British Guy Reacts to BOATLIFT, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience *Heroes!*
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This was on my list of recommendations. Glad I didn't have to. It is an incredible story. I've watched this video no less than 30 times. Easily.
Incredible indeed! I could watch it many times!
@@TheBeesleys99 interestingly enough, its still not a widely known story here in the US. I share it on various forms of message boards and social media every year on September 11th and still to this day there are people who are like "wow, I can't believe I've never heard this story before."
@@jeffburdick869 I'm curious about what your connection is to this story and or 9-11. The only people I know of that consistently share (myself included) things about 9-11 are ones that have a connection to it. I personally worked on the recovery for a little over 4 months.
@@jeffburdick869 I just posted my comment on the video if you would like to read. I've known about it thanks to some former coworker here in Boston, MA...
@@mattostrander9209 I don't have any super close connections to it. I'm originally from NYS, but not that close to NYC. My brother had a friend die, but I didn't know her. A guy I know worked in one of the nearby buildings and while he had an insane day, he was okay.
We have an actor in the us that at one time was a New York City fireman.His name is Steve Buscemi and when this happened, without a word to anyone but his family, quietly went to New York and rejoined the fire department and without ANYONE ELSE KNOWING,went to work digging through the rubble looking for survivors and recovering the dead 12 hours a day.He never told anyone what he did,never bragged,never broadcast it to the world.He just did what he thought was right
So true. And don't forget Pat Tillman in the height of his football career quit to join the army where he ultimately lost his life 🙏
Humans are flawed but we're capable of great kindness. We're a funny mix between broken and profoundly loving
Totally, we would do well without our governments dividing us, we would be able to relate to each other. Not much difference between people, regardless of color, nationality, religion!
True fact
Not the terrorists/Taliban/isis. They are all evil to the bone 🦴
@@Sheila612Miller I agree they're horrible
I wouldn't call it kindness. I would call it courageous and humanitarian. I try to be kind everyday even if I don't 'feel' it. I hope and pray I could be so brave.
Probably one of the most undertold stories of that day. Heros weren't just in uniform, it was the average joe. Thank you for this one! ♥️
I'm glad someone recommended this. I didnt go into work the morning of 9-11, but my brother and sister-in-law were both in Manhattan. He called me and I invited them to stay with me in Westchester if they could catch a train. He said, "We heard there are ferries taking people over to New Jersey where they lived. He called me 10 hours later to say they were home. I asked,"who was giving rides?" meaning was it the city ferries, Circle Line tour boats, Coast Guard, etc. He said, "anything that could float!"
The thing about that day was it didnt matter who you were, democrat, republican, black, white, hispanic. We all came together to help each other. We were AMERICANS. We must never forget that day and the heroes. The firefighters, the policemen and women and the average citizens that helped saved lives.
I wish that feeling had lasted. We are all Americans. Instead of fighting/dividing, we should come together. Imagine what our country would be like. Accept those who are different because we are all different. I was raised to look at a person's character not the color of their skin or their beliefs. I don't think things will change in my lifetime, unfortunately.
I did the math out of curiosity. In one hour, approximately 55,556 people were evacuated. This breaks down to about 926 people being evacuated by boat EVERY MINUTE! This video is awe inspiring.
Thousands of first responders are now sick and have past away because of the toxic environment left after the attacks. Heroism!
This video made me an instant subscriber. I owe my life to the Captain of the Amberjack. Because he helped me live through that day, I am 47 now, and I have 4 kids who thankfully have no memory of that day.
I'm glad you made it out! I'm sure the captain would like to hear from you. And whom without you might not have had those wonderful children and memories!..from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸🤠
People from other countries wonder why we fly out flags and have such American pride. This is one reason. Because of people like these American Heros! God bless America!
YES love my country
Do you follow the regulations of flying our flag? They are very specific and based on our anthem.
I am surprised at how emotional it is to watch this through the eyes of someone from another Country..
Gander is another great story of humanity that day. And one of the many reasons that most Americans will always call Canadians our brother.
I want to watch the play they have about Gander so badly
There is now an award winning musical called “Come From Away” about the events in Gandar. Truly outstanding.
The Day after 9/11 was the most unified USA I have ever seen in my entire life. At that point I knew not only would we be ok, but that someone had just poked the bear with a stick, and the outcome for someone else was not going to be good.
They didn't just poke the bear but also killed 3000 people.
@@Montweezy they poke the Bear and the middle went down in 2 weeks.
@@kdc300z Very true! I love our military!!!!
@@kdc300z I did search and rescue for 2 weeks the day after the attack. I came in from Charlotte, N.C. with my Fire dept. Now I'm a paramedic and flight nurse on our medivac....
@@Montweezy thank you for your bravery and help
I know the feeling of running for your life and not knowing what exactly was happening. I am school shooting survivor and the feeling of being in a situation like that is like no other.
