Nothing can match the heroism of the first responders, but the fact is that many news reporters and journalists put their lives on the line that day to do a job that they were passionate about and that is integral to society. Thank you for your service. Fantastic documentary.
Nice documentary, from the reporters point of view. What it really comes down to, that day, even tho they were doing their jobs, this documentary & their tribute to their colleague, showed their humanity. Thank u.
@@Bsmith806but they didn't survive. This is showing the humanity and raw emotion of people who's sole job was to record and report, regardless of the risk to their lives. Of course we never want to diminish the horror of what the people on the planes experienced, but of course we don't get to hear their experience because they didn't survive. This documentary puts a different perspective on things
I know many people, even myself, thought about all those first responders who rushed to help people, but didn't actually realize that the reporters who were on scene to bring the news coverage to the world were also being selfless to put themselves in harms way. Thanks to all the news reporters, journalist, and anyone who held up a camera that day to record and document this horrific day in history! R.I.P. Don (engineer) and everyone else who passed that day! 🇺🇸
@@Larry26-f1w"demolitions" It's called physics They fell because the heat caused the metal to expand and caused the trusses to collapse slowly floor by floor and eventually collapse Wtc 7 fell because the top of wtc 1 fell on it and started fires that were left to burn for several hours which basically caved the inside in until the rest of it couldnt hold up
Just because “others have it worse” doesn’t mean your trauma isn’t real. That day was clearly devastatingly traumatic for everyone there and having to run for their lives. And they feel like they don’t have a right to be traumatized because of the victims and their families. Your pain and hurt matters too. Sending love to everyone and may they never be forgotten.
Well said, the people on the ground seen the aftermath and bodies and just devastation. In One Day In America documentary and man that worked in Windows On The Workd said when he made it down he seen body parts everywhere I know those people running seen the same things too
I use the saying, "just because someone is drowning in two metres of water, doesn't mean you can't drown in twenty centimetres. You're both still drowning." I have bipolar, and before I was diagnosed, and in a depression, I would be told that I just needed to put things into perspective, and that I had nothing to be depressed about. I have used this to put idiots in their place.
People never talk about the communications personnel that worked at the top of the tower for the various news stations. I believe they were literally on the 110th floor. I’m glad their guy was mentioned. R.I.P. to him and everyone!
I cringe with people refer to flagship/O&O stations as "news stations". These stations only aired one newscasts per daypart. Also WABC-TV was and still is the principal production house for a little 9am ET show called "Live" that has aired nationally for 35 years. Yes a so-called "local news station"...
@@MinifigNewsguy that's not a very relevant statement, nor is it very fair. For one, we're not talking about people like Peter Jennings and Diane Sawyer, who('ve) worked on national news programs. This is about the people who present the local news that only interests those who live there, that is only relevant to those who live there, that only those who live there need to know. Secondly, so what if half or most of the ABC programming comes from NYC? So what if "Live" is a national program? Does that mean that someone who lives in Wichita, Kansas, or Cincinnati, Ohio, needs to know about some story that only truly affects the local community in NYC or LA? I appreciate the local news teams because they are there presenting the news that are of interest mainly to the people who live there, and not to those who do not - unless it's a big enough story that it might warrant telling people in other parts of the country, in which case, so what? Local news teams are the ones who live and work in the local areas, and who have the nous and the know-how to report on and deliver the most relevant news to the people who themselves live and work in the areas they serve. Thirdly, this was also a news event that happened in their city, so I am inclined to give the local news teams from the various networks and independent stations who broadcast in the area, the benefit of suggesting that they have the better knowledge of how to report on this event and what is of utmost relevance to those who live in the Tri-State area when it comes to the developments that emerged from the first report that came to light. Those who live and work in NYC, and potentially mostly those who live and work in the centre of the city, will have watched these local news bulletins, because someone like Bill Ritter or NJ Burkett is more likely to give more details that might make more sense to New Yorkers than they do to someone out in the Midwest or South who has no clue about those particular details, and might make the information more accurate and relevant to them. That's why local news teams are so damn important, and the more of them, the better.
@@KaleunMaender77 I didn’t need a long winded remark. Local TV stations can do more than just News. I didn’t appreciate being lectured as if I was media literate.
@@KaleunMaender77 sorry typo. I am only human. But I also respect WABC-TV to be a New York TV station that does more local-interest content than any other TV station or chain in the country by calling them a "local news station" is a slur to the industry.
I thank all of yall for recording what happened because this was a time before cell phones with cameras, and it wasnt the norm to film things. Those of yall there that had cameras did your jobs, and i thank yall.
I've definitely found myself wondering what the coverage would look like in today's world. There definitely were many with home video cameras that got more angles and perspectives, which I think is also something to be glad for. We got to see more of the civilian reaction in that sense.
As a Dutch person I will never forget this day. It was just after 3 p.m. and I came home from university. My mother called me on the phone and said: 'turn on your TV, something horrible is happening in New York.' So I turned the TV on, to see the second plane hit the second tower. I immediately knew it was a terrorist attack. The TV stayed on for a few days. It was unfathomable. Watching people jump. Seeing the towers come down. Hearing about the attack on the Pentagon. And about the heroes on board of flight 93. It was and always will be one of the darkest days in my life. Never forget. To all the people that have lost loved ones that day: a big hug from the Netherlands.
I'm from the UK. I came home from college that day, turned on the tv slightly before you did, seeing the smoke billowing from tower one. In shock I called my Mum at work relaying information & telling her, totally stunned that another plane had hit the second tower. I broke the news to the rehab centre where she worked, totally stunned. I was just on autopilot & struggling to process what was going on. I can't imagine how much worse it was for people in the US, especially New York. It wasn't until later that it hit me, but of course it would have been so much more painful for them. My deepest condolences still go out to those who lost friends, family & colleagues.
@@SuperMissblueeyesI’m from upstate NY, 4 hours from the city, and I’ll never forget we weren’t allowed to use the phones or internet (dial up back then) and every local fire department left to go help at ground zero. I was 15 and didn’t know what a terrorist was, so naive. My entire adult life has been affected by 9/11. 5 deployments, many loses of people who deployed. It’s been heartbreaking. I can’t even imagine how the people who lost loved ones that day feel. Thanks for thinking of us though 🙏🏼❤️
@@X3AmySarah I take it you're in the military? I have two gorgeous Texan nieces (my sister married a lovely Texan guy). Thank you for your service. It must be really difficult at times.
@@SuperMissblueeyesI'm in England. On 9/11, I did a half day at work and got home around 1.30pm. Around 20 minutes later, maybe half an hour, my Mum called me and showed me what was happening on the television. It was the start of the attacks. We then stayed glued to the telly for the rest of the day.
My parents both worked in D.C. that day and I was 13 and home sick from school. My father had worked a few years before in the wing of the Pentagon that was hit and still did consulting there on occasion. My mother worked on Pennsylvania Avenue where the White House is located and could see the Capitol from her office building. Every 9/11 I’m so grateful that I got to speak to them around 11 AM and that they came home to my sisters and I that night. The day was terrifying, but at least my parents survived unharmed. A boy I grew up with wasn’t so lucky-his mother died at the Pentagon that day. Now I live in the Netherlands with my Dutch husband and I’m impressed that most of the Dutch I know remember exactly where they were when they found out what was happening in the US. They respect my need to remember and honor the lives lost that day, especially Sandra L. White. It’s amazing how tragedy can remind us all of our humanity, despite the distance between us.
The broadcast tower engineer who stayed to maintain the signal until the end broke my heart. He likely knew he couldn’t have gotten down so he remained to ensure his colleagues could continue to report the event.
I was 10 years old, thousands of kilometers away in Budapest, Hungary. I was writing my homework at a nice lady’s house who used to look after me and help me study after school each day until my mom was done at work. She came to pick me up and she was completely in shock, she told us what she heard on the radio, so we switched on the TV. We saw the second plane hit live. As a 10 year old, even so far away, I was so scared that the world as I know it is over and I am not safe… it was a terrible feeling.
If you really think that some guy in the cave with Ak47 planned how to pass the strongest security in the world by air army ect you really need help guys.
@@NLS_7the reason there is so much security now is in response to the attack of this day. The planes were hijacked with knives and to little resistance except for the airliner that was taken to the ground after the passengers fought back. Besides, if you look into history for a second, you’d know Bin Laden was a billionaire and many of the terror groups of the Middle East were funded by CIA when they were only resistance groups against the Russians. He wasn’t some bum, they had already led many battles against the Soviets
MY DAD WAS BORN N LIVED IN BUDAPEST TILL HE AN THE REST OF HIS FAMILY FLED DURING TH REVOLUTION. HE WAS BORN FEB 1947? I THINK '47. HE STILL REMEMBERS THE CHANT IN FULL HUNGARIAN AND I LOVE HEARING HIM SAY IT. HE SAYS IT WITH SUCH PASSION JUST LIKE THEY USE TO. MY GRANDPA WHO I NEVER MET WAS A SPY N HIS FRIENDS WERE ALL HUNG. I DESPERATELY DESPERATELY WANT TO VISIT HUNGRY AND PARTICULARLY BUDAPEST. I LOVE MY HUNGARIAN ROOTS N SO BADLY WISH I COULD CONNECT TO IT. NEVER GOT TO MEET MY EITHER OF MY GRANDPARENTS. I WANNA LEARN HUNGARIAN. MUCH LOVE FROM PITTSBURGH PA. (MY DAD N FAMILY FLED TO DAYTON OHIO, NO ONE KNOWING A WORD OF ENGLISH).
Thank you for posting this in depth documentary about 911. I watched this whole event on TV on the west coast as it unfolded. The second plane made a direct hit on my father's company on the 73rd floor. Fortunately he was in London on business at the time. All the employees were on the street when it happened. They were instructed by the company president not to return to their offices when the okay was given to return after the initial evacuation. He knew it wasn't safe and his decision spared all their lives. It was an event we must never forget.
@P0e44 after the first plane hit the first tower, people in the 2nd tower evacuated, only to be told everything was fine in their building and they could return to their offices
@Johnnyred51 ...This piece touched me...I too was on the west coast and woke to see the second plane hit...I thought at first it was a movie premiere and quickly realized it was real..that was a sad day for soo many families. Glad you were not in your office then.
I recall watching the people running from the explosion, a pause, and when the smoke clears, people running back towards the building to help others. These heroes, these everyday people, these stories make me remember to be proud to be American. Thank you.
