After 9/11: Rebuilding After America's Worst Terrorist Attack
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I had no idea about how big of a role the Coast Guard played in this, I feel like they get overlooked in terms of emergency services when you compare them to firefighters, police officers and paramedics.
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The whole 9/11 boatlift is almost forgotten. And the maritime aspect wasn’t just the boatlift. The 70 year old fire boat John J. Harvey had been recently decommissioned and turned into a museum. Her owners asked if they could help with the evacuation. The collapse of the towers had destroyed a lot of fire mains. Officials called her and asked if her pumps still worked. She replied that they did. So the old museum ship was called back to service to act as a giant pump to supply water to the firefighters at Ground Zero. She worked alongside the FDNY’s modern fireboats, pumping water for 80 hours until water mains were restored.
for all the carp the the coast guard gets, they are the branch that sees the most action
@@michaelimbesi2314 That is really interesting! Thanks for sharing that.
Not by real Americans. Semper Paratus.
The fact that you mentioned and praised and RAISED the coast guard's herculean work even over Dunkirk made me tear up. I am glad that they get some more attention every now and then :0!
Not criticsing your main point, but the USCG, indeed anything American, played no role in Dunkirk at all.
Me too. I wasn’t aware of that and it hit me hard
@@owenshebbeare2999 no one said we did slapdick. We said it was a larger evacuation that was all. Don’t always try to be the victim.
I went to the memorial a couple years ago. I followed the Freedom Tower construction the entire time. It is one thing to see the tower and memorial online. It's another to see it all in person. 2 things about the memorial stuck out the most to me: the phrase "and their unborn child" next to some names and the near complete silence of the area. Outside the memorial park it is your typical large city sounds. Cars, trucks, horns, sirens, talking, etc. But once you get into the memorial park, the sounds just melt away into the sound of rushing water. People even talk quietly there. A piece of respectful silence in the heart of New York.
Thank you for sharing.
I’ve been there twice first in 2018 and the second time in 2019.
@@Eastsidet03 I lived in NYC in the winter of 2005 and at that time the WTC site was still mostly a big hole in the ground surrounded by construction barriers. What was weird was that you could still smell the toxic/burned smell from the collapse even then.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 that’s sad man
@@Eastsidet03 Well the whole thing was sad; it stands to reason that the odor of such a massive inferno would linger for a long time. New Yorkers were very concerned about the toxic dust that permeated the city for years afterward. I'm not sure if there have been studies yet but I'm pretty sure cancer rates went up also.
20 years since this happened and just remember, at the time every politicians were praising every first responders and servicemen they can. In that same 20 years, those same politicians repeatedly tried denying healthcare for those who breathed in asbestosis and other contaminants and healthcare for the service members who were ordered to use jet fuels for the burn pits suffering health issues afterwards. It took a comedian, Jon Stewart, to fight for the healthcare for all that was involved while those politicians who loved using us to get re-elected saw us nothing more than a line item in the budget, but had no issue pushing pork that would help their special interest. I don't know if the last 20 years made me jaded, but the last 10 sure change how I see the world.
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I just made a similar comment watching him yell at a congressional hearing with almost no congressional members, was heartbreaking and should be unforgivable.
Republicans, disgraceful as ever.
Jon Stewart really stepped up.
@@tomballardarts2453 A direct quote from Mitch Mcconnell on Jon Stewart, 'I don't know why he's all bent out of shape' over 9/11 victims' fund. Ya... he will be the first one to clout chase tomorrow to remember the sacrifice made
One of the people responding was actor Steve Buscemi, who had once been part of FDNY's Engine 55 back in the 80s. For his work alongside other first responders he was named an honourary battalion chief by the FDNY.
9/11 is one of those rare moments in history when almost everyone remembers exactly what they were doing when it happened. I was 11 years old and I still remember turning on the TV which just happened to already be on a news channel and seeing the north tower on fire. Not really understanding what was happening I called for my dad to come see because he was a fireman at the time and we watched the second plane crash into the south tower live and I just remember him saying “oh my god” in pure disbelief. I remember that moment like it was yesterday.
