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I think people should remember it, okay maybe not officially have it but it would be nice if they just did it because its nice to, it didnt just affect America, yeah they got affected the most but it affected everyone in one way or another and there are probably people who would like to have that minuite for them but because its not official many schools wont do it
Nothing happened in our College, not a minute silence or nothing. Which I think is quite disrespectful. It was a huge disaster, that we all watched on tv, read in newspapers, yet like Vicky said, we can't spare 1 minute to just sit and think about them.
Did anyone watch this?? It was on More 4 when I watched it, but it may have been on C4 maybe or E4 too.
I found it amazing, aswell as heartbreaking. Knowing that some people had made the decision to do that, aswell as others who may have just simply slipped and fallen whilst trying to get air.
The Coroner apparently said that no-one committed suicide, they all simply fell, which was a good way of putting it, but many people didn't want their relatives remembered as the ones who jumped. Me, however, I consider that they are people who were simply trying to escape in whichever way they could, and whether than mean jump from the 102nd floor or the 3rd floor, thats what they felt they had to do. As someone on the programme said too, it seemed to be a choice - do I want to stay here and burn/suffocate etc or do I want to make the decision at this point of how I want to die and fall from a window.
They actually managed to track down who they believe the falling man (a famous photo featured in a couple of papers, but it caused such controversy at the time that the picture wasn't really shown again) was and he was believed to be an electrician called Jonathan Briley.
There have been a lot of programmes on because of the anniversary and most of them have appeared to have been roughly about the same sort of thing, but this one really caught my eye.
I didnt watch that but i did watch the 9/11 liars lastnight which was extremely confusing
I saw that too Vicky - with the couple that were jailed for 10 years because they pretended that the wife had died in order to get the money etc - its amazing the lengths some people will go to
Yeah i agree, it was sick, why would people do that, and that dude who i think pretended that his wife had died, i didnt understand that i got so confused because the dude told the man his wife was dead and the man told him he had interviewed her the week before and he seemed shocked but i think it turned out that he knew she was alive but i got ot confused
i saw the falling man one ems, well i think its the same one, it sounds the same as one i saw last year
I saw that on Sky about 4/5 months ago too.. it was really really good.. I have taped the 9/11 liars so I will get to watch that this weekendQuote:
Originally Posted by di marco
As for the documentary that have been on about this, the 2 that the BBC did (path to 9/11 and the two towers) were probably the best ones..
I saw the path to 9/11 it was good at first and then again at the end but the in between bits bored me.
Was the two towers the views from inside, if it was that was the best one i saw
yes that was the oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Vixie-Lou
I enjoyed the path to 9/11 cause it gave me a background on what led to these attacks.. I think was amazed me most is the first guy who put the bomb in the basement, it was his uncle involved in the tower too.. Ramsi said that he is going to bring them down.. I am sure he was happy when he heard the news from Prison....
I also liked how many things were given to CIA that they never followed up on.. The leader of the Northern terrority told them that it does involve planes and it will be inside NY. The signal would come when he was killed by them.. he was murders 2 days before the attack... surely they could have suspended flights and increased security from that moment!!!
Yeah they said on the two towers one that the CIA knew they were terrorists and learning to fly but they failed to tell anyone else which resulted in them getting in to America with no problems at all which really amazed me
I was surpised at that and what shocked me more was that they had these terrorist on file and they let them pass through the airport.. Or the comments by the immgration guy who said that US have relations with the Saudi so just to let the guy in ...
Yeah its amazing really, i mean no one will ever know now if it could have been prevented if people had acted, but its always going to be a what if thing, maybe if they had done something to keep those guys out them 3,000+ people could possibly still be alive, but now people know that top people in America knew about them guys i think some people may lose a bit of faith they have in the police force to protect them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Siobhan
what about the bloke who wanted to train as a pilot and they thought it was a bit suspicious as he didnt want to learn how to take off or land, just fly it!
why werent these things looked into a bit more.
why would a bloke want to learn how to fly a plane but not take off or land in it, obviously now we know why!
I watched a recorded doc about Rick Rescora - the man who was originally from Hayle, Cornwall, but was the Head of Security for Morgan Stanley, last night. Brilliant. He made everyone practice evacuating the towers every 3 months and predicted that after 1993, the next attack would be from the air. He ensured all bar 6 of the 2,700 people that worked for Morgan Stanley survived the attacks and lost his life whilst doing so - what an amazing man!!
Was that the man who predicted 9/11, i saw that, well some of it as it was on a bit late, what i saw though was goodQuote:
Originally Posted by jojomum
Yep, thats the one Vicky. After the original attack in 1993, he got a group of people he knew together to look at what went wrong before, how bad the evacuation went, making sure every staff member who worked for Morgan Stanley knew which fire exits to take, ensured they practiced so they knew what to do, and stood in the stairwell, whilst everyone was descending the stairs, telling them all through a megaphone to stay calm, to walk, and to keep moving.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vixie-Lou
When the Port Authority told everyone in the South Tower to go back inside and back to their offices (before the second plane hit), he told his colleagues to keep going, and not to return. Had he not insisted that the Morgan Stanley workers (2,700 of them in all in the Tower that day) had carried on evacuating, so many more lives could have been lost, not just 6 from Morgan Stanley and himself.
I missed the first half because i was on the phone :( but i saw some of it after that, it was good, shame the man died, but he died a hero, not one that many people know about but still a hero all the same
yeh i saw that one when it was on before, it really was amazing that he got nearly everyone out, shame he died in the process thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by jojomum
Anyone heard the 9/11 song, i found it on my pc when i was putting songs on my mp3 player didnt know what it was so i put it on there and finally got round to listening to it today its really sad :( :( :(
9 years today.. RIP to all who lost their lives that day
It's hard to believe that 9 years have passed this terrible tragedy.
It is amazing how 9 years and it can be forgotten.. My son saw a bit on the news and his reaction was "OMG, that was Awesome!!" to him is was like some action movie with baddies crashing and the good people win in the end.. I don't think he realise how real it all was and for some people who did see this live on the tv as it happen were probably thinking the same thing.. that it was a big hollywood stunt until it emerged that it was 100% real...Quote:
Originally Posted by Chloe O'brien
It happened the day before Marley's 3rd birthday so Marley's birthday was over shadowed. Marley hates watching news stories about it even now.
Happy bday tomorrow for Marley... Charley was born that day so she doesn't like to watch it either.. while American and the rest of the world mourns, we celebrate as Charley can't go all her life feeling terrible on her bdayQuote:
Originally Posted by Chloe O'brien
9 years already it has flew so fast
RIP to all who died
10 years later.. was watching some old documentaries and came across the miracle of stairwell B where the firefighter survived as they were helping Josephine Harris down the stairs.. they believed if they didn't stop they would all be dead now... Just found a report from January
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/01/...uardian-angel/
Josephine didn't make it to the 10th anniversary.. RIP to all in 911 and to Josephine
I watched the memorials last week and felt like it was only yesterday, that I sat weeping watching the news. 10 years on doesn't heal the pain or dull the memories.
Still get very upset when I think of that day 24 years later today...:crying: May all the victims RIP
that 24 years flew by