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Russ S. said:
I saw it a couple years ago but I think this is an extended version because of the anniversary.
Parts of it are going to be hard to watch for me, but I will watch it anyways.
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I saw it a couple years ago but I think this is an extended version because of the anniversary.
Parts of it are going to be hard to watch for me, but I will watch it anyways.
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Randy Shields
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I watched this when it first aired as well and am watching it again now. The loud splats that you know are bodies hitting the ground makes me absolutely sick.
TBTwinsFan
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Randy Shields said:
That was the hardest part of this for me. I saw those images of people jumping (and blindly just walking off the edge). It is absolutely sickening
Labratt21
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I was just out of college and working as a high school teacher near Monterey, CA when it all happened. I never watched the news in the mornings or listened to the radio so when I got to the school students were all talking about it and we watched the coverage of it all day long. After these events one of my very close friends, Bernard Corpuz, was inspired to join the military. After boot camp and some language training in Korea, he was sent to Afghanistan. On June 11th, 2006 his convoy came under enemy fire after hitting an IED in Ghanzi. He was mortally wounded in the battle, shipped home with his medals and was given a hero's burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
One of the most intense scenes for me was when they had the Concert for New York and The Who played Behind Blue Eyes. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. There wasn't one in mine.
One of the most intense scenes for me was when they had the Concert for New York and The Who played Behind Blue Eyes. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. There wasn't one in mine.
chiefer77
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My brother and I had plans to go to the Hall of fame in Cooperstown. My sister called me on my cell to tell me that a plane had hit one of the buildings while I was on my way to Jeff's. When I got there and saw the news, I was in shock. We watched for about an hour when after the second tower fell, we knew that we had to go to Cooperstown. It was like we both suddenly realized that we needed to go. We needed to do something. Something American. So we went. It wasn't very busy, but I remember huddling in small groups with perfect strangers. Talking and sharing moments like we had known each other for years.
People were crying, hugging, holding hands. It was like they knew that they should be there as well. It might sound silly to some, but I've always thought that we were doing something right by going there that day. Baseball, apple pie, America.
My brother and I walked the halls, not saying much to each other, just taking it all in really. Even on the way home, we didn't speak much. I can honestly say that I don't think that there is another person that I would have wanted to spend that day with.
People were crying, hugging, holding hands. It was like they knew that they should be there as well. It might sound silly to some, but I've always thought that we were doing something right by going there that day. Baseball, apple pie, America.
My brother and I walked the halls, not saying much to each other, just taking it all in really. Even on the way home, we didn't speak much. I can honestly say that I don't think that there is another person that I would have wanted to spend that day with.
PujolsCollector
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Watching a documentary right now on History and it is horrific. I honestly can see why this had such an impact on people that were near it. It is nuts, if I was there that day (which I was not not even close. I live in IL) those images those smells (which I want to think of as smoke, burning hair, blood, burnt flesh) would never leave my mind. I doubt that I would have had the emotional strengh to continue on. Anyone that was close I feel for you and hope the mental part of that day is stored but disipated into something that you can think of only in a way that is comforatable. Obviously it would not be easy to think and those images/smells are something you will probably never forget.
ronfromfresno
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Such a terrible day, I live on the west coast so the attacks happened early out here, I remember my wife waking me up and said something had run into the tower, maybe a helicopter she wasn't sure. I was half awake and told her it looked like a missile, she went off to work as a teacher and I started to get ready for school when the second plane hit. I was in shock......I couldn't comprehend what the heck was going on. Then the towers started to fall......I just felt sick, the world had changed and I began to fear for my family and we were 3,000 miles away from the tragedy. My classes we canceled, I sat glued to the TV watching for updates all morning long. Around lunch time I made a sandwich ate some stale chips and found a channel that wasn't covering the events of the day. It was ESPN Classic and it was airing the old Homerun Derby program from the '50's, Hank Aaron vs. someone. I love that show and for a small moment during that horrible day my mind had a break. It was the oddest feeling, the relief from the fear for half an hour, the fear wasn't gone but my mind needed the break, thank God I was in a position I could have that break. I worked that night at a pizza place, worst night ever...no customers just four employees scarred of the world and wanting to go home to our families. The week that followed was strange, everyone was in fear but everyone was standing strong, donating money, signing up for the military, driving across country to help. I remember when they started to let planes fly again, my wife and I were heading into a movie theater when we heard a plane.......everyone in the place froze, no one moved, we all thought the planes were still grounded...horrible feeling to live in fear of such a simple thing. We all changed that day; I watched three months of Anthrax coverage and still to this day pray for those who were lost and for those fighting overseas because of this tragedy. I will never forget.......what I was doing, where I was at, what I ate that day, what I had planned for the day and how scarred I was at 22 just starting off in the world........we all should never forget.
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Had only been married a little over 8 months when it happened. Walked in the office and my secretary asked if I had heard. The house was around the block so I went home to watch television.
We were in west Tennessee at the time. In the area we lived we heard a lot of concerns over crop dusters being used to hurt people. In the hours after the attack I was on the highway. Out of nowhere a crop duster came towards the highway. I guess the poor pilot did not know. I remember everyone in all 4 lanes coming to a complete stop.
God's blessings on the families directly impacted. I cannot imagine.