I was 11 too, heading to school with my mom and grandpa, they were talking about a plane that had hit a building in NYC. We were watching it live in class when the second building was hit, my teacher had the coverage on all day long, I don't remember doing any school work that day.
I was like 4 and thought it was sad and went on with my day like normal
I was in 3rd grade and I remember waking to the noise of the TV, which was never on in the morning...and right as I looked at the TV, the second tower came crashing down. The whole day has an eerie silence to it and no one spoke except in whispers. At the time I lived in the Hollywood hills and I remember people talking about them attacking LA or the Hollywood sign. There has never been a day filled with so much fear, anxiety, unease and dread as that day.
I too was 11. Ironically, I was on a school trip to a program called “Day of Harmony.” This is an even I remember vividly still to this day and it brings me to tears to see.
It’s arguably the biggest event of the 21st century, only rivalled by the pandemic.
Though I'm Danish, thank you for not ending this episode with 'I really hope you liked this episode of Mega Projects....' 😌 I cannot begin to imagine the pain of those affected by this horrible attack. Also Simon (or the scriptwriters), thank you for once again keeping the absolute highest standards when it comes to respect for the implicated people and their families, It's a hallmark of your work, I've seen it again and again, and it's one of many reasons why this episode was as stellar as any other 👌😌
Agreed
As an American, I appreciated that too.
As an American, i can see why you would feel that way. My personal opinion just happens to differ. I think he makes it clear that is not the content or meaning of the content, but rather the job they did creating the video. As far as that's concerned, i did enjoy the video. But the fine people at megaprojects saw fit to advoid any confusion and avoid it entirely. Rightly so... Sound decision.
I'll never forget day... That morning in particular. Hard to believe that it has been 20 years! Doesn't feel like 10 to me.
I remember where I were, everyone does I think. The world was truly changed.
Danish professor of chemistry and nano-science, Dr. Neils Harrit.
I'm a retired firefighter, I remember that horrible day. A group of us went to the Memorial Dedication Ceremony it was very moving. My fire dept has a twisted piece of steel from one of the buildings on a small memorial display. Thanks for doing this one Simon.
I was 11 when this happened. I remember watching in awe at school during science class as the second tower was hit and began to collapse. About an hour later we were sent home on the fastest school bus ride I've ever been on. We found out later that our buses were sent to New York to help with evacuation. At home, my 9 year old sister and 7 year old brother and I watched the footage again and again, trying to make sense of it. It was like a bad dream. 20 years later at the Army Museum where I was interviewing for a job, I saw the footage again, and burst into tears. The trauma hit again so hard.
I agree. I was working on a construction job on the Jersey side and watched happen. Then was sent home and wound up watching it over and over again on the news. I went there 3 days later to pray for the dead. The smell of ash and decay hung in there air for months.
I was 9 when it happened, in California. To this day I’m not sure why I woke up early, but I saw my mom was awake watching the TV. I saw the first tower begin to fall and my mom kicked me out of the room. The next day she let me read the newspapers and saw the second plane go in and both towers fall repeatedly on the news before they figured out that maybe they shouldn’t be doing that. To this day I can’t watch or listen to anything 9/11 related without tearing up.
One thing not mentioned was the students at nearby Stuyvesant High School, one of the best academic schools in the nation. The students watched everything unfold, then were let go from the school just as the North tower collapsed. Many students have developed cancers in the intervening years at a much higher rate than normal for 35+ year olds.
It’s so amazing to see that Simon and the people behind the scenes kept the utmost respect for the victims. Not a lot of people would have the foresight or professionalism to omit a sponsor/ad from a video as important as this.
The attacks on the Twin Towers & Pentagon along with the downing of the airliner in the Pennsylvania countryside is one of those events which truly changed the world we live in.
A world remembers. Rest in peace.
20 years feels like an eternity, and yet no time at all
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I live on Long Island and remember that day. We all in the region knew people who were directly impacted that day. I remember our receptionist whose husband was an NYPD detective on his way to the site and whom she couldn't reach until later that night. To this day I still haven't gone to the site...