Wow. That must be something so hard for you to talk about and i hope no one got seriously hurt. Such tradgic events which will stay and effect everyone invloved for the rest of there life. Stay strong mate i hope you are ok!
@@TheBeesleys99 Thank you that means a lot. In the shooting only one student and one teacher got shot and they both survived and are doing much better now.
@@kinderjester9004 I'm glad to hear that you all are doing well. Love you all my amazing friends and family
If you haven't seen it already, the Canada story of the people of Gander, Newfoundland who took in dozens of Jumbo Jets and took care of all those passengers up there in a very rural area. Great people.
I don’t know what it is, but every time this video gets to the part where the guy says “and fifteen to twenty minutes later there were boats all across the horizon” I start crying. I do so wish this nation could come together like this without it having to be in a time of tragedy. On that day, nobody was black, white, Hispanic, Democrat, Republican, rich or poor. Everyone was simply Americans.
Absolutely agree! I feel the same way. It's really heartbreaking 😔
It does get me every time, but that part you are talking about only gives me goosebumps.
I always tear up at the Captain who was approached by the welder and thanked for saving his kid. ALWAYS tear up right there. It's humbling.
That Captain wasn't even trying to be any hero, he was just doing what should be done at the time. So, realization AFTERWARD of having actually saved lives...that gets me.
That Captain is a cool guy. They all are. I hope they are still around. I know some people in this docu are no longer with us, may God rest them...
September 11, 2021....this year marks the 20 year anniversary 😓. Remember that day like it were yesterday 💗🕊️
On 9/11 I was a 26 year old American that watched the 2nd plane hit the tower live on television, like countless Americans that day.
I’ve read & watched so many things about September 11th in the past almost 20 years, but I had never heard a single reference to this store until a month or so ago.
I don’t understand why more people don’t know this beautiful story.
Especially Americans.
I have since seeing this the first time had my 2 daughters, my mother, & my niece watch this.
This is the America I was proud of.
I worked in Quincy, Massachusetts on 9/11. Quincy is south of Logan airport, where the planes that hit the towers came from. Therefore, most flights flew right over our heads when taking off to head south or west. After the attack, all U.S. airspace was closed.
At lunch, I remember going outside to smoke, and naturally, the conversations were rather muted. But I still remember someone saying, "Listen, do you hear that?" Everyone stopped talking and listened. It was absolutely quiet. Someone finally broke the silence and asked, "Hear what? I don't hear anything." The first person responded, "Exactly. I've never heard it so quiet before. Even the birds seem to have shut up."
I think that's when the enormity of what happened hit me. Life would never be the same again.
Beesley, you should check out some of the stories about the planes that had to be diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada, as a follow up, even if you don't do a reaction to it. It wasn't just Americans that pulled together that day.
The musical Come from away was based on the 38 planes landing in Gander with thousands of people.
Wow, pretty intense story. I had just gotten to work and was busy in the breakroom when it came on the news, the few people in the breakdown just stood there in shock not believing what we were seeing. Images that will never leave my memory.I remember well the news reports from Canada and it bring tears to my eyes even today that our neighbors were there in our time of crisis. A nation with a heart!
Thanks for sharing!! There were also some planes headed over the Atlantic abroad that turned around back to the US after they got notified. Must have also been terrifying for them.
I lost a family friend in Tower 2. Its almost 20 years later, and I still break out in tears whenever I see the events of that day. I remember my roommate and I jumped in the car at our Iowa City apartment and booked ass to the Chicago Burbs.. We made it in just under 2 1/2 hours... Its a day that every American will forever feel in their hearts.
I'm so sorry for your loss, I can't even imagine.
I'm sorry for your loss.
I lost my grandmother. It's horrific what happened. But, I'm so glad these people did what was right, they saved hundreds of thousands of lives in hours. Need more people like that.
@@socksandpi1264 ESPECIALLY in todays America....
I'm so sorry for your loss 😔
"It was almost 20 years ago."
No...it was just yesterday...and it still hurts.
I remember being at school glued to the TV with the news on watching 9/11 unfold. I was in 5th grade, so old enough to understand what I was seeing but not realizing how much it was changing the way Americans lived. During the day we felt helpless, but one 9/12 our class collected donations and we wrote letters to students in NY, VA, MD, NJ and PA. We were in CA but all we knew was that we wanted to send letters to kids our age who’s lives were forever changed. We even got some letters back from students on the east coast. American on 9/12/01 was powerful beyond words
I miss that us. Not what came later, but right after, I miss that America.
