6jgjust fucking speak normally
@@hellothere-ig6jg What does W mean? Thanks everyone who answered!
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@@louisehelgesson5471 Win/Winner, I think
My dad worked at the world trade center at the time.. His birthday is 9/11 so he didn't go into work that day. If he was born 7 minutes later, he probably wouldn't be here today.
Wow that's kinda tough to think about. He must feel really lucky but I hope he is doing well
Oh how the universe works it’s ways but I’m happy your dad didn’t go in that day but still pretty gut-wrenching to think the same fate could’ve happened to him
I wonder how hard it would be to have a birthday on such a terrible day in history. But he sure is lucky that he wasn't in there during the attack.
@@sledhead340 I mean people shouldn't beat themselves up over something they can't control like their birthday. But still of course lucky for him he skipped work that day
@@sledhead340 I wasn't born yet, but my dad almost went into work that day anyways. But my grandparents came into town so they met up with the two of them at a restaurant. A lot of his coworkers and friends were victims unfortunately.
The silence of a city as big as NYC is something beautiful to me, like the way in which each person feels emotionally connected after what happened is welcoming in some way, I can't explain it.
This video is a window to the past and you can feel everything around, i can feel each person, it feels very real and alive, I don't know if there is anyone who sees it like that.
Even though this has been 23 years, I can feel it is recent
I wasn't even born in 2001 and I'm not even from the USA but i hope that all the people affected now live or rest in peace.
That movie a quiet place day 1 brought that eerie feeling in New York the city was so quiet.
The fear is so loud with the silence.
Nice way of describing it
Not necessarily fear, it could just be shock and sadness
I was there. It was more shock. Sadness, anger but mostly shock.
there was not fear but disbelief
Seeing a horror movie💀
This gives me such a weird feeling. It makes me feel like everyone is actually real and not just people walking by on the sidewalk.
that’s bc everyone is actually real
@@littlebee33 well no shit but that’s not what they mean
This feeling has a name it's called "sonder*
@@cheesecat2004 that’s cool! learned a new word :)
@@audsl8951 well duh 🙄😂
That’s when you realize that life truly goes on no matter what
no matter what !
@Logan Roof News huh
@@Handkeliw He’s a troll. Spreading his negativity everywhere
Its has to go on but we never forget
@Jay if you forget history it is doomed to repeat itself.
I recall the strange feeling of looking at the night sky on 9-11 and it being totally devoid of any aircraft. It was eerie.
That would've been powerful if you lived in an area with high air traffic. It's amazing that the whole nation was shut down that day. You could cut the mood even here in Australia with a knife.
Hard to believe a whole generation has been born since 9/11. It still feels recent for everyone around at the time.
I remember trying to find what was happening and how Manhattan was but Canada news mostly just went on like it was Americans problem. I remember feeling helpless.
@@doctorbohr1585 the us was basically shut down for the rest of the week. It was a mini lockdown and the only time that felt similar to the covid situation except it was worse
I remember that day even if I was only 7 years old at the time. I even remember asking my father, "dad? Why aren't there any planes up in the sky?" and his reply was, "because of what happened yesterday."
Creepy how I had already forgotten what had happened the day/days prior. Probably due to the trauma of seeing it happen live on TV I guess. I dunno. My mother became a basket case on that day while I was simply staring out the window wondering if we were all going to die on that horrible day.
Almost been 20 years since this tragedy stuck, god bless all that perished in that attack, lets pray an attack like this will never happen again
F to them.
F
Happen everyday to people around the world, thanks to US foreign policy. Iraq is still a failed state thanks to the USA. Thousands die there every year as a consequence.
US got hit once (of any note) on home soil. Very lucky.
