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It has been 17 years since the devastating 9/11 attacks. Coverage of the American Airlines flight 11 tragedy during which nearly 3,000 perished was the main priority that day for most Western news agencies (the scenes of the twin towers collapsing were witnessed by an estimated two billion people - a third of the human race). Together with amateur records, this has produced such an incredible amount of 9/11 photos, some of it is rarely seen even today.
Bored Panda has collected some of the least seen 9/11 stories from across the internet. From street shots of the twin towers attack to satellite images of New York City, these historical photos are revealing new angles of the horrific day that changed the world forever. For more similar September 11 shots, check out this powerful book by David Friend.
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A Knot Of Bystanders At Park Row And Beekman Street Look Up As The South Tower Begins To Collapse
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At Rector Street And Broadway, A Photographer Leaned Out His Window With A Medium-format Camera And Caught The Moment Before The Second Plane’s Impact
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People Falling From The Towers
John L 8 years ago
Burning to death is the most painful thing, and it isn't any wonder that so many choose a quick death over the ultimate torture.
Pandola 8 years ago
these are the scenes that realyy make me cry, this is real disperation...and from down under it was a nightmare...the firefighters were so shocked seeing all these bodies on the ground that some started to cry...it looked the end of the world
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MrGosslet 8 years ago
The amount of strength a human would need to make a decision on how they end there life is completely incomprehensible. I salute those in this photo for choosing their own fate.
アル ちゃん 6 years ago
i dont think they gave it any thought.. probably they tried to save their life until the very end when they just couldnt stand the heat or the smoke... They made no real decision they just jumped away from certain dead into certain dead... it's so painful to think about what they might have felt those last second before jumping or even while falling... The world can be really cruel...
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Fay 8 years ago
The saddest thing is how often the jumpers have been edited out of pics and video after the attacks. The news deemed it too distressing.
Kristel Bijnen 8 years ago
I did not know this (being from the Netherlands).This makes me even more sad. Of all the attacks that happened since then (leaving out if this was a terrorist attack or not, it was an attack) this one hits and hurts me the most every year again.
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sunnyrei82 8 years ago
And just to think all those people got out of bed, had their morning coffee, and got to the office thinking "another day at work". Who would have tought the would never see their loved ones again, and wouldn't get the chance to make their dreams and plans come true. Heart breaking.
frederic eeckman 8 years ago
I remember a documentary where they were with the fire department when it happened at the WTC (it was 2 french guys I think)... At a moment you can hear a sound, and the fireman said it was the impact of the people who jumped. Still today it's haunting me.
Denise Stark 8 years ago
Jules and Gédéon Naudet made that documentary and it is available on YouTube.
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Zori the degu 8 years ago
That's one of the most shocking pictures ever taken. If I was the photographer, I would've received a heart attack.
Emily Softley 8 years ago
This image has remained with me since I watched them falling live when I was 16. It remains the most haunting thing I ever saw. A truly dreadful day, even in the UK.
Lena Palsdorf 7 years ago
I was 16 too, and it really changed my world view. Just old enough to understand that this would effect everything, but young enough to not being able to understand the cruelty of the world. I hadn't really heard of terrorism until that day.
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Lululoohoo 8 years ago
absolutely heartbreaking. Cannot fathom what was going through these poor soul's minds. may they rest in peace.
Denise Stark 8 years ago
I don't think it was a choice. A body will do anything to get away from fire. If the room you are standing in is burning and the floors are giving way, you get away however you can. You HAVE to,, it's non optional. Watch The Falling Man on YouTube.
William Teach 8 years ago
There was a documentary done called The Falling Man. You can watch it on Youtube. It truly brings the horror of the day into focus. Also, 102 Minutes That Changed America. There is an disturbing portion where you're seeing the courtyard between the towers. A Muzac version of a Billy Joel song is playing, and you hear thump every once in awhile. That's bodies.
Kristin Haskins 8 years ago
I remember that....wished I never watched it. I didn't hear thumps...I heard what sounded like loud crashes that I couldn't possibly describe in a million years, because I'd never heard HELL.
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Isabel Tamayo 8 years ago
The jumpers. ;( Imagine what they have in mind. Of course they wanted to live, but how? There's no choice. Maybe the only available choices are to die slowly or quickly. And they chose the second one ;(
Heidi Davenport 8 years ago
I watched it live on tv and can still see it clearly. I felt sick. That's when the reality of what happened sunk in.
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Sarah Geiser 8 years ago
I cannot begin to fathom their frame of mind... I hope in some way that terror transformed to peace as they fell- I ache for the decision that they had to make...
RaroaRaroa 8 years ago
You can't help but think what must be going through their minds in those final moments. It is both terrifying and heartbreaking. To think they went to work that day just like any other and this is how it ended.
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
I have seen this photo before and I still can't wrap my brain around it. Hell on earth.
Myxomatosis 8 years ago
Same here.. I have it as the cover of a national newspaper.
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Helena Murphy 6 years ago
How utterly sad for these people ... I can only pray they had only good memories to call on as they were falling to their death!
Laura Johnston 8 years ago
That sound when the bodies hit will haunt me for the rest of my days.
lazy panda 8 years ago
This just breaks my heart. I can't imagine having to make this decision.
Teresa Bisset 8 years ago
This puts my anxiety through the roof, imagining the choice between burning to death or throwing myself from a building! My heart breaks for anyone in any situation like this
Brion Boyles 6 years ago
The photos of people jumping to their deaths claw at my heart and gnaw at my humanity...I cannot think of anything else that makes me gasp with pity and seethe with hatred simultaneously.
Ari Niemelä 6 years ago
I think most of them tried to survive by climbing outside to safe zone when staying in was a death trap.
Sue Horsfield 7 years ago
How terrified must these people have been..... really brings it home to how awful it must have been for them 😢
Cynthia VanVoorhis 7 years ago
I can't even imagine having to make that choice or what was going through their minds as they fell. It only took a few seconds but to them I am sure it seemed like forever. Tears.
Kip Klages 8 years ago
God I remember watching this on live t.v. Some were even holding hands. Personally if I had a choice of a slow burning death or a quick leap...the leap. Now when you buy DVD's talking about 9/11 they show the news casts but leave this detail out.
Megan Park 8 years ago
I remember this photo from a novel I read that is about 9/11 it's at the beginning of the book just one blurry close up photo...and you don't know what it is... and at the end it is flicker pages which shows these people falling in slow motion. Horrific.
Symon Riedstra 8 years ago
good title: they were not jumping but falling, or better yet pushed out the window
Dora Shandor 8 years ago
such unuseful deaths... all because of hate.... and the cycle never ends....
Robert Mele 4 years ago
these poor souls i try to imagine myself in their situation and i get terry eyed i just wished some of them could of made it up to the roof and the helicopter could of gotten them off .
Marie Grimes 4 years ago
My heart was ripped to shreds when I saw these people jumping from the towers. As a Christian we are taught that you can’t go to Heaven if you commit suicide but I refuse to believe God wouldn’t make an exception for those poor souls. They didn’t want to die - their choice to jump was out of desperation and I truly believe some thought somehow they would survive. 😢
Marie Grimes 4 years ago
The images of the jumpers in photos, the footage in documentaries and their stories have kept me up on many nights so I can only imagine the hell the first responders who were present that day have experienced. 😥 I can only pray that the souls of those people were somehow taken from their bodies by God in those agonizing moments before they hit the ground. 😓
Marie Grimes 4 years ago
We owe it to these poor souls who’s lives ended in such a horrific way to honor & remember them but many have never been recovered or identified. 😰
Dianne Guthrie 5 years ago
There were those who criticised those who jumped, as though they were cowardly, but how can you blame them, there was no time to think about your religion being against suicide, etc, you would just jump to get away from flames or couldn't breathe for the thick smoke.
