I think this might be *the best* 9/11 doc period. What makes this film so special is that it has no agenda. It picks no side, has no political axe to grind, promotes no theories, showcases no single event, no single person or group,, and has no scripted narration. This film simply confronts you with the brutal honesty of the common man’s 9/11 experience.
By yours truly, the UK. You can tell in modern American documentaries, there's often a narrative with an overabundance of music underscores and temp music. Other countries how they conduct documentaries, as they should, cut straight to the facts.
Every couple anniversaries I look to watch a documentary, always is this one, just film, audio and context. Was born in 2000 so I have no memories of it but I went to/still do go to school right by there.
The man at 1:00:00 never fails to draw a slight smile on my face. He manages to joke unintentionally at such a dark moment and even make LaGanga laugh. Every person out there is able to shine light on the darkest moments. Hope is something that never will disappear from the core of each person.
The ones who died who I felt the worst for on 9/11 were those who jumped to their deaths. Those jumping deaths were still officially classified as murders, because those poor souls faced a horrific choice of either burning to death in the fire, or slowly choking to death on the smoke. They chose to end their life by jumping rather than die by fire. I’ll never forget seeing those poor people die like that on 9/11. RIP!
Best doc I’ve seen. No narrator talking out of his ass and making assumptions. Just straight video and original audio to leave you up to your own judgements about what you see
And as grim as it obviously is, it's also kind of interesting to see how people reacted initially because the full story about the hijacking wasn't immediately known-people speculating that it was a bomb or something, or that the plane had hit the building accidentally (which I imagine went out the window when the second one hit).
My friend was working in the World Trade Center that day. They told everyone to stay put when the plane hit. She said no way and ran down to the street. When it fell, she ran down the street with the smoke and heat chasing her. She ran, and ran, and ran. The only thing that saved her from dying from the smoke and extreme heat, was she jumped in a parked car.
I'm Japanese, but I was shocked when I saw this video. I didn't know much about this incident. The city, which was peaceful for a few minutes, turned into hell in an instant... I was deeply hurt. This incident should never be forgotten. We have to pass it on to the next generation. I think that's the only thing we can do for those who died in this incident. Don't let this happen again... I use Google Translate, so there may be some unnatural parts in the sentences.sorry.
I'm not American as well but this incident feel so surreal. I pray for those people who lost their lives in this tragedy and to their families as well.
I’m Filipino and my god this incident is so sad for me. Actually, that’s an understatement. It affected so many people in America, even other people from around the world. It’s just… so crazy.
This is what I always wanted. A documentary that shows all the real povs not only specific people. No interviews just povs. A slice of the life of the people that saw the event on first hand
Wow, truly well done. No stupid narrator, no dumb celebrity dramatizations, no interviews and no conspiracy theories. Only raw footage told by actual people present that day. The true heroes were Fire Dept, Police Dept, Medical and even citizens.
Agreed, watching this brought me back to the day just like it happened again. Watching the second plane hit hit my emotions just like it did that day when we were still unsure if this was an accident. That was the realization that you were witnessing something that would change your life forever
27:47 These few moments are the last moments Orio Palmer was ever seen, he took his men up and tried to put out fires at the impact zone but the building collapsed killing him. May god rest his soul as well as the countless others we lost on that fateful Tuesday morning.
@@kayliegordon6214 indeed, one of the firemen with him Chief Ronald Bucca had studied the building in and out after the 93 bombings and prepared himself for a event like this. They knew once they saw the hole in the first building, they weren't gonna make it out of this unscathed
Guy used to be a runner so his fitness levels were high, he took the stairs all the way up. In the Nat Geo documentary Inside 9/11, you hear more of his radio calls from near the impact zone of the south tower. One of them reports 'numerous 10-45 code ones', meaning people dead. Chilling to hear.
I saw another documentary with a surviver that came down those stairs and met these men. He said he saw in their faces that they knew they wouldn't be getting out alive. Not a word was spoken between them, but they knew. And they went anyway trying to get as many people out as possible. Tragic...but what a bunch of heroes.
59:03 possibly the most moving part of this documentary, Lucia Davis went from being only concerned for her stuff being outside to sobbing and thanking a stranger for saving her life.
@@shannonlong97 maybe not the most moving part, but it hit me in some way too. The way she says thank you gets to me every time, maybe it’s her realizing that she nearly risked her life for the raw pictures.
Whomever edited this did a fantastic job in coordinating the timeline of events with all the different media & video footage. I feel like I’m there on the streets of Manhattan 20 years ago.
27:46 “Oreo!” Oreo Palmer, firefighter, marathon runner and former elevator repair mechanic. He managed to repair an elevator in Tower 2 to take him partway up the tower before running up the stairs the rest of the way. He was the first and only firefighter to radio in a report from Tower 2’s impact zone. His fellow firefighters were still climbing the stairs to reach him when Tower 2 collapsed.
Twenty years later, my heart still breaks for all the human beings lost, for the trauma the witnesses to this tragedy still experience. I miss the days America was united, even if for only a few months. And now service men and women still giving their lives all these years later.
I remember the night I saw the footage, I still cannot imagine what those innocent folks went through, just going to work, trying to make a living. Horrible. I cant even begin to think what the people on the planes were thinking. Bless them all. The attackers might get a surprise when they pass and instead of their virgins awaiting, its the gates of hell.
I miss it too! EVERYTHING was different before this event. We can only blame ourselves though. The U.S has been responsible for this. The chickens have come home to roost. Meanwhile 20 years later. NOTHING has changed. The other day some innocent afghan civilians were bombed by a U.S airstrike. What's crazy is the next time something like this happens on U.S soil we'll actually not be surprised anymore!
@@micheletuesday I mean to be fair, the building was made to survive a plane hit. But the planes it was built to withstand were a lot smaller. The biggest plane was the 707, which is MUCH smaller and slower than more modern ones like the ones that hit the towers
Of all the heros that day , huge credit to Chief Oreo Palmer . He was a lift engineer before he joined the fire service. He was also a marathon runner as his hobby . He managed to get an elevator working and rode it to the 40th floor , then ran up to 78 . He was breaking through a wall as he couldnt get any higher in that staircase and was advising the guys coming up behind him . Not long after his last transmission the South tower collapsed , killing him and his colleagues. These guys werent just heros , they were superheros .