@@Jin-Ro ikr
Rest in pepperonis
At first glance it seems normal, but there's this empty feeling throughout the whole video and it's pretty sad.
yeah, a lot of people just look lost, depressed, soulless, etc. the environment is also not as busy and crowded as before as well. very weird and uncanny
True, although everything looks semi-normal you can just tell how sad, empty and lifeless everything actually is :(
The dude near the end sitting on the bench doesn’t even look like a smoker, the stress will do that to your soul. Imagine the depression and feelings of impending doom after seeing that go down in your own small bubble. Morale was at an all time low and was a perfect excuse to get people involved in another useless war. Sad shit how our world works
That feeling remains as i watch the world progress.
@Roxy R By the way you write i think you weren't even born when the towers went down.
It’s crazy to think people were literally still alive and trapped when this was filmed.
Forgive me if I’m uninformed but, how were people trapped after the towers had collapsed?
@@thomasglass7223 in the underground subways, in the debree, in elevators. They only pulled a couple people out alive from the collapsed buildings, but they speculated dozens were alive but not saved.
@@Soupslusher_68 that is some chilling shit
my god you're right and that really darkens this already dark tone
@@Soupslusher_68 omg ! Why weren't they saved?? Did it should of been an ongoing rescue . This makes me feel sick.
I turned 18 just a few months ago, wasn’t alive yet but plenty of family members were.
My dad said that he saw it on TV after my aunt yelled at him to look at the TV, he couldn’t believe it and called my grandmother, she was hysterical.
Same thing for my mother, she saw it on TV and couldn’t believe it but if I recall correctly, her mother called her first telling her about what happened.
My father was only a few miles away from New York at the time.
When I asked both my father and my mother about the day after, they said it was a very quiet day.
Lots of people walking around with a thousand-yard stare.
The walking dead
some of them probably had people they knew that died. Most likely the reason for that stare.
Trauma sets in
You know that maybe some of those people had loved ones who died that day!
oh yeah I can remember this emotion from everyone on the days afterwards. I live in South Jersey and ppl were just walking around like dazed out for sometime.
I feel bad for the workers having to dig through the rumble and dust from the tower collapse and seeing the dead bodies. Can’t imagine how they felt.
😢
Asspargass S .....that’s not true. Just because it’s your job doesn’t mean you are ‘made to handle it’ you just find ways of processing and dealing with the horrors. If that was the case PTSD wouldn’t exist as is does for most service personnel.
The bodies were basically disintegrated due to the tons of weight that fell on them
May all the innocent victims of 9/11 Rest in Peace. ❤
In deepest respect for the loved ones who lost their loved ones. The early reports were bad. They were saying body parts were everywhere. They had to step over them. I won't say more. It was beyond belief.
So very sad.😪
@Asspargass S just because you're in the army doesn't make it any less sad. Sure maybe because they hate what they're doing to America, but I know that it must make them sad from time to time knowing they're human beings.
Honestly, this video is really well shot and edited.
Ikr
Lmao Yeah
I mean he's had 20 years to edit it
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Yes
I love all the musicians playing to cheer everyone up after one of the worst tragedies in US history
I think they were playing Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. They played that song alot at the time and other solum songs like, 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' by Simon and Garfuncal. And patriotic songs like' 'I'm Proud to Be An American'.
I also heard the Beatles song a day in the life.
@@merfwriter The song is Comfortably Numb
@I'm a Champion I HOPE YOU GOT THE ATTENTION YOU WERE SEEKING BY TALKING IN ALL CAPS
@I'm a Champion stfu keyboard warrior. Go outside with those rickets legs.
Its so..... quiet... everyone was on edge or depressed, almost no inbetween too.
ummm did you not see the hippies playing hacky sack and guitar
@@aBraveNewNormal I did but just cuz they're playing guitar and singing doesnt mean they're not sad or anxious. Manhattan just lost the 2 largest buildings in the world, 2,996 loves ones, all in one single morning
RMS Olympic and in shock
@@rmsolympic8375 also they're playing comfortably numb I believe
@Stxr KillerX Both..
That woman just sitting and staring into the void just summed up 9/11 and it’s aftermath
Please give me the time stamp
JK CoD 4:22 ??