Sherry Applebee 5 years ago
The worst was listening to a reporter and hearing popping sounds, then he realizes and tells the world, that is the sound of bodies hitting the ground, and we heard more and more. A sound I will never forget
Savannagh Ryane 5 years ago
I was watching live before the replays edited out the awful noise humans make when hitting the pavement. It gave me nightmares for years. This just brought it all vividly back.
Carol Tocci 5 years ago
Pictures like this were originally banned from publication and broadcast for days afterward. Too horrific to comprehend.
Carlos Neto Monteiro 5 years ago
The sound of their bodies exploding on the floor still gives me chills
Miranda River 6 years ago
When I saw the news... OMG my body began to shske, and I started to cry... saw those live images of people jumping from the towers still hurts... I'm live in El Salvador... this attack not only destroyed the United States territorio, it destroy the whole world...
Sue Horsfield 7 years ago
Omg this is just so awful and really brings it home to how terrified those people must have been feeling at the time.
Bianca Du Toit 7 years ago
This is the most heartbreaking photo... those poor hopeless people seeing no way out but literally OUT...
Douglas Lee 8 years ago
As a currently 14 year old boy, I was only born in 2003 and never witnessed this terrible incident. After looking at the many pictures, I cannot imagine how it was like back then
Marnee DeRider 8 years ago
People always assume they jumped. But it's also been pointed out that if they were stumbling around in smoke and in pain, they might have fallen by accident, not having seen the edge.
Tina C. 8 years ago
I don't think many of these people jumped. I think they were all desperately corralled around the blasted out windows, clawing at one another to get fresh air, and the people closest to the windows were getting pushed out by the pressing crowd.
Eric Thom 8 years ago
No there were phone calls from some of the people who jumped. I remember listening to the news reports and the news presenters talking about this.
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Eric Thom 8 years ago
People need to see this and remember what happened. As sad and heart breaking this picture is, this country and the people in it have a short and selective memory and this will NEVER LET US FORGET.
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A Man Has A Job To Do
John L 8 years ago
This does not surprise me at all. When I was in graduate school I worked the midnight shift at UPS, in Knoxville. Everything was 100% about getting the packages shipped and delivered. Management never slowed down. Everyone worked non stop from the moment they clocked in until they clocked out. In other words, you were paid well, but earned every penny made. Its the most 'workaholic' company in the world, I kid you not.
#5
As Seen Through A Fish-Eye Lens From An Apartment Four Blocks Away, Smoke Streams From The North Tower Within Minutes Of The First Plane’s Attack
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American Airlines Flight 11 (Visible In The Upper Right-Hand Corner Of The Photo) Approaches The North Tower Of The World Trade Center On September 11, 2001
American Airlines Flight 11 (visible in the upper right-hand corner of the photo) approaches the north tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. This largely unknown triptych (the subsequent images follow), shot from a Brooklyn window, was part of an ongoing Internet art exhibition that displayed updated panoramas of downtown Manhattan every four seconds. A time code can be seen in the lower right-hand corner of each frame.
Greg Hoggarth 8 years ago
I recall there being very little footage of the first plane hitting, so this might be amongst that scarce record.
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South Tower Of The World Trade Center Collapsing
#8
The South Tower Disintegrates, Raining Debris Behind A Cross Atop Trinity Church
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Not Yet Realizing A Terrorist Attack Was In Progress, Architect And Amateur Pilot Isabel Daser, Eight Months Pregnant, Asked A Co-Worker To Take Her Portrait As A Record Of The Day
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The Second Plane Flew Directly Over My Head And Slammed Into The South Tower. It Took Me A Few Seconds To Get My Head Together, And This Was The Shot I Took
#11
I Was 4 Years Old And The Picture Was Taken Along The Westside Highway That Morning On 9/11
Isabel Tamayo 8 years ago
Who would have thought? Walking on a busy street, the weather is nice and sunny. You click a picture of your son and suddenly see the tragedy at the background. Really sad.
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A Lone Man Runs Down Broadway As A Smoke And Dust Cloud Comes Up The Street From The Collapsing World Trade Center Buildings In New York September 11, 2001
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Smoke Plumes Are Clearly Visible In This Landsat 7 Satellite Image Of New York City Made Early On September 12
logical fallacy 8 years ago
One of the scariest accounts I've read on 9/11 is that of a woman who worked nearby and lived not-so-nearby. In her mind, the most horrifying was the smell of burnt debris and people that engulfed te city in the following days. I can see why now.
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A Plane Explodes After Hitting The Second Tower Of The World Trade Center As The Other Tower Burns
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Penman Got As Close To The Buildings As He Could, Before Police Put Up A Cordon. But That Meant He Was Right Next To The Buildings When The First Tower Collapsed
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On A Brooklyn Rooftop Shortly After The Collapse Of The Twin Towers
On a Brooklyn rooftop shortly after the collapse of the Twin Towers, Jenna Piccirillo and three-month-old Vaughan embody innocence and resilience, according to the photographer: “Life continues in the face of disaster . . . despite the horrors we inflict on one another.”
EmptySoul 8 years ago
why I can't find anything to comment on this pic, is it because this picture is such a contrast of what is happening. One side is disaster, loss of innocent lives, and one side there is a new life booming and making its way into such unpredictable world. what thoughts must be going inside that mother's mind, only a mother would know.
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The Photographer Considered This 9/11 Brooklyn Scene Too Tranquil At The Time. He Decided Not To Publish The Image Widely Until Four Years After The Attacks
Monty Is Fiennes 8 years ago
But what did it mean to them...no radio???...no news????...They may have thought it was an office fire...very much doubt they were aware of the tragedy and continued so casually....
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Twin Towers Of The World Trade Center Burn Behind The Empire State Building
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Several Buildings In The Trade Center Complex Collapsed Following A Terrorist Attack
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Cat Meow 8 years ago
To this day, I know EXACTLY what I was doing. It was about 1.30pm I got home from Europe (based in Europe, fyi), which is 7.30 in NYC, had lunch. After lunch, I went to my room and turned on the radio only to hear the sky above the US was closed. They didn't say why at that moment, so I went to ask my mom. She didn't know either. Instead of going back to my room, I went to the living room, turned on the TV and basically shouted for my mom to come over. We spent the rest of the day glued to the TV watching the second plane hit the tower and the rest of the horror unfold. Up until then, it was the most terrifying experience. I can't imagine how everyone close by felt. :(
Mascha Claessens 8 years ago
It seems everyone still remember what they were doing... Even people who don't live in NYC, or even the USA, at all. I was 10 years old at the time, also from Europe, I live in The Netherlands, and I also still remember everything. How I was playing with a friend at home after school, and her mother was incredibly late to pick her up. She apologised, she was late because she had been following the news. My parents hadn't seen the news yet (they usually don't watch TV during the day), and immediately turned on the TV. You can imagine it still took a few hours for my friend and her mother to leave.
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Fay 8 years ago
It's hard for me to see any pics of video from 9/11. All I think about is how many people are dying right as the footage was taken.
Marilyn Z 6 years ago
I well understand...I am not one to cry, but every time I see these pictures, I would just like to burst out sobbing. To think of all the innocents who started their normal day never to go home again. Heartbreaking. There but by the grace of God, go I.