It's amazing how this 20 years later still causes me to break down into tears. I was just out of the shower on Sept 11 and was shaving, trying to get ready to go to work. I had the radio on and heard them talking about the first tower being hit by a plane. At that point, no one knew what was going on. As soon as I was done shaving, I went into the other room to iron my shirt for the day and I turned on the TV to the today show. They had switched to live feed, which we don't see in the Midwest - we get the show on 1 hour delay, but not that morning. As I was watching the TV, I saw the second plane hit the second tower and at that point knew that we were being attacked. I was late to school that morning and was thankful that I didn't have a first period. As I was pulling into the parking lot, the Pentagon was hit. I walked into the building with one of the students. We looked up into the sky and there were 2 vapor trails that formed a cross in the sky ... not an X, but a cross. We both just looked at each other and he had a tear running down his cheek. The school that I taught at had televisions in each of the classrooms and every set was turned on so we could watch the day unfold in real time. I watched with tears streaming down my cheeks as the 2 towers fell, not knowing what I was going to say to the kids when they came into my room a couple of minutes later. We put aside the days lesson and watched history unfolding. I was numb the rest of the day and couldn't wait to just get home after school. I took my dog down to the park at the end of my street which was on the river and we just sat their. What would have been a normal noisy time of day with the din of rush hour traffic was eerily quiet. One of my neighbors came and sat with me and we both commented on how quiet it was, and then we just sat there in the quiet.
Me too. I came in from Charlotte, N.C. with our search and rescue team from our Fire Dept and helped for 2 weeks during 9/11 people don't realize the things we saw.
An amazing thing about that is, no one knew whether the city was under attack, and if there was more to come. So for so many people to head TOWARD Manhattan in boats before the dust even settled, was an incredible act of bravery.
3:39 something makes me think that Vincent Ardolino might be an Italian-American from Noo Joysie. Haha, I love that guy! And what a hero. But man, that accent!!!
Born and raised in Upstate NY, parts of this are very hard to watch. I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was 19 when 9/11 happened, my older sister was working in Manhattan, my high school boyfriend was an NYC firefighter and I watched the events unfold on tv thinking we were under attack. I spent weeks watching the tv making sure their names didn't scroll across the screen (They both survived). I have never been to the memorial, I can't bring myself to go to that section of Manhattan. These Captains, the NYPD, the NYFD are all heros and we will Never Forget! 🇺🇸
So many heroes from that tradgic! It hard watching and learning for me someone who was only 2 at time, so i cant even begin to imagine what you or anyone else must go through thinking or seeing this event. So glad you hear you loved ones survived
@@TheBeesleys99 I should have mentioned that you did a great job with the reaction and I appreciate that your reaction was done in a very respectful manner. I was supprised by how some images from that day still hit hard, but I love your channel and thanks for taking the time to learn! :-)
I am also born and raised in Upstate NY and was 19 when it happened. I had gone to the top of the World Trade Center on a family trip in summer of 1999. It was so weird to see what happened a bit over two years later.
Native nyc resident here. It seems like a million years ago. And the world was a better place before it happened.
Glad you had the chance to watch. Looking forward to the “First Medal of Honor Ever Recorded.” I requested the 9/11 Boatlift because of the bravery of these boaters. I want you to do the next one to see the bravery of one. Look forward to it buddy.👍
My sons were 3 and 6...we had moved to Florida from NYC 3 years earlier...
And me and my wife just got into a group hug with the kids for an hour, trembling and crying, when the first tower went down.
Everyone in America old enough to remember still remembers exactly where they were and what they were doing on that day. It’s something you never forget. It brings tears to your eyes every time you see it.
I was just out of college working as an admin assistant for a government contractor near the Pentagon in a place called Crystal City. Our building shook that day when the plane that hit the Pentagon traveled so low, our building felt like it was an earthquake and I saw the tail end hit. It's still hard to talk about everything that day. The flashbacks are so real. Around September, things cant get a bit hard for some Americans. Mental health took a hard hit that day for the witnesses, heroes, and survivors.
remember first hearing about the attack on the radio while I drove my kids to school. Then I watched it on the tv, called my husband at work and told him what was going on. I ended up pulling my kids out of school for the day because I had to hold them. Watching these stories I just sob, remembering the horror and fear we all felt all over the country. May we never forget
I feel like Americans have already forgotten. 😔
The day all of America watched as people jumped from the upper floors of the towers. Watching people jump to their deaths rather than burning to death. I will never forget the sound...it sounded like a "stapler." It was bodies hitting the concrete. It will be a memory that I will never forget.
I was alive at this time but of course didn’t know about it until years later and about 2-3 years before osama bin laden was killed and just seeing the videos of the people falling gave me a wake up call on how fragile life is and when bin laden was killed, I was only 10 and yet felt so much pride with everyone else on that day
I saw how a rescuer was killed by a person that jumped, I believe a firefighter, I also saw what was left of a person who jumped on the street. I couldn't believe what was on the street needing to be removed was a person at one time
@@eileenbaran7040 I...don’t know...what to say to....
