@Justin Cross: For those two Ladder companies, 4 and 11, who was speaking for each one? It’s bonechilling because after they say 10-4, that’s the last we ever heard from them. 😞
The very first transmission comes from the guys who had the French brothers documentary team with them. They were out checking a gas alarm and watched the first plane hit the trade centre. Horrific.
Yep. Chief Phieffer (Battalion 1) right before he made the transmission that the plane was aiming for the building he said to his driver "that looked like a direct attack."
how come none of those morning/evening city sky line cam shots from literally every local news station caught it? every day the local san antonio news shows me a shot of our crappy, forgettable skyline. I assume those cameras are set in a fixed position. they always replay that one shot of a local nyc station showing the skyline the night before, couldn't that have maybe caught it? guess that would make the french bros footage less iconic if they had.
I’ve never listened to all these before. These recording coupled with air flight,norad etc. when you listen to it all it’s quite surreal. Thanks for sharing this. May everyone who passed during this tragedy Rest In Peace
I am continually drawn to this recording. There is such bravery and devotion to duty that was exhibited that day! Our country was never the same after that attack.
Collapses are right after 1:11:30 (you can clearly hear all the radios inadvertently triggering as the 1st tower fell, and background noise of the collapse) and then 2nd tower at 1:41:00 . Chilling
Yeah sadly they were going on a suicide mission cuz they weren't going to be able to get anybody from the 93rd floor and 105th floor of those respective buildings anyway because everybody above the 92nd and 77th were trapped and died with the collapse, by fire, explosion, asphyxiation or injury upon impact of the plane or right after, or, jumped to their deaths😢
This still breaks my heart,and the poor controller sounds so sad. The more evil in this world,the closer l want to get closer to God. From NZ, all my love and respect.
The dispatcher is John Lightsey. A regular man who coordinated one of the US's hardest rescue efforts....except later he'd find out it was more recovery.
Monday is gonna be the 22nd anniversary for this tragic incident. RIP All the victims and I send prayers to all the families who lost their loved ones in the plane and twin towers
I was up from DC at 140 West Street when this happened. Absolute bedlam!!! Everyone running to safety away from danger and these guys running towards it. I’ll never forget that day. Walked to Jersey and was lucky enough to get a rental car and make it back to DC. Was shaking like a leaf in the wind the whole way covered in dust. Condolences to all those that didn’t make it home.
If you had direct contact with the dust at the very least, you need to make sure you are healthy as you can be. That dust from the towers has been proven to be toxic and prolonged exposure increased the risk of various health conditions because of the materials in the dust (such as asbestos) and multiple first responders have died because of their prolonged exposure to the dust while they were on the pile. It was not the dust itself that got them, but the materials in the dust caused them to suffer from various conditions until their deaths. I hope you are in good health and are looking after yourself and going to regular doctors visits, so you can catch anything that pops up because of your exposure to the toxic dust from the towers.
@@quietreader4190 I was working for Verizon at the time(now retired) and was also in the National Guard(also retired). I’ve had both military and civilian doctors check me out 8 ways to Sunday on a number of occasions and luckily I don’t seem to have any problems. I survived 9/11 and being deployed after and so far I’m doing well health wise. From everything over the past few decades I’ve survived and those I’ve known who were lost I feel blessed to be able to sit around and tell the stories.
The first guy to reach the impact zone in the south tower. Pretty amazing when you consider he was in the north tower lobby for a good amount of time after the second hit. I remember seeing him in Naudet documentary when he was huddled up with the other chiefs and captains
Imagine handling just normal everyday callouts at dispatch and suddently battalion 1 reports that plane has crashed to the biggest skyscraper in the whole country 😢
RIP to all those who lost their lives. I was running an archaeological dig at a major airport when this happened. The absence of any air traffic was chilling, but we didn't know why. Then we were ordered out of the airport, drove to our office and heard about the first plane, then the rest. I remember it as clearly as if it were yesterday. The world changed in the most heart-rending way.
Lt. O'Hagan reached for the department radio and transmitted a second alarm and a 10-60 signal for the World Trade Center. A 10-60 signal is a code for a disaster. We headed towards the scene. First, down Gold Street. A right on Beekman Street.. RIP
Thank you for your service to your community, may you continue to find happiness and peace. The 343 FDNY personnel who gave their lives will never be forgotten, nor will the FDNY and other first responders who continue to perish as a result of 9/11 related illnesses.