It was a tough day and I wasn't even anywhere near the site. I had been going to meetings in Jersey City from Long Island and passed through the underground concourse many times (I preferred to take the ferry instead of the PATH train). I think most of us can remember exactly what we were doing when we got the news. I was able to help my friend that worked at Morgan get to his wife as he was crossing the Brooklyn Bridge so I relayed the message for him.
I went to ground zero like 8 years ago. Let me just say it’s a beautiful place but so deafeningly somber and quiet and peaceful. It was extremely emotional going there. It’s such a tragic event and crazy to think it’s been 20 years since this happened. I was 2. My deepest condolences to all the lives lost that day and from the effects of it to all the family and loved ones of the lives lost.
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@@MossadDid911 Just another Troll living a lie and spamming a memorial with Hate.
Punks like you come 50 cents per Army, but if you were working in the USA you would be making at least 3500 RMB per week. :D
I was 10 when the towers fell. I remember seeing it live on the news and like everone else thought it was an accidental crash, until the second plane hit. In 2009 I got to travel halfway around the world and visit the memorial. It was a somber experience.
@@johnwolf2829 I’m American. Cry harder. We know
@@MossadDid911 No, you are NOT America. What you are is proof that the Human Race is an Evolutionary Dead-End.
I've been to the memorial. As a European, I'm not the biggest fan of American architecture, I usually think it's very overdone, but that memorial is beautiful. The design is understated in its simplicity - in a good way - but the sheer size of it, and the names carved into those bronze plaques, highlight how massive the devastation truly was.
Overdone? Um.......the Louvre. The eifel tower. Thats overdone. Lol
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@@MossadDid911 youre not very smart is all I can say
Totally agree, I went to NYC in February 2018.
@@MossadDid911 the saudi royals are israelis now, huh weird
I was 9 years old, in third grade, just north of NYC. I remember my teacher being whispered something by another staff and he began to cry. We were dismissed early, being told our parents would explain. My father picked me up and he didn't have the words for a child to understand what happened. Now I have a child of my own, 9 years old. I hope to never have something like this repeat.
The dogs the used to find people got so depressed that the handlers would bury themselves so the dogs can find someone alive just to give the dogs a "win"
OMG 😭 I've noticed the rescue dogs in footage - seemed like they may have done a lot to save some of the responders mental health if nothing else - such good boys
i have never heard the statistic about the water evacuation before... its incredible
I was a flight attendant for us airways flying to Rochester, NY on that crisp, beautiful morning. Life was never the same after 9am that day.
I went to NYC in 2007, we stayed in a hotel and when we opened the curtains in our room, we were staring straight into the pit of Ground Zero. It was very startling, and quite sobering to see.
... and there were many more who responded to that call, but who never returned home ever again.
September 11, 2001 saw over 343 NYC firefighters, 23 NYPD police and 37 PA-NY/NJ police plus 15 NYC-EMTs & other professionals who responded to the call, which proved to be their last.
These men & women will never be forgotten, nor should the 2,600 others who were in those planes, or on the ground, in the World Trade Center and at the Pentagon.
Cantor-Fitzgerald lost almost 650 and Marsh another 350. No doubt many of those conducted themselves heroically in a futile effort to save their co-workers, friends & strangers.
While we should forget their names or their heinous minds, we must never forget those twenty hijackers. Remember who they were - Islamic extremists. Recall from where they came - mostly from Saudi Arabia, Egypt & Taliban's Afghanistan. And never forget what they wanted to accomplish - to kill as many Americans as they could, whether men, women, children, civillians, military,or rescuers.
Remember, be vigilant and never again think that they are gone - they are not and we must remember.
It was sad to even hear his voice crack. I'm in shock of how long it's been. It was my third grade year. Can't remember much of the day, but it still shakes me watching this back 20 years later
9/11 was not only Americas worst terrorist attach, it was a attack against the Free World. As a American I can say how proud I am of all the First Responders of that day, true heroes. And also as a American I can say how "disappointed" I am of the current person living at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. I will always have respect for Police, Firefighters, The Military, EMT's and Doctors and Nurses. Thanks for your time, work and posting your content for us to view.