Jesus.....I give you my prayers to get you by everyday
This is the reason everytime I've tried to rewatch footage from that day, I can't. I was 16 and I remember the SECOND the newsperson realized those were PEOPLE coming out the windows, it was horrifying. I still can't watch.
@@savannah115 Same here. My gut isn't strong enough to rewatch it. I was 8 years old on 9/11 and still 20 years later... just can't
I was going to say it was like Dunkirk for you but Tom mentioned it. You do what you have to do. It was a good story. Good reaction.
New Jersey sent so many EMS, EMT's, Search and Rescue teams, boats. It was so many all our highways heading to New York were lit up with bubbles and sirens. I mean even all the way to South Jersey and Philly they dispatched to New York.
I was a junior in high school in Northern NY. I was actually online doing a current events report when it came across the screen. The librarian and I watched in shock. The whole day was surreal. Silent, the adults in our lives didnt know what to say to us or what to do. All of us knew people in the city because our area is filled with summer homes. We were told not to tell the elementary kids what was going on but they could sense something was different. Confused little faces. By 1pm our volunteer first responders were already loading up and getting ready to head south to help search and rescue. That night we watched over and over again the people jumping to their deaths, towers falling, planes crashing, the Pentagon on fire. People walking from the rubble. It is a day seared in my memory. These boats were an underrated part of the rescue effort.
I was born in the US, but was still living in the Philippines on 9/11. I was 11 years old. A year prior I had been vacationing with my dad and younger siblings to our what was an annual summer vacation to my older sister in New York. I remember always being in awe of the Twin Towers. It was late Tuesday night in the Philippines when the first tower was hit, and i was just glued to the TV. I was worried for my sister, who thankfully was fine, but was still in complete disbelief it happened. A mix of anger, confusion, heartbreak, sadness, I couldn’t process it. It was one of those “you’ll remember where you were” moments.
My mom had work friends that died in 9/11. My father came home and found my mom sobbing on the couch. All my father could say is “let’s take a walk.” My father and mother walked down the sidewalk and it’s a polite thing to do is to say “hi.” when someone walks by. That day all people could say is a sad “Hi” otherwise it was a quiet day all over America.
Bridges and tunnels were closed, but people were allowed to walk out of Manhattan on foot... I spent 40 hours driving back and forth.... Picking up tired and weary souls.. Delivering them to their homes and families.. As many as I could carry.. As many trips as I could make..
I worked in downtown Chicago when the towers fell. As was mentioned in the video, no one knew what was happening and there was a lot of speculation that there would be planes targeting the skyscrapers in Chicago (like the Sears Tower). Downtown was evacuated with commuter trains dropping schedules and leaving as soon as they filled up.
I remember that, I was in the eighth grade. Those rumors were flying all around the school. We were saying the Sears Tower and John Hancock building could be next.
@@dabearsfan4life luckily they where wrong I wasn't born yet but I was born in 2006 in chicago so I'm a native chicagoan I can't even imagine how hurt and tramitzed new Yorkers and other Americans felt just seeing that like a horror movie luckily this will most likely never happen again thank God
The Gander, Newfoundland story was made into the musical "Come From Away."
That day was so eerie...as we watched the news and realized those were people falling, it got so quiet. So eerie and all you could hear was the thudding on concrete from the TV. Everybody stopped. No one breathed. You could hear quiet mutterings of prayers.
This video brought tears to my eyes, there were many unknown heroes on 9/11, during this tragedy. In the USA until Tuesday, September 11, 2001, there wasn't this kind of a reaction since Sunday, December 7th, 1941.
Awesome and respectful reaction! You sir are a good one!
As an American who remembers 911 like it was yesterday. I have never heard this story. Thank you for bringing it to the worlds attention
This video and time makes me proud to be an American , I went through this and Katrina since I live in New Orleans and I couldn't be more proud of our nature to take care of each other and our humanity ❤
9/11 changed my life (and a lot of peoples lives). I lost people I loved that day. Some instantly others from health issues later on. Stories like this one and many others are largely not talked about or not given the light shined on them that they should. Thank you for reacting to this.
Excellent reaction video. Thank you for not committing the cardinal sin that so many video reactors do.....talking too much, especially over the dialogue or narration. Respect.
Beesley, I noticed many TH-camrs say they are reluctant to do 911 videos because they don't want to appear like they are benefiting from the tragedy. Well you guys aren't! Your fan base grows because of the content. None of them suggest you demonetize for these things. They only trust you are pure and honest. You are providing a public service because I never knew this story until TH-camrs like yourself shined light on it. I actually cried tears of joy during this delivery of yours. You only provided the story that so many deserve to here. It's about those boat Captains and their crews and "everyone helping everyone".