Memorial Day 2023 remembering the first responders of that day ! Most brave people in history! Equal to any American soldier on any battlefield! Major respect
It didn't have to happen ... the CIA knew that two hijackers were inside the US for over a year but refused to inform anyone. They've never even apologized for it as far as I know. Al Gore's Florida recount had also paralyzed the country. Bin Laden literally had declared war against us. Everyone knew that the violence and chatter were steadily increasing. The Bin Laden soldiers should have been interrogated and may have given up the plot but the CIA said no way. How sad .... how is the blood not on their hands too?
@@saund102 the worst part is they trained to fly a plane in FL. They said they didn’t want to know how to land. It was reported to the FBI but nothing came of it. Same thing with the Boston bombers. Russia warned the FBI about them and they did nothing. The FBI is useless and corrupt.
@@saund102 I’m so freaking mad I was a baby when this happened but when I hit 20 I did some research and from I learned the c.i.a knew about it since 1998 they even tracked their emails and they were going to go with their plan in the year 2000 then January of 2001 then may then June them just decided September 1,1 this could have been avoided they even told the president and others what their plan was going to be Smh
Around the 2 hour mark sounds like someone had the VOX setting on their radio and they either dropped the radio or died and the background noise keeps making the radio transmit.
referring to a handsfree transmit mode that listens to your voice and automatically transmits when you talk, stops transmitting when you stop talkin. @@williamriccardi2373
K means "I am done with this message" you usually hear it more from dispatchers than field units. Its usually used when dispatcher is done with one message but is not unkeying the radio to say something else.
it helped that some members were with a documentary filmmaker on the streets of Manhattan with a clear view of the World Trade Center when the first plane approached and hit the north tower
A lot of New Yorkers and most info the north east coast tend to say ‘Kay’ after a lot of their statements. Sometimes it is said as like a ‘hey you get that?’ Kinda thing.
There isn’t a word strong enough to describe the heroism and sacrifice they gave. They shouldn’t have gone in the building. It baffles me that a building that big had narrow stairwells. Even if there was just a normal fire not planes but like a normal fire there does seem to be any fire safety at all for a builder that big, I doubt they even had drills.
Car 1-5 are the top brass of FDNY incl. chief and commissioner. They died. Car 6-10 iirc are borough commanders. Car 9 is the Queens boss, quite prominently featured.
@@mahartma what about when someone says, “Ladder/Truck 4, Engine 10, Rescue 3,” is it the Captain or Lieutenant that does the communication with dispatch usually?
As i know, they found him and he is alive. He was a civilian at this day but worked for some agency. It happend to be that he was in this area at this time.
That’s normal . I was a victim in an attempted car jacking and there was a mini van involved that one of the car jackers was driving. I told the cops that the van was maroon colored and my friend swore it was green. We still don’t know what color that dang van actually was. Trauma does strange things to the mind.
He was reporting from the water. Sunny day and blue sky. What’s yellow sun plus blue sky give you + some trauma? Also, not the only error on these tapes…there’s a fair bit of “broken telephone”-a man hanging from the antenna vs hanging out a window near the top of the tower, some misheard engine numbers need repeating, etc. That day there were plenty of misheard/misunderstood rumours too…the battery tunnel was closed for a while and people were worried about bridges, etc because the confusion was intense. I wasn’t in NYC but all of us were very on edge that day!
22:58 death sentence
23:25 another death sentence. Every single fdny company inside the south tower perished when it collapsed.
Power statement, bro
@Justin Cross: For those two Ladder companies, 4 and 11, who was speaking for each one? It’s bonechilling because after they say 10-4, that’s the last we ever heard from them. 😞
Yeah. Sounds fine, but with hindsight, you start to remember that each unit sent to the South Tower likely died inside
The very first transmission comes from the guys who had the French brothers documentary team with them. They were out checking a gas alarm and watched the first plane hit the trade centre. Horrific.
Yep. Chief Phieffer (Battalion 1) right before he made the transmission that the plane was aiming for the building he said to his driver "that looked like a direct attack."