My Grandmother was in the Subways under the Pentagon during the Attack, May all those who perished rest in peace.
What happened on 9/11 and a mandatory field trip to the site or at least a viewing of a totally immersive VR for school children freshman high school age needs to be done. Sadly, we are far worse off today due to events caused by our political leaders. One item mentioned in this documentary I had never considered, was the evacuation of the area. 500 thousand people! So many heroes and heroines in all this. Truly an American response.
The Dunkirk evacuation would be a cool mega project.
I mean I understand leaving a video recommendation but this is such a somber video
@@scottysnintendoreviews3510 The news keeps telling me more people die from covid than 9/11 EVERY week for over a year. I can't be the only one starting to feel numb to stories of death.
@@badluck5647 Also Simon wants you to leave a comment with recommendations for future videos. Scotty just stick to nintendo reviews you're not ready for the internet.
@@saucyrevenge sorry
@@scottysnintendoreviews3510 It's not fun if you're not going to snap back :( now I'm sorry.....
Having been to the memorial I must say it is such a surreal experience to be there.. You can feel how the ground you stand on is so hallowed. You can imagine what happened and look around you and just think how it would have been, then glance at the names on the memorial and you remember how real this is... Such a crazy experience. Recommend everyone to go
I still find myself getting teary eyed rewatching videos of it
Well done, Simon and crew. There's a shatload of stuff I didn't know about the evacuations..
With it being the 20th annerversary this Saturday, there have been many programmes about 9/11 on TV, its still horrific to watch today.
Well told Simon as per always.
Damn I'm not American, I watched the netflix documentary and it's just sad all round. Those heros who ran towards the danger when everyone else ran away is inspiring.
Thats what heroes do. They had no idea what was happening. Many inside the towers that survived did not know a second plane hit.
It’s the last time we were United as a country.
@@MetalManiac1911 The last time the establishment could not prevent us from being united and think positively about each other.
But the same evil had already set in. I remember that day, and the day before. The two biggest items in the news were Internet Censorship and reparations for slavery.
Sounds familiar?
I cried watching this. I didn’t realize how much emotion I’ve been holding onto since I watched those towers fall to the ground live on TV at 13 years old. Brave men and women, every single one of them.
The way this video ended.... Just makes the whole thing come at you even more.... No "Not gonna ask if you enjoyed this video" no plug to watch a different video..... Just a "But hopefully, we'll never see anything like it again." 20 years... I was 9 at the time... They all but cancelled school that day throughout the district.... Let parents come pick up their kids if they wanted, and quietly bussed the rest home at the end of the day.... We all just sat there, watching the TV's... Watching the news reports.... Old enough to understand the situation, but too young to fully grasp it's gravity at the time....
I had never heard of the evacuation by boats part before. That's so cool.
Haven’t cried thinking about what happened in a very long time. Thank you honestly.
Twenty years later and it still feels like a gut punch.
I joined the Canadian Military cause of this day. I served and as much as I have personal "issues" with that service. I am proud to say I was apart of what needed to be done in response to this day. My most memorable and life changing day in my life.
Way to go and thank you for being a part of the Global effort to answer the call. My best friend I grew up with joined the U. S. Army for the exact same reason. Salute
@@christophersaba3585 thanks. And thank you for your support. And your service brother. Glad your home.
Where did you get your information on those survivors that couldn’t be reached and perished slowly? I’ve watched every documentary since that horrifying day, and even during the 24/7 coverage in the aftermath and I’ve never heard that part of it. I’m very curious about your source for that part of your report. Thank you for the respect you paid here today to everyone impacted by 9/11. Never Forget.
I'm in Australia and remember watching the news and hearing that they were in communication with people via mobile phones that they couldn't reach because they were under too much rubble. They were sending text messages to their loved ones.