Honestly,this is the best documentary about any disaster ever,no experts,no interviews,no overly bombastic narration.Just genuine panic,fear and confusion
My Father told me that when he visited New York to pay respects at ground zero, not long after the 9/11 attacks, he remembered spotting a little girl's shoe close to where the towers collapsed and he just broke down crying.
I always have believed those who fought off the hijackers & brought down the plane in the field deserve so much respect, for they no doubt saved countless lives for where that plane was heading.
It’s strange, but the most visceral elements for me in this documentary were the music still playing on the plaza and the constant whistle of the firefighters SOS devices.
the folks running into the towers to save people transcend whatever terms we have for bravery and selflessness. its how i feel about soldiers as well who are willing to give up everything for us.
Yes the sound of the firefighters alarms and the alarm in the building are so bone chilling to hear, god bless them all on that day. I will never forget
I was a 24 year old starting my fledgling career in media, living in a studio basement apartment on the corner of 6th and E Capitol Street, DC. I had woken up earlier than usual that morning, was working nights at a music venue. But something compelled me to wake up when I did and turn on the TV. It was moments before the second plane hit. I was petrified, not moving from my futon for hours, watching everything unfold. It wasnt until later that I put the pieces together about the plane that went down in Shanksville, how it was likely destined to target the Capitol building, and just thinking how they would logically approach it, coming in from the west along the Mall to get low enough, and thinking of the path of destruction that would have literally stretched to my front door. I know it is an experience that pales in comparison to having lost a loved one that day, in terms of impact, but just to commiserate with others, I suffered an incredible amount of PTSD that went on for pretty much the rest of the decade, untreated, and really screwed me up in the head. I share my little personal story in the hopes that, if you feel like I do about that day - despair, confusion, anxiety, depression, fear, anger...know that you are not alone. I felt so alone for so long. I can only hope as I revisit some of this footage for the first time in a long time, that it does not trigger an anxiety attack, but in all honesty, I dont care if it does. It's the least I can sacrifice to pay my respects to those that lost their lives and their families. So much was lost that day. So, so much.
27:46 Orio, was the only firefighter to make it up past the impact zone in the south tower up the south stairwell (the only viable stairwell left in both towers) he made it up there in record time climbing 10-15 flights in a couple of minutes with all his gear. It collapsed very soon after he made it to survivors up there. I’ve watched a documentary with his story and it’s amazing to see him in this video seconds before his heroic feat.
One of those times you hear , when someone gets almost a superpower as the addrenilin kicks in , and the urge to save lives . How he did that , as he wasn't that young , mid to late 40s I think . He ran marathons as a hobby which would give him great stamina , but even at that , he had all his kit and there would be obstacles and smoke when he got further up . Incredible feat really .
This is the best kind of documentary. no cheesy edits or a presenter telling you how to feel. just raw footage putting you on the ground, what people saw and how they felt at the time.
@@vjcarter4657 I was a kid when this happened. I understood why they jumped before, I still do. 20 years and I truly believe I would have done the same.
It’s so heartbreaking to see people waving their arms out of the top of the towers hoping to get saved. We know they do not escape. It’s horrible to think they have to make the choice. Fall, or burn.
52:10 the man with red bandanna, what a hero this man is. Running back to help anyone, big him up 10000x times, what a bloke !! And of course every single fire man , massive respect
On 9/11, 20 years ago I saw the footage of that older man who after the North Tower fell told the reporter, "I ran like hell thank God. I'm 69 years old...". Every year I think, "I wonder if he is still alive.". On this 20th year after this tragedy, I hope he is still alive, but if not, Rest In Peace Sir.
Gotta say, one of the most haunting sounds i ever heard was this one at 27:24 despite knowing there where people jumping, just the sound of it is so horrible that its even difficult to imagine what was going through the rescue team's mind, incredible how they maintained calm during the rescue operation
Although this happened in 2001, I feel like the pre-attack footage at the beginning forms the very last few minutes of the 90's. Up until the first plane hit, people in the western world felt safe, at their peak and almost untouchable. That's what changed on 9/11. I remember I heard someone say: "Today we entered the 21st century through a ring of fire." I was sixteen, in school, came home to this news and saw the second plane hit in a live coverage on TV. Back then, I couldn't imagine that 20+ years later we'd still be here as a civilisation. Although I'm from the Netherlands, I was in shock for weeks. This film brings back that eerie feeling. Rest in peace to those who lost their lives that day.
I was 22 years old, I'm from England and I had just got home from work about 10 minutes after the first plane hit. My Mum had it on the news. I was running my own cleaning business and I only worked a half day that day. I got home about 1.55pm.
Probably the most genuine 9/11 documentary out there. No political agenda, no stupid narrating, just raw footage of what happened on that day from the people who lived through it.
Absolutely agree, the real people, real footage, the real stories of life, death, and survival. Im in uk, yet never even heard of this documentary, yet im so glad i got to see it. I watched the whole thing from when sky news flicked the show i was watching off, and it will stay with me forever. As it should. Those of us who witnessed this should always remember.
19:12, it was at that point everyone around the world realised this wasn't an accident... Rest in perfect peace to all the innocent people who passed away on this awful day. Never forget.
This is the best documentary on 9/11. Seeing it through the eyes of the people in New York as it happened, I felt like I was there. It’s so immeasurably sad. RIP to those nearly 3000 people ❤
The sound of the jumpers! My God!! I just cried and cried!!!! The most horrifying sound ever! I will never forget the brave heroes who put their lives at risk to save others!
This documentary is what time travelling feels like. hats off to the director for taking the creative decision to implement only real time footages. This was executed so perfectly, by the end i was wondering how we are gonna cope, only to realise we are living in 2022 and not 2001.