Definitely a dude but yeah
Why a woman staring at a fountain is related to a plane crashing into a tower x2
@@leoortiiiz It shows how empty everyone was feeling
I still watch this oct 2024. Thank you for filming this. Rest in peace to the victims 😢
The atmosphere seems to be unnerving, even someone who doesn't know the situation can feel something bad just happened.
Yes, now imagine WW2
I guess you could say their mood ‘crashed’
the masks, the way the audio picks up every noise n sound, the art on the floors
the emptiness...
FanC_LP I’m going to hell for laughing at that
Everyone's just sad, not going to work and basically just wandering the streets, this is so sad...
I know right 😭 I feel sad looking at them
And now it spread across all of america
Many people who worked in those buildings didn’t go to work that day. Obviously not knowing the unfortunate events that would soon come. But you’d be shocked to know the number of people who were now jobless due to not only working inside the buildings, but also for the many companies affiliated with them. It was a tough time for sure and it took the city many years to fully recover, at least economically.
Uno what's sadder putting the blame on innocent people and killing millions ik it wasnt ur fault and ik your just a kind hearted person but this would be a happy day in Syria, Iraq, afghanistan and other middle eastern countries all for a bearded man who claimed he was a religious man only to doom the lifes of "his own people"
People definitely went to work. The city didn’t completely stop
Heard NY cabbies were dropping people off free of charge. Everyone doing their part to keep it together shows the resilience of the human spirit
Yeah, this is why 2001 is considered the end of the 90s, this kinda generosity doesn't happen anymore for the most part, not from companies and local shops. been thinking of something else to type for this second sentence, but I drew a blank.. I just wish we could reunite as humans whenever something this tragic happens nowadays.
That was the only upside about this. We weren't Democrats or Republicans. We were just human beings during this time period. That lasted...oh about 2 months, give or take. lol
This is why I believe the human race and all evidence of humanity should be wiped away. Destroy everything and die. We are of no use on this planet. No point to live.
@@chairmanxina2338 ...I...
Come on, now! There's still hope somewhere, even when it seems opaque.
@@chairmanxina2338 guess there's plenty of reasons to think that way, but we're just a bunch of fools if we only wait for our demise and not try to change the things for the better, even though we are going to die at the end.
I’m from England, and i’m only
16 so I wasn’t alive when this happened. I’m watching documentaries like this to educate myself on what happened, and its awful.
When i was nine, I went to New York. My sister was 21, and she wanted to go for her birthday. We went to the memorial centre for 9/11, and I was appalled at what i saw.
Tourists (mainly Asain, in massive tour groups) taking selfies, kids doing cart wheels and people laughing and filming funny videos. This was such a tragic event, which even i knew, and yet these people were acting like it was a meet and greet for their favourite film.
I am asking you this: Please show love. Be kind, respectful and thoughtful of others, and what they have or may have been through❤
it's so... quiet? you can hear everyone thinking.
So I watched the video twice but I couldn't hear anyone thoughts? Could you indicate where in the video I can hear it?
Dominik Dario 🤦♂️ do you seriously not understand what they mean by that. I don’t even think I have to explain it to you since you’re either a troll or a delusional piece of shit.
It's so not NYC 😭we know new York city is always hustling and bustling but it's so freaking silent. It really sucked 😕
@@dominikdabrowski7082 bruhhhhhhhh
Dominik Dario stop playing 💀
I can't imagine how horrible it must of been for the people who died and their families. To have to choose which way you die, either jumping out a window or burning alive is the worst thing I can imagine happening to anyone.