That's why these documentaries were made. To educate the world. We are the American spirit. When the sh** hits the fan, we're there for each other. We need to come together and Unite like that again. It shouldn't take a tragedy.
This is one of the great stories that unfolded that day. Another is the work of air traffic control. I'll see if I can find one on that for you if you like.
This was penned by Guy Malone and touches on 9/11, specifically what Her Majesty the Queen did for the US and all Americans who got stuck in the UK on that day.
Titled -
"To Britain with Love
For the second time in a week, I again watched CNN with my mouth hanging wide open. Amidst the tragic history made this past week, one event took place whose unimaginable significance was unfortunately lost to most Americans. In England, with hundreds or perhaps thousands of mourners pressing the gate, Buckingham Palace played OUR national anthem instead of the time-honored Changing of the Guard.
God Bless America would have honored us greatly. America The Beautiful would have been more than enough. But England somehow chose the one song written while our two countries were at war. Most of us have forgotten, but the very night Francis Scott Key penned The Star Spangled Banner, British blood was being poured out on American soil. “The bombs bursting in air” we so proudly sing of were in fact being fired at Redcoats. Nonetheless, this is the song England upended her own tradition with to dedicate to us while we mourned. In so doing, I believe England unknowingly pierced well beyond the veil of international politics, and that this single act has healed a supernatural wound that has festered for over two centuries.
To explain, consider the Jewish “bar mitzvah.” When a boy comes age of, his family conducts a holy service in which he receives his father’s blessing. He is thus received into manhood, spiritually empowered to go out into the world bearing the family name, and expected to have great success. Similarly, when ordaining a minister or sending out a missionary, Christians “lay hands” upon the head of a new leader, imparting the spiritual authority of the church, and to signify their blessing upon the emerging ministry. That’s not what happened when America “left home” however. We broke away in rebellion to England’s authority. We actually took up arms against the “parents” who birthed us.
Yes, yes, our cause was certainly just. History has never begrudged us that. It might even be rightly argued that God was on our side. We certainly became successful enough (although less than a hundred years passed before we fell into terrible war with ourselves, which to be honest still isn’t over). Worse, we became obnoxiously drunk with our quick success. As England lost her territories over the decades, America conquered the world. Of course trade routes quickly reopened between us, and we’ve had a great economic relationship for most of the time since. Our governments have successfully worked together as well - you’d even call us allies.
But facing facts - the actual people of our countries have barely maintained a civil savagery in our attitudes toward one another. To the English, Americans are snotty brats, spoiled beyond redemption by our money, power and conveniences. Meanwhile, we disdain the English concept of royalty and tradition, and in fact, think you’re rude and stuffy. The Fourth of July, garishly celebrated as our “Independence Day,” is today commonly referred to in English slang as “good riddance day.” You’ve always viewed us as the prodigal son who ran off with the inheritance. We’ve considered you the jealous brother who got irate because the father blessed us anyway. Sure, things couldn’t be better on the economic and political fronts, but deep down… we’ve never really particularly cared for one another.
Am I being unfair here? Of course we’re the best of friends. After all, wasn’t it America that came to England’s aid in not one, but two world wars? No America, we did not. And how dare we be so pretentious to even think that? We protected our interests, and that is all. Churchill and Roosevelt worked together for years to enlist America’s aid against Hitler, to no avail. It took Pearl Harbor to get us involved. Yes, we bled and died on England’s soil this time, but not for the English, for us. Certainly not because she needed us in her darkest hour.
And now we face probably our darkest hour. But we didn’t even call, and England has already answered.
They could have sent us flowers. They could have offered an eloquent speech of condolence, or perhaps sent someone over to stand in front of the cameras with one of our leaders - the usual international stuff. Instead, the great and proud England elegantly humbled herself, abandoning a tradition more sacred than baseball, apple pie and even Mom herself will ever be to us. They took that tradition and placed it on an altar of forgiveness, which in our arrogance, we never thought even once to ask for. Then they willingly burned it - in our honor - for all the world to see. They played our song.
For all intents and purposes, England bar-mitzvahed us. She has received us as all grown up now, and has moved to make us a family again. Heaven will record this as the day that the rift caused by our violent separation was finally closed. Only it was not slick American “ingenuity,” but England, with her superior character, who won this victory before God and man.
Thank you, England. My only regret is that we were too slow - too in shock, and frankly, too unaware of what this truly meant - to grasp the significance of your sacrifice or even to respond in a proper manner. I wish the news and all the world had seen our President standing at attention, saluting you across the sea, but it just didn’t happen like that. We’re stupid that way England, and for that, we are so very sorry. But I salute you. I pray that all America will also. You’ve been so patient with us, waiting for us to grow up into mature, decent adults - the kind you’d actually want to be friends with. However, so much time has passed that we now stand shoulder to shoulder, in a way that parents and children simply cannot. We are equals, and right now we will need to cling to each other desperately IF we are to survive the challenges this war is going to bring.