Im a Muslim and I condemn this attack on civilians. The individuals who committed this atrocity did not follow in the way of Islam. Rip to all those who passed away on that day and my condolences to the families of the deceased, may they all rest in heaven ameen 🙏 💔
My brother in Islam...they thought they were martyrs..that they were.acting in Allah's wishes..how wrong were they.. They are not followers they are murders worse then murderes..rip to.all those so.sad I still.cant get my head around it 😰
"I don't think the building will collapse." "It's too well made." Made me cringe when he said that 😔😔 plus the sound of the bodies hitting the ground below. 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Praying for all those souls that lost their life that day.🙏🏾
This is the best documentary I've seen, because it's the people's documentary, the victims' and survivors' documentary, of everyone who was in or around the place, it's the documentary of those who lived 9/11 so it's the best because it's not that of an agency or company wanting to give their opinion, the sounds and voices are those of those who were there in loco...God bless the survivors and keep the innocents who left without knowing why..
I remember I was a very young kid , like 5 or 6. I was sleeping in the living room and when I woke up I went to the kitchen and my mom and grandmother were watching it live on tv and they told me “did you see what happened in New York?” I spent the entire day watching tv. I was terrified , I will never forget that
41:37...Orio Palmer, Fire Chief, ran into South Tower, no elevators working. On his own, he fixed an elevator, took it up to floor 40. All the elevators on that floor had been taken out or were blocked, so he ran, with full firefighting equipment on his back. He reached the 78th floor. There were trapped people up there and they would have been so relieved to see him. Sadly, he and the people he was trying to rescue were killed when the South Tower collapsed. RIP.
Will never forget sitting up all night watching this unfold on tv, here in Australia. My husband woke me up when he got home from afternoon shift,at about 11.20pm. Shed so many tears for our American friends and allies. I visited the WTC only a year before this happened. Heartbreaking.
I’m from Australia to, I have photos of my parents that year, so much has changed.I was born only a couple years after 2001 but I try to knowledge myself, and really learning about what happened was heartbreaking.Some of these recordings give me chills.
There are lot of videos that RUclips can't recommend on home page you have to go to inside the channel and than you find out i literally watch much more disbursed videos that RUclips warn me more than arround 15 times
it's actually all the videos/audios and docs together in one. I've watched everything on 9/11 and I think the Naudet brothers video is the best by far live while it happened and inside the towers with the firefighters. You have to check it out.
I think that this documentary about 9/11 is one of the best I've seen because it was filmed and narrated by the real, ordinary citizens of New York City showing the shock and tragedy of the most horrific day in America. God bless everyone who lost someone close to them and to all the firefighters, police and volunteers who stayed at Ground Zero for weeks. 🇦🇺🙏🕊💜
It broke my heart hearing that little girl crying that she didn't want that building to come down omg......that's heartbreaking that kids to had to witness this
Apparently Billy Joel won’t sing that song (always a woman) live anymore after this and removed it from shows. My Dad saw him live and he explained to the crowd that’s why it wasn’t in his set list. He may now have changed his mind, but not recently.
Kids born after 9/11 truly have no idea what it was like to experience this day. I can still remember what I ate for dinner while watching this unfold on the other side of the globe.
@@jihane1225 Jesus chick, nobody said he was god, he just feels upset for what happened which is what he is entitled to, NOBODY would’ve wanted this to happen
@@jihane1225 no it doesn’t. human life shouldn’t be wasted like this. these poor souls had no reason to die. stop using god to excuse these people’s untimely and unnecessary death.
Man I never used to understand why people were so snappy at me for not knowing about 9/11 I was born in 2003 so watching this at 18 yrs old made me cry so much that now I understand the pain suffering and emotional feeling of those people I don't even have words to put it in. Even if it's just a video from someone else's perspective it still hit hard even if ur from another country as this could happen to anyone.
Same thing hapened to our parents, like "peal harbor" and japan asia destruction. It wont be in "school history books" untill 1 full genration later, as to hide what realy hapened. They did it to all native aborigen people, now they do it to their own
I am pretty strong when it comes to disasters but seeing it happen to everyday people really hit me hard. I teared up. Especially when the kid started crying.
Similar case here 2001 i was 9 months old whem it happend i growl up hearing the stories and retellings and seeing the foontage but it was always being over exagereted or shown from a far away pespective in events, now this hits hard i never have been exposed to a raw version of these events i can see why people still get emocional over it even after 20 years.
Hearing people saying stuff like “well at least it wasn’t terrorists” and that the buildings are too well made to collapse while knowing what we know now and what happened after they said this stuff is just so freaky. Not even the best horror movie in the world could create a feeling like this
It was so touching to see how Americans came together that day . The support and unity was a sight to see, unfortunately 20 years later that unity seems to be gone.
This is one of the best documentary for this event. No voice narration and I love how it is said by ordinary people's POV's. I also like that you told us what happened to the main people in the video. I was worried that something might happened to them. I hope you make more videos this way. The skills! Thank you for this!
Appreciate whoever put this together. I'm Australian, but I'll never forget this day. Seeing New Yorkers come together for each other with bravery and compassion is absolutely inspiring and it truly captures this horrible morning.
Please let us pray for all of those who had lost there lives in the World Trade Center including my very dear best friends Sheryl Keplar and Don Mosener and for all of the families who had lost there loved ones Thank-You
59:10 to 59:35 was what gave me so much goosebumps, she couldn't grasp the magnitude and was irritated because she couldn't get her equipment but was immediately overcome with emotion and said thank you over and over. So lucky for her that those people grabbed her inside and wouldn't let her go outside.
There are now as many firemen have died with illnesses related to that day and in the search for survivors, than died during those collapses . Videos like this need to be kept , to remind the World of that terrible day 😔
20 years ago. Baby's born Kids at school People at work A beautiful day. Shiny Then the tragedy hits. Poor people did nothing wrong, they did not know what was going to happen. New clue. Rest in peace innocent new yorkers 💕
31:52 this guy is incredibly lucky. 83rd floor of the South Tower is one of the floors impacted by the second plane. tbh if he had been at work that day he probably would have died.
Dió la vida por los demás, es un gesto imnato. Yo soy maestra y daría la vida por mis niños en la escuela. Que Dios no me ponga a prueba, porque los amo, y lo haría por salvar sus vidas😓😓😓😓. Una abrazo desde Barcelona.