Seeing the clip of Jim Gartenberg (the man who spoke who was stuck on the 60+ floor) and I remember hearing his story on a different documentary, it was heartbreaking. He tried to offer comfort in his last moments of life to people watching who had family there too, even though he himself was panicking beyond comprehension, it breaks your heart all over again. This was very well produced and raw, honestly you have to have a thick skin to cover news since you never know what sort of things, events, tragedies you will have to report on some day, but this was such a horrible day it’s amazing that they worked so hard to document it even through the shock of it all. I mean, they’re human after all. I still can’t believe this was all real. A dark and tragic day those of us who were alive then to witness, even when not in NYC but just by the TV alone, will never forget.
One thing I’ll never forget about Jim Gartenberg is that he was only there that day to pack up his office. He had gotten a better paying job elsewhere. That was supposed to be his last day. Little did he know…
It’s been 23 years since 9/11 and it still feels like yesterday. Every time I see something on 9/11 it still makes me cry. RIP to all those who lost their lives that day. We will never forget 💕🇺🇸
I’ll never forget seeing the people who jumped because of the fire . It was live tv so it wasn’t censored. After the first few I found myself howling this primal scream , the horror of seeing those poor people jumping will stay with me forever . That’s what sticks in my mind the most . Knowing it had to be so bad for them to jump knowing they were going to die .
Ditto I think it was so shocking that even the news people in the moment didn’t edit that the way they did afterwards. They said a lot of things that could be looked at as big understatements some of because we know what came after like calling it something relatively devastating going on in WTC North I always forget which is one and two, but I have north and south down pretty well now. I’ve seen a few home videos where you can see them waving a little bit, but until I came across some of that, I started to think that I imagined seeing it just from hearing about it occasionally. But yeah, I knew I didn’t. That was exactly what I was thinking like how bad is it for them to think that’s a better option. Plus, I think they purposely probably try not to do such close ups after that because it’s like 100 people did that we saw maybe five. I’ll never forget the two holding hands. 😢
I cannot imagine how terrified you have to be of the alternative that you will knowingly do something that will kill you to get away from it. It's absolutely fucking horrifying to think of people being in that position. If anything summed that hopeless, frightening, unreal nightmare of a day, people jumping from the towers is it.
@@mintybadger6905 The world needed to see those images. It was necessary for people to understand how unimaginable that atrocity was, to be shocked and horrified and sickened.
My sister was visiting Manhattan that day. She couldn’t call me until the next day. It was terrifying! My heart goes out to the families that never got that phone call 💜
Nostalgia hits hard watching this documentary. As a kid in Europe, I vividly remember Kevin McCallister on top of the Twin Towers in Home Alone 2. Dreaming of visiting them one day, only to realize years later they were gone. The innocence of those childhood aspirations, now overshadowed by the tragic events of 9/11, leaves a profound sadness.
@lauracontino269 I was watching Armageddon & it showed the twin towers on fire at the top & the movie Deep Impact where you could see the towers laying against each other
I had aspirations of visiting WTC in New York City before my other dream was to move out into a rural small town. To experience America 🇺🇸 travel as a US citizen.
Same. As a little girl I wanted to visit the towers. I remember telling my dad I wanted to see them. He just sent me a smile. It wasn't until I was 12 and in middle school that my father told me about 9/11. He pulled me into the den and turned the computer on. He asked what I knew about that day. Of course at the time I knew nothing. He showed me a video an I remember saying " This really happened?" I almost cried. I was only 2 went the towers fell. I will never forget how my heart sank when the towers fell in that video. I had to hold back tears. May the victims rest in peace.
I was there working as a desk assistant at Eyewitness News, it brought us all together and it was an experience I will never forget. I will never forget taking people to the bathroom and helping them get cleaned off so they could come on air and talk about what they saw. I will never forget the 19 hour shifts we did those few days after.
That day is my generations Pearl harbor. That is something nobody will ever forget. The terror, the pain, sorrow, and so many victims that day and after. I was inside getting a ultrasound, when. I came out the second was hit. I found out about the Pentagon in the car. I speed to my mom cause I knew she would be freaking out about the Pentagon and she was babysitting my son. Thank God her lil sister called out that day and was in the doctors office. I had my daughter a month later. Now shes gonna be a dentist and my son is in the Army
@@1Vapersianprincessit seems like every 30 years or so the US government has to attack its own people in order to con the people into getting behind their war efforts. I'm thinking of Pearl Harbor in the 40's, Gulf on tonquin in the '60's, Twin Towers in '01, and now a full blown insurrection on the part of an entire political party!
What about the hundreds of military soldiers who streamed into the twin towers to help. Shielding people, using their skills to help them down the stairs, telling the firefighters that they will take over, helping the office workers. Watching those hundreds of soldiers at the scene using their training, I'll never forget it
NH Burkett is a world class journalist and face to camera journalist. Him along with Marty stared death in its face but said not this day. This day we will survive the most horrific terrorist attack in history. NJ was filmed later interviewing a lady who was crying and he put his mic down and hugged her which was a moment I cried. Sending my love and prayers to all the victims, the victims families. Those brilliant NYFD & NYPD folks that ran in as everyone else that could run in the opposite direction We had it on 7/7 and you guys had this but there is no stronger ally than the US & UK. 🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸🇬🇧🇺🇸
N.J. Burkett stuck with me from that day, I remember watching him live hug that woman who started crying when talking about the jumpers. I was seriously moved, I had never seen a news reporter comfort someone live without it being a formal sit down interview.
The scale of 9/11 was so horrific not even the media could exaggerate it nor could they believe it. Sometimes I still can’t wrap my head around this day.
No, it was like a Hollywood movie. To be honest I don’t understand how people can still watch that type of movie after seeing it in real life/time. How can you be entertained by something like that?
If you listen to the air traffic control recordings of the hijacked flights it seems so long before/between the events that happened but it’s true, when you watch the actual event it seems to happen so fast! We’re you in New York that day?
@jimmiesmith5590 Ive been doing the exact same thing; watching video after video trying to get a better understanding of the horrors people face in and outside of the towers. I find that I’m more horrified today, than I was at 17 when 9/11 happened. I’m also beginning to realize that there’s been some shady shit that when down at the hands of our own government, that may have contributed to it.
@jimmiesmith5590 since we invaded Iraq which I was vehemently against, I’ve always said I believe 9/11 may have been a false flag operation to destabilize the Middle East. War mongers Bush, Cheney, Rice and Powell saw to that. I’ll never forget that time Powell stood in-front of the world’s stage and sold us that crock of shit as justification to go ahead with the invasion.
"All those children without mothers and fathers tonight" I was doing deliveries that day up here in Canada listening to it unfold on the radio. When I heard the building collapse that was my exact thought. I had to pull over for a few minutes and cry until I could pull myself together and continue on with my work... Never Forget
Canadia was so kind and loving to all the passengers who found themselves in Canadian when our airways were closed. You took planes that could have had hijackers. You feed, clothed and comforted the crew and passengers. Your counties' kindness will never be forgotten either. I live about an hour from NYC. I remember every minute of the horrible day.
In a way these reporters turned into war correspondents in a blink of an eye. They have the camaraderie of those who have been in combat together. Thank you for a job well done.
@@Larry26-f1w About 40% of recovered remains haven’t been identified. And they’re still identifying some of those remains to this day. There were very few intact bodies to recover. The people at and above the impact point were subjected to the fire. The wreckage continued to burn and smolder for three months. 250K tons of burning steel and concrete…per building. 😐
@@Larry26-f1w I bet you're a flat-earther as well lmao. You do realise bodies have a tendency to get destroyed by being crushed under concrete and steel, right? Most of the bodies that they found were just bones and body parts.
@QueenofFlannelColors I read a fabulously written book (the book was NOT fabulous) called M.E. or medical examiner or morgue and was about a medical examiner but he was also involved with 9/11. This was prob 10-15 yrs ago and the enormity of 9/11 was outside what your brain can even imagine from just his perspective. I still am trying to grasp EVERYTHING and how it affected sooooo many and for how long. Babies born after this without fathers are grown adults now...and it goes on...
Saddest day!!! My husband had an interview that day in the building and he missed his alarm. He called and they said come around lunchtime. The one thing I remember is how kind people were to each other and united we were.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Eyewitness for presenting this remarkable documentary. We want to express our appreciation to all the photographers, journalists, anchors, and everyone who diligently carried out their responsibilities on that fateful day, putting their lives at risk and preserving history for us, the people. We can only imagine the immense pain and fear that must have been experienced, both on that day and perhaps even to this day. From the depths of our hearts, we thank you.
Remember the State of NY still refuses to care for first responders of 9/11. Some died from giving it all to their city, some are still suffering and are on their own.
This is a documentary that todays children should be shown in school. This perfectly captures the horror that day, and how it changed all of us. Explains why we all stop every year on 9/11. Cause if you weren’t alive or old enough to remember it, you just can’t possibly understand how our lives changed that day.
Hopefully, it woke you up to the fact your government doesn't care how many of its own citizens get obliterated in the name of their war efforts to control oil.
@@abundantlove2425Michael Jackson had a meeting in one of the towers that morning. He missed it due to staying up late on the phone with his mother. Seth McFarland had one too but he woke up late due to a hangover. Mark Wahlberg had one too. This list goes on.
I was thousands of miles away. I had not, nor have ever had, any connection or met anybody that was impacted or suffered that day. Just a young housewife in my kitchen in North Yorkshire England. A fine late summer afternoon with a pie in the oven and Waiting to go and collect my youngest son from his first week in school. For some reason the TV was on in the kitchen as I cleared flour from the worktop when I looked up and saw the second plane crash into the building. I will never forget the horror and shock I felt and every year I say a prayer for all the people whose lives were lost and ruined and changed forever on that day and it is something I can never forget or fail to commemorate for as long as I live.
I was in the E.R. in a Cleveland, Oh. Hospital with my dad the night of 9/11. Everyone was running all around preparing rooms and getting things ready for all the injured people they were expecting, then, as the night went on, you could feel it in the air as everyone realized there wouldn't be any injured coming for those rooms. It was such an awful feeling. 😢😢
The reporter standing so close to the building collapsing is still one of the creepiest things I've ever seen in my life. Those poor people who experienced it first hand has to have some form of PTSD. The only thing that legitimately scares me is Kevin Cosgrove's 9-11 phone conversation as the second building collapsed It's quite literally the most f*cked up I have ever listened to in my life.