@@SocialAssasin :( true heroes. My heart is broken to this day
Talk about one shot in a million. Filming the first airplane hitting the WTC
@@SocialAssasin I read his Name in the voice of that guy in the Documentary still gives me chills watching. But it’s my Favorite 9/11 Documentary!
how come none of those morning/evening city sky line cam shots from literally every local news station caught it? every day the local san antonio news shows me a shot of our crappy, forgettable skyline. I assume those cameras are set in a fixed position. they always replay that one shot of a local nyc station showing the skyline the night before, couldn't that have maybe caught it? guess that would make the french bros footage less iconic if they had.
This dispatcher is total legend. Herculean level effort. I need to know who this man is.
I’ve never listened to all these before. These recording coupled with air flight,norad etc. when you listen to it all it’s quite surreal. Thanks for sharing this. May everyone who passed during this tragedy Rest In Peace
21 years. Everytime this day comes...i come back to see the videos and clips....its just......it's unreal
The dispatcher needs a medal
So true. I was with OEM I'm the last of 21
i wonder if the job ever honored him for his work that day
John Lightsey. And yes, he deserves a medal.
@@renerpho I don't have any medals but I'm honestly tempted to bead an eagle feather for him, the highest honor in my Eastern Cherokee culture.
He kept his cool and did his job. Kudos to him.
I am continually drawn to this recording. There is such bravery and devotion to duty that was exhibited that day! Our country was never the same after that attack.
20 years later still chilling a lot of those voices never made it home god bless them and those that survived never forget 🙏 🌹 ♥️ x
OK I don’t feel so weird thinking the exact same thing… What voices am I listening to that never made it home?
Collapses are right after 1:11:30 (you can clearly hear all the radios inadvertently triggering as the 1st tower fell, and background noise of the collapse) and then 2nd tower at 1:41:00 . Chilling
Was it from the victims radios?
@@commiekiller from assumedly-victim firefighters' radios
@@kneel1 much sad
Well, today is Sept. 10, 2022, and I'm sitting here crying.
Yeah sadly they were going on a suicide mission cuz they weren't going to be able to get anybody from the 93rd floor and 105th floor of those respective buildings anyway because everybody above the 92nd and 77th were trapped and died with the collapse, by fire, explosion, asphyxiation or injury upon impact of the plane or right after, or, jumped to their deaths😢
The eerie silence at around 1:42:00 really hits hard
This still breaks my heart,and the poor controller sounds so sad. The more evil in this world,the closer l want to get closer to God. From NZ, all my love and respect.
He’s the only one that can save us from the evil of this world. Only Jesus. Trust Him as your Lord and Savior today.
The dispatcher is John Lightsey. A regular man who coordinated one of the US's hardest rescue efforts....except later he'd find out it was more recovery.
Monday is gonna be the 22nd anniversary for this tragic incident. RIP All the victims and I send prayers to all the families who lost their loved ones in the plane and twin towers
I was up from DC at 140 West Street when this happened. Absolute bedlam!!! Everyone running to safety away from danger and these guys running towards it. I’ll never forget that day. Walked to Jersey and was lucky enough to get a rental car and make it back to DC. Was shaking like a leaf in the wind the whole way covered in dust. Condolences to all those that didn’t make it home.
If you had direct contact with the dust at the very least, you need to make sure you are healthy as you can be. That dust from the towers has been proven to be toxic and prolonged exposure increased the risk of various health conditions because of the materials in the dust (such as asbestos) and multiple first responders have died because of their prolonged exposure to the dust while they were on the pile.
It was not the dust itself that got them, but the materials in the dust caused them to suffer from various conditions until their deaths. I hope you are in good health and are looking after yourself and going to regular doctors visits, so you can catch anything that pops up because of your exposure to the toxic dust from the towers.
@@quietreader4190 I was working for Verizon at the time(now retired) and was also in the National Guard(also retired). I’ve had both military and civilian doctors check me out 8 ways to Sunday on a number of occasions and luckily I don’t seem to have any problems. I survived 9/11 and being deployed after and so far I’m doing well health wise. From everything over the past few decades I’ve survived and those I’ve known who were lost I feel blessed to be able to sit around and tell the stories.