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Samantha Bing 8 years ago
I was living in downtown NYC that day - the entire island was filled with dust and silence - I will always remember the smell that permeated the air for weeks - its something I will never forget
Suzanne McGee 8 years ago
Oh god, that smell. If I woke up and smelled it at home in Brooklyn, then I wouldn't smell it in our temporary offices in SoHo. But the reverse was also true. And I knew dozens of people who died that day and knew what that smell represented.
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Wendy 8 years ago
I saw a make-shift kiosk selling memorabilia I saw in December of that year. There it was, in the face of all the rubble. I felt the same as you do.
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Christine Halderman Olsen 8 years ago
I was home on Long Island with my 4 year old son. My other son, who was 6 at the time, was in school. I was exercising on a Nordic Track, watching TV. My sister called me to tell me to put on the news. That's when I saw it all unfold. My mom called me to say she had already heard from one of my brothers, and that he was okay. He was a Captain with the FDNY. My mom couldn't get in touch with my other brother, who was a fireman at Squad 18. My brother also could not reach him. Later on that day we found out he was missing. We cried and hoped and prayed he was in a hospital somewhere or trapped underground, but still alive. There was the media saying that perhaps people might be underneath alive in the subway tunnels. We held onto the smallest glimmer of hope for a few days. It was excruciating. At the beginning of October, they found my brother's body. It brings back so much sadness and helplessness to this day. It's like it happened and year ago, not 16. R.I.P David Halderman.
Marilyn Z 6 years ago
I cannot imagine your sorrow. I hope your family is finding some peace knowing your brother was a true hero...as are all our first responders, but he gave his life to help his fellow man. Prayers for all of you and all the others affected by this nightmare.
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José Alejandro Díaz Bravo 8 years ago
I remember CNN broadcasting and old video of pakistan people celebrating a national holyday but showed as they were celebratring the attack...
Carl Anderson 1 year ago
Jose. Actually, it was the Palestinian's, celebrating hearing the U.N. News They got their country; it was at night and not on same time period
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Zori the degu 8 years ago
I wasn't even born on that sad day. But I know a thing or two, thanks to my relatives and friends' parents. My close friend's mum summed up quite perfectly the general mood on that day while telling a story about the old family cat: " Oh, yeah, Greebo was a tiny kitten then. We sat on the sofa, grandma, Zornitsa(my namesake and the storyteller's best friend for life), the cat and I, and we watched television. And then I received a call from a coworker "Hey, change the channel and see the news, the Twin Towers are falling. I really thought she was joking, so I laughed for a few seconds before asking Zornitsa to turn to channel one. Only then we realized that it was no joke."
Marianne Leger Null 8 years ago
I was in a court room waiting for jury duty. There were two men there that had phones that got news. (Remember, no Smart Phone yet.) They kept walking back and forth to each other but the rest of us had no clue. The judge came in around 10:00am and said that we were all to be released "due the events in New York and DC." Everyone, except those 2 businessmen, were confused. Some were just relieved to be let out so early. As the crowd made its way down the stairs to street level there were bailiffs screaming at everyone to power off their phones and keep moving. (Learned later they were afraid an incoming call might trigger a bomb and they weren't taking any chances.) Outside on the court house steps I stopped by a man who had his cell on speaker. Got home in time to see the towers fall. I cried all day.
Aunt Messy 8 years ago
3000+ people died that day. It was one of the worst single tragedies in US history. It should be commemorated, but we have other problems, too. Nationwide, between 2001 and 2015, 569,220 people have died in traffic accidents. That's over HALF A MILLION people dead. In 2001 along, 42,196 people died on the roads. ... Gun violence claims over 30,000 people a year in this country. Slightly more than half of those are suicides, about 80% of which never would have happened if the victims didn't have access to a gun. ... We have our own home-grown terrorists who have been regularly murdering our citizens for the last 16 years without any real effort made to solve this problem. ... By all means, remember 9/11, but never forget that we have problems of our own making that are causing orders of magnitude more deaths per year than outside terrorists ever have.
Heidi Davenport 8 years ago
Australia has such tight gun laws. We have hardly any issues with shootings here.
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Mick McCrohon 8 years ago
Iraq and Afghanistan paid the greatest price for America not investigating 911. The guilty are still free.
Carl Anderson 1 year ago
Osama ben Ladden, dead. Terror cells found everywhere. Prison next to Cuba. Full House long time. Trump got a Treaty signed by Afghanistan and Taliban. Right there on CNN, he told the "Ts" Less Violence. Oct.2020. Taliban hit you know when, when?
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On that day I went to the staff room of the high school where I was a teacher. One of my colleagues was horrified and told us that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center. Another teacher asked: 'Why? Was it foggy?' A male teacher looked at her and said: 'How naive you are.'
Liana Karalivanou-Koumaridou 8 years ago
Even here in Greece it was terrifying. I was sitting on the couch in my mum's living room. That was the day that my brother was leaving Greece and was going to London to stay there permanently and we were all (the whole family) very emotional that day. While we were all talking I opened the TV. And we were all shocked. We couldn't speak.
Nia Hilton Wohl 8 years ago
R.I.P to all those killed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It's very sad to think about how most of those who died would still be alive today if not for this tragic event.
Carl Anderson 1 year ago
A about 4-year time period, FBI got phone calls on attack. Aug-Sept 2001 all FBI switch boards lite up. Nation Wide.
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Ryder Mendelson 8 years ago
This is horrifying. It is hard to believe anyone could do something as horrible as what happened that day.
Yanitza Madonado González 8 years ago
This is just horrific. I remember every detail of that day and the complete panic I felt when the second plane hit and we understood what was happening. I will always remember.
Jayson Osmars 8 years ago
I was glued to the tv about 15 minutes before the 2nd plane. What I saw and what conspirators claim were far different things. They propagate lies and b******t thatw ere far different than actual news broadcasts in front of our eyes live. No it was not any government plot. Bush was over his head making a response.
The Day of the Lord is Near 4 years ago
There is a shadow government. Run by the elites of this world. The very few at the 'top'. But, what those elites don't know is that they are puppets of something more sinister than they ever thought of being. Ephesians 6:12 NLT: For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
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Carol Lane 8 years ago
Got back from New York day befor this happened I probably have the last photos of the twin towers.
Casandra Nițescu 8 years ago
I was 6 years old and I pretty much don't remember anything. I remember that I was in school and that class suddenly got interrupted to watch something on the tv, and that all the grown ups were sad about whatever happened. I personally didn't care about it / understand what was going on. It wasn't until years later that I truly understood the meaning of what had happened and the suffering this caused. Now I can't look at these pictures without tearing up. It's hard to believe that humans can be so cruel to other human beings. :(
Ben Smith 8 years ago
The attackers on that day were anything but human. Terrorists, monsters, embarrassments to their faith...but not humans.
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Hamilton Bubbub 8 years ago
My mom was born on 9/11 not that year but it is really sad she had that happen on that day, she gets c**p for it
Adrienne St Claire 8 years ago
It's my birthday, too. I believe it's appropriate to be respectful of the day and commemorate it, but to move on and celebrate one's own life. I think it's what the victims would've wanted.
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Laura Sherman 8 years ago
I was in my Second grade classroom when this happened. I live on Long Island, and the schools were still concerned about what happened and wanted all of the students to be home safe with there families. My parents got to me when they could, and for the rest of the day we watched the TV in shock. Early the next morning while getting ready for school my dad had the news on and the scene of the towers falling was playing on a loop, we had a moment of silence in class for the ones who were struggling in the city. I was still too young to truly understand the severity of the situation, but I'm old enough now to appreciate the healing that New York City went through and the strength they share with the Freedom Tower standing tall and strong.