🇨🇦Even though it looks like this was produced in 2021, here I am in 2023 watching, while the same fear inside grips your heart… the thoughts are that this just can’t be happening. I was seven months pregnant with my first child and received a call from my dear friend Francine in Toronto, she was asking me if I was watching the news? I had no idea what happened because at the time only a few of us had flip phones, it was not standard like now, where everybody pretty much has a handheld computer/iPhone. Thank you for producing this documentary. While deeply painful, it’s good to be reminded about the loss of so many lives. This only covers the towers, there were still many others that were killed in the other two airplanes that crashed. I consider the US to be our cousins to the south. Your pain is our pain as we are all human beings. May father God watch over all of us and especially those families/peoples who lost loved ones that day. May He shine His face upon all of us and give us His precious peace, amen. 🕊♥️🇨🇦🙏🏻♥️🕊
I was in high school at the time and the railroad tracks are a block from my house in New Haven county in CT. For months after this we would see trains with trailers of debri from the Towers coming through, slowly, and soo many. It was eerily sad. I will never forget.
This was an exact encapsulation of that day. The chaos we all felt, being scared, uncertain and crying. I had just turned 21. None of us whom were alive will never forget that day. This brought me back to those moments.
I was 21 for like a month! Crazy how long ago but still feels like last year or yesterday!! I had a boyfriend in the Air Force and I knew we where going to war. I will be 43 in about a month how crazy how time flys and how sad for these family’s and first responders.
Same. I was turning 21 that December and remember that day like a movie; went to school but never made it to class; Eyes glued to the tv in dining hall. I don’t remember other things like I remember that day. I just had this feeling of dread because I knew things changed forever.
I turned 21 years old in march, 2001 and I just barely started working for only 45 mins in when the 1st tower got hit. Crazy that in Feb 2000 I was being recruited to join the US Marines. I did pass the written test but failed the physical test due to having flat feet even though I was the most fit of the 40 guys there. The guys were shocked when they found out I failed the physical test. My best friend from jr high and high school did join the US army in 2003 as a medic. He passed away in Iraq in 2006 leaving behind a wife and 2 kids. I sometimes wondered what would have happened to me in Iraq. When my best friend passed away in August 27th, he was 27 years old and he was born on February 27th. Very very strange. 27 years and 6 months old precisely.
The feeling of helplessness of waiting for those in need yet they never came. A good friend of mine was the former chief of the Allamuchy (NJ) fire department, and his unit was called up to cover for those sent into the city to assist. He told me how all they heard on the radios was "any update?" or "found anyone?" those first few days.
Thank You!!! Thank you for including the piece about "Don", the engineer who worked on the 110th floor of WTC1. I've not seen much coverage about those engineers who were diligently working at their jobs when the unthinkable happened. Everything I've read about them says that like Don, the others stayed where they are, we can guess, anticipating ending their shift and going home at the end of the day, but they never did. Can more video be made about the broadcast engineers, with pictures or video to show what they did every day? As a former broadcaster of 40+ years, I would love to see more information about these brave souls. Thank you! Rest in Peace, Don!
I was 35 at the time. My husband and i were at disneyworld. The whole situation was surreal. We had friends in las vegas at time too. The feeling we felt internally still stay with you to this day and will do for life. The workd changed forever. Our families were watching reports on uk news channels. Without these brave newscrews reporting, we would have never truly known the full stories. All the families at disney swan just hired cars and headed home. We were able to come home a week later and were on the first gatwick flight to uk. Was emotional landing and that feeling of getting home words cant describe 😢
Journalists get so little appreciation for the work they do to get information to the public as quickly accurately and efficiently as possible. The people who did that job on that day were heroes too!!
@francopasta3704 True journalists are still the same today as then. The problem is there has been a wide proliferation of imitation journalists and all sorts of non credible sources, all over the internet, passing themselves off as legitimate news when they are anything but. They function without any journalistic standards of fact checking and verifying information. Some have intent to spread misinformation. Such as the entertainment side of Fox News. Add into that equation the former president, with serious consequences, engages in an ochastrated effort to disparage actual journalism with the intent of causing people to not believe the truth about him and his conduct. To convince the gullible not to believe their lying eyes and ears when in fact he and his cronies are the liars.
@@francopasta3704 The difference is not between who they were then and who they are now. The difference is between LOCAL reporters and CABLE reporters. Local reporters cannot lie 24/7 like FAUX News does. They don't have the entire country or planet to draw an audience from. If the locals don't have trust in what they are reporting, the station will not survive.
This was a big day for my family. My parents were both in New York watching the towers, my aunt was in the Pentagon, and my friend's dad was supposed to be in one of those planes but missed his flight. There was frantic scrambling and panic all day. My aunt was quickly confirmed, but my friend's dad didn’t know what happened, and no one could get in contact with him until the end of the day. Everyone had thought he was dead.
My grandmother knew exactly what it was after the first plane. She came and woke me (I was homeschooled at the time) and said "We're under attack." I go up and watched the coverage while she made breakfast and watched the second plane hit live. I was never into news before then... I was about 17. I grew up that day. I started paying attention.
@@AlanPaul-o6h, pay close attention… read the NIST REPORT. Try to understand why all investigation laws were ignored. This is beyond scary , especially scary when combined with what has been taking place since the last election. Pay close attention !
I knew right away, as well. I’d been reading the news. I was convinced the term: “Allahu Akbar!” was probably used at some point. It was very frightening.
@@wednesdaytheblackcat7385these pl wasn’t Muslim thou they give Muslim ppl a bad name just remember that these ppl who ever did this was evil pure evil I believe there’s more to it 😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏
When this happened, it seemed so far away from us on the other side of the world. After having visited New York this year, and visiting the memorial site, I am recognising the streets around and some of the buildings. I now, more than ever, appreciate the horrific events of that day and the aftermath. The memorial itself is beautiful. It's such a calm place of reflection, with the fountains of water falling into footprints of each of the two towers. I was surprised at how small the actual footprint of both buildings is, but appreciate the care that is being taken to preserve those two footprints as a lasting memorial to the lives lost that day. I cried many times while visiting, when I read the names of the fallen, and saw that someone had brought flowers for their lost loved one. There were many flowers, roses and other beautiful blooms, left by friends and family. They made me cry.
I remember this day as if it was yesterday. Back then i was a kid in school, and it was afternoon here in denmark when it happened. The class was shut down, and all students was called to the big hall, and we were told the terrible news. The two emotions i remember the most, was absolutly helplessnes.. and then we felt sorty for all those poor people. When i came home, my dad told me, that from now on the world will not be the same, and he was absolutly right. God bless those poor people and may they rest in peace. ❤
It still hurts all these years later. My husband and I were watching the terror unfold all the way in Arizona, so I am grateful for the members of the media for their dedication to ensuring the world saw what was happening. They helped bring our nation together as we all watched the heartbreaking loss and devastation. We all moured together.
I was a travel agent working for Amex whose headquarters is across the street from the WTC. They lost about a dozen employees that day. I arrived at the office just a few minutes after the first plane hit. In just a few minutes it took me to get to work the world changed that fast
So sad. My brother’s ex wife died on that day. She was in the first plane that hit the north tower with her boyfriend heading to LA for a vacation. Our families still feel the pain when 911 is discussed. We had a memorial service for her later during the week. Here it is 2023 and I still can not bring myself to the memorial nor can my brother. Her name is Janis Lasdin and we knew her so well for many years. She is greatly missed. So sad 😢
I m sorry about your loss. I believe she is in the highest heaven now. This is the first time I read a story from the family of the planes passengers who were killed... Thankyou for sharing.
@@annesssuzana6708 Ron Clifford, an Irishman who gave aid to Jennieann Maffeo (she was outside the towers, but was badly burned from jet fuel, she died about 40 days later…..he was due to have a meeting in one of the towers, but the planes crashing cancelled it), later found out that his sister, Ruth, and niece, Juliana, died on flight 175. Ruth’s good friend Paige, was murdered on flight 11.
SADLY, PEOPLE'S BELIEFS ARE SO CRAZY IT,S REALLY SCARY HOW THEY MUSLIMS BELIEVE THE belief FOR KILLING PEOPLE IS IN God's KINGDOM WITH HIS PROPHETS THATS WHAT THE MAN WHO ORGANIZED THE PLANES GOING INTO THE BUILDINGS I DONT KNOW WHAT GOD THEY SERVE BUT MY BIBLE SAYS THEY SHALL NOT KILL MY GOD IS LOVING AND CARING GOD ALL MY AMERICA BROTHERS AND SISTER DIED THAT ITS STILL HAS A HOLE IN MY HEART ALMOST 3000 THAT DAY
I was already in my 30s when this happened and I had just moved to Florida from NYC a couple of months prior. The worst day in my lifetime.. I had just stepped into my office when a colleague asked me "Aren't you from NYC?" I remember looking at them and thinking what a strange question to ask before even saying "Good Morning"... Then I was shown what was happening Live on TV... I remember watching in shock! Then that 2nd plane came into view and struck the South Tower...I just screamed.. shear panic came over me. All I can think of was my family, all scattered and still in NYC...never ever will I forget the terror I felt being so far away and not being able to get a hold of anyone.. It took until late that night before I knew everyone was physically okay. I learned that day exactly why they're called Terrorists... RIP to all those souls lost on that horrible and tragic Tuesday morning. and to think we are still losing people 23 years later, due to the aftermath and effects from all that dust, ash and debris. True act of Terror... We may have caught the culprits, but we have people still suffering from the 9/11 attacks in one form or another.
@@jimlthor It'd be interesting to find out how many of the emergency services and news people on the scene that fateful day sought therapy for the horrific images they saw. Big love n respect to F.D.N.Y. We are sorry for your tremendous loss of life on that day. May all that perished rest in peace and their families and loved ones find solace in the fact that they were all heros and died doing what they did best, all 343 of them. Amen🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️♥️
14:49 To comfort the loved ones of those who were stuck with him, in that horrific moment, is unbelievable heroic! I salute you sir! You are an inspiration for me. 🙌
unfortunately mr. gartenberg didn't survive, yet even in such a dire situation he never once thought of himself first,he wanted to reach out to the outside and make his voice heard, he was trying to be a comfort to the loved ones of the people stuck there, mantainin an enviable calm despite the fear,just to be of help to as many as possible, like him and to bring and hurry as many rescues as rescue could to their location. His memory shall live on.
@@ravenrey7225 My heart goes out to those unsung heroes of 9/11. I am sure there were many stories of the best of humanity, courage and selflessness from one of the darkest days of humanity. I was young and thousands of miles away in India however, I vividly remember that day, as an 8 year old. I cannot even begin to imagine the pain of those who lost their loved ones that day, but I pray. It was an attack on every peace loving human and I cannot forgive them for changing our world for the worse. I'll never forget!
I take comfort that the people on the other 2 planes had a go , fought back , for all we know there could have been battles on all 4 planes some heroes well never know about
I'm thankful for social media not being a thing in 2001. I can't imagine how many awful videos whould have been on the internet of the victims and their remains...
It would’ve have actually helped understand the real conditions inside the towers BEFORE they started coming down, disproving without the shadow of a doubt the official narrative (which is a ridiculous bunch of lies).