I jus hope that authorities nowdays have BETTER ways to save people in similar situations . . . and in less time without hesitating. In this video , clearly can see how the nyfd chief didn't have a clue.
@@rachelmartin3631 I find this to be mostly specious. While a few may have certainly "made a choice", most of those people were in extremis - the organism fleeing lack of air and extreme heat. Place your hand in fire and try to leave it there. You cannot, no matter how much you "choose" to - you are literally without any choice in the matter - no matter what your brain is thinking, your hand is coming out of that fire. Same for lack of air - your organism, your body, will literally take over. There simply wasn't any thought process involved for most of those people - the organism itself will flee killing heat and inability to breathe - no matter where it ends up.
My wife died in those towers Melanie Scott 27 years old ! Irony of fate she was born in the year of the twin towers and passed away at the end of them she was alive 😔. While the towers were existing😢
I think this might be *the best* 9/11 doc period. What makes this film so special is that it has no agenda. It picks no side, has no political axe to grind, promotes no theories, showcases no single event, no single person or group,, and has no scripted narration. This film simply confronts you with the brutal honesty of the common man’s 9/11 experience.
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By yours truly, the UK.
You can tell in modern American documentaries, there's often a narrative with an overabundance of music underscores and temp music.
Other countries how they conduct documentaries, as they should, cut straight to the facts.
Exactly. The best one
Every couple anniversaries I look to watch a documentary, always is this one, just film, audio and context. Was born in 2000 so I have no memories of it but I went to/still do go to school right by there.
Agreed. Just raw footage with no narration.
at 53:30, that man told how he carried a woman in a wheelchair 68 floors down, out of that building. that man is a hero, respect for him.
1:10:21 Man, the guy that was offering free hugs for people that are traumatized literally warms my heart.
For real
Same
This is a historical masterpiece. No storytelling, no introduction. Just raw amateur footage at it’s best
The man at 1:00:00 never fails to draw a slight smile on my face. He manages to joke unintentionally at such a dark moment and even make LaGanga laugh. Every person out there is able to shine light on the darkest moments. Hope is something that never will disappear from the core of each person.
Its just the perks of people having dark humor, making people calm and laugh in bad times.
if he's not dead he's probably 90 now, just shows how quick time passes
The ones who died who I felt the worst for on 9/11 were those who jumped to their deaths. Those jumping deaths were still officially classified as murders, because those poor souls faced a horrific choice of either burning to death in the fire, or slowly choking to death on the smoke. They chose to end their life by jumping rather than die by fire. I’ll never forget seeing those poor people die like that on 9/11. RIP!
and the ones on the planes, they died suffering and in constant agony knowing they're weren't coming out alive.
Best doc I’ve seen. No narrator talking out of his ass and making assumptions. Just straight video and original audio to leave you up to your own judgements about what you see
agreed
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Fax
And as grim as it obviously is, it's also kind of interesting to see how people reacted initially because the full story about the hijacking wasn't immediately known-people speculating that it was a bomb or something, or that the plane had hit the building accidentally (which I imagine went out the window when the second one hit).
The man who carried the woman in the wheelchair down all those flights of stairs is a hero....one of thousands.
Best movie on this topic, so far. No propaganda, no conspiracies, just perfect mix of footage as the event unfolded.
Raw footage*
53:40 that man came from 80th or so floor carried a women on the 60th in a damn wheelchair all way down! That man's a hero! Amazing soul!
My friend was working in the World Trade Center that day. They told everyone to stay put when the plane hit. She said no way and ran down to the street. When it fell, she ran down the street with the smoke and heat chasing her. She ran, and ran, and ran. The only thing that saved her from dying from the smoke and extreme heat, was she jumped in a parked car.
Good for her. Smart woman
Why they told people to stay? So sad
Yeah why would they say to people to stay? Btw your friend is a lucky one
@@RA-ku5vw people inside the building don’t know what happened, specially the North tower.
I'm Japanese, but I was shocked when I saw this video. I didn't know much about this incident. The city, which was peaceful for a few minutes, turned into hell in an instant... I was deeply hurt. This incident should never be forgotten. We have to pass it on to the next generation. I think that's the only thing we can do for those who died in this incident. Don't let this happen again...
I use Google Translate, so there may be some unnatural parts in the sentences.sorry.
I'm not American as well but this incident feel so surreal. I pray for those people who lost their lives in this tragedy and to their families as well.
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I’m Filipino and my god this incident is so sad for me. Actually, that’s an understatement. It affected so many people in America, even other people from around the world. It’s just… so crazy.
This is what I always wanted. A documentary that shows all the real povs not only specific people. No interviews just povs. A slice of the life of the people that saw the event on first hand
ur first sentence was kinda throwing me off
Wow, truly well done. No stupid narrator, no dumb celebrity dramatizations, no interviews and no conspiracy theories. Only raw footage told by actual people present that day. The true heroes were Fire Dept, Police Dept, Medical and even citizens.
Agreed, watching this brought me back to the day just like it happened again. Watching the second plane hit hit my emotions just like it did that day when we were still unsure if this was an accident. That was the realization that you were witnessing something that would change your life forever
27:47 These few moments are the last moments Orio Palmer was ever seen, he took his men up and tried to put out fires at the impact zone but the building collapsed killing him. May god rest his soul as well as the countless others we lost on that fateful Tuesday morning.
Heroes... they must have known it could be a suicide mission. RIP
@@kayliegordon6214 indeed, one of the firemen with him Chief Ronald Bucca had studied the building in and out after the 93 bombings and prepared himself for a event like this. They knew once they saw the hole in the first building, they weren't gonna make it out of this unscathed
Guy used to be a runner so his fitness levels were high, he took the stairs all the way up. In the Nat Geo documentary Inside 9/11, you hear more of his radio calls from near the impact zone of the south tower. One of them reports 'numerous 10-45 code ones', meaning people dead. Chilling to hear.
I saw another documentary with a surviver that came down those stairs and met these men. He said he saw in their faces that they knew they wouldn't be getting out alive. Not a word was spoken between them, but they knew. And they went anyway trying to get as many people out as possible. Tragic...but what a bunch of heroes.