Must have been*
@@flannelpillowcase6475 shut the fuck up degenerate
@@TheDiddster no
@@flannelpillowcase6475 yasssss like no offense to ppl who say must of been but it's a huge pet peeve. It doesn't even make sense
People tend to overlook Katrina. 1,800 people lost their lives by that hurricane, almost the same number as 9/11. We must remember Katrina too.
the peoples voices are quiet but their thoughts are probably so loud :(
nice big q pfp
yeah there's such a heavy sense of gloom :(
@@alicianotfound8058 hey at least we're both quackity
Cringe
@@luis-il2fl aw
comfortably numb is such an appropriate song for this
Roger Water sucks, Freedom for Venezuela ❤
so was ‘a day in the life’. certainly September 11, 2011 was the furthest thing from an ordinary day, but despite the tragedy, the pain and suffering and the impact it caused, life still has to go on
That’s how you know 9/11 really messed people up , there’s like 500 people gathered up and it’s so quiet it’s like when your at lunch at school but have to eat quiet , it jus doesn’t feel right
meow bastard wash ur ass
What are you supposed to do after witnessing 2 planes smash into buildings not only demolishing them both to rubble but killings thousands of people in the process. It’s just inhuman to continue with normal everyday life.
James Klieve then you must be under the age of 8 or don’t go to a school
James Klieve they just talk about it whenever September comes around
James Klieve hows the uk
Honestly, schools should show more random footage in comparison to documentaries.
Just the randomness of it really gives you an idea of what it feels to be in the middle of it all and how it feels to be overwhelmed by it.
Although i agree with you. If you showed this to a school with kids under the age of 16 you would have chaos and yelling which defeats the whole purpose
@@daylinhesford3116 yeah this is more of thing to show to adults with less than 10 people max, its chilling
@@daylinhesford3116 Maybe better for a university or college course with people who are actually interested
there is a relatively forgotten incident on 9/11 when a Korean air 747 was nearly shot down by fighter jets because they didn't understand the warning to land at the airport and the attacks and indicated in their messages they were being hijacked even though it was a mistake. luckily it landed at an airport in northern Canada and nobody was injured. absolute chaos
@Logan Roof 🙄
One of my mates in the USA said his uncle survived 9/11 cuz an random dog got in his car. And he dropped it off at animal shelter. But however he adopted that dog an called it lucky.
neat
I’m sorry if I’m wrong about this, but this seems hard to believe.
@@JustaDudedoingstuff eh... not really. "Hey, I'm gonna be about an hour late today, there's a dog wandering around at my place. I'm gonna take it to the shelter so it's safe". Isn't really that far of a stretch to imagine.
@@HerculesRockefellerESQ Kind of is. A ticket costs a lot.
Alot of people ran late for work that day. It was a miracle.
I'll never forget this. I was in school when it happened. No one told us what was going on, but a lot of kids got picked up early. When I got picked up from school at the normal time, my mother told me what had happened. This footage sure brings back some memories. This also makes me realize that despite the evil we were faced with, there is still good and good people in this world. New Yorkers are actually kind, caring and compassionate. If you need a helping hand, they will help you. This is what we saw after 9/11. Lets be good to one another. Let us always be kind and compassionate.
RIP to the people who died during this attack and to the fire fighters who risked their lives but died trying to save people
Yeah, what a terrible way to die. Just going about your day, minding your own business, and suddenly life is just taken away from you. And for those on the planes, I can’t even imagine how scary it would be to have your plane hijacked. I mean the fact that there are people on board with weapons who have killed the pilots and you don’t know what they’re doing or where they’re taking you, must be absolutely terrifying
Obama and the other
@@Presidentofthepresident actually the pilots werent killed, but yeah
And the troops in afganistan and iraq.
and also to the people who died years later from cancer and other health diseases after breathing in the dust and debris.
20 years ago, today. This video truly showed the hard part of “life goes on”
Время быстро идет, может лет через 30 рассекретят что на самом деле произошло, хотя многие и так это понимают!
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Yup. Watching this on 9/12 just 5 minutes before midnight.
Not a single person in the video seemed like they gave a shit about what was going on. It's New York, you could have exploded in a million pieces and people still be walking about.
@@Dan-di9jd I understand what you saying but NY wasn’t desensitized to how it is today
Anyone else think about how the masks look extremely normal 20 years later
no they dont they suk
@cryptozoid what dust ?? Air pollution?
Edited: lots of people have answered my question, so thank you!!!