RIP Orio Palmer and all who we lost that day and continue to lose ❤
The first guy to reach the impact zone in the south tower. Pretty amazing when you consider he was in the north tower lobby for a good amount of time after the second hit. I remember seeing him in Naudet documentary when he was huddled up with the other chiefs and captains
Why can't we hear Oreo in this recording?
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@@AaronRAaron it was on the fireground channel
Orio and Ronald bucca made it up to the sky lobby of the south tower
It is A CRIME that crap commercials keep interrupting this record, some of the last utterances issues by HEROES!
That was one of the most bizarre days of my life!!!!!
Why are there ads on this video?
Imagine handling just normal everyday callouts at dispatch and suddently battalion 1 reports that plane has crashed to the biggest skyscraper in the whole country 😢
RIP to all those who lost their lives. I was running an archaeological dig at a major airport when this happened. The absence of any air traffic was chilling, but we didn't know why. Then we were ordered out of the airport, drove to our office and heard about the first plane, then the rest. I remember it as clearly as if it were yesterday. The world changed in the most heart-rending way.
Lt. O'Hagan reached for the department radio and transmitted a second alarm and a 10-60 signal for the World Trade Center. A 10-60 signal is a code for a disaster. We headed towards the scene. First, down Gold Street. A right on Beekman Street.. RIP
Thank you for your service to your community, may you continue to find happiness and peace.
The 343 FDNY personnel who gave their lives will never be forgotten, nor will the FDNY and other first responders who continue to perish as a result of 9/11 related illnesses.
RIP Tommy O. Riverdale loves You
Probably one of the most historic 911 calls ever RIP to all of those who died that day 💔 😪
Memorial Day 2023 remembering the first responders of that day ! Most brave people in history! Equal to any American soldier on any battlefield! Major respect
Bless each and every one...those lost as well as those who were dispatching. My heart is broken for you.
1:12:00 around this point is when the South Tower collapses
16:19 Initial report of a second plane hitting the south tower.
Listening to this today
The civilian calling in around 1:12:00 is chilling.
I've always wondered if she made it?
@@bessallin459 He sounds like a woman but in fact she is a he. It was a man. And he got rescued by Fdny.
@@Marcus_Berger1701what’s his name?
@@CumanderjoeRobert Paulson.
1:41:04 North Tower collapses
Stuck in the heartbroken stage forever I was only 11 years old on 9/11/01
20 years later it still hurts....9 11 01🇺🇸🙏🏽✈
Yes it does
Indeed😒
It didn't have to happen ... the CIA knew that two hijackers were inside the US for over a year but refused to inform anyone. They've never even apologized for it as far as I know. Al Gore's Florida recount had also paralyzed the country. Bin Laden literally had declared war against us. Everyone knew that the violence and chatter were steadily increasing. The Bin Laden soldiers should have been interrogated and may have given up the plot but the CIA said no way. How sad .... how is the blood not on their hands too?
@@saund102 the worst part is they trained to fly a plane in FL. They said they didn’t want to know how to land. It was reported to the FBI but nothing came of it. Same thing with the Boston bombers. Russia warned the FBI about them and they did nothing. The FBI is useless and corrupt.
@@saund102 I’m so freaking mad I was a baby when this happened but when I hit 20 I did some research and from I learned the c.i.a knew about it since 1998 they even tracked their emails and they were going to go with their plan in the year 2000 then January of 2001 then may then June them just decided September 1,1 this could have been avoided they even told the president and others what their plan was going to be Smh
I was at work when this happened. We actually thought we were being bombed.
“Manhattan to any unit at number 2 World Trade Center urgent” 1:30:25 crickets
Around the 2 hour mark sounds like someone had the VOX setting on their radio and they either dropped the radio or died and the background noise keeps making the radio transmit.
What does this mean lol. Pls explain
@@williamriccardi2373VOX is a setting that "keys" the transmitter when a voice is heard, or in this case a lot of background noise
referring to a handsfree transmit mode that listens to your voice and automatically transmits when you talk, stops transmitting when you stop talkin. @@williamriccardi2373
Is this all in real time or was it edited for time?
I believe FDNY left it in real time it’s the original Cassette tapes from FDNY Manhattan dispatch center
Sounds real time. Riveting.