@@Sloeberjong do you remember the name of this survivor?
53:23 dude carried a woman in a wheel for 60+ floors. A true hero
59:03 possibly the most moving part of this documentary, Lucia Davis went from being only concerned for her stuff being outside to sobbing and thanking a stranger for saving her life.
Yes that is the part to take away from this! God, did you watch the whole thing??
She seen it coming....nothing special about it...least moving part to me
@@shannonlong97 maybe not the most moving part, but it hit me in some way too. The way she says thank you gets to me every time, maybe it’s her realizing that she nearly risked her life for the raw pictures.
so true.
Whomever edited this did a fantastic job in coordinating the timeline of events with all the different media & video footage.
I feel like I’m there on the streets of Manhattan 20 years ago.
"Thank god, I'm 69, but I can still run." that old man 😢😢😢
If he's still alive, that'd make him around 90 now.
How fast time flies.
@@ladela7348 i just calculate it now
31:53 the terror on that man’s face realising he could be the one trapped in there ,is just heartbreaking to watch.
27:46 “Oreo!”
Oreo Palmer, firefighter, marathon runner and former elevator repair mechanic. He managed to repair an elevator in Tower 2 to take him partway up the tower before running up the stairs the rest of the way. He was the first and only firefighter to radio in a report from Tower 2’s impact zone. His fellow firefighters were still climbing the stairs to reach him when Tower 2 collapsed.
Did he survive?
@@khiannakimchi7675 no unfortunately he died when the building collapsed, may he rest in peace
Twenty years later, my heart still breaks for all the human beings lost, for the trauma the witnesses to this tragedy still experience. I miss the days America was united, even if for only a few months. And now service men and women still giving their lives all these years later.
I remember the night I saw the footage, I still cannot imagine what those innocent folks went through, just going to work, trying to make a living. Horrible. I cant even begin to think what the people on the planes were thinking. Bless them all. The attackers might get a surprise when they pass and instead of their virgins awaiting, its the gates of hell.
@@sarahreynolds308 is there any dead body’s shown in this video? If so, I want to be warned
@@aleyahmckinney No, but you can see people talking on the phone moments before their deaths and there are jumpers on the movie material shown.
I miss it too! EVERYTHING was different before this event. We can only blame ourselves though. The U.S has been responsible for this. The chickens have come home to roost.
Meanwhile 20 years later. NOTHING has changed. The other day some innocent afghan civilians were bombed by a U.S airstrike.
What's crazy is the next time something like this happens on U.S soil we'll actually not be surprised anymore!
@@dj_poopypants it was al Quaida you ignorant!
If you were late to work during this, you would be one of the luckiest people alive
Or a day off
Hearing your partner, your friend , your boss ,.... died during incident.... that will be painful shock
Something about this documentary feels so real and down to earth compared to those corporate documentaries
because it’s real, it is what happened
Insanely good documentary, well done gathering the footage. This is history
When she said “thank God it wasn’t terrorists though” at the beginning, I got chills all the way through my body.
Also when one guy said "no, i'm an architect, trust me they build these things so they cannot possibly collapse"
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@@micheletuesday I mean to be fair, the building was made to survive a plane hit. But the planes it was built to withstand were a lot smaller. The biggest plane was the 707, which is MUCH smaller and slower than more modern ones like the ones that hit the towers
Of all the heros that day , huge credit to Chief Oreo Palmer . He was a lift engineer before he joined the fire service. He was also a marathon runner as his hobby . He managed to get an elevator working and rode it to the 40th floor , then ran up to 78 . He was breaking through a wall as he couldnt get any higher in that staircase and was advising the guys coming up behind him . Not long after his last transmission the South tower collapsed , killing him and his colleagues. These guys werent just heros , they were superheros .
Su historia es asombrosa ,mis respetos a ese héroe y sus hombres que subieron con él
Amen 🙏
Honestly,this is the best documentary about any disaster ever,no experts,no interviews,no overly bombastic narration.Just genuine panic,fear and confusion
27:46, this is our last goodbye, Chief Orio Palmer...
Thank you, for everything, brave man!
Never ever forgotten, always remembered.
R.I.P. Hero!
Ele foi demais mesmo! incrível a história dele!
My Father told me that when he visited New York to pay respects at ground zero, not long after the 9/11 attacks, he remembered spotting a little girl's shoe close to where the towers collapsed and he just broke down crying.
I always have believed those who fought off the hijackers & brought down the plane in the field deserve so much respect, for they no doubt saved countless lives for where that plane was heading.
I am sure they didnt intent to crash though, they just wanted to get control back
@@janita851they probably heard what happened in NY & knew they were damned if they did, & damned if they didn't
Unbelievable, almost felt like watching a movie. Never forget.
Nah, i don't think any horror movie would top this.
oh and what about abu ghraib? should we forget it?
It’s strange, but the most visceral elements for me in this documentary were the music still playing on the plaza and the constant whistle of the firefighters SOS devices.
the folks running into the towers to save people transcend whatever terms we have for bravery and selflessness. its how i feel about soldiers as well who are willing to give up everything for us.
@@sukidashing3882 I agree !! The courage those men and women displayed was remarkable
Yes the sound of the firefighters alarms and the alarm in the building are so bone chilling to hear, god bless them all on that day. I will never forget
I was a 24 year old starting my fledgling career in media, living in a studio basement apartment on the corner of 6th and E Capitol Street, DC. I had woken up earlier than usual that morning, was working nights at a music venue. But something compelled me to wake up when I did and turn on the TV. It was moments before the second plane hit. I was petrified, not moving from my futon for hours, watching everything unfold. It wasnt until later that I put the pieces together about the plane that went down in Shanksville, how it was likely destined to target the Capitol building, and just thinking how they would logically approach it, coming in from the west along the Mall to get low enough, and thinking of the path of destruction that would have literally stretched to my front door. I know it is an experience that pales in comparison to having lost a loved one that day, in terms of impact, but just to commiserate with others, I suffered an incredible amount of PTSD that went on for pretty much the rest of the decade, untreated, and really screwed me up in the head. I share my little personal story in the hopes that, if you feel like I do about that day - despair, confusion, anxiety, depression, fear, anger...know that you are not alone. I felt so alone for so long. I can only hope as I revisit some of this footage for the first time in a long time, that it does not trigger an anxiety attack, but in all honesty, I dont care if it does. It's the least I can sacrifice to pay my respects to those that lost their lives and their families. So much was lost that day. So, so much.