@@Kitti_B I think it would’ve actually helped understand what really happened inside those buildings, their real internal condition before the fall. Having tapes from within the buildings would’ve helped disprove the official narrative more than the stories of who survived that day already did. They would’ve shown the interior of the building in all the upper and lower floors, showing how no fires had spread throughout the whole buildings and how unjustified and impossible their total collapse, nearly at free fall speed, really was.
Wow . “I’ve learned to view that door as…. the door to the rest of my life”. Wow. That’s extremely powerful. That footage is famous. The one I always think of when I think of the moments the first tower collapsed
Salute to these people who fought fear and showed commitment in delivering the news. I'm glad they're all safe. Rip to those who died that day. We'll never forget you.❤️
very clearly, this was inside job - controlled demolitions, only to have pretex to make wars and make money from them and to suppress human rights in the same time; in USA, there is no demokracy, USA is ruled by oligarchy; so sad...
I worked at a financial institution on the day. Our phones were normally always ringing. I remember asking why are the phones silent. Our boss came out a couple of minutes later and told us what was happening. The office was so silent. Gives me chills to this day. God bless those who were lost and those that were left behind.
I will never forget this day. Every September, I always have this feeling of sadness. I know first responders, and people who were there that day, live through it every day. I was 19 when this happened. I was working as a landscape builder, a woman shouted from her window that a plane had flew into one of the towers. So me and my work buddy went over and watched the whole event. The second plane, and the collapse of both towers. We was absolutely horrified by all those poor souls that perished that day. I will always remember it was such a sunny and clear beautiful day. We will never forget! To our American brothers and sisters. Love, light and blessings from UK 🇬🇧
Thanks for making this documentary. I've watched so many pieces on 9/11, and I never gave thought to those who were covering it. I'll never forget them now. Thank you for your service.
Plane engines on the street, eye witnesses of people seeing the plane, families with loved ones on the planes.. yet out there are narrow minded fools saying this was something it wasn’t. Absolutely shameful
It's because it defies reason. It doesn't seem real, even today watching videos I feel like this just happened yesterday and I never fully processed it or the scope of it. The people who tend to believe these conspiracies tend to be those who have trouble coming to terms with the fact that the U.S. got suckerpunched, and there was nothing us regular people could do about it. It's a ploy to try to control things. Their conspiracy falls apart when you think about the sheer logistics of setting up such a plot, and trying to keep thousands of witnesses quiet during both the duration of the event and then afterwards for the ones who escaped. Not to mention, why would the government even concoct a plan like this? To invade Afghanistan and then Iraq? For WHAT? (Those that say oil are literally spreading the myth that the U.S. got involved in the Middle East back during the first Gulf War to "steal oil.")
Over 20 years later and I still just cannot believe this day happened and it was real. This was seriously the scariest day I ever lived through. Life before this day was so different. Boy did we take it for granted.
@@xandor007 The innocent citizens had no choice- I'm not American, don't live there, have never been there- but it was inexcusable what happened to innocent people.
@xandor007 : Bin Ladin and that other guy , Ayaman Al zawahairy ass-hole dude , or something like that , they thought that they were safe , beyond our reach . But America caught up to those two . Our seal team six greased Bin Ladin , and then stuffed him into a 50 gallon drum , put rocks and dirt and chains in there with him , put the lid on , and then heaved him off of the back of a boat . The second terrorist we caught up with twenty years later , on President Joe Biden's watch . That second guy was taken while watching a sunset from the balcony of the villa that was so graciously provided him by his terrorist friend , the big boss of Afghanistan now . Neither one of those two terrorists , Bin Ladin or his mentor , Al Zawahiri , were too keen on roughing it in the mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan . Well , they're not alive now to gloat about the suffering that they caused , or to plot anymore terrorist acts in the world . I just thought that it was appropriate to remind u of that , okay troll ?
@@dannyrichards-nb9sh... where exactly. I'm in another country and my son and I watched on his tv. He was 19 then. He's 41 now (22 years later now in 2023) with his own family. We were gobsmacked.
Never Forgotten. This is a very heartbreaking coverage to watch. There is no denying that the tragedy of human loss is tough to look at. To see many first responders and average people rushing towards danger, risking their lives to save one person or many people brings hope to the hopeless in such a tragic event. To have photographers capture images of survivors gives hope and relief to many. There is a bitter sweet in their captures of horrifying moments in life. As you watch the firefighters, police, reporters, and strangers helping each other despite their shock, fears, and uncertainty, bravery was demonstrated to the best of their abilities. Thank you to the brave people who gave their lives and put their life in harms way to help another in any way necessary. Thank you to the survivors who shared their story with the world. Life is ugly and beautiful , we all decide how we want to contribute to it.
Thanks to everyone that participated in this video. I wasn’t there in New York that day, but I watched as the 2 nd plane flew into the south tower and all the coverage afterwards. Thanks for reuniting after 20 yrs to give your perspective on that horrific day and what it’s been like for all of you since then.
I still feel deeply drawn to watch any new documentaries about that terrible day. It's still really heartbreaking, i am sending love and Jesus's blessings to all who live in New York and America. It is my wish to be able to go there one day again and visit and spend time with the people who live there. I pray that this never happens again. ❤
This is really well done. It doesn't understate the heroism of the first responders or disregard the lives lost. It simply tells the psychological effect it had on the first hand witnesses of those who were there to document history for posterity.
I'm 70 yrs old now, so my perspective about life has changed since 1973 when I knew a girl, she was a party girl, but she was a sweet gal. At that time she had landed a job with a stock broker at the world trade center, she was so happy and elated with energy. It wasn't until years later after 911 that I remembered her and felt sad that she probably had perished, I mainly feel sorry because we used her, we were all young, self serving and foolish. Life is so precious but at 19 I didn't see it. SMH.
I was 26 and living in Colorado at the time. I know just where I was and what it felt like to get the news trickling in about what happened, the theories of the small plane before we knew, and watching that 2nd plane hit the building on live T.V.. Such a horrific day that I will never forget. I find myself wanting to know who all the people were that were lost. I hope they will do some documentaries on the individual people maybe in the future as an honor. I know many have been mentioned but we don’t know a lot about who most of them were. I remember the full churches in the days following. People looking for answers. Those were precious days.
RIP to everyone who lost their lives in this horrible event. You are not forgotten and never will be. The courage, strength and resilience shown by each and every person that day makes me proud to be an American. ❤
I was getting ready for work that morning, and had the TV on in the living room, and was only half-listening to the news. As I walked by the TV, I see the first tower burning and couldn't comprehend what I was watching. Then I was transfixed - it seemed so surreal. After what seemed like an eternity, I went in to work, and everyone of the normally upbeat and outgoing personnel seemed shell-shocked. One of our co-workers, who was also a minister, brought us all together and said a pray, which brought most of us to tears. Within a day or two, we had a large blood drive at work, and a co-worker was making plans to go to NYC to volunteer to help. What a horrible, tragic day, which brought out the best in so many people.
You guys did a damn great job on tell 9-11 i was a 18 year old Firefighter from N.C and just got my EMT on that day I loss 343 Brothers and my falling Brother left wife’s and there kids behind plus just Amazing people that work in that building loss there life’s as well as the people in the plane we can’t never forget 9-11 falling family members and there family it was a sad day for our USA 😢God Bless you all for covering this!
I'm not American, Australian in fact but it still feels like a personal attack 20+ years later. 9/11 was really a seismic shift in the world and l am forever fascinated by the events of that day. This was truly a great documentary. Very informative from the very channel who brought us some of the most widely known and used footage from that horrible day. I hope to one day get to the WTC site to pay my respects to the fallen. My sincere congratulations to this NY news channel for their professional coverage of such a horrible event.
I was born & raised in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario. I was between jobs, when 9/11 happened. My Mum woke me up, not quite frantic, but urgently wanting to know what channels cnn and cbcnw were on. A few minutes later, once I was more alert, I went downstairs, and as I asked: “what happened? Who di…”, I looked towards the tv, just as the first tower started to collapse. I fell to my knees, hands covering my mouth, wishing I could take back my words. I still wish I could take those words back.
as a recent graduate with my degree in journalism, this video is so important. thank you so much for making this and putting it together, stellar work.
True unsung heroes, in more ways than one. Marty and NJ did superhuman work that day telling a story that otherwise could easily have been buried beneath the weight of that terrible day - the plight of the everyman. May their professionalism and courage, as journalists, never be forgotten!!!
This comment is for those that lost loved ones who thought people will forget. 20+yrs later and her is this Aussie remembering this day. God Bless…I will never forget ❤🙏🏼❤️
Each and every American that can remember that day might have PTSD from it. I watched it from 3000 miles away as a 15 year old high school sophomore. I couldn't imagine seeing it in person. The news reporters are just as big of heroes as anyone else that day. They ran into the danger area while everyone else was fleeing.
I was in Arizona at the time and I remember my Mom calling me by phone and saying, "...You need to turn on the TV. We are at war!" She was upset, so I turned on the TV to the hollocaust in New York. I stayed glued to the TV for the rest of the morning. It was unbelievable. God bless you all who kept the nation apprised during that horrendous catastrophe.
I love that they did this documentary on the journalists who covered the 9/11 attacks on the day it happened. I was 6 years old when the towers went down and I was home watching this unfold on the news and watching the tower collapse was just heartbreaking.
33:41 that clip will never fail to fill me with horror. Like, the whole day was horrific but that dust cloud and all the people running chills me to my core every time I see it.
my mom described the days that followed as unusually quiet, like there was a synchronization born from the chaos. i was too young to know exactly what was going on. i just remember how terrified she was. this is a fantastic documentary. it really puts into perspective the confusion and fear, and why that day lives in infamy so many years later.
Wow that scene at the hospital with the empty waiting gurneys really shocked me - I probably never realised that it was a matter of you either lived or you died, & so many died. All this time later this event is still heart breaking to think about.
@@wheelerhill I see you are the Marty featured in the documentary. That was a powerful segment. I don't have a story much worth telling in regards to this event, but I do remember the exact street corner I was at in Oslo, Norway, when my father told my brother and I that "something had happened". We went up to his workplace and watched the events unfold on a TV in a meeting room where everyone was gathered, before the towers fell. Watching footage of that day reminds me of the sense of disbelief and "connection" (if that word is appropriate) even I as a child felt, seeing how everyone around me reacted, though I suppose I was too young to really grasp the immensity of the situation. Pardon me writing at length here, again, it was hardly worth mentioning considering how far away I was. I guess my point is that it really made an impact despite that.