Bri Nicole 6 years ago
I will never forget this day and certain details of how scared I was and uncertain everyone felt. I also remember how it was the most exceptional time to be an American. We weren't anything but Americans during that time.
Janet Crowe 7 years ago
This was an awful, awful day. My sister was in that building and it was indeed a terrifying experience both for her and for the family. God allowed her to make it out alive, just before the first tower fell. I still the images, especially now, of persons jumping from buildings, preferring that kind of death to what awaited them below. Condolences to the families, friends, coworkers, all. This is a sad sad day that will never be forgotten
Carrie Moffett 8 years ago
I really hate it when someone claims that there were no planes; it was all just a "cover up" and a government conspiracy to demolish the towers or some other BS. Not only is it ignorant, but it feels disrespectful.
James Innes 4 years ago
You'll never hear me say that there were no planes, but I don't feel it's disrespectful to say that you have questions about specific things that you would like further explanation.
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Claire Wilson Mortimer-Pickard 8 years ago
I was getting ready to pick my children up from school in the UK. I went to school pulled my sons class teacher and support worker aside as it was obvious they hadn't heard the look of horror on their faces i'll never forget then the tears in their eyes.
Cheryl Madura Quirin 8 years ago
I worked in downtown St. Louis, directly across from the Metropolitan Square Building. Saw the news of the first plane right before leaving to catch the Metrolink. Got to the office building right after the second plane struck in New York. Our building was closed and evacuated as we were right across from the Met Square Building, the tallest in downtown St. Louis. Had to walk down 17 flights because the elevators were shut down just in case. Made it back to the Metrolink and back home. Watched with sadness and fright the rest of the day and evening. Will never ever forget that day!!!
Joan Starr 8 years ago
I was working at a school in Hells Kitchen and the WTC was visible from our windows. The first plane attack was thought to be an accident and we all thought the second plane was evaluating the damage. As it struck, all the students and staff scream collectively. Seconds later, a 9th grade boy walked into the office and said, "I didn't kiss my mama good by this morning." He never would again. His mother worked as a secretary on the upper floor. He was orphaned.
Dawn MCQUEEN-SHAW 1 year ago (edited)
Every so often, I come back across the photos, sometimes even new photos of that day. It's 2024, and I can not ever look at a photo nor video and completely tremble with tears flowing as it did on that morn, of 9/11/01. I will never forget, I will never let my children, nor grandchildren forget. We need to be reminded of what hate did & still does. Just like we never need to forget WWII, hate drove that war as well. Why can't we just get along, accept our differences & just be kind. Our fate as humans has suffered enough, don't we agree. Anyways, just wanted to post that I appreciate the heroes & the ones that supported the call when America needed them most. Blessings♡
mudgie paleno 1 year ago
My friend called to tell me to turn on the TV I was getting ready to go to work as an ER doctor day shift. I could not stop crying. I had to keep it together at work but off duty I could not stop crying for weeks. I had chest pains at the thought of this happening in our country and the horrific loss of life that day and what the witnesses must be going through.
Debbie Joyce 4 years ago
I had nobody in those towers nor did I lose anyone but I feel deeply attached to this travesty. I can’t explain it but my tears flow so often for all the loss. It affects me deeply to my core. As a side note there is an amazing Netflix movie out now called WORTH with Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci. It’s a true story about 911. Everyone should see this.
James Innes 4 years ago
I feel the same way. Hard to explain but it almost feels like I was there in another lifetime maybe?
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David Moretti 4 years ago
Just lost for words my friends from New York but you know what there are nobody stronger than New York city people I can tell you this being one of us God bless all of America please pray and as ardent sang hold you head up
Brooke Whitford 5 years ago
I was in the 5the grade 11 years old and I wasnt feeling good that day so I stayed home from school and I remeber laying down on the couch and turning on the T.V. and not being able to watch any channel that wasnt covering what had happened. I was so scared, I called my mom whom was at work crying and she came home immediately. We sat holding eachother for hours and watched as people were jumping out of windows and buildings were collapsing. I was living in florida at the time being so scared that a plane would collapse somewhere near us next. I was young and scared and still remember it like it was yesterday.
Angie Lopez 5 years ago
I will never forget that day, I'm in Northern Virginia. I was at work, there was a commotion that maybe a small airplane hit one of the Tower and we all went to the NOC room to see the TV, then we saw the second plane hit the other tower. My heart sank. We all knew this was deliberate, that USA was under attack. Someone from the window saw black smoke coming from the pentagon. Our base commander told us all to leave immediately! Cell phones were down, traffic was horrible, people were panicked. A 30 minute ride took 2 hours home. School would not allow our children to leave, no bus service. Once we were all home, we were glued to the TV, shocked and horrified of what happen, planes were landing all over and the news of the fourth plane in Pennsylvania. It felt like the world came to an end.
Sara Wilkinson 6 years ago
I also remember where and what I was doing when 9/11 happened and I think it changed us all forever.I live in Johannesburg ,South Africa and as people on another continent, we were deeply saddened and affected by the tragedy.
Ch4rm3d 6 years ago
I'm sure everyone who was alive at the time of this event can still remember where they were when the penny dropped. I remember being maybe 11 or 10, we had a restaurant and events venue and had an event that evening my parents were preparing for. There was a TV set up for news and sports up on one of the center counters and i remember stopping to see what was going on. It was quite upsetting until a friend called me over and i ran off to play again. (i'm From south Africa so it was mid afternoonish i think.) Later years i actually went over and lived in Washington DC for about 2 years and went to NY a few times(it was an amazing city to visit, one of my favourites), even visiting the site of the world trade center towers. It was quite sobering.
Marloes Vw 6 years ago
I lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and I remember I had my boyfriend on the phone who was working at the national broadcasting company. He heard the news and called me to put on the tv. Just half a minute after I did, I saw the 2nd plane fly into the building. I cried out loud! I remember I emailed my cousin in the USA asking her what was going on over there. Everybody was in shock.
Marylou Burke 6 years ago
I had just moved to Florida, and was watching the news. I saw a plane really close to the tower's, and I wondered to myself, what was wrong with this pilot. Then , a huge bang, and the plane hit the first tower. I thought it was an accident, then, awhile later the second plane hit the other tower. Everyone on the news, was saying it was a terrorist attack. I called every body I knew, and told them to put on the news. They were all shocked to see what was happening. I swear, it was the worst day of my life. All those poor people that worked in the twin towers, how they must have suffered
LapisLazuli 7 years ago
stuff like this happens every day, but of course we're talking about ONE terrorist attack in murrica and you're all suddenly grieving.just horrible
Sapna Sarfare 7 years ago
Tragedy beyond anything... the sad part is for years, this is the kind of stuff that took place in India but was pushed aside as internal matter. It took this horror to realise the world we had created... i feel really bad... we too have had something similar. Over the years, Mumbai has faced such attacks. Speechless
Peter Frank 8 years ago
I remember working at burger king at the time. I was with hands deep in our milkshake machine doing cleaning and maintenance. I remember my upper manager came to me and told me that there had been a horrific incident. At the time i didn't realize how big of an event it would turn out to be. But as for many people the match just didn't add up with the explosions and total collapse of a tower. I still today cannot understand how the government of the United States can go so far to justify their cause for war and their constant hunt for oil and all the jobs created in the process. Its sickening.