The only thing I had heard was that the cell network was overloaded with so many people trying to call and/or text that it caused delays with text messages so they weren't received until after the towers had collapsed. Never heard of anyone being trapped and unable to be rescued until this video.
Thank you for going out of your way to give that story the justice and respect that it deserved. I really enjoyed it. That day was the day I decided to become a Fire Fighter, a career choice I have never once regretted.
Thank you for your service
You’re sacrifice is so touching! Thank you! 💜
I am a native New Yorker who was living abroad that horrible day. Moreover, I lost a family member in the South Tower and I was invited to see the memorial before it was opened to the public. It is a nice memorial to remember those who died. I still haven't been inside the Freedom Tower, but I will visit it on my next visit to NYC.
Our tiny town almost doubled it's population due to all the jets landing. There's pieces of twisted girder in our Air museum. We will never forgot and will always honour that day.
Gander NL, by any chance? (I'm not a Newfie, but as a Canadian that was the main effect/memory of 9/11 on us here.)
@@SoundShinobiYuki yup. You guessed right
Had one of the morning shows (Today?) on in the background when they broke into their segment and put up a distant grainy shot of the first tower smoking. They held the shot and were talking about it probably being a small private plane accident when the second one hit.
Did not take eyes off of the tv the entire rest of the day..and then the week. Over and over it played.
A waking nightmare.
I cried. I didn’t realise how much it had affected me. I remember hearing something on the radio on the school bus, coming in the house and mum had the tv on. She never watches tv. I was shocked. They were showing replays of what happened when the towers started collapsing and the first responders were dying.
The grief. For every human life lost. for every human life hurt. For every life yet to be lost to cancer and COPD. It’s horrific.
And I live in the U.K., nowhere near.
I can’t imagine the effect on New Yorkers. And Americans as a whole.
Not a praying person, but you have my thoughts.
Only 20 people were ever recovered alive from the Wreckage. I lost 2 cousins on that day.
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A neighbor behind me lost: Her eldest son, husband and father-in-law at the firm they were working at. They were on the phone with her, as they knew they would not be getting out when it came down on them.
It was certainly a surreal experience watching the attack..
Even re-watching the footage back now.
The closest experience I can imagine would be a warzone.
I know.... like,I'm not sure if it was good or not for me as a child to see all of that live....those bodies and chaos and destruction.....and now re-watching this ,I'm not sure if it's good or not.....we may be far but some of us too lost quite a lot that day ....
May the people who Lost their lives at that day rest in peace☮️
Simon, you and your staff never cease to impress me! Wonderful video, respectful yet still very informative!
I had no idea the coastguard's role, especially the auxiliary!
Bravo, Sir!!
Thank you so much for documenting this.
You should do one on the Flight 93 memorial. I live near it, and it was an amazing project going from a chain link fence to a massive sprawling park.
I was 9 years old when this happened. The teachers had us go to the school library to watch what was happening on the TV then we were sent home early from school. I came home and watched the news until I got sleepy and then woke up around 2:00 the next morning and they were still broadcasting the rescue and recovery effort. I hope I never experience something like this ever again.
I was four. I don't even live in the US, I've spent maybe a month and a half there, total, in my whole life.
I still remember that day. I didn't understand what was happening but it's etched into my memory, along with the Concorde crash and Columbia breaking up over Texas. I don't think I'll ever forget.
I was in 10th grade AP history when the towers fell. We just watched the news the rest of the day. I saw the cleanup 6 months later and the destruction still left was incredible... I still cry a little watching documentaries like this.
I love your channels Simon, keep up the great work. I was a little worried that some of your snark that makes its way into all of your videos usually (and I thoroughly enjoy) would make it’s way into this one but I’m very appreciative that you kept a very somber tone throughout this video. Thanks for all the interesting stats too like the clean up cost I had no clue about or the water evacuations. I’ve been watching a lot of shows on 9/11 this past week in the buildup to today and still can’t imagine how all of those survivors and other New Yorkers all eventually made it home with 2001 technology and the crippling of the public transportation system!