@@wheelerhill Indeed. One little thing I didn't mention is that I had a single postcard on my bedroom wall when I was a child, and it was of the Towers. Always wanted to go there; they were already symbolic of something to me. Thanks for replying. We won't forget.
I was in Ballina, nsw Australia and had been I'll for a few weeks and my husband was trying to care for me. I was sitting in a chair waiting for my husband to lift me from the chair after his shower to take me to bed, the tv suddenly came on and i sat watching the first building burning, I was screaming for my husband, he ran out in a towel and we both saw the second tower being hit. I will never forget that moment and the coming hours watching the carnage that happened. I was in another country but it badly affected us, I will never forget that night and the coming days. Still now 20 years later it still affects me. My love and hope to all
I was in Sydney, when it happened. There were massive tv screens at all the city train stops with this story broadcasting 24/7. I'll never forget where I was that day
The news reporters were victims too, to be there and having to live with what they saw and trying to report what was going on couldnt have been easy. They are humans too and many of them I would bet had family and friends either killed or hurt. These were local reporters
i was a one year old, and my mother was holding me as she watched this horrific day unfold in a sports bar at the mall. everyone was crowding around the tvs just silent. i asked her if people screamed or cried and she said everyone there was just in shock at what they were seeing. i didn’t ask her what it felt like holding a baby and what was going through her mind. the horror and despair of this event…. just really makes my stomach drop. i imagine it felt like the world was ending
As a photographer & videographer myself in Los Angeles, I’ve filmed/ photographed things that I’ve sold to news networks, and people get very angry when they see someone on site with a camera during a tragic event, but my view on it is that I am capturing history, even if it’s an event easily forgotten, I am still documenting something & preventing it to being lost forever in the abyss of time. I wish people were more understanding in real time of the importance of documenting things via photo & video, both good & tragic things. I was in 3rd grade on 9/11, I’ll never forget that day & seeing the towers burning on my father’s big clunky old school 50 inch TV in our living room.
This brings back all the emotions of that day. I cannot fathom being in New York that Day. My heart hurt so bad for our country. This is something every American needs to Remember. If they were not born at the time teacher them, so this never happens again.
2024, and I CRY still when I watch these videos. This , on the eve of Veterans day I have now watched 3 videos and I just keep watching and keep crying. I am on the West Coast, and was living on the coast line in Washington State and I just remember suddenly being GLUED to the TV. Another thing I remember is the silence in the sky...not one plane flying. I Thank you all for sharing your stories of being right there, right in this War Zone of this Terrorist Attack ... I Thank ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS and I send Love and thought to all that lost loved one on that/those days, those months and those years, I pray for health to the survivors.
I'm in the UK and flatshared with firefighters and had friends through work as a Nurse in a city centre Emergency Department. After the towers went down I heard a sound I couldn't place straight away, only heard it once by accident and was a single sound, this was like a chorus, then went sick when I realised it was all their alarms. It still haunts me and I can't imagine how those who were there go through. That and the sheer horror of what man is prepared to do to innocents for their own benefit, really hit hard. Liverpool, my home and New York have always had an unequalled bond, I had only heard our city in the same horrified silence after Hillsborough and Heysel Still and always have you in our hearts, minds and prayers 🇺🇲🇬🇧
NJ and Marty recorded a piece of history firsthand. So glad that they both made it and share a unique bond. A horrible unforgiving tragedy filmed and documented with utmost professionalism. Glad you’re both still with us gentlemen. P.S Well done to eyewitness news for being so thorough and documenting so much for future generations.
I was a human being before I was a cameraman. That’s humanity in it finest form ❤️
😂😂😂😂😂😂 ghoul
Perhaps it is truth in its raw form.
..and truth is a rare thing.
Keep hold of your humanity..it seems that most others have let go.
They're so excited about it. I find this appalling.
Nothing can match the heroism of the first responders, but the fact is that many news reporters and journalists put their lives on the line that day to do a job that they were passionate about and that is integral to society. Thank you for your service. Fantastic documentary.
Nice documentary, from the reporters point of view. What it really comes down to, that day, even tho they were doing their jobs, this documentary & their tribute to their colleague, showed their humanity. Thank u.
The only people who can match the first responders are the passengers of flight 93
Bro someone said what’s happening
@@Bsmith806but they didn't survive. This is showing the humanity and raw emotion of people who's sole job was to record and report, regardless of the risk to their lives. Of course we never want to diminish the horror of what the people on the planes experienced, but of course we don't get to hear their experience because they didn't survive. This documentary puts a different perspective on things
I was going to write something very similar...I'll just say, amen.
I know many people, even myself, thought about all those first responders who rushed to help people, but didn't actually realize that the reporters who were on scene to bring the news coverage to the world were also being selfless to put themselves in harms way. Thanks to all the news reporters, journalist, and anyone who held up a camera that day to record and document this horrific day in history! R.I.P. Don (engineer) and everyone else who passed that day! 🇺🇸
How wise is that reporter dude at 14:06: "We're not going any further because we are here to document the story, not to be the story."
I noticed that, stuck in my mind now
Gave me chills.
Did this wise sage ever document the story of three demolitions that killed thousands?
@@Larry26-f1w"demolitions"
It's called physics
They fell because the heat caused the metal to expand and caused the trusses to collapse slowly floor by floor and eventually collapse
Wtc 7 fell because the top of wtc 1 fell on it and started fires that were left to burn for several hours which basically caved the inside in until the rest of it couldnt hold up
@@Flyyn_Gaming_9 Riiighhtt Fitz , an inferno was it?
Just because “others have it worse” doesn’t mean your trauma isn’t real. That day was clearly devastatingly traumatic for everyone there and having to run for their lives. And they feel like they don’t have a right to be traumatized because of the victims and their families. Your pain and hurt matters too. Sending love to everyone and may they never be forgotten.
Jews did 9/11. Mossad. Larry Silverstein.
Well said, the people on the ground seen the aftermath and bodies and just devastation. In One Day In America documentary and man that worked in Windows On The Workd said when he made it down he seen body parts everywhere I know those people running seen the same things too
I use the saying, "just because someone is drowning in two metres of water, doesn't mean you can't drown in twenty centimetres. You're both still drowning." I have bipolar, and before I was diagnosed, and in a depression, I would be told that I just needed to put things into perspective, and that I had nothing to be depressed about. I have used this to put idiots in their place.
Survivors Guilt
At least there was no napalm.
"I was a human being, before I was a cameraman"...God bless the humanity of that man!
People never talk about the communications personnel that worked at the top of the tower for the various news stations. I believe they were literally on the 110th floor. I’m glad their guy was mentioned. R.I.P. to him and everyone!
I cringe with people refer to flagship/O&O stations as "news stations". These stations only aired one newscasts per daypart. Also WABC-TV was and still is the principal production house for a little 9am ET show called "Live" that has aired nationally for 35 years. Yes a so-called "local news station"...
@@MinifigNewsguy that's not a very relevant statement, nor is it very fair. For one, we're not talking about people like Peter Jennings and Diane Sawyer, who('ve) worked on national news programs. This is about the people who present the local news that only interests those who live there, that is only relevant to those who live there, that only those who live there need to know.
Secondly, so what if half or most of the ABC programming comes from NYC? So what if "Live" is a national program? Does that mean that someone who lives in Wichita, Kansas, or Cincinnati, Ohio, needs to know about some story that only truly affects the local community in NYC or LA? I appreciate the local news teams because they are there presenting the news that are of interest mainly to the people who live there, and not to those who do not - unless it's a big enough story that it might warrant telling people in other parts of the country, in which case, so what? Local news teams are the ones who live and work in the local areas, and who have the nous and the know-how to report on and deliver the most relevant news to the people who themselves live and work in the areas they serve.
Thirdly, this was also a news event that happened in their city, so I am inclined to give the local news teams from the various networks and independent stations who broadcast in the area, the benefit of suggesting that they have the better knowledge of how to report on this event and what is of utmost relevance to those who live in the Tri-State area when it comes to the developments that emerged from the first report that came to light. Those who live and work in NYC, and potentially mostly those who live and work in the centre of the city, will have watched these local news bulletins, because someone like Bill Ritter or NJ Burkett is more likely to give more details that might make more sense to New Yorkers than they do to someone out in the Midwest or South who has no clue about those particular details, and might make the information more accurate and relevant to them. That's why local news teams are so damn important, and the more of them, the better.
@@KaleunMaender77 I didn’t need a long winded remark. Local TV stations can do more than just News. I didn’t appreciate being lectured as if I was media literate.
@@MinifigNewsguy maybe you meant "media illiterate"? And maybe don't make comments that give that impression?
@@KaleunMaender77 sorry typo. I am only human. But I also respect WABC-TV to be a New York TV station that does more local-interest content than any other TV station or chain in the country by calling them a "local news station" is a slur to the industry.
I thank all of yall for recording what happened because this was a time before cell phones with cameras, and it wasnt the norm to film things. Those of yall there that had cameras did your jobs, and i thank yall.
Mobile phone camera video is very poor quality, thank God they weren't around in 2001
I've definitely found myself wondering what the coverage would look like in today's world. There definitely were many with home video cameras that got more angles and perspectives, which I think is also something to be glad for. We got to see more of the civilian reaction in that sense.
Cell phones existed during 9/11 you can see people on them in videos. However, i don't think they had cameras on them yet. I can't remember.
@@douglasbubbletrousers7343 That's right. Either no camera phones, or they were very rare in 2001
That’s true - It’s actually amazing that there is so much footage that documented this tragedy.
As a Dutch person I will never forget this day. It was just after 3 p.m. and I came home from university. My mother called me on the phone and said: 'turn on your TV, something horrible is happening in New York.' So I turned the TV on, to see the second plane hit the second tower. I immediately knew it was a terrorist attack. The TV stayed on for a few days. It was unfathomable. Watching people jump. Seeing the towers come down. Hearing about the attack on the Pentagon. And about the heroes on board of flight 93. It was and always will be one of the darkest days in my life. Never forget.
To all the people that have lost loved ones that day: a big hug from the Netherlands.
I'm from the UK. I came home from college that day, turned on the tv slightly before you did, seeing the smoke billowing from tower one. In shock I called my Mum at work relaying information & telling her, totally stunned that another plane had hit the second tower. I broke the news to the rehab centre where she worked, totally stunned. I was just on autopilot & struggling to process what was going on. I can't imagine how much worse it was for people in the US, especially New York. It wasn't until later that it hit me, but of course it would have been so much more painful for them. My deepest condolences still go out to those who lost friends, family & colleagues.