Thank you, England. Weeks ago, we were merely mutually cooperating world powers. Now, your act of sacrificial love has made us brothers. May we forever mourn together when the other is mourning. May we forever rejoice as the other rejoices. And may we now and forever always leap to the other’s aid in future times of crisis, even though it may cost us dearly. You have already led us in this, not by power or might, but by example.
Thank you, England. We appreciate you, and we love you. And just in case you’ve never heard the words spoken from an upstart American -
“Long Live The Queen.”
And may God bless Great Britain. "
US National Anthem played during the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace -
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British Troops arriving at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport in Texas -
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British wounded soldiers arriving at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport -
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67 British were killed on 911 and a further 16 who had close ties to the UK also died.
Oh wow! Thank you for that im going to read it when home from work!
@@TheBeesleys99 Sorry for the length and the gaps between paragraphs. I tried to edit it to fix those issues but for some reason the formatting went wonky on me.
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@@timo951 Tim, thank you. This is amazing and I wish I could also track down Mister Guy Malone and thank him, too.
So happy you watched this. Thanks man. Keep it up.
Always thought it was amazing that, at the time, they had no idea what was happening. For all those boats knew, there were more attacks coming and still they went. Really inspiring.
I still remember this day. I was 10 years old. We saw this on the news in class. A classmate's birthday was that day. We were just in shock. I was wondering if it was a movie.
As someone who was.... just shy of 11 yrs old that day, on 9/11... and visiting NYC for a school trip when ground zero was still a big hole in the ground and the One WTC was just starting to be built. Almost my entire graduating class (most went on the trip) kinda just stood there in silence... it was hard. I'll never forget that day as long as I live.
My brother was in the Pentagon when it was hit. It took the longest 12 hrs ever before he could let us know he was ok.
I'm an American and this is the first time I've seen/heard about this. The American spirit always lights the dark. Proud to be an American.
I was in 8th grade when 9/11 happened. I remember our teacher coming in to homeroom and putting on the TV. We had just been to NYC for a field trip the opening week of classes 6 days before. We were told of the accident and then watched as the 2nd plane hit. 9 minutes later I was pulled from class. My father called the school to tell me to come home. His brother and sister both worked in Tower 2 on the 90th floor. We had to wait for weeks for confirmation, but just from the footage we knew they were gone. It was really the first time in my life I had experienced unexpected loss. And at 13 years old I wasn't quite sure how to deal with it so I just started swearing to my grave that I would never allow myself to feel so helpless again.
I got sick on the boat and it was nothing but helping hands from everyone.
I left the city that day and never been back.
That first man in the video passed away in 2018 😔. May god rest his soul 🙏🏼
This was in my recommended and I'm glad it was! Everything seems so bleak right now in America but this video made me proud to be an American. I really hope that someday things get better. Thank you for doing this ❤️
I was in 7th grade watching something that I had only saw in movies and it was scary... we were just in school in south jersey and if we were being attacked, could we be next? It was a horrific day that was replayed over n over again. Then the up close footage came out n u see ppl jumping from the towers to their death it was heartbreaking... worst ever.
My parents worked for South Western Bell. They worked as operators. My parents were constantly transferring calls to New York from people trying to get ahold of loved ones. They got most of the information from callers about what was happening and when they were on their breaks they were watching the tv. It was a sad and hectic time.
Yeah cell phones were dead that day because so many people were trying to use them....
He pauses the video at 9:11 Always crazy the odd reminders about a day that shaped so many lives.
I watch the footage of the attack every year but I never knew about this story until now. Had me in tears the first time I saw it. Amazing heros in a time of national horror and tragedy.
I’ve been going to NYC for forty years and was at the tower site three months after the towers came down. It was horrific. I continue to visit NYC and have been to the new tower and the fountains and the memorial many times.
I'm not American (I'm Canadian) and I will *always* remember this day for the rest of my life. I was 14-years old (I just turned 35 last week) and sitting in English class when our teacher was called out of the classroom that morning. He came running back in a few minutes later. I will never forget his words to us. He said "OMG, New York has been attacked!!". At this point, nobody knew this was a terrorist attack...nobody really knew what was happening. So for me to be 35 years old, and have that morning, when I was only 14 years old, forever ingrained in my mind is unreal. I didn't actually see the damage and exactly what happened to the twin towers until I got home from school that day on the news. When you turned on the TV, that's all that was on every channel! You couldn't escape seeing the devastation caused by evil human beings!
Seeing this video definitely solidified one thing for me. On September 11th, terrorists thought they would break America, but instead, Americans came together like never before.