@@sorayamartini11 yes
@@xaedeo6549 was the situation worse than now or did something significant happened cause the pollution ?? Sorry for asking so many questions because I was -2 years old I know nothing
Edited: lots of people have answered my question, so thank you!!!
@@sorayamartini11 I dont really know I wasn’t even born at the time ...
My aunt had to visit New York due to her work a day after 9/11. She told me that she got yelled at and almost arrested by airport security and police because she pulled out her cellphone to call my mother. She told me that she had never heard a louder silence in her entire life. As a european this still makes me feel terrible on the inside, may god rest the poor souls of all the people who lost their lives that day.
It’s crazy how New York can come together as a community in so many ways, to lift everyone’s sorrows.
Ppl walking around is coming together now
Profile pic is cool.
That won’t happen today lol
@@johnbriny1126 r u blind?
Everytime there's a huge tragic event the community gets stronger for a while. So having massive tragic events may be a good thing at times even tho many lives are taken. Idk just my opinion.
Thank you for sharing this. Had me crying. What a time is was. My Dad was one of the firemen lost that day Gary Geidel. It's weird looking back and really seeing how much time has past.
Oh man, I'm so sorry for your loss. That's heartbreaking. I just watched some of your videos and your dad seems like a great guy. Big virtual hug to you.
And their (pakistan's) Prime Minister thinks Osama is martyr 😔😔😔
So sorry for your loss. I hope you're doing ok.
So sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss, your dad was a true hero
It’s cool how everyone is trying to piece themselves together as a community.
Peace*
It’s New York City there’s not a community
ya like now xD
@@noorthebuilder who looked stupid now huh🤣
The amount of people suffering and dying after didn't change at all. No peace, only violent policing.
I broke down when the most riveting piece of footage in this video really hit me deep in my soul @4:08.
they're just doing normal daily activities but the mood is just collectively more solemn
Two huge buildings collapse and these niggas still gonna say ”Unite 🏳️🌈”
@@フフーガ nah its 2001
Sadly, it's just gotten worse since then.
Similar to how it was March of last year.
I really love that those New Yorkers wrote "Unite."
Back then people did rally together, helping everyone, realizing how fragile human lives are. Now political extremists are using 9/11 to tear people apart again, bringing more innocents into wars. It's sad we'll never achieve peace in this world for this. We never learn.
0:30 This man sitting at the edge completely lost in his thoughts is quite riveting!! He could have lost a friend, a colleague or a loved one.. who knows but this goes to show how it must’ve felt to go through this tragedy all by yourself. Today due to technology we have so many distractions that we completely forget to stop and take some time to soak in what’s going around you
He kinda looks like you ngl
@@frankcastle1862 haha
look Indian and looks like u lol
@Sikander Bakth ✅ how do u know
how u kno!? 😱
I actually was passing by that movie theater on 9/12. It was such a meaningful gesture by the theater. There were staff outside waving people with smiles on their faces. "Free Movies! Free Popcorn!" 9/11 was such a horrible day and the theater provided just a little bit of a distraction and comfort... even if it was only a couple of hours. I'm sure it helped a lot of people. If anyone that was working there at the time sees this, I want to say how thankful was (and still am) for your selflessness. I'm sure working that day was tough.
BTW, I watched "The Fast and the Furious" and "L.I.E." with Paul Dano and Brian Cox. The barricades that you saw on 14th street next to Union Square were to prevent people from going into the area unless you lived south of 14th (which I was at the time.) Cops were checking IDs.
did you see the towers fall? sorry if that question is in bad taste i wasn’t alive on 9/11 so I’m curious what it was like
@@Imadethisin6thgrade I was working at 40th and Broadway and lived in the East Village. My office building and bosses told everyone to stay in place. And I told my roommate (who was also my co-worker and in panic mode) that we needed to leave. We walked East out of view of the towers. I also wanted to avoid Times Square (because there was a report on the radio that there was a car bomb at the state department, which was false) and the Empire State Building. My main focus was getting her home safe. And we heard people saying that one of the towers fell. And I assumed it was a rumor and said "that's impossible." I honestly thought they were wrong. There was no way they would just collapse. But, by the time I got to my apartment and turned on the TV, I found out that both of them had fallen.