It seems to me that your bravery about facing your feelings is going to get you through from here on out...at least I do hope so!
27:46 Orio, was the only firefighter to make it up past the impact zone in the south tower up the south stairwell (the only viable stairwell left in both towers) he made it up there in record time climbing 10-15 flights in a couple of minutes with all his gear. It collapsed very soon after he made it to survivors up there. I’ve watched a documentary with his story and it’s amazing to see him in this video seconds before his heroic feat.
so many hero stories what i never heard about, what a brave men.
One of those times you hear , when someone gets almost a superpower as the addrenilin kicks in , and the urge to save lives . How he did that , as he wasn't that young , mid to late 40s I think . He ran marathons as a hobby which would give him great stamina , but even at that , he had all his kit and there would be obstacles and smoke when he got further up . Incredible feat really .
This is the best kind of documentary. no cheesy edits or a presenter telling you how to feel. just raw footage putting you on the ground, what people saw and how they felt at the time.
The sound of jumpers hitting the bottom is horrifying
Even more horrific is the fact that they had to edit out most of them because the sounds were coming constantly.
It’s haunting. I really fixated on the jumpers and contemplated what i would have done. I’m angry people were put through this horror.
@@vjcarter4657 I was a kid when this happened. I understood why they jumped before, I still do. 20 years and I truly believe I would have done the same.
@@philbrainy2399 Don't think so, maybe it's for the best
One jumper even killed a firefighter :(
Broke his neck.
It’s so heartbreaking to see people waving their arms out of the top of the towers hoping to get saved. We know they do not escape. It’s horrible to think they have to make the choice. Fall, or burn.
52:10 the man with red bandanna, what a hero this man is. Running back to help anyone, big him up 10000x times, what a bloke !! And of course every single fire man , massive respect
Just watched a documentary on him yesterday. What a hero
On 9/11, 20 years ago I saw the footage of that older man who after the North Tower fell told the reporter, "I ran like hell thank God. I'm 69 years old...". Every year I think, "I wonder if he is still alive.". On this 20th year after this tragedy, I hope he is still alive, but if not, Rest In Peace Sir.
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same here
Likewise. He'd be 89 now, I do wonder who he is or was.
Gotta say, one of the most haunting sounds i ever heard was this one at 27:24 despite knowing there where people jumping, just the sound of it is so horrible that its even difficult to imagine what was going through the rescue team's mind, incredible how they maintained calm during the rescue operation
O barulho era isso? Meu Deus...
Did he keep calm? At 27:37 they look pretty scared and I understand, you can't say you're prepared for things you've never lived through.
@@isabelateixeira8781 it was people hitting the roof after they jumped
At there i lost my shit and started crying
This is one of the rawest I’ve seen for a few years. Lots of them have gone from RUclips.
Yeah i wonder why. Those videos were part of history
Why you think they have gone?
By the new policies and regulations of RUclips , if I remember correctly they had even deleted educational content from years XD
Although this happened in 2001, I feel like the pre-attack footage at the beginning forms the very last few minutes of the 90's. Up until the first plane hit, people in the western world felt safe, at their peak and almost untouchable. That's what changed on 9/11. I remember I heard someone say: "Today we entered the 21st century through a ring of fire."
I was sixteen, in school, came home to this news and saw the second plane hit in a live coverage on TV. Back then, I couldn't imagine that 20+ years later we'd still be here as a civilisation. Although I'm from the Netherlands, I was in shock for weeks. This film brings back that eerie feeling.
Rest in peace to those who lost their lives that day.
I was 22 years old, I'm from England and I had just got home from work about 10 minutes after the first plane hit. My Mum had it on the news. I was running my own cleaning business and I only worked a half day that day. I got home about 1.55pm.
Probably the most genuine 9/11 documentary out there. No political agenda, no stupid narrating, just raw footage of what happened on that day from the people who lived through it.
Absolutely agree, the real people, real footage, the real stories of life, death, and survival. Im in uk, yet never even heard of this documentary, yet im so glad i got to see it. I watched the whole thing from when sky news flicked the show i was watching off, and it will stay with me forever. As it should. Those of us who witnessed this should always remember.
19:12, it was at that point everyone around the world realised this wasn't an accident...
Rest in perfect peace to all the innocent people who passed away on this awful day. Never forget.
The man who carried the lady in the wheel chair SIXTY EIGHT floors down 😭
Champ
What an absolutey bloody legend. I can't even imagine myself managing a few floors, let alone 68!
18:20: „I’m an architect, the way they designed the building make it almost impossible to knock them over“
Only if he knew
He was rigth tho
The towers where made to fall on in themselves, to NOT topple over other buildings
they said the same about the Titanic
This is the best documentary on 9/11. Seeing it through the eyes of the people in New York as it happened, I felt like I was there. It’s so immeasurably sad. RIP to those nearly 3000 people ❤
This is by far the best 9/11 documentary i ever watched. May all the victims rest in peace
The sound of the jumpers! My God!! I just cried and cried!!!! The most horrifying sound ever! I will never forget the brave heroes who put their lives at risk to save others!
Yea that was rough to hear. All those first responders who went to the buildings without even thinking twice!
This documentary is what time travelling feels like.
hats off to the director for taking the creative decision to implement only real time footages. This was executed so perfectly, by the end i was wondering how we are gonna cope, only to realise we are living in 2022 and not 2001.
"I don't think the buildings will collapse, they are too well made"
Like the Titanic was considered like that and it got the same fate
A multi *TON* heavy Plain can crash everything, that is just logic.
And some tiny group of People still dont believe it wich is just nonsensical.
Im a Muslim and I condemn this attack on civilians. The individuals who committed this atrocity did not follow in the way of Islam. Rip to all those who passed away on that day and my condolences to the families of the deceased, may they all rest in heaven ameen 🙏 💔
My brother in Islam...they thought they were martyrs..that they were.acting in Allah's wishes..how wrong were they..