Dot Galletta 8 years ago
I live in CA and I remember getting ready for work at around 6am or so and turned on the News.. I could not believe my eyes , it was so surreal.. Then the second plane hit and I thought it was a replay of the first plane.. My BF cried watching it.. I went to work and no one hardly came in that morning.. I remember a co worker was on the phone and screamed that her brother was in the bldg. We were all asked to go home for the day.. Terrible memories for sure.. Saddest day ever..
Dagmar Hriadelová 8 years ago
I remember it ... it was 5 o'clock in the afternoon and when I saw a tower in the television, I thought my husband was looking at a catastrophic film ... then I realized that it was a reality...I could not beleive it
ptm45 8 years ago
I think i was having breakfast and as i was clicking for channels i saw the building smoking so i stopped to watch wanting to know what was happening. the reporter said a plane crashed into one of the twin towers bldg...after a few minutes i felt that something was amiss when i noticed one plane in the background made a u-turn and i was....No! i was in denial even as the plane made a beeline for the second tower.....omg goosebumps even up to now!
lǝɔɹɐɯ lınʞ 8 years ago
Still got 8000+ photo's of it on my hard-disc,that i got from the net,the day after 9/11 0133-59ba4...d7799e.jpg 
Ajeet Ghuman 8 years ago
I still remember that day... I came home from Park playing, and I am from India... so it was evening like around 6 or 7 pm, and I came to drawing room and saw dad was watching news and they were showing a plane crashed into building, and I sat there, and I was like watching it usually..... but... suddenly I saw a plane coming and I shouted dad .. plane and I jumped and came too close to tv and me and my dad watched that plane crashing and then the impact of crashing coming to camera... it was soo horrible i stood there numb.... it was scary and awful news I ever saw on TV.
Chris Mugglestone 8 years ago
I remember ringing my mum at lunch whilst at college and her telling me about a plane hitting the world trade centre. At the time it sounded like an accident. As I was on the phone she said "oh god, another plane has hit the other tower". I still remember my exact words to this day "wow, something must have seriously gone wrong", since it still seemed like an accident. It wasn't until she rang me back just as I was heading back for my next lesson and told me that the Pentagon had also been hit that it sank in. Again I still remember my words "This is war". She told me to come straight home (at the time there were uncertainties about potential attacks here in the UK too), and I got the first bus I could. I walked in just in time to see the first tower collapse.
Nancy Massi 8 years ago
I still remember that day and what I was doing when I heard. And the days after--people walking around in utter shock, crying. Never forget it.
Richard RocketFan 8 years ago
I've made a point to not watch any videos or look at pics on purpose until now. It's just as awful as I remember it 16 years later.
Jacqueline Fletcher-Lim 8 years ago
My friends and I (in Singapore) were sipping strawberry margaritas on my balcony (after completing a project) when my neighbour shouted for us to watch tv! I saw the second plane hit the tower - we were speechless. Horrifying! And to think that day was also my parents' 40th wedding anniversary!
Lululoohoo 8 years ago
I was asleep in San Luis Obispo, CA when I received a phone call from my mom. She sounded shocked & asked me if i had turned on the TV yet & seen the news. I remember going downstairs and turning the tv on..jaw just dropped. Watched the rest of the afternoon with my roommates, all of us crying & hugging each other in disbelief that this was happening.
Angie W. 8 years ago
I live in Greece, I was in high school, a friend had come over cause she needed some help with homework. I told her to wait a sec, let me wake up and we'll study, let's turn on the tv till I get my books and all (I was not keen on studying of course). When we turned on the tv, we simply couldn't believe it. We had a short argument of "this can't be real, naaah" type of thing till one of the Greek news presenters said "oh, they must be throwing chairs out of the windows to get air" then the next presenter said "I'm afraid that's a human being, not a chair. They're falling out of the building." It was so shocking. So surreal. Regardless of the politics, it was too much. After that it was days upon days of watching the news, all details, feeling the change in the world.
Katherine Chambers 8 years ago
I was at work in the office downtown Indianapolis walking to the printer when I heard.. Didn't see anything until I got home that evening... Very sad
DaisyAppreciation 8 years ago
Recognize the big things And appreciate the small things Remember them both, always.
lasagna's underrated 8 years ago
I wasn't alive then, but my brother was. My mother said he cried so loud when he heard the explosion.
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
What you have to remember, when you see people acting calmly, is THIS was the day when we started thinking "terrorist attack" FIRST. At that time, the thought of it was only at the back of our minds. I was in upstate NY listening on the radio and even the newscaster was saying that they thought it was an accident. We were naive.
Jeppe Severin 8 years ago
I think that everyone who still believes the official "Osama & the 19 Li'l Hijackers" story should watch the 5 hour documentary "September 11 - The New Pearl Harbor" to understand why the official story is literally "fake news." And no - fcts are not (conspiracy)theories.
Shawn Arstill 8 years ago
exactly at 8:38 am pacific time I woke up in a panic. thought we'd had an earthquake here in California. 5 minutes later my daughter comes running down the stairs yelling ''what, what is going on? I just woke up panicked." I told her I didn't know we'd better turn on the t.v. sure enough 3,000 miles away we watched on t.v. as the first plane went through that building. we just stood there staring at each other. how had something, yet to happen, 3,000 miles away woken us from a deep sleep? at that point she started accepting her intuition capabilities. she had denied it from the age of 13, she didn't ask for it or want it. but at that point she really had no choice.
George Aregers 8 years ago
What planes hit WTC 1 and 2. It wasn't a terrorist act unless Cheney and Bush are considered as such. All the posters here need a wake up call. 100% Israel USA operation to facilitate an attack to 7 middle east countries. I am wasting my time here--stupid folks that should know better.
A. Najime 8 years ago
Yeah, I feel sorry for all those people, not taking the time to look things up, just living as perfect consumers, believing whatever nasty s**t they are told.. it's really sad.
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WINSLOW LEACH 8 years ago
"What we need to stand up and say is that not only did they attack the USS Liberty, they did 9/11. They did it. I have had long conversations over the past two weeks with contacts at the Army War College, at the Headquarters Marine Corps, and I have made it absolutely clear in both cases that it is 100% certain that 9/11 was a Mossad operation. Period." - Dr. Alan Sabrosky, former Director of Studies at the U.S. Amy War College DancingIsr...9e2cb0.jpg 
John L 8 years ago
Oh, how quickly we all forget......................... that we are still at war with militant Islam.
Cat Meow 8 years ago
This is not the time nor place to put blame on someone. This post is to remember the victims, the first responders, people who witnessed it first hand and remind us how much the world has changed since then.
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Cat Meow 8 years ago
To this day, I know EXACTLY what I was doing. It was about 1.30pm I got home from Europe (based in Europe, fyi), which is 7.30 in NYC, had lunch. After lunch, I went to my room and turned on the radio only to hear the sky above the US was closed. They didn't say why at that moment, so I went to ask my mom. She didn't know either. Instead of going back to my room, I went to the living room, turned on the TV and basically shouted for my mom to come over. We spent the rest of the day glued to the TV watching the second plane hit the tower and the rest of the horror unfold. Up until then, it was the most terrifying experience. I can't imagine how everyone close by felt. :(
Mascha Claessens 8 years ago
It seems everyone still remember what they were doing... Even people who don't live in NYC, or even the USA, at all. I was 10 years old at the time, also from Europe, I live in The Netherlands, and I also still remember everything. How I was playing with a friend at home after school, and her mother was incredibly late to pick her up. She apologised, she was late because she had been following the news. My parents hadn't seen the news yet (they usually don't watch TV during the day), and immediately turned on the TV. You can imagine it still took a few hours for my friend and her mother to leave.