A couple of years after 9/11, I was in New York for a conference and took some time to visit the Statue of Liberty and Elis Island. I was on the ferry which was fairly empty. The captain stopped by and said hello. We started talking and I asked him about Sept 11th. He told me the story of the boat lift which I hadn’t heard before. He said that they participated and had a boat full of tourists when they got the call. He immediately made an announcement apologizing for the delay but they we diverting to take on survivors. They raced toward the cloud as fast as the boat could go and as they got close, they had to immediately slow down. The call had been for anything that floats and in front of him was a man in a rowboat frantically rowing towards the shore to help with the evacuation. :-) To this day, it still brings me to tears. It was a special day when ordinary people did extraordinary things and everyone came together to help. I was a paramedic who responded to the Pentagon on 9/11 and worked the site for several weeks after that. I always considered myself lucky on September 11th as I had a job to do and was able to help. So many people wanted to to help and they did not know how.
My uncle was one of the last vehicles that left the island b4 they shut down the tunnels he was supposed to fly out but ended driving away from NY.
I was 8 at the time living in Florida. I remember my teacher getting a phone call and turning the TV on after the first plane hit. We saw the headlines and the smoke pouring out and we knew something was seriously wrong.
When school let out they weren't letting any of the students leave. I lived only a block from the school. Literally 1 street over and I had to wait for my mom to come get me. It seemed like everything just stopped. Parents were leaving work early and everyone was getting picked up in person because we didn't know if any other part of the east coast would get hit next.
I was 16 in central Illinois and it felt the same way here. They let school out early because all the parents wanted their kids. We didn't know what was next, but we were under attack. The world stopped that day. I know whole families and classmates that enlisted less than a week later. I came to school a week later and half of the school was at boot camp. I'll never forget how quiet it was that year...
Another part of 9/11 that I think people in the U.S. forget is that we are still losing people to 9/11 related cancers. 2 wks ago 1 of those ferry boat captains that was involved in the boat rescue that day who also volunteered at the site after & became a fireman after just lost his battle. Last wk we lost an police officer that was working at the site to 9/11 cancer. Every month another police or fireman loses their fight but I can't imagine how many others that worked the area after have also passed. This is part of the story never told. Thank you for doing this reaction.
I remember that day fairly clearly. It happened 3 months before I turned 6.
I was at the world trade center in New York just 10 shy days before 9/11/01. M grandparents took my older cousin and I. I'll never forget how fascinated I was just looking up at the glory of these towers. I looked up and said, "Gramma look at how tall the buildings are!" and I pointed up so excited. I stared up for what was a solid minute in awe as she walked ahead and noticed she had almost lost me lol! A little moment of such innocence and joy for what would 10 days later be ground 0. We actually scheduled the trip earlier bc of school starting back in Atlanta (where I'm originally from) but we almost went during the time.
My friend lost his dad but fortunately his mom got remarried and he has a little sister a few years younger than us. His step dad is like his dad but obviously his bio dad will never be replaced.. and his mom and step dad set up memorial for him every year. His step dad is so respectful and makes sure that he will always remember his dad.
My Aunt worked on the 97th floor of the North tower and survived the 1993 bombing. She walked down for 5 hours in smoke down the stairwell. Had her company not moved out of the building in 1995 (the year I was born) she wouldn't be here today.
Each year between mid-August to around Halloween time there's not a single day that goes by where I don't think about the victims and their families.
Back in 2001, when the planes had been hijacked there was suppose to be 5 or 6 but a few crash into a mountain side or just was never hijacked. My mom was having a meeting at a hotel across from the Pentagon when she saw a plane dive bomb into the Pentagon. She saw it happen.
Yes, my friend was on his way to a meeting in D.C. and saw the plane hit the Pentagon.
is amazing how many vessels came together that day. Coast Guard cutters, ferry vessels, sightseeing boats, party boats, NYPD patrol boats, tugboats, tender boats, fishing boats, yachts, catamarins, etc. you should check out stuff about another group of heroes: the passengers and crew members of United Airlines Flight 93 who fought back against their hijackers and sacrificed their lives to keep the fourth plane from hitting their intended target.
That’s Tom Hanks narrating isn’t it? Very nice. Such a wonderful story around such a horror! True heroes indeed!
Love this !! Thanks Beesley!!
Yet another thing that makes me proud to say these people are my country men.
I worked search and rescue the next day at 9/11 My team was sent from North Carolina. I was only 25 at the time.... I was there for 2 weeks and it's something I'll never forget!!!! This video is why I love America!
I had an uncle who died in 9/11 but even that cant give me the sense of suffering those people on the ground had to go through and just the sense of relief having someone come and take them away from a place which as far as they were concerned was gonna collapse on top of them. I never knew my uncle but I'm glad I know that there are people like that man in this world #RIP Michael
When I watch this, I think of the movie Starman. The best lines in the movie, "Do you know what I love about humans? They are at their best when things are at the worst." Probably not exactly how the lines go, but you get it."