I can’t believe it’s been 20 years, never forget!
I look forward to your next video and your great content and some of that snark making its way back in ❤️
Going to the ground zero memorial is humbling, it’s one of the most quiet places I’ve ever been. Cried my eyes out there.
Thank you for showing the footage, I was 12 years old when this happened but it still boils my blood. People seem to forget what happened.
People also like to forget all the suffering the U.S. military has inflicted on the world.
Dear Simon and Mega projects staff, I want to thank you for this video on the rebuilding of New York City after 911. I think you guys handled it in the most tasteful informative way possible also want to thank you that at the end of the video you just went to your end credit. I've always really enjoyed your channel once I found it a couple of months ago I've found it intriguing informative and Amazingly entertaining, truly insightful to watch thank you. again for how you handled the this episode. I look forward to see more videos from you in the future.
It's been 20 years, I'm 25 I was in Kindergarten, we had just moved to South Jersey from Princeton NJ a bit over a year earlier my earliest memory, the next earliest memory was our trip to Kenya to see where my Dad grew up before I started Pre-School in 2000. I am likely one of the last years of people who remember 9/11 as it happened. My Mom was on base at Fort Dix in the Army reserves, and my Dad's 10:00am meeting in the South Tower was cancelled the night before. 9/11 was the first memory *_I know I remember_* and not one that I remember from pictures or stories told to me by others that were about me. When we drove up to Long Meadow Mass in 2001 for Thanksgiving I remember seeing those two spotlights shining up to the clouds just after Newark Airport on the NJ Turnpike and saying, "Those lights were where the buildings were, right?". Just before the start of my Junior year of High School on our yearly Labor day trip to NYC, we went to the freedom tower before it was fully finished and opened I remember thinking how strange it was to see something there again. While a lot of life has felt somewhat like a simulation and dystopian especially in the last year or two, something about the freedom tower and 9/11 and the day it happened has kept me grounded in a way I can't really describe.
Well done video, I never knew the depth of the coast guards involvement nor did I ever even think about the cars full of fuel in the parking garage.
Simon, et al. Thank you for this piece! It was exactly what we all needed! 💜
I didn’t know about the maritime rescue operation. I also didn’t know 28 people survived the collapse, called for help but didn’t live long enough to be rescued. Thanks for the video.
I was there on October 11th for my birthday.
Flying from the UK I felt very apprehensive but my fiance had booked the holiday and we were to stay with her sister who lived a block away from the towers.
My 1st visit to NYC will never be forgotten. I met some awesome people and we even volunteered at the nearest engine, supporting whoever we could. My training as a British Army medic was invaluable. We spent two weeks of birthday doing what we never imagined. We'll never forget what we saw and my, the heat!! The heat, the smell😣
Lifelong friendships were made and the love and camaraderie will stay with us forever.
❤️🌹
Nuff respect for America coming back strong after that atrocity. Also, bollocks to asbestos.
Actually: The Battle of Antietam is the deadliest day in US history. 3650 dead.
🎵 Where were you when the world stopped turning 🎶
I'm no snowflake, but it still hurts to watch that day unfold. Now more than ever, with the anniversary and recent events fresh in my mind.
I'll never forget that day. I was stationed at Camp Pendleton at the time, we had just gotten back from PT, and I watched the second plane hit the tower. When we got back to the shop, our CO had already set up a television and we watched all the towers collapse. Our phones were off the hook that day with people calling to ask if they were going to be pulled off their inactive reserve status. I was Plt Sgt at the time, and one of my Marines had an uncle on flight 11. Usually, people don't want to go to war, we're happy being state side, but there wasn't a single Marine who wasn't begging to get deployed to Afghanistan. A few of us were attached to a logistics team that went in the beginning, but our company was never officially deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom. Never forget, never forgive.
Thank you for your coverage of this event. I found your presentation thorough, professional and decorous.
A random conversation i had with an older couple stood out to me a few hours after the attacks. That this was our generation's pearl harbor. I don't think they knew how right they were.
I said the exact thing in a post the other day!