They are not followers they are murders worse then murderes..rip to.all those so.sad I still.cant get my head around it 😰
Don't Judge Islam By Some Peoples Doing Some Stupid Act.
I Have Many Islam Friends And I Tell You They Were Very Nice and Good Peoples.
I'm not blaming you bro.. But I really think that islam need clergy, an authority, because now it's just a big way for sectarian things.
Really
Rest In Peace to everyone who died.
Or peace
"I don't think the building will collapse." "It's too well made." Made me cringe when he said that 😔😔 plus the sound of the bodies hitting the ground below. 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Praying for all those souls that lost their life that day.🙏🏾
When I heard him say that I was like ohhh no my dude that’s what they said about the titanic being unsinkable. Truly devastating
@@crystalclear675 yup said the same thing
the same was said about the Titanic, how it was ''unsinkeable''
The way the lady said on the phone,"It's very hot, hot, very very hot in here" I could feel the same heat here. Rest in peace kind soul.
That's one of the most heartbreaking recordings knowing she actually died 😢
She was Melissa Doi. And the poor was exactly on the impact zone.
This is the best documentary I've seen, because it's the people's documentary, the victims' and survivors' documentary, of everyone who was in or around the place, it's the documentary of those who lived 9/11 so it's the best because it's not that of an agency or company wanting to give their opinion, the sounds and voices are those of those who were there in loco...God bless the survivors and keep the innocents who left without knowing why..
And the music
The scariest thing is watching those people falling/jumping from the building.
Right the fact that this world lost buildings and almost 3,00 people due to this is terrifying
You can hear it too it's scary
Even worse when the firefighters hear thumps, those were the jumpers
Absolutely. I watched a documentary in high school similar to this one over 10 years ago and those images never left my mind.
I remember I was a very young kid , like 5 or 6. I was sleeping in the living room and when I woke up I went to the kitchen and my mom and grandmother were watching it live on tv and they told me “did you see what happened in New York?” I spent the entire day watching tv. I was terrified , I will never forget that
Omg
i was in canberra, just starting work when the televisions in the store front showed the shocking images.
You know it’s tough when a grown man cries😭
Back then yeah
it’s scary how the first one had just people standing there wondering what’s happening and as soon as the second one hit they knew … it was an attack
41:37...Orio Palmer, Fire Chief, ran into South Tower, no elevators working. On his own, he fixed an elevator, took it up to floor 40. All the elevators on that floor had been taken out or were blocked, so he ran, with full firefighting equipment on his back. He reached the 78th floor. There were trapped people up there and they would have been so relieved to see him. Sadly, he and the people he was trying to rescue were killed when the South Tower collapsed. RIP.
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Will never forget sitting up all night watching this unfold on tv, here in Australia. My husband woke me up when he got home from afternoon shift,at about 11.20pm.
Shed so many tears for our American friends and allies.
I visited the WTC only a year before this happened. Heartbreaking.
I’m from Australia to, I have photos of my parents that year, so much has changed.I was born only a couple years after 2001 but I try to knowledge myself, and really learning about what happened was heartbreaking.Some of these recordings give me chills.
So strange imagining my (aussie) teachers having a 911 "experience."
U know its serious when youtube warns u for 3 times
10 times 🙂
@@sourabhisalive bhai 3 baar
2 times
There are lot of videos that RUclips can't recommend on home page you have to go to inside the channel and than you find out i literally watch much more disbursed videos that RUclips warn me more than arround 15 times
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The women that said " I’m gonna die aren’t I ?" Got me in tears
For me, they're the most painful lines in the whole event
I broke when she asked the dispatcher to stay on the line
One of the best documentaries ever. No commentary. Just footage played out in real time.
it's actually all the videos/audios and docs together in one. I've watched everything on 9/11 and I think the Naudet brothers video is the best by far live while it happened and inside the towers with the firefighters. You have to check it out.
I think that this documentary about 9/11 is one of the best I've seen because it was filmed and narrated by the real, ordinary citizens of New York City showing the shock and tragedy of the most horrific day in America. God bless everyone who lost someone close to them and to all the firefighters, police and volunteers who stayed at Ground Zero for weeks. 🇦🇺🙏🕊💜
Thank you for uploading this
It broke my heart hearing that little girl crying that she didn't want that building to come down omg......that's heartbreaking that kids to had to witness this
The music still playing in the plaza gives me chills.. like it’s own last melody
Apparently Billy Joel won’t sing that song (always a woman) live anymore after this and removed it from shows. My Dad saw him live and he explained to the crowd that’s why it wasn’t in his set list. He may now have changed his mind, but not recently.
Yeah it reminded me of the titanic singing
Kids born after 9/11 truly have no idea what it was like to experience this day. I can still remember what I ate for dinner while watching this unfold on the other side of the globe.
If you don’t mind me asking…genuinely curious…What did you eat?
@@microwavedmetal homemade spaghetti bolognese, took my plate to the living room infront of the TV and sat in a black leather sofa watching CNN.
Every time i watch these videos i really wish i could go back in time and warn everyone about what was about to happen. Lord bless their souls
You cant everything happens for a reasone and itd meant to be even its worst your not god
@@jihane1225 Jesus chick, nobody said he was god, he just feels upset for what happened which is what he is entitled to, NOBODY would’ve wanted this to happen
@@jihane1225 no it doesn’t. human life shouldn’t be wasted like this. these poor souls had no reason to die. stop using god to excuse these people’s untimely and unnecessary death.
Same!! 😭😭
The sounds of those who jumped out...my God. That is as horrifying a sound as I can imagine.
Man I never used to understand why people were so snappy at me for not knowing about 9/11 I was born in 2003 so watching this at 18 yrs old made me cry so much that now I understand the pain suffering and emotional feeling of those people I don't even have words to put it in. Even if it's just a video from someone else's perspective it still hit hard even if ur from another country as this could happen to anyone.