Real time it starts at 8:46:44 according to the FDNY
When people calling in end their message, are they often saying "Ok" - or does it just sound like OK and it's something else?
K means "I am done with this message" you usually hear it more from dispatchers than field units. Its usually used when dispatcher is done with one message but is not unkeying the radio to say something else.
@@564955charlie Gotcha, thanks! ... Definitely more efficient than "Over and out! "
i wanna be a FDNY Firefighter when i grow up to honor these heros
Gut wrenching at 1:15:00 to hear a firefighter suffering.
@1:10:22 “Tower #2, 19th Floor, firefighter down.”
This was seconds before it collapsed.
Odd the FD had a better grip on what was happening than the military or the FAA.
it helped that some members were with a documentary filmmaker on the streets of Manhattan with a clear view of the World Trade Center when the first plane approached and hit the north tower
It’s not odd for the boots on the ground to know more about what was happening. In fact, it’s to be expected.
Battalion 1 reports plane crash
I have a question, why does it sound like they say "Kay" after a lot of the stuff they say?
A lot of New Yorkers and most info the north east coast tend to say ‘Kay’ after a lot of their statements. Sometimes it is said as like a ‘hey you get that?’ Kinda thing.
It means "I am done transmitting and am awaiting your reply." It's a carryover from the morse code days of communication.
What is "field comm" please?
Probably the on scene command post
@@mrosefield309 Thank you. It seems obvious. I wasn't thinking.
There isn’t a word strong enough to describe the heroism and sacrifice they gave. They shouldn’t have gone in the building. It baffles me that a building that big had narrow stairwells. Even if there was just a normal fire not planes but like a normal fire there does seem to be any fire safety at all for a builder that big, I doubt they even had drills.
Does anyone know the identity of all the speakers on this recording? It’s OK if you don’t, but at least give me a few names
Car 1-5 are the top brass of FDNY incl. chief and commissioner. They died. Car 6-10 iirc are borough commanders. Car 9 is the Queens boss, quite prominently featured.
@@mahartma what about when someone says, “Ladder/Truck 4, Engine 10, Rescue 3,” is it the Captain or Lieutenant that does the communication with dispatch usually?
R1 and R2 died
@@commiekiller Who does the communication with dispatch? Is it usually the Captain or Lieutenant?
@@BMM44KalmarHufflepuff every engine/ladder company captain and batt. Chief and division. Chief, and dep chief and dept chief
Naufet brothers video goes well with this
1:14:40 That man. 💔
Did the civilian trapped in the fire truck survive ?
no
Yes he did they found him and got him out
As i know, they found him and he is alive. He was a civilian at this day but worked for some agency. It happend to be that he was in this area at this time.
PAPD & NYPD In Here Too?
Just FDNY. There’s EMS recordings and recordings of ATC and NORAD, but I’ve never heard any NYPD recordings.
Green!..? None of them 4 aircraft that was reported to the public were green.
Ooo big conspiracy
That’s normal . I was a victim in an attempted car jacking and there was a mini van involved that one of the car jackers was driving. I told the cops that the van was maroon colored and my friend swore it was green. We still don’t know what color that dang van actually was. Trauma does strange things to the mind.
@@thepstheps1880 along with adrenaline.
He was reporting from the water. Sunny day and blue sky. What’s yellow sun plus blue sky give you + some trauma? Also, not the only error on these tapes…there’s a fair bit of “broken telephone”-a man hanging from the antenna vs hanging out a window near the top of the tower, some misheard engine numbers need repeating, etc. That day there were plenty of misheard/misunderstood rumours too…the battery tunnel was closed for a while and people were worried about bridges, etc because the confusion was intense. I wasn’t in NYC but all of us were very on edge that day!
🙄
And to think our own government had a hand in this 😢
BS
BS, unless you mean Bill Clinton skipped the opportunity to take down Osama Bin Laden before this happened.
Read the 9/11 report. The government had nothing to do with it.
Wheres the part where the police find the Israeli van with the WTC towers painted on the side thats loaded with explosives?
Urban Legend with no basis in reality.
Total BS.
The same place where you’re use of apostrophes is at…it’s non-existent.
Listening to this today