It's weird seeing older movies that have the towers in the background.
I liked Penn & Teller's answer for what to do with the site: rebuild the towers exactly as they were as a nice big middle finger to the terrorists.
But that's just me.
I guess the new towers' security team would be paranoid AF.
I said the same thing. Let’s go on like nothing happened, and f those scumbags
1:45 - Chapter 1 - The attack
4:30 - Chapter 2 - 1st responders & evacuation
8:55 - Chapter 3 - Recovery & cleanup
11:55 - Chapter 4 - Replacement
Great vid as always as well as a touching tribute to all those affected by this tragedy. 😉✌️
8:48 It was the deadliest day in American history until the COVID-19 pandemic. Which goes to show the sheer scale of the COVID-19 tragedy.
Back then I worked from my home in Annapolis except for Tuesdays when we had a group face to face meeting in our nominal offices in Tyson’s Corner. I usually came in via US 50, picked up I295 and cut across on South Capitol St. SE. As I came up to the last light I turned on WTOP AM to check on traffic. That’s when I head them say that a second plane had crashed into the WTC in NYC. I crossed into Virginia on the George Mason Bridge and turned north on VA 110 at the Pentagon. I thought it strange that a Huey was taking off from the grass in front of the Pentagon. I continued up 110 past Arlington and then went over to Tyson’s. Upon arrival I heard about the Pentagon. Some few days later I learned about Todd Beamer, he of the “Let’s Roll”. Before I moved to Annapolis I lived in Cranbury, NJ, Todd’s home town which named its Post Office after him. When I was in NJ, I worked in a building in Middletown, NJ, from which one could spot the WTC from the top floor.
The lack of safety equipment and the subsequent failure to care for first responders, some suffering and some dying as a result of exposure on the site, are historic disgraces and failures of the American system. Heroes of the finest caliber were let down by their leaders; heroes who ran into the flames when everyone else ran out. Remember them too.
I feel dumb for how much watching these kinds of videos makes me cry. I didn't even live in New York, but it still hurts so much.
Yeah, the pain I felt for those that were there going through it is astounding.
Thank you for doing this video without a sponsor. I know that’s a key way you make money with your videos, so to take the time to do this, knowing you wouldn’t receive sponsorship money is very respectable. As always, great video!
I'd hereby like to give my compliments by not giving the usual 'smash that like button and subscribe' story at the end of this video, but ending it the way it has ended. 👍
I'm genuinely surprised that this comment section isn't full of people saying it was an inside job
Thought that was common knowledge?
@@jonyemm aaah good point. Goes without saying at this point. God dammit Bush!!
@@syndrome5372 lol. I was surprised as well. I was looking and your comment was the first one i seen.
@@jonyemm I've never felt so proud of a youtube community
Do a mega project on building 7 and how it collapsed.
RUclips will take it down. Building 7 is a conspiracy and not allowed by Big Tech
It's not really a megaproject. That building was evacuated before the North Tower fell, and when that happened, it caught fire. Firefighters on site were busy with other, more important things than putting out fires in an empty building. Building 7 was left to burn for several hours without any attempt at firefighting. When it started making nasty noises and became ever more crooked, engineers on site realized it would collapse and evacuated the rescue effort until it had come down.
Interestingly, the fire and collapse of WTC7 has become a reference case study in fire dynamics courses all over the world. It is remarkably typical of a fire in a steel-frame building and how it develops when nobody is around to put the fire out.
Remember there were human ashes in all that dust. I was crossing sixth avenue when i looked up confused that a plan was flying above me i then watched the first tower get hit. we were all stunned and astonished, streets were immediately empty. i lost family in that attack, not incident. the Coast Guard sent calls out to all ships to evacuate all the people. Never Forget. Never Forget that fellow humans did this to these people.