@@DontWalkRUN that sounds horrifying. i’m glad you and your coworker made it out safe though. noticed you have 700k subscribers too so good luck on your youtube career 🙂
@@Imadethisin6thgrade Thank you.
I lived at 12th Street on 6th Avenue. Living in the lock down area was pretty eerie. There was no traffic below 14th Street. Thanks for posting video of the park. It turned into an even bigger memorial as days went on.
Today is the first time I've ever watched footage from that day. I saw way too much in person to ever watch it on TV. Every year I avoid TV around this time. But this year I finally watched. And the emotions are still as horrible as that day. Thank you for video of my neighborhood. Somehow it helped to see my home and what it felt like the days and weeks and months after. Be kind everyone.
The fact that most of the people there are all quiet and look sad makes it more depressing
It’s like... no one can’t actually understand what the hell happened. They look like life’s just passing by their eyes and their minds aren’t there. You can feel them grieving in pain, even 20 years later.
I think some people don’t realize how the aftermath was just as disturbing as the attacks, that smoke stayed there for so long, and the smell of burnt bodies and debris was insane. My dad and my friend’s dad would’ve died if my dad wasn’t late to work and if my friend’s dad didn’t take that day off. Truly eerie
True
it was horrible, and sleeping was even worse. i remember it all
Fuck off burning bodies, it was all rubble and smoke. Stop telling lies about your dad too, it's pathetic.
The cover up was the worst part tho for sure
@@CoercedJab "Truth", no longer exists in the world...
Everyone looks so lost and confused in this, it’s awful. I know there’s a lot going on in this country right now, but I hope we can unite again one day like the Americans of 9/12.
I wish the same. I feel bad for the people that grew up not knowing right from wrong. 😭
I hear you. I feel the exact same way. I even wrote on Facebook about how we came together as a country on 9/12, and how we desperately need to get back to THAT America, again.
United States its not America
I want unity too.. I wish what you say was true. I wish the aftermath of 9/11 was as many white folks (like my family) remember. I wish ALL Americans were united then... but they werent...
I've listened and read so many first person accounts where American citizens were harassed, stalked, or beaten. I've seen first hand Americans having slurs thrown at them, being mocked, and much worse after 9/11. All this simply because they looked like they might be of Arabic descent.
Not everyone was united then, we should have been, just like we should be now.
Lol wasn’t the case if you looked eastern. Nice try on the American unity.
This is beautiful, to see everyone's different ways of trying to overcome such a horrible event, together.
Of course it's tragic, but there is still beauty in tragedy.
This footage is far better than your typical "dude with a VHS/miniDV camera" kind of recording at the time too. Really glad you uploaded this. We see far too much of the tragedy and not enough about the days following it.
It’s soo weird seeing how the energy is, seeing people wear masks like we do today
Nothing's really changed
@adam adam And parrots repeating what talking heads tell them instead of the "actual" science didn't either.
Prophylactics work.
I didn’t even notice the masks until I saw the comment, it’s crazy how something that we didn’t even think of less than a year ago would be a normal part of reality now
@@bigsaucy8296 Shows you how naive people are when it comes down to it. Its really pathetic, going to such extremes for something that has a 99+% survival rate. What are people going to do when the Flu comes now?
I was born a year after 9/11, and I grew up in NYC. This footage is heartbreaking. Especially knowing my father was still searching the ruble with his team. He lead the first responder ground zero team and was one of the first people on the scene after the first tower fell. My father got lung and throat cancer from his time at ground zero and thankfully beat it, but he is the last surviving member of his team.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I thank your father for his service to so many, may he rest in peace.
@@MarciaNunes1961 they said he’s alive?
@@MarciaNunes1961 but their dad is alive...
@@sarah-mn9cx his*
@@ABC-ik9vj sorry! i didn't know his pronouns