Load More Replies... Fay 8 years ago
It's hard for me to see any pics of video from 9/11. All I think about is how many people are dying right as the footage was taken.
Marilyn Z 6 years ago
I well understand...I am not one to cry, but every time I see these pictures, I would just like to burst out sobbing. To think of all the innocents who started their normal day never to go home again. Heartbreaking. There but by the grace of God, go I.
Load More Replies... Samantha Bing 8 years ago
I was living in downtown NYC that day - the entire island was filled with dust and silence - I will always remember the smell that permeated the air for weeks - its something I will never forget
Suzanne McGee 8 years ago
Oh god, that smell. If I woke up and smelled it at home in Brooklyn, then I wouldn't smell it in our temporary offices in SoHo. But the reverse was also true. And I knew dozens of people who died that day and knew what that smell represented.
Load More Replies... Wendy 8 years ago
I saw a make-shift kiosk selling memorabilia I saw in December of that year. There it was, in the face of all the rubble. I felt the same as you do.
Load More Replies... Christine Halderman Olsen 8 years ago
I was home on Long Island with my 4 year old son. My other son, who was 6 at the time, was in school. I was exercising on a Nordic Track, watching TV. My sister called me to tell me to put on the news. That's when I saw it all unfold. My mom called me to say she had already heard from one of my brothers, and that he was okay. He was a Captain with the FDNY. My mom couldn't get in touch with my other brother, who was a fireman at Squad 18. My brother also could not reach him. Later on that day we found out he was missing. We cried and hoped and prayed he was in a hospital somewhere or trapped underground, but still alive. There was the media saying that perhaps people might be underneath alive in the subway tunnels. We held onto the smallest glimmer of hope for a few days. It was excruciating. At the beginning of October, they found my brother's body. It brings back so much sadness and helplessness to this day. It's like it happened and year ago, not 16. R.I.P David Halderman.
Marilyn Z 6 years ago
I cannot imagine your sorrow. I hope your family is finding some peace knowing your brother was a true hero...as are all our first responders, but he gave his life to help his fellow man. Prayers for all of you and all the others affected by this nightmare.
Load More Replies... José Alejandro Díaz Bravo 8 years ago
I remember CNN broadcasting and old video of pakistan people celebrating a national holyday but showed as they were celebratring the attack...
Carl Anderson 1 year ago
Jose. Actually, it was the Palestinian's, celebrating hearing the U.N. News They got their country; it was at night and not on same time period
Load More Replies... Zori the degu 8 years ago
I wasn't even born on that sad day. But I know a thing or two, thanks to my relatives and friends' parents. My close friend's mum summed up quite perfectly the general mood on that day while telling a story about the old family cat: " Oh, yeah, Greebo was a tiny kitten then. We sat on the sofa, grandma, Zornitsa(my namesake and the storyteller's best friend for life), the cat and I, and we watched television. And then I received a call from a coworker "Hey, change the channel and see the news, the Twin Towers are falling. I really thought she was joking, so I laughed for a few seconds before asking Zornitsa to turn to channel one. Only then we realized that it was no joke."
Marianne Leger Null 8 years ago
I was in a court room waiting for jury duty. There were two men there that had phones that got news. (Remember, no Smart Phone yet.) They kept walking back and forth to each other but the rest of us had no clue. The judge came in around 10:00am and said that we were all to be released "due the events in New York and DC." Everyone, except those 2 businessmen, were confused. Some were just relieved to be let out so early. As the crowd made its way down the stairs to street level there were bailiffs screaming at everyone to power off their phones and keep moving. (Learned later they were afraid an incoming call might trigger a bomb and they weren't taking any chances.) Outside on the court house steps I stopped by a man who had his cell on speaker. Got home in time to see the towers fall. I cried all day.
Aunt Messy 8 years ago
3000+ people died that day. It was one of the worst single tragedies in US history. It should be commemorated, but we have other problems, too. Nationwide, between 2001 and 2015, 569,220 people have died in traffic accidents. That's over HALF A MILLION people dead. In 2001 along, 42,196 people died on the roads. ... Gun violence claims over 30,000 people a year in this country. Slightly more than half of those are suicides, about 80% of which never would have happened if the victims didn't have access to a gun. ... We have our own home-grown terrorists who have been regularly murdering our citizens for the last 16 years without any real effort made to solve this problem. ... By all means, remember 9/11, but never forget that we have problems of our own making that are causing orders of magnitude more deaths per year than outside terrorists ever have.
Heidi Davenport 8 years ago
Australia has such tight gun laws. We have hardly any issues with shootings here.
Load More Replies... Mick McCrohon 8 years ago
Iraq and Afghanistan paid the greatest price for America not investigating 911. The guilty are still free.
Carl Anderson 1 year ago
Osama ben Ladden, dead. Terror cells found everywhere. Prison next to Cuba. Full House long time. Trump got a Treaty signed by Afghanistan and Taliban. Right there on CNN, he told the "Ts" Less Violence. Oct.2020. Taliban hit you know when, when?
Load More Replies... Atlantis 8 years ago
On that day I went to the staff room of the high school where I was a teacher. One of my colleagues was horrified and told us that an airplane had hit the World Trade Center. Another teacher asked: 'Why? Was it foggy?' A male teacher looked at her and said: 'How naive you are.'
Liana Karalivanou-Koumaridou 8 years ago
Even here in Greece it was terrifying. I was sitting on the couch in my mum's living room. That was the day that my brother was leaving Greece and was going to London to stay there permanently and we were all (the whole family) very emotional that day. While we were all talking I opened the TV. And we were all shocked. We couldn't speak.
Nia Hilton Wohl 8 years ago
R.I.P to all those killed by the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It's very sad to think about how most of those who died would still be alive today if not for this tragic event.
Carl Anderson 1 year ago
A about 4-year time period, FBI got phone calls on attack. Aug-Sept 2001 all FBI switch boards lite up. Nation Wide.
Load More Replies... Ryder Mendelson 8 years ago
This is horrifying. It is hard to believe anyone could do something as horrible as what happened that day.
Yanitza Madonado González 8 years ago
This is just horrific. I remember every detail of that day and the complete panic I felt when the second plane hit and we understood what was happening. I will always remember.
Jayson Osmars 8 years ago
I was glued to the tv about 15 minutes before the 2nd plane. What I saw and what conspirators claim were far different things. They propagate lies and b******t thatw ere far different than actual news broadcasts in front of our eyes live. No it was not any government plot. Bush was over his head making a response.
The Day of the Lord is Near 4 years ago
There is a shadow government. Run by the elites of this world. The very few at the 'top'. But, what those elites don't know is that they are puppets of something more sinister than they ever thought of being. Ephesians 6:12 NLT: For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.
Load More Replies... Carol Lane 8 years ago
Got back from New York day befor this happened I probably have the last photos of the twin towers.
Casandra Nițescu 8 years ago
I was 6 years old and I pretty much don't remember anything. I remember that I was in school and that class suddenly got interrupted to watch something on the tv, and that all the grown ups were sad about whatever happened. I personally didn't care about it / understand what was going on. It wasn't until years later that I truly understood the meaning of what had happened and the suffering this caused. Now I can't look at these pictures without tearing up. It's hard to believe that humans can be so cruel to other human beings. :(
Ben Smith 8 years ago
The attackers on that day were anything but human. Terrorists, monsters, embarrassments to their faith...but not humans.