So weird to have watched it all with my classmates on live tv in kindergarten. Seeing people jump to their deaths, hearing the stories of some being torched by the fire swells shooting out the elevators. Being in the deep-south of the US I remember overhearing how our country was probably under attack and WW3 was going to proceed by some of the faculty in our library class that day. There was an announcement the school was going under hard lockdown, and next thing on the news was the plane crashing near the pentagon. We really had it cemented that anywhere could be next and as kids we had to wait and hope for the best knowing little to nothing. Calling this day impactful on us kids is a immeasurable understatement.
I’m so sorry that the adults in your life weren’t smart enough to turn the damn tv OFF. These kinds of stories make me SO angry! My son was 12 and I made sure he understood what was happening but I didn’t let him watch the footage! My son says he has no trauma from the day, just an indescribable desire to protect his family and country! 💜
@@ItsMeAnn628 As an adult I can look back and say I’m glad I learned fast about how real and dark the world truly is. I learned later all about our part in leading up to, and all of the fallout of the 20 year Afghan war. I’d rather know all the food and evil my country has created, rather than to feel secure in ignorance under the false veil of “freedom”.
Living in the DC area, I am probably biased, but I think that the Pentagon’s 9-11 story was just as fascinating. You had thousand of people reporting for work the next day at a building that was still on fire. Plus, they rebuilt the entire damaged section in less than a year.
I may be the odd one out.. but I wish they rebuilt it back the way they were.
Many people did, actually. I think there's still an organization fighting for that cause to this day.
This was a defining moment in my childhood and it still hurts so many people, I personally never lived in nor visited NYC. I want to say thank you for putting this out on the 20th anniversary of the attacks. It provided me with more knowledge on the impact of the attacks some of which I already knew and some which I didn’t.
Thank you Simon.
I can't even imagine being one of those 80 survivors buried in the rubble, alive, but having no hope of rescue. Damn, that is some bleak shit.
I never knew about the coastguard involvement. Glad these heroes also got a mention.
Watching the impacts even 20 years later brings up so many feelings...
I appreciate the moment of silence at the end instead of the normal outro.
8:45 quick correction, it wasn't the deadliest day in US history, I believe it was another day in September in 1900, from the Galveston hurricane, it killed more than double at the lowest estimate.
Yes, you are correct. I live 20 mins drive from Galveston. Estimated 6,000 to 12,000 fatalities. US Weather Bureau didn’t believe the Cuban weather man’s advice on the direction of the storm. No official notice was released so only a few people left 😕
@@ItsMeAnn628 I like his videos, but I swear in just about every one, there is something stated as fact that isn't, at the very least they should pin a correction in a comment and pin it.
Even twenty years on it’s still very hard to watch and is still very upsetting. I would love to see the memorial one day.
That day changed my life, not only had I just graduated highschool a year early but had just come out of my training at Ft Knox... Y'all can figure it out after that.
I was only six when it happened but I still remember the TV being on and seeing the footage again and again. I remember the next day at school lighting so many candles at school while an assembly was held and the prayers we offered at the end to everyone involved. We were across an ocean three thousand miles away but we all felt the impact of the event even if we were too young at the time to completely understand
a friend of mine was working as an EMT for the Bronx fire Department. she drove her ambulance from the Bronx to the WTC in like 20 minutes...usually a 45 minute drive. her and her partner were buried in their ambulance; she survived.
I know its not talked about it but there was good that came out of this. Because of the attacks we were able to upgrade our communication equipment for 1st Responders found ways to better triage and handle mass casualties and gave us more training to be prepared for whatever comes our way.
About 20,000 people got out those towers before they fell. That saved a lot of lives.
I swear sometimes I feel like I can still smell it in the air. I can rationalize that it's not possible, obviously. But the smell of smoke and burning lingered in the air of my NYC neighborhood so long that it became as equally imprinted in my mind as the events. It really fucks me up when my fellow New Yorkers try and deny benefits to those living with the consequences. The first responders gave their all and then had to fight for health care coverage. We love to proclaim "Never Forget" but that's about it. A catchphrase is just easier than action I guess.
I remember watching the first tower burning on tv, and seeing that second plane hit, and instantly realizing that this was no accident. A day that will forever be imprinted on an entire generation.
I remember thinking the EXACT THING! 😢