I remember being in the hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the burn unit, when 9/11 happened
I’m from the NYC metro, but was going to grad school in Boston this day.
It was unreal. Boston shut down all public transit and it took me hours to walk home from campus. And weeks later when they re-opened the airports, I flew to Washington, DC for an interview and went through 5 checkpoints. Flying back to Boston we flew over the smoking pile of the collapsed Trade Center.
It was horrible.
I LOVE IT WHEN YOU UPLOAD!!!
but can you PLEASE do my suggestion soon
Great video and great reaction mate, my American cousin was in the South Tower and was pulled out alive two days later. There are many more stories out there with many heroes that day that must be told, I am so glad that this story was told one that I never knew about. Keep up the good work mate, take care and stay safe. 💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️💂♂️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
I was 3 years old when 9/11 happened. My mother was from upstate NY, about 30 minutes outside the Adirondack Park, I don’t remember much, but my mother called my grandparents over the phone.
My grandfather, a Vietnam Vet with the Airforce went to Ground Zero the day after the towers went down.
The events of 9/11 are the reason majority of my classmates from high school went into the armed services, and why I’m trying to get a medical waiver to join the Coast Guard.
I was a 911 operator that day and to say it was pandemonium that morning is a HUGE UNDERSTATMENT .. I then went on to wrk back home when KATRINA hit. I quit a few years later. God bless all the families of both
I love how you said that it restores your faith in humanity. That is so very true indeed! People may have their differences with one another and we may have different opinions on a lot of things a lot of the time, we bicker and argue and act like we ain't got no sense as my grandmother would say sometimes but I love knowing that even in spite of all that, at a time such as this, none of that matters anymore, we are all just people, no differences of opinion, no politics, no race, just people who see others are hurting and in need and we do what we can to help and no matter how small that might be, it still makes a huge difference. I was 20 years old and lived in Kentucky when this happened and it seemed like it was a million miles away and yet right next door at the same time. I stood in my living room staring at my TV in horror and clutching my son who was only a few months old at the time until I heard that people were going to the hospital in my town to donate blood. My mother, father and my 2 sisters with their families had all gathered at my house when the news first started coming in that morning about what was going on and every single one of us loaded up into 3 cars and drove to our local hospital and stood in a line for nearly 3 hours to donate blood. And I know that people all over the country were doing the same thing, even miles away from ground zero people just did what they could and the way that the entire country came together that day and in the weeks and months afterwards make me proud to call myself an American even more so than I already was. Thanks for your great reaction as always! Much love from Kentucky, USA!
Look up the story known as "Raising the Flag at Ground Zero." It's another 9/11 story.
Did you know that while we have a memorial for our lost American brothers and sisters, we also had a memorial made to remember our British brothers and sisters who died visiting our great nation. It's a memorial garden I believe.
hard to believe that it will be 20 years ago in a few months, seems like just yesterday
Subscribed. Love the reactions. I live in NYC, and this video always chokes me up a bit.
It's a little random, but "The Heart of Nuba" is a film if you want to see just the best of people vs the worst.
I had a family member who worked in one of the tower
this was our Dunkirk!
To this day I can’t watch this and not cry. I was barely a kid when this happened and me and so many others still live in fear over what happened. I live in a downtown area and I’m in a very tall building. There is an airport nearby and I’m always afraid. What happened had such a massive impact and I’m glad this story keeps getting told.
Just being honest. There I changed to a like. You seem like a nice guy. I want to start supporting you to help get you going.
Hugely respect that mate and appreciate the critisim in a non offensive way. Habe a great day
This was one of the worst days in American history. You Brits came to our aid to the point where British blood was spilled. Thank you I love all of you. Rule Britannia Peace to you all
In my eyes that day in many ways was also a great day for America because that day America truly was united and showed everyday people being true heroes and display great kindness to their fellow Americans when it was needed most.
@@keep.clam.shine.on. I agree. I just wanted to thank our British friends
Great stuff! Proud of all who helped!
Their is alot of hate for America out there.
Our governments and so called leaders have destroyed our reputation in mainstream.
This story is an honest testimony to what a true patriotic American citizen really is every day.
Its refreshing to see someone positively react to America 🇺🇸.
Thank you sir!!!
This is equivalent to the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk during ww2
Vincent Ardolino the captain of AmberJack passed away in 2018. RIP
They were all in the same boat... Literally and figuratively
The phone calls/messages left from people from Flight 93 and those on upper tower floors were quite unbearable. The goodbyes to this day I remember.
i can see you meeting the challenge when needed my friend. I honestly can't see you walking away if another person was in danger and you could help them.