Load More Replies... Hamilton Bubbub 8 years ago
My mom was born on 9/11 not that year but it is really sad she had that happen on that day, she gets c**p for it
Adrienne St Claire 8 years ago
It's my birthday, too. I believe it's appropriate to be respectful of the day and commemorate it, but to move on and celebrate one's own life. I think it's what the victims would've wanted.
Load More Replies... Laura Sherman 8 years ago
I was in my Second grade classroom when this happened. I live on Long Island, and the schools were still concerned about what happened and wanted all of the students to be home safe with there families. My parents got to me when they could, and for the rest of the day we watched the TV in shock. Early the next morning while getting ready for school my dad had the news on and the scene of the towers falling was playing on a loop, we had a moment of silence in class for the ones who were struggling in the city. I was still too young to truly understand the severity of the situation, but I'm old enough now to appreciate the healing that New York City went through and the strength they share with the Freedom Tower standing tall and strong.
Bri Nicole 6 years ago
I will never forget this day and certain details of how scared I was and uncertain everyone felt. I also remember how it was the most exceptional time to be an American. We weren't anything but Americans during that time.
Janet Crowe 7 years ago
This was an awful, awful day. My sister was in that building and it was indeed a terrifying experience both for her and for the family. God allowed her to make it out alive, just before the first tower fell. I still the images, especially now, of persons jumping from buildings, preferring that kind of death to what awaited them below. Condolences to the families, friends, coworkers, all. This is a sad sad day that will never be forgotten
Carrie Moffett 8 years ago
I really hate it when someone claims that there were no planes; it was all just a "cover up" and a government conspiracy to demolish the towers or some other BS. Not only is it ignorant, but it feels disrespectful.
James Innes 4 years ago
You'll never hear me say that there were no planes, but I don't feel it's disrespectful to say that you have questions about specific things that you would like further explanation.
Load More Replies... Claire Wilson Mortimer-Pickard 8 years ago
I was getting ready to pick my children up from school in the UK. I went to school pulled my sons class teacher and support worker aside as it was obvious they hadn't heard the look of horror on their faces i'll never forget then the tears in their eyes.
Cheryl Madura Quirin 8 years ago
I worked in downtown St. Louis, directly across from the Metropolitan Square Building. Saw the news of the first plane right before leaving to catch the Metrolink. Got to the office building right after the second plane struck in New York. Our building was closed and evacuated as we were right across from the Met Square Building, the tallest in downtown St. Louis. Had to walk down 17 flights because the elevators were shut down just in case. Made it back to the Metrolink and back home. Watched with sadness and fright the rest of the day and evening. Will never ever forget that day!!!
Joan Starr 8 years ago
I was working at a school in Hells Kitchen and the WTC was visible from our windows. The first plane attack was thought to be an accident and we all thought the second plane was evaluating the damage. As it struck, all the students and staff scream collectively. Seconds later, a 9th grade boy walked into the office and said, "I didn't kiss my mama good by this morning." He never would again. His mother worked as a secretary on the upper floor. He was orphaned.
Dawn MCQUEEN-SHAW 1 year ago (edited)
Every so often, I come back across the photos, sometimes even new photos of that day. It's 2024, and I can not ever look at a photo nor video and completely tremble with tears flowing as it did on that morn, of 9/11/01. I will never forget, I will never let my children, nor grandchildren forget. We need to be reminded of what hate did & still does. Just like we never need to forget WWII, hate drove that war as well. Why can't we just get along, accept our differences & just be kind. Our fate as humans has suffered enough, don't we agree. Anyways, just wanted to post that I appreciate the heroes & the ones that supported the call when America needed them most. Blessings♡
mudgie paleno 1 year ago
My friend called to tell me to turn on the TV I was getting ready to go to work as an ER doctor day shift. I could not stop crying. I had to keep it together at work but off duty I could not stop crying for weeks. I had chest pains at the thought of this happening in our country and the horrific loss of life that day and what the witnesses must be going through.
Debbie Joyce 4 years ago
I had nobody in those towers nor did I lose anyone but I feel deeply attached to this travesty. I can’t explain it but my tears flow so often for all the loss. It affects me deeply to my core. As a side note there is an amazing Netflix movie out now called WORTH with Michael Keaton and Stanley Tucci. It’s a true story about 911. Everyone should see this.
James Innes 4 years ago
I feel the same way. Hard to explain but it almost feels like I was there in another lifetime maybe?
Load More Replies... David Moretti 4 years ago
Just lost for words my friends from New York but you know what there are nobody stronger than New York city people I can tell you this being one of us God bless all of America please pray and as ardent sang hold you head up
Brooke Whitford 5 years ago
I was in the 5the grade 11 years old and I wasnt feeling good that day so I stayed home from school and I remeber laying down on the couch and turning on the T.V. and not being able to watch any channel that wasnt covering what had happened. I was so scared, I called my mom whom was at work crying and she came home immediately. We sat holding eachother for hours and watched as people were jumping out of windows and buildings were collapsing. I was living in florida at the time being so scared that a plane would collapse somewhere near us next. I was young and scared and still remember it like it was yesterday.
Angie Lopez 5 years ago
I will never forget that day, I'm in Northern Virginia. I was at work, there was a commotion that maybe a small airplane hit one of the Tower and we all went to the NOC room to see the TV, then we saw the second plane hit the other tower. My heart sank. We all knew this was deliberate, that USA was under attack. Someone from the window saw black smoke coming from the pentagon. Our base commander told us all to leave immediately! Cell phones were down, traffic was horrible, people were panicked. A 30 minute ride took 2 hours home. School would not allow our children to leave, no bus service. Once we were all home, we were glued to the TV, shocked and horrified of what happen, planes were landing all over and the news of the fourth plane in Pennsylvania. It felt like the world came to an end.
Sara Wilkinson 6 years ago
I also remember where and what I was doing when 9/11 happened and I think it changed us all forever.I live in Johannesburg ,South Africa and as people on another continent, we were deeply saddened and affected by the tragedy.
Ch4rm3d 6 years ago
I'm sure everyone who was alive at the time of this event can still remember where they were when the penny dropped. I remember being maybe 11 or 10, we had a restaurant and events venue and had an event that evening my parents were preparing for. There was a TV set up for news and sports up on one of the center counters and i remember stopping to see what was going on. It was quite upsetting until a friend called me over and i ran off to play again. (i'm From south Africa so it was mid afternoonish i think.) Later years i actually went over and lived in Washington DC for about 2 years and went to NY a few times(it was an amazing city to visit, one of my favourites), even visiting the site of the world trade center towers. It was quite sobering.
Marloes Vw 6 years ago
I lived in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and I remember I had my boyfriend on the phone who was working at the national broadcasting company. He heard the news and called me to put on the tv. Just half a minute after I did, I saw the 2nd plane fly into the building. I cried out loud! I remember I emailed my cousin in the USA asking her what was going on over there. Everybody was in shock.