Same thing hapened to our parents, like "peal harbor" and japan asia destruction. It wont be in "school history books" untill 1 full genration later, as to hide what realy hapened. They did it to all native aborigen people, now they do it to their own
I was just 5 when this happened and I couldn't even understand what was happening then.
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I am pretty strong when it comes to disasters but seeing it happen to everyday people really hit me hard. I teared up. Especially when the kid started crying.
Similar case here 2001 i was 9 months old whem it happend i growl up hearing the stories and retellings and seeing the foontage but it was always being over exagereted or shown from a far away pespective in events, now this hits hard i never have been exposed to a raw version of these events i can see why people still get emocional over it even after 20 years.
Hearing people saying stuff like “well at least it wasn’t terrorists” and that the buildings are too well made to collapse while knowing what we know now and what happened after they said this stuff is just so freaky. Not even the best horror movie in the world could create a feeling like this
i don’t know why but i come back to these 9/11 videos at least every year
Me to ❤️
Me too
It was so touching to see how Americans came together that day . The support and unity was a sight to see, unfortunately 20 years later that unity seems to be gone.
Agree
Absolutely agree
if anything people were more divided
Not only that day but for while after this happen but your right it has left
Couldn't agree more
The guy filming the newspaper, and saying audibly "Tuesday, September 11th" is...
Just chilling, if I'm honest.
Announcing the date out loud like that. Not even knowing.
He had no idea what that day was gonna be like
31:53 to learn that he worked on the 83rd floor and the next clip shows a 911 call from his coworker calling on the same floor is so chilling.
This is one of the best documentary for this event. No voice narration and I love how it is said by ordinary people's POV's. I also like that you told us what happened to the main people in the video. I was worried that something might happened to them.
I hope you make more videos this way. The skills! Thank you for this!
Appreciate whoever put this together. I'm Australian, but I'll never forget this day. Seeing New Yorkers come together for each other with bravery and compassion is absolutely inspiring and it truly captures this horrible morning.
It is a British company made for ITV and was shown to British television audiences on 9/11. It was made by Brook Lapping Productions.
Please let us pray for all of those who had lost there lives in the World Trade Center including my very dear best friends Sheryl Keplar and Don Mosener and for all of the families who had lost there loved ones Thank-You
So many heroes who tried to help, so many people who are lost, so many stories we dont even know... i wish i could go back at time and save them all
AT 1:00:02 thats my grandfather , he died in 2005 from lung cancer at age 73.RIP
Im so sorry man, i bet he'd still be running at 89
I am so sorry for your loss. 🌹
He ran for his life. Good for him. He sounds like he was a cool grandpa. RIP 🙏
🙏🏻🤗 I'm so sorry he had to live through that tragedy and then lost his life.... RIP, Sir!
I always wanted to know what happened to him, May he Rest In Peace 🙏🏼
59:10 to 59:35 was what gave me so much goosebumps, she couldn't grasp the magnitude and was irritated because she couldn't get her equipment but was immediately overcome with emotion and said thank you over and over. So lucky for her that those people grabbed her inside and wouldn't let her go outside.
But then goes and argues with emergency crews telling her to get back, not closer, moaning that it’s her livelihood.
No interrupting narration and talking heads. A very raw video...
32:00 shattered my heart. The way she pleaded for help. I don't know what I'd say if I was on the other end of the line.
I'm sobbing hearing her voice 💔
The man who carried the woman in the wheelchair is my hero. Hope this legend is fine!
You can see him running past the camera too when the tower collapses.
“I’m 69 but i can still run”
That hit me.
No matter how many years pass, watching this is as horrifying and heartbreaking as it was back then.
I have watched many of these docs over the years and this is by far one of the best I’ve seen in a long time..
Rest in peace who deaths of 2.973 people in New York City 20 years ago, love from Indonesia🇲🇨 (17 oct 2021)
Hi
2,996 people has die from that situation
Me too 🇮🇩
There are now as many firemen have died with illnesses related to that day and in the search for survivors, than died during those collapses . Videos like this need to be kept , to remind the World of that terrible day 😔
20 years ago.
Baby's born
Kids at school
People at work
A beautiful day. Shiny
Then the tragedy hits. Poor people did nothing wrong, they did not know what was going to happen. New clue.
Rest in peace innocent new yorkers 💕
31:52 this guy is incredibly lucky. 83rd floor of the South Tower is one of the floors impacted by the second plane. tbh if he had been at work that day he probably would have died.
That fireman… Orio never made it out. He was a true hero. He made it all the way up. Rip
Seeing Orio the firefighter alive is heartbreaking, he died when the second tower collapsed
Wait orio died from the second tower
"Hey Orio, come here" sealed his fate. RIP
Dió la vida por los demás, es un gesto imnato. Yo soy maestra y daría la vida por mis niños en la escuela. Que Dios no me ponga a prueba, porque los amo, y lo haría por salvar sus vidas😓😓😓😓. Una abrazo desde Barcelona.
The hardest part was to see people jumped off the building I can’t imagine the suffering they had to go through it ripped my heart 😢
It's a horrible choice they had to make. Die slowly from smoke and fire, or jump to a quick end. Just awful!
I jus hope that authorities nowdays have BETTER ways to save people in similar situations . . . and in less time without hesitating.
In this video , clearly can see how the nyfd chief didn't have a clue.
@@tpndgo2061 No one had a clue. Until then, no one had seen anything like this before.
@@rachelmartin3631 I find this to be mostly specious. While a few may have certainly "made a choice", most of those people were in extremis - the organism fleeing lack of air and extreme heat. Place your hand in fire and try to leave it there. You cannot, no matter how much you "choose" to - you are literally without any choice in the matter - no matter what your brain is thinking, your hand is coming out of that fire. Same for lack of air - your organism, your body, will literally take over. There simply wasn't any thought process involved for most of those people - the organism itself will flee killing heat and inability to breathe - no matter where it ends up.
So sad 🥺🥺
This video is so well put together, it really gives you probably the best picture of how it was like to be there that day.
My wife died in those towers Melanie Scott 27 years old ! Irony of fate she was born in the year of the twin towers and passed away at the end of them she was alive 😔. While the towers were existing😢
I’m so sorry
Im very sorry for you.
❤😢 God bless you