We were in west Tennessee at the time. In the area we lived we heard a lot of concerns over crop dusters being used to hurt people. In the hours after the attack I was on the highway. Out of nowhere a crop duster came towards the highway. I guess the poor pilot did not know. I remember everyone in all 4 lanes coming to a complete stop.
God's blessings on the families directly impacted. I cannot imagine.
TBTwinsFan said:
Does anyone know if it's going to be rebroadcast if even on a cable channel? I didn't tune in tonight thinking it was one of the tons of 9/11 stuff the networks/cable channels are putting out that use the same ol' stock footage. I didn't realize this program on CBS would be unique.
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TBTwinsFan
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Superfractor said:
It's the original one. Last night's had a 1-hr anniversary add-on. But this one has all the attack footage.
I spent yesterday watching a lot of 9/11 stuff, this one blows all of them away. It's footage that isn't shown a lot.
1st4040
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definately a horrible day and a day that you will always remember where you were and what you were doing when it happened. on a positive note it was great to watch the 6 hour Rising on Discovery and see that NY is building back bigger and better and also built a wonderful memorial to those unfortunate victims of the devil's day. as a parent watching all these documentary's it just tears at your heart in a much different way than it did when it originally happened and I was still a single man. I am looking forward to visiting the site after everything is finished being built and even though I don't have any family connection I'm sure it will still be emotional.
1st4040 said:
I avoided most of the coverage, but ran across the Rising on Discovery late in the evening and ended up watching until 2:00 in the morning.
My daughter was 11 months old and my son was yet to be born on 9/11/2001. They are 8 and 10 years old now and yesterday we had to explain to my 8 year old why the terrorists crashed the planes into the WTC buildings. Not easy.
TBTwinsFan
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It's going to be my goal to visit every major 9/11 memorial, including all 3 crash sites, sometime during my life. Maybe some smaller ones. They are putting one up in my hometown with, I believe, a beam from one of the towers.
RL24
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My family was driving back to Colorado from Nebraska. We stopped at a gas station, and I over heard somebody saying a plane had hit a building in NYC. I was thinking a very small plane. We turned on the radio to see if we could find anything out, and it was on every channel, and the second plane had just hit. We drove the next 10 hours listening to the radio. I remember wishing for a TV, because the people kept saying things like "OMG LOOK AT THAT!" only, you know, it was the radio, so I couldn't look.
My wife's story is the opposite. She was working for a news station, and she sat there for 2 days straight watching uncut unedited footage. She doesn't talk about it a lot, but I have caught a couple little comments here and there. She got pretty upset talking about it yesterday while we were reflecting, and man, that was 10 years ago.
I can't imagine what it was like for the people who were there...
My wife's story is the opposite. She was working for a news station, and she sat there for 2 days straight watching uncut unedited footage. She doesn't talk about it a lot, but I have caught a couple little comments here and there. She got pretty upset talking about it yesterday while we were reflecting, and man, that was 10 years ago.
I can't imagine what it was like for the people who were there...
ronfromfresno
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tpeichel said:
I can relate, in 2001 I didn't have kids. Actually my wife and I had only been married for 3 months and 2 days. I had just purhcased my first new car a month earlier and had moved out of my Mom's house 5 months earlier. I was still a kid at 22 years old. Yesterday my family was in the lobby of a hotel room gettting ready to head home after watching the Giants lose the night before at AT&T. My wife and I had made the decision to not talk much about 9/11 with our 5 year old twins because we assumed they wouldn't understand. So there we were in the lobby and the news station starts showing the old footage. I'm checking out, and my wife points to my son who is transfixed on the TV in fear......and then she whispers to me that he thinks it was live TV and it was happening right now. The fear in his eyes made me cry, I had been trying to shield him and his sister from this until they were older and now he was experiencing what we all did 10 years ago. On the trip home we reassued them that those attacks were long ago, by very bad people and explained it all the best we could........a tough 3 hour ride home.
Bornagaincollector
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I wish the Goverment would be a lot tougher on these sob's...They dont deserve a trial,Only death is a option! :twisted:
ronfromfresno said:
It's instinctive to try and protect your children from bad things in the world, but at some point they need to understand that evil exists. There is no better example than what happened on Sept. 11th. We'll be stopping in Shanksville on our annual trip out to Minnesota next year, so they can see the memorial, see how evil can be defeated and hopefully understand that there are a lot more good people in the world than those that mean to do us harm.
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I certainly understand feeling that way; I find myself feeling that way at times too. When I really think about it though, it's not what we're about. I'd like to think we wouldn't bypass the values that make us great. Are the folks who do these things the scum of the Earth? Yes, I think they are. They're not worth vacating our principles however in order to exact revenge. If we do, then in my opinion they take a step forward, not us. I'm not gonna lie though...I was very pleased to know that the last thing Bin Laden saw was an American looking him in the face. Happened on my birthday too.Bornagaincollector said:
For the folks who had to explain to their kids what was going on, I think it was good of you to do that. I'm sure it was difficult, but it was important. Thanks.
TBTwinsFan
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tpeichel said:
That's a very appropriate stop because the entire state of Minnesota is really proud of Tom Burnette. I heard his mom speak after Osama was killed on the radio.
If it wasn't for him and that crew, flight 93 would have been a lot worse IMO. The f16's ammo wouldn't have been enough to bring that plane down.