@@SuperMissblueeyesI’m from upstate NY, 4 hours from the city, and I’ll never forget we weren’t allowed to use the phones or internet (dial up back then) and every local fire department left to go help at ground zero. I was 15 and didn’t know what a terrorist was, so naive. My entire adult life has been affected by 9/11. 5 deployments, many loses of people who deployed. It’s been heartbreaking. I can’t even imagine how the people who lost loved ones that day feel. Thanks for thinking of us though 🙏🏼❤️
@@X3AmySarah I take it you're in the military? I have two gorgeous Texan nieces (my sister married a lovely Texan guy). Thank you for your service. It must be really difficult at times.
@@SuperMissblueeyesI'm in England. On 9/11, I did a half day at work and got home around 1.30pm. Around 20 minutes later, maybe half an hour, my Mum called me and showed me what was happening on the television. It was the start of the attacks. We then stayed glued to the telly for the rest of the day.
My parents both worked in D.C. that day and I was 13 and home sick from school. My father had worked a few years before in the wing of the Pentagon that was hit and still did consulting there on occasion. My mother worked on Pennsylvania Avenue where the White House is located and could see the Capitol from her office building. Every 9/11 I’m so grateful that I got to speak to them around 11 AM and that they came home to my sisters and I that night. The day was terrifying, but at least my parents survived unharmed. A boy I grew up with wasn’t so lucky-his mother died at the Pentagon that day. Now I live in the Netherlands with my Dutch husband and I’m impressed that most of the Dutch I know remember exactly where they were when they found out what was happening in the US. They respect my need to remember and honor the lives lost that day, especially Sandra L. White. It’s amazing how tragedy can remind us all of our humanity, despite the distance between us.
The broadcast tower engineer who stayed to maintain the signal until the end broke my heart. He likely knew he couldn’t have gotten down so he remained to ensure his colleagues could continue to report the event.
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God bless all who lost their lives on 9/11 and their families for their horrific loss!! ❤ NEVER FORGET!
Don Difranco seems like your classic passionate Autistic broadcast engineer who loved and was passionate about his job, committed to the end.
I was 10 years old, thousands of kilometers away in Budapest, Hungary. I was writing my homework at a nice lady’s house who used to look after me and help me study after school each day until my mom was done at work.
She came to pick me up and she was completely in shock, she told us what she heard on the radio, so we switched on the TV. We saw the second plane hit live.
As a 10 year old, even so far away, I was so scared that the world as I know it is over and I am not safe… it was a terrible feeling.
This documentary makes me feel angry at that madman from Afghanistan. I don’t know how to spell that jerk’s name. He came from a loving family too.
Why did he pretend he doesn’t speak english by the way when he was doing the interview? He studied in england afaik.
If you really think that some guy in the cave with Ak47 planned how to pass the strongest security in the world by air army ect you really need help guys.
@@NLS_7the reason there is so much security now is in response to the attack of this day. The planes were hijacked with knives and to little resistance except for the airliner that was taken to the ground after the passengers fought back. Besides, if you look into history for a second, you’d know Bin Laden was a billionaire and many of the terror groups of the Middle East were funded by CIA when they were only resistance groups against the Russians. He wasn’t some bum, they had already led many battles against the Soviets
MY DAD WAS BORN N LIVED IN BUDAPEST TILL HE AN THE REST OF HIS FAMILY FLED DURING TH REVOLUTION. HE WAS BORN FEB 1947? I THINK '47. HE STILL REMEMBERS THE CHANT IN FULL HUNGARIAN AND I LOVE HEARING HIM SAY IT. HE SAYS IT WITH SUCH PASSION JUST LIKE THEY USE TO. MY GRANDPA WHO I NEVER MET WAS A SPY N HIS FRIENDS WERE ALL HUNG. I DESPERATELY DESPERATELY WANT TO VISIT HUNGRY AND PARTICULARLY BUDAPEST. I LOVE MY HUNGARIAN ROOTS N SO BADLY WISH I COULD CONNECT TO IT. NEVER GOT TO MEET MY EITHER OF MY GRANDPARENTS. I WANNA LEARN HUNGARIAN. MUCH LOVE FROM PITTSBURGH PA. (MY DAD N FAMILY FLED TO DAYTON OHIO, NO ONE KNOWING A WORD OF ENGLISH).
Thank you for posting this in depth documentary about 911. I watched this whole event on TV on the west coast as it unfolded. The second plane made a direct hit on my father's company on the 73rd floor. Fortunately he was in London on business at the time. All the employees were on the street when it happened. They were instructed by the company president not to return to their offices when the okay was given to return after the initial evacuation. He knew it wasn't safe and his decision spared all their lives. It was an event we must never forget.
What? They were sent to go back in with the building actively being on fire?? Wild
@P0e44 after the first plane hit the first tower, people in the 2nd tower evacuated, only to be told everything was fine in their building and they could return to their offices
@Johnnyred51 ...This piece touched me...I too was on the west coast and woke to see the second plane hit...I thought at first it was a movie premiere and quickly realized it was real..that was a sad day for soo many families. Glad you were not in your office then.
@@KatieBearGrrr Correct.
I recall watching the people running from the explosion, a pause, and when the smoke clears, people running back towards the building to help others. These heroes, these everyday people, these stories make me remember to be proud to be American. Thank you.
Seeing the clip of Jim Gartenberg (the man who spoke who was stuck on the 60+ floor) and I remember hearing his story on a different documentary, it was heartbreaking. He tried to offer comfort in his last moments of life to people watching who had family there too, even though he himself was panicking beyond comprehension, it breaks your heart all over again. This was very well produced and raw, honestly you have to have a thick skin to cover news since you never know what sort of things, events, tragedies you will have to report on some day, but this was such a horrible day it’s amazing that they worked so hard to document it even through the shock of it all. I mean, they’re human after all. I still can’t believe this was all real. A dark and tragic day those of us who were alive then to witness, even when not in NYC but just by the TV alone, will never forget.
One thing I’ll never forget about Jim Gartenberg is that he was only there that day to pack up his office. He had gotten a better paying job elsewhere. That was supposed to be his last day. Little did he know…
It’s been 23 years since 9/11 and it still feels like yesterday. Every time I see something on 9/11 it still makes me cry. RIP to all those who lost their lives that day. We will never forget 💕🇺🇸
Please Lord God, heal everyone who are still traumatized from this tragedy.
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I read recently that the Dust Lady passed away from cancer caused by the clouds of smoke and dust. Bravo to all responders.
I’ll never forget seeing the people who jumped because of the fire . It was live tv so it wasn’t censored. After the first few I found myself howling this primal scream , the horror of seeing those poor people jumping will stay with me forever . That’s what sticks in my mind the most . Knowing it had to be so bad for them to jump knowing they were going to die .
Me too 💔😭
Ditto I think it was so shocking that even the news people in the moment didn’t edit that the way they did afterwards. They said a lot of things that could be looked at as big understatements some of because we know what came after like calling it something relatively devastating going on in WTC North I always forget which is one and two, but I have north and south down pretty well now. I’ve seen a few home videos where you can see them waving a little bit, but until I came across some of that, I started to think that I imagined seeing it just from hearing about it occasionally. But yeah, I knew I didn’t. That was exactly what I was thinking like how bad is it for them to think that’s a better option. Plus, I think they purposely probably try not to do such close ups after that because it’s like 100 people did that we saw maybe five. I’ll never forget the two holding hands. 😢
I’m glad it wasn’t censored - horrifying as those images were - we needed to see them. For me, the jumpers were the heart of the tragedy of that day.
I cannot imagine how terrified you have to be of the alternative that you will knowingly do something that will kill you to get away from it. It's absolutely fucking horrifying to think of people being in that position. If anything summed that hopeless, frightening, unreal nightmare of a day, people jumping from the towers is it.
@@mintybadger6905 The world needed to see those images. It was necessary for people to understand how unimaginable that atrocity was, to be shocked and horrified and sickened.
My sister was visiting Manhattan that day. She couldn’t call me until the next day. It was terrifying! My heart goes out to the families that never got that phone call 💜
@@TheAmazingHuman-Man2 Nah, it's weird how u didn't even think about calling ur family after an incident like that 🤔
I'm glad that your sister was OK. And that you eventually got a phone call.
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Nostalgia hits hard watching this documentary. As a kid in Europe, I vividly remember Kevin McCallister on top of the Twin Towers in Home Alone 2. Dreaming of visiting them one day, only to realize years later they were gone. The innocence of those childhood aspirations, now overshadowed by the tragic events of 9/11, leaves a profound sadness.
Seeing the towers in movies was the only way id gotten to see them, and im still haunted when i see them in movies that i forgot they were in.
@lauracontino269 I was watching Armageddon & it showed the twin towers on fire at the top & the movie Deep Impact where you could see the towers laying against each other
I had aspirations of visiting WTC in New York City before my other dream was to move out into a rural small town. To experience America 🇺🇸 travel as a US citizen.
Same. As a little girl I wanted to visit the towers. I remember telling my dad I wanted to see them. He just sent me a smile. It wasn't until I was 12 and in middle school that my father told me about 9/11. He pulled me into the den and turned the computer on. He asked what I knew about that day. Of course at the time I knew nothing. He showed me a video an I remember saying " This really happened?" I almost cried. I was only 2 went the towers fell. I will never forget how my heart sank when the towers fell in that video. I had to hold back tears. May the victims rest in peace.
I was there working as a desk assistant at Eyewitness News, it brought us all together and it was an experience I will never forget. I will never forget taking people to the bathroom and helping them get cleaned off so they could come on air and talk about what they saw. I will never forget the 19 hour shifts we did those few days after.
Wow, I got the chills! I couldn't imagine the shock of seeing people covered in ash like they are from another world!
That day is my generations Pearl harbor. That is something nobody will ever forget. The terror, the pain, sorrow, and so many victims that day and after.
I was inside getting a ultrasound, when. I came out the second was hit. I found out about the Pentagon in the car. I speed to my mom cause I knew she would be freaking out about the Pentagon and she was babysitting my son. Thank God her lil sister called out that day and was in the doctors office. I had my daughter a month later. Now shes gonna be a dentist and my son is in the Army
@@1Vapersianprincessit seems like every 30 years or so the US government has to attack its own people in order to con the people into getting behind their war efforts. I'm thinking of Pearl Harbor in the 40's, Gulf on tonquin in the '60's, Twin Towers in '01, and now a full blown insurrection on the part of an entire political party!
Time really flies, doesn't it? I know you must be so proud of your children! Says a lot about you as a mom! :)@@1Vapersianprincess
What about the hundreds of military soldiers who streamed into the twin towers to help. Shielding people, using their skills to help them down the stairs, telling the firefighters that they will take over, helping the office workers. Watching those hundreds of soldiers at the scene using their training, I'll never forget it
NH Burkett is a world class journalist and face to camera journalist. Him along with Marty stared death in its face but said not this day. This day we will survive the most horrific terrorist attack in history.