Marylou Burke 6 years ago
I had just moved to Florida, and was watching the news. I saw a plane really close to the tower's, and I wondered to myself, what was wrong with this pilot. Then , a huge bang, and the plane hit the first tower. I thought it was an accident, then, awhile later the second plane hit the other tower. Everyone on the news, was saying it was a terrorist attack. I called every body I knew, and told them to put on the news. They were all shocked to see what was happening. I swear, it was the worst day of my life. All those poor people that worked in the twin towers, how they must have suffered
LapisLazuli 7 years ago
stuff like this happens every day, but of course we're talking about ONE terrorist attack in murrica and you're all suddenly grieving.just horrible
Sapna Sarfare 7 years ago
Tragedy beyond anything... the sad part is for years, this is the kind of stuff that took place in India but was pushed aside as internal matter. It took this horror to realise the world we had created... i feel really bad... we too have had something similar. Over the years, Mumbai has faced such attacks. Speechless
Peter Frank 8 years ago
I remember working at burger king at the time. I was with hands deep in our milkshake machine doing cleaning and maintenance. I remember my upper manager came to me and told me that there had been a horrific incident. At the time i didn't realize how big of an event it would turn out to be. But as for many people the match just didn't add up with the explosions and total collapse of a tower. I still today cannot understand how the government of the United States can go so far to justify their cause for war and their constant hunt for oil and all the jobs created in the process. Its sickening.
Dot Galletta 8 years ago
I live in CA and I remember getting ready for work at around 6am or so and turned on the News.. I could not believe my eyes , it was so surreal.. Then the second plane hit and I thought it was a replay of the first plane.. My BF cried watching it.. I went to work and no one hardly came in that morning.. I remember a co worker was on the phone and screamed that her brother was in the bldg. We were all asked to go home for the day.. Terrible memories for sure.. Saddest day ever..
Dagmar Hriadelová 8 years ago
I remember it ... it was 5 o'clock in the afternoon and when I saw a tower in the television, I thought my husband was looking at a catastrophic film ... then I realized that it was a reality...I could not beleive it
ptm45 8 years ago
I think i was having breakfast and as i was clicking for channels i saw the building smoking so i stopped to watch wanting to know what was happening. the reporter said a plane crashed into one of the twin towers bldg...after a few minutes i felt that something was amiss when i noticed one plane in the background made a u-turn and i was....No! i was in denial even as the plane made a beeline for the second tower.....omg goosebumps even up to now!
lǝɔɹɐɯ lınʞ 8 years ago
Still got 8000+ photo's of it on my hard-disc,that i got from the net,the day after 9/11 0133-59ba4...d7799e.jpg
Ajeet Ghuman 8 years ago
I still remember that day... I came home from Park playing, and I am from India... so it was evening like around 6 or 7 pm, and I came to drawing room and saw dad was watching news and they were showing a plane crashed into building, and I sat there, and I was like watching it usually..... but... suddenly I saw a plane coming and I shouted dad .. plane and I jumped and came too close to tv and me and my dad watched that plane crashing and then the impact of crashing coming to camera... it was soo horrible i stood there numb.... it was scary and awful news I ever saw on TV.
Chris Mugglestone 8 years ago
I remember ringing my mum at lunch whilst at college and her telling me about a plane hitting the world trade centre. At the time it sounded like an accident. As I was on the phone she said "oh god, another plane has hit the other tower". I still remember my exact words to this day "wow, something must have seriously gone wrong", since it still seemed like an accident. It wasn't until she rang me back just as I was heading back for my next lesson and told me that the Pentagon had also been hit that it sank in. Again I still remember my words "This is war". She told me to come straight home (at the time there were uncertainties about potential attacks here in the UK too), and I got the first bus I could. I walked in just in time to see the first tower collapse.
Nancy Massi 8 years ago
I still remember that day and what I was doing when I heard. And the days after--people walking around in utter shock, crying. Never forget it.
Richard RocketFan 8 years ago
I've made a point to not watch any videos or look at pics on purpose until now. It's just as awful as I remember it 16 years later.
Jacqueline Fletcher-Lim 8 years ago
My friends and I (in Singapore) were sipping strawberry margaritas on my balcony (after completing a project) when my neighbour shouted for us to watch tv! I saw the second plane hit the tower - we were speechless. Horrifying! And to think that day was also my parents' 40th wedding anniversary!
Lululoohoo 8 years ago
I was asleep in San Luis Obispo, CA when I received a phone call from my mom. She sounded shocked & asked me if i had turned on the TV yet & seen the news. I remember going downstairs and turning the tv on..jaw just dropped. Watched the rest of the afternoon with my roommates, all of us crying & hugging each other in disbelief that this was happening.
Angie W. 8 years ago
I live in Greece, I was in high school, a friend had come over cause she needed some help with homework. I told her to wait a sec, let me wake up and we'll study, let's turn on the tv till I get my books and all (I was not keen on studying of course). When we turned on the tv, we simply couldn't believe it. We had a short argument of "this can't be real, naaah" type of thing till one of the Greek news presenters said "oh, they must be throwing chairs out of the windows to get air" then the next presenter said "I'm afraid that's a human being, not a chair. They're falling out of the building." It was so shocking. So surreal. Regardless of the politics, it was too much. After that it was days upon days of watching the news, all details, feeling the change in the world.
Katherine Chambers 8 years ago
I was at work in the office downtown Indianapolis walking to the printer when I heard.. Didn't see anything until I got home that evening... Very sad
DaisyAppreciation 8 years ago
Recognize the big things And appreciate the small things Remember them both, always.
lasagna's underrated 8 years ago
I wasn't alive then, but my brother was. My mother said he cried so loud when he heard the explosion.
Wanda Queen 8 years ago
What you have to remember, when you see people acting calmly, is THIS was the day when we started thinking "terrorist attack" FIRST. At that time, the thought of it was only at the back of our minds. I was in upstate NY listening on the radio and even the newscaster was saying that they thought it was an accident. We were naive.
Jeppe Severin 8 years ago
I think that everyone who still believes the official "Osama & the 19 Li'l Hijackers" story should watch the 5 hour documentary "September 11 - The New Pearl Harbor" to understand why the official story is literally "fake news." And no - fcts are not (conspiracy)theories.
Shawn Arstill 8 years ago
exactly at 8:38 am pacific time I woke up in a panic. thought we'd had an earthquake here in California. 5 minutes later my daughter comes running down the stairs yelling ''what, what is going on? I just woke up panicked." I told her I didn't know we'd better turn on the t.v. sure enough 3,000 miles away we watched on t.v. as the first plane went through that building. we just stood there staring at each other. how had something, yet to happen, 3,000 miles away woken us from a deep sleep? at that point she started accepting her intuition capabilities. she had denied it from the age of 13, she didn't ask for it or want it. but at that point she really had no choice.
George Aregers 8 years ago
What planes hit WTC 1 and 2. It wasn't a terrorist act unless Cheney and Bush are considered as such. All the posters here need a wake up call. 100% Israel USA operation to facilitate an attack to 7 middle east countries. I am wasting my time here--stupid folks that should know better.
A. Najime 8 years ago
Yeah, I feel sorry for all those people, not taking the time to look things up, just living as perfect consumers, believing whatever nasty s**t they are told.. it's really sad.
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"What we need to stand up and say is that not only did they attack the USS Liberty, they did 9/11. They did it. I have had long conversations over the past two weeks with contacts at the Army War College, at the Headquarters Marine Corps, and I have made it absolutely clear in both cases that it is 100% certain that 9/11 was a Mossad operation. Period." - Dr. Alan Sabrosky, former Director of Studies at the U.S. Amy War College DancingIsr...9e2cb0.jpg
John L 8 years ago
Oh, how quickly we all forget......................... that we are still at war with militant Islam.
Cat Meow 8 years ago
This is not the time nor place to put blame on someone. This post is to remember the victims, the first responders, people who witnessed it first hand and remind us how much the world has changed since then.
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