NJ was filmed later interviewing a lady who was crying and he put his mic down and hugged her which was a moment I cried.
Sending my love and prayers to all the victims, the victims families. Those brilliant NYFD & NYPD folks that ran in as everyone else that could run in the opposite direction
We had it on 7/7 and you guys had this but there is no stronger ally than the US & UK.
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I absolutely concur...
N.J. Burkett stuck with me from that day, I remember watching him live hug that woman who started crying when talking about the jumpers. I was seriously moved, I had never seen a news reporter comfort someone live without it being a formal sit down interview.
I was his cameraman, it was real. That's who Newt is.
Marty? I'm glad you were a part of this doc, keep your head up. You're a hero too! @wheelerhill
Billy, Thank you, Marty@@BillyBong
@@wheelerhill hats off to you guys !
@@wheelerhillyou did such an amazing and terrific job documenting this!
The scale of 9/11 was so horrific not even the media could exaggerate it nor could they believe it. Sometimes I still can’t wrap my head around this day.
No, it was like a Hollywood movie. To be honest I don’t understand how people can still watch that type of movie after seeing it in real life/time. How can you be entertained by something like that?
@@crazykins9361 the first half of that day was honestly faster moving than any crazy movie. And I agree with your points.
If you listen to the air traffic control recordings of the hijacked flights it seems so long before/between the events that happened but it’s true, when you watch the actual event it seems to happen so fast!
We’re you in New York that day?
@jimmiesmith5590 Ive been doing the exact same thing; watching video after video trying to get a better understanding of the horrors people face in and outside of the towers. I find that I’m more horrified today, than I was at 17 when 9/11 happened. I’m also beginning to realize that there’s been some shady shit that when down at the hands of our own government, that may have contributed to it.
@jimmiesmith5590 since we invaded Iraq which I was vehemently against, I’ve always said I believe 9/11 may have been a false flag operation to destabilize the Middle East. War mongers Bush, Cheney, Rice and Powell saw to that. I’ll never forget that time Powell stood in-front of the world’s stage and sold us that crock of shit as justification to go ahead with the invasion.
"All those children without mothers and fathers tonight" I was doing deliveries that day up here in Canada listening to it unfold on the radio. When I heard the building collapse that was my exact thought. I had to pull over for a few minutes and cry until I could pull myself together and continue on with my work... Never Forget
Canadia was so kind and loving to all the passengers who found themselves in Canadian when our airways were closed. You took planes that could have had hijackers. You feed, clothed and comforted the crew and passengers. Your counties' kindness will never be forgotten either. I live about an hour from NYC. I remember every minute of the horrible day.
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In a way these reporters turned into war correspondents in a blink of an eye. They have the camaraderie of those who have been in combat together. Thank you for a job well done.
To hear what the reporters went through and to show people what happened. Thank you.
"I've learned to see that door as providential." Powerful words from a man who has been through a heart-wrenching hell. May God watch over him.
22 years later and the tears were flowing within the first few minutes of the video. I hope I never live through an event this horrendous again.
23 years and all feels as it happened tonight.
All those empty beds and hospital staff on stand by, waiting for survivors who would never come. That is heartbreaking.
And the empty morgues because ninety percent of the bodies were never recovered. Not possible in a collapse but something made them disappear 🤔
@@Larry26-f1w About 40% of recovered remains haven’t been identified. And they’re still identifying some of those remains to this day. There were very few intact bodies to recover. The people at and above the impact point were subjected to the fire. The wreckage continued to burn and smolder for three months. 250K tons of burning steel and concrete…per building. 😐
@@Larry26-f1w I bet you're a flat-earther as well lmao. You do realise bodies have a tendency to get destroyed by being crushed under concrete and steel, right? Most of the bodies that they found were just bones and body parts.
@@Larry26-f1w are you really that thick ?
@QueenofFlannelColors I read a fabulously written book (the book was NOT fabulous) called M.E. or medical examiner or morgue and was about a medical examiner but he was also involved with 9/11. This was prob 10-15 yrs ago and the enormity of 9/11 was outside what your brain can even imagine from just his perspective. I still am trying to grasp EVERYTHING and how it affected sooooo many and for how long. Babies born after this without fathers are grown adults now...and it goes on...
Saddest day!!! My husband had an interview that day in the building and he missed his alarm. He called and they said come around lunchtime. The one thing I remember is how kind people were to each other and united we were.
Was your husband interviewing with Larry Silverstein?
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Eyewitness for presenting this remarkable documentary. We want to express our appreciation to all the photographers, journalists, anchors, and everyone who diligently carried out their responsibilities on that fateful day, putting their lives at risk and preserving history for us, the people. We can only imagine the immense pain and fear that must have been experienced, both on that day and perhaps even to this day. From the depths of our hearts, we thank you.
very well said! ❤️🤍💙
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So much appreciate the dedication to _our horrible day of pain and agon.may god give you All peace.thank you
Remember the State of NY still refuses to care for first responders of 9/11. Some died from giving it all to their city, some are still suffering and are on their own.
We must never forget the passengers, I can't imagine the terror they felt knowing what was to come. God bless them all from the UK
This is a documentary that todays children should be shown in school. This perfectly captures the horror that day, and how it changed all of us. Explains why we all stop every year on 9/11. Cause if you weren’t alive or old enough to remember it, you just can’t possibly understand how our lives changed that day.
Hopefully, it woke you up to the fact your government doesn't care how many of its own citizens get obliterated in the name of their war efforts to control oil.
@@ohgawdTruth 1000% 😭💔
Michael Jackson's song They don't care about us.
All because of Bush !
@@abundantlove2425Michael Jackson had a meeting in one of the towers that morning. He missed it due to staying up late on the phone with his mother. Seth McFarland had one too but he woke up late due to a hangover. Mark Wahlberg had one too. This list goes on.
I was thousands of miles away. I had not, nor have ever had, any connection or met anybody that was impacted or suffered that day. Just a young housewife in my kitchen in North Yorkshire England. A fine late summer afternoon with a pie in the oven and Waiting to go and collect my youngest son from his first week in school. For some reason the TV was on in the kitchen as I cleared flour from the worktop when I looked up and saw the second plane crash into the building. I will never forget the horror and shock I felt and every year I say a prayer for all the people whose lives were lost and ruined and changed forever on that day and it is something I can never forget or fail to commemorate for as long as I live.
I was in the E.R. in a Cleveland, Oh. Hospital with my dad the night of 9/11. Everyone was running all around preparing rooms and getting things ready for all the injured people they were expecting, then, as the night went on, you could feel it in the air as everyone realized there wouldn't be any injured coming for those rooms. It was such an awful feeling. 😢😢
The reporter standing so close to the building collapsing is still one of the creepiest things I've ever seen in my life. Those poor people who experienced it first hand has to have some form of PTSD.
The only thing that legitimately scares me is Kevin Cosgrove's 9-11 phone conversation as the second building collapsed It's quite literally the most f*cked up I have ever listened to in my life.
🇨🇦Even though it looks like this was produced in 2021, here I am in 2023 watching, while the same fear inside grips your heart… the thoughts are that this just can’t be happening. I was seven months pregnant with my first child and received a call from my dear friend Francine in Toronto, she was asking me if I was watching the news? I had no idea what happened because at the time only a few of us had flip phones, it was not standard like now, where everybody pretty much has a handheld computer/iPhone. Thank you for producing this documentary. While deeply painful, it’s good to be reminded about the loss of so many lives. This only covers the towers, there were still many others that were killed in the other two airplanes that crashed. I consider the US to be our cousins to the south. Your pain is our pain as we are all human beings. May father God watch over all of us and especially those families/peoples who lost loved ones that day. May He shine His face upon all of us and give us His precious peace, amen.
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I was in high school at the time and the railroad tracks are a block from my house in New Haven county in CT. For months after this we would see trains with trailers of debri from the Towers coming through, slowly, and soo many. It was eerily sad. I will never forget.
This was an exact encapsulation of that day. The chaos we all felt, being scared, uncertain and crying. I had just turned 21. None of us whom were alive will never forget that day. This brought me back to those moments.
I was 21 for like a month! Crazy how long ago but still feels like last year or yesterday!! I had a boyfriend in the Air Force and I knew we where going to war. I will be 43 in about a month how crazy how time flys and how sad for these family’s and first responders.
Same. I was turning 21 that December and remember that day like a movie; went to school but never made it to class; Eyes glued to the tv in dining hall. I don’t remember other things like I remember that day. I just had this feeling of dread because I knew things changed forever.
I'd turn 21 in May, I thought it was an action movie, I just couldn't believe what I was watching was happening for real in New York.😢😢
Welp I’m the youngest one, I wasn’t even around when 9/11 happened and I’m 19 years old rn but R.I.P to those who have died
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I turned 21 years old in march, 2001 and I just barely started working for only 45 mins in when the 1st tower got hit. Crazy that in Feb 2000 I was being recruited to join the US Marines. I did pass the written test but failed the physical test due to having flat feet even though I was the most fit of the 40 guys there. The guys were shocked when they found out I failed the physical test. My best friend from jr high and high school did join the US army in 2003 as a medic. He passed away in Iraq in 2006 leaving behind a wife and 2 kids. I sometimes wondered what would have happened to me in Iraq. When my best friend passed away in August 27th, he was 27 years old and he was born on February 27th. Very very strange. 27 years and 6 months old precisely.
The feeling of helplessness of waiting for those in need yet they never came. A good friend of mine was the former chief of the Allamuchy (NJ) fire department, and his unit was called up to cover for those sent into the city to assist. He told me how all they heard on the radios was "any update?" or "found anyone?" those first few days.
Thank You!!! Thank you for including the piece about "Don", the engineer who worked on the 110th floor of WTC1. I've not seen much coverage about those engineers who were diligently working at their jobs when the unthinkable happened. Everything I've read about them says that like Don, the others stayed where they are, we can guess, anticipating ending their shift and going home at the end of the day, but they never did. Can more video be made about the broadcast engineers, with pictures or video to show what they did every day? As a former broadcaster of 40+ years, I would love to see more information about these brave souls. Thank you! Rest in Peace, Don!
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Get the name right , it was not Don it was Dong ( Ding Dong )
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I was 35 at the time. My husband and i were at disneyworld. The whole situation was surreal. We had friends in las vegas at time too. The feeling we felt internally still stay with you to this day and will do for life. The workd changed forever. Our families were watching reports on uk news channels. Without these brave newscrews reporting, we would have never truly known the full stories. All the families at disney swan just hired cars and headed home. We were able to come home a week later and were on the first gatwick flight to uk. Was emotional landing and that feeling of getting home words cant describe 😢
Journalists get so little appreciation for the work they do to get information to the public as quickly accurately and efficiently as possible. The people who did that job on that day were heroes too!!
What they were then and what they are now are two different things…sad reality
@francopasta3704 True journalists are still the same today as then. The problem is there has been a wide proliferation of imitation journalists and all sorts of non credible sources, all over the internet, passing themselves off as legitimate news when they are anything but. They function without any journalistic standards of fact checking and verifying information. Some have intent to spread misinformation. Such as the entertainment side of Fox News.
Add into that equation the former president, with serious consequences, engages in an ochastrated effort to disparage actual journalism with the intent of causing people to not believe the truth about him and his conduct. To convince the gullible not to believe their lying eyes and ears when in fact he and his cronies are the liars.
LOL there are no journalism in U$, only corp propagandists. 9II was orchestrated from within.
@@francopasta3704there have always been good and bad ones
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The difference is not between who they were then and who they are now. The difference is between LOCAL reporters and CABLE reporters.
Local reporters cannot lie 24/7 like FAUX News does. They don't have the entire country or planet to draw an audience from. If the locals don't have trust in what they are reporting, the station will not survive.
This was a big day for my family. My parents were both in New York watching the towers, my aunt was in the Pentagon, and my friend's dad was supposed to be in one of those planes but missed his flight. There was frantic scrambling and panic all day. My aunt was quickly confirmed, but my friend's dad didn’t know what happened, and no one could get in contact with him until the end of the day. Everyone had thought he was dead.
My grandmother knew exactly what it was after the first plane. She came and woke me (I was homeschooled at the time) and said "We're under attack." I go up and watched the coverage while she made breakfast and watched the second plane hit live. I was never into news before then... I was about 17. I grew up that day. I started paying attention.
We all need to start paying attention!
@@AlanPaul-o6h, pay close attention… read the NIST REPORT.
Try to understand why all investigation laws were ignored.
This is beyond scary , especially scary when combined with what has been taking place since the last election.
Pay close attention !
I knew right away, as well. I’d been reading the news. I was convinced the term: “Allahu Akbar!” was probably used at some point. It was very frightening.
@@wednesdaytheblackcat7385fun fact: people who eat bacon are less likely to blow themselves up on purpose
@@wednesdaytheblackcat7385these pl wasn’t Muslim thou they give Muslim ppl a bad name just remember that these ppl who ever did this was evil pure evil I believe there’s more to it 😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏
When this happened, it seemed so far away from us on the other side of the world.
After having visited New York this year, and visiting the memorial site, I am recognising the streets around and some of the buildings.
I now, more than ever, appreciate the horrific events of that day and the aftermath.
The memorial itself is beautiful.
It's such a calm place of reflection, with the fountains of water falling into footprints of each of the two towers.
I was surprised at how small the actual footprint of both buildings is, but appreciate the care that is being taken to preserve those two footprints as a lasting memorial to the lives lost that day.
I cried many times while visiting, when I read the names of the fallen, and saw that someone had brought flowers for their lost loved one.
There were many flowers, roses and other beautiful blooms, left by friends and family.
They made me cry.
What a lovely comment. ❤
Love you ❤
I think most people who were alive must remember where they were and what they were doing on this day. Love from Australia xxx
I remember this day as if it was yesterday.
Back then i was a kid in school, and it was afternoon here in denmark when it happened.
The class was shut down, and all students was called to the big hall, and we were told the terrible news.
The two emotions i remember the most, was absolutly helplessnes.. and then we felt sorty for all those poor people.
When i came home, my dad told me, that from now on the world will not be the same, and he was absolutly right.
God bless those poor people and may they rest in peace. ❤
It still hurts all these years later. My husband and I were watching the terror unfold all the way in Arizona, so I am grateful for the members of the media for their dedication to ensuring the world saw what was happening. They helped bring our nation together as we all watched the heartbreaking loss and devastation. We all moured together.
Sad inside job.
I was a travel agent working for Amex whose headquarters is across the street from the WTC. They lost about a dozen employees that day. I arrived at the office just a few minutes after the first plane hit. In just a few minutes it took me to get to work the world changed that fast
So sad. My brother’s ex wife died on that day. She was in the first plane that hit the north tower with her boyfriend heading to LA for a vacation. Our families still feel the pain when 911 is discussed. We had a memorial service for her later during the week. Here it is 2023 and I still can not bring myself to the memorial nor can my brother. Her name is Janis Lasdin and we knew her so well for many years. She is greatly missed. So sad 😢
Thank you for sharing her and your story. Rest in Peace Janis and much love to you and your family. ❤
I m sorry about your loss. I believe she is in the highest heaven now.
This is the first time I read a story from the family of the planes passengers who were killed... Thankyou for sharing.
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@@steverosenfeld4509why are you making that face. Not everyone is full of crap dude.
@@annesssuzana6708 Ron Clifford, an Irishman who gave aid to Jennieann Maffeo (she was outside the towers, but was badly burned from jet fuel, she died about 40 days later…..he was due to have a meeting in one of the towers, but the planes crashing cancelled it), later found out that his sister, Ruth, and niece, Juliana, died on flight 175.
Ruth’s good friend Paige, was murdered on flight 11.
Even 22 years later, this day haunts me. God bless those who covered this moment.
SADLY, PEOPLE'S BELIEFS ARE SO CRAZY IT,S REALLY SCARY HOW THEY MUSLIMS BELIEVE THE belief FOR KILLING PEOPLE IS IN God's KINGDOM WITH HIS PROPHETS THATS WHAT THE MAN WHO ORGANIZED THE PLANES GOING INTO THE BUILDINGS I DONT KNOW WHAT GOD THEY SERVE BUT MY BIBLE SAYS THEY SHALL NOT KILL MY GOD IS LOVING AND CARING GOD ALL MY AMERICA BROTHERS AND SISTER DIED THAT ITS STILL HAS A HOLE IN MY HEART ALMOST 3000 THAT DAY
I was already in my 30s when this happened and I had just moved to Florida from NYC a couple of months prior.
The worst day in my lifetime.. I had just stepped into my office when a colleague asked me "Aren't you from NYC?" I remember looking at them and thinking what a strange question to ask before even saying "Good Morning"... Then I was shown what was happening Live on TV... I remember watching in shock! Then that 2nd plane came into view and struck the South Tower...I just screamed.. shear panic came over me. All I can think of was my family, all scattered and still in NYC...never ever will I forget the terror I felt being so far away and not being able to get a hold of anyone..
It took until late that night before I knew everyone was physically okay.
I learned that day exactly why they're called Terrorists...
RIP to all those souls lost on that horrible and tragic Tuesday morning. and to think we are still losing people 23 years later, due to the aftermath and effects from all that dust, ash and debris. True act of Terror... We may have caught the culprits, but we have people still suffering from the 9/11 attacks in one form or another.
Cameraman going through that "survivor's remorse..."
I have no words😢
Yea, I wonder if the poor guy has ever seeked any help before this. Or if he just tries not to ever think about it, or gets overwhelmed
@@jimlthor It'd be interesting to find out how many of the emergency services and news people on the scene that fateful day sought therapy for the horrific images they saw.
Big love n respect to F.D.N.Y. We are sorry for your tremendous loss of life on that day. May all that perished rest in peace and their families and loved ones find solace in the fact that they were all heros and died doing what they did best, all 343 of them. Amen🙏🙏🙏♥️♥️♥️
@andygee8716 both professions require you to see gruesome things and no therapy would be able to fix it after 9/11
14:49 To comfort the loved ones of those who were stuck with him, in that horrific moment, is unbelievable heroic! I salute you sir! You are an inspiration for me. 🙌
unfortunately mr. gartenberg didn't survive, yet even in such a dire situation he never once thought of himself first,he wanted to reach out to the outside and make his voice heard, he was trying to be a comfort to the loved ones of the people stuck there, mantainin an enviable calm despite the fear,just to be of help to as many as possible, like him and to bring and hurry as many rescues as rescue could to their location. His memory shall live on.
@@ravenrey7225 My heart goes out to those unsung heroes of 9/11. I am sure there were many stories of the best of humanity, courage and selflessness from one of the darkest days of humanity. I was young and thousands of miles away in India however, I vividly remember that day, as an 8 year old. I cannot even begin to imagine the pain of those who lost their loved ones that day, but I pray. It was an attack on every peace loving human and I cannot forgive them for changing our world for the worse. I'll never forget!
I take comfort that the people on the other 2 planes had a go , fought back , for all we know there could have been battles on all 4 planes
some heroes well never know about
I'm thankful for social media not being a thing in 2001. I can't imagine how many awful videos whould have been on the internet of the victims and their remains...
The internet would had broken
Oh there's horrible videos on the internet. Voice recordings too.
It would’ve have actually helped understand the real conditions inside the towers BEFORE they started coming down, disproving without the shadow of a doubt the official narrative (which is a ridiculous bunch of lies).
It was in the early 2000s. Very accessible. They were everywhere.
@@Kitti_B I think it would’ve actually helped understand what really happened inside those buildings, their real internal condition before the fall.
Having tapes from within the buildings would’ve helped disprove the official narrative more than the stories of who survived that day already did.
They would’ve shown the interior of the building in all the upper and lower floors, showing how no fires had spread throughout the whole buildings and how unjustified and impossible their total collapse, nearly at free fall speed, really was.
Wow . “I’ve learned to view that door as…. the door to the rest of my life”. Wow. That’s extremely powerful. That footage is famous. The one I always think of when I think of the moments the first tower collapsed
23:29
Salute to these people who fought fear and showed commitment in delivering the news. I'm glad they're all safe. Rip to those who died that day. We'll never forget you.❤️
good riddance to those americunts
Yes 😢
very clearly, this was inside job - controlled demolitions, only to have pretex to make wars and make money from them and to suppress human rights in the same time; in USA, there is no demokracy, USA is ruled by oligarchy; so sad...
@orlysanjose4059 Ни ми у Србији нећемо заборавити како сте нас ЗВЕРСКИ БОМБАРДОВАЛИ 1999!
Delivering news is more important than...what? Delivering brainwashing from a desk safe from danger is ..honorable? Say what? jive baby jive
I worked at a financial institution on the day. Our phones were normally always ringing. I remember asking why are the phones silent. Our boss came out a couple of minutes later and told us what was happening. The office was so silent. Gives me chills to this day.
God bless those who were lost and those that were left behind.
I will never forget this day. Every September, I always have this feeling of sadness. I know first responders, and people who were there that day, live through it every day. I was 19 when this happened. I was working as a landscape builder, a woman shouted from her window that a plane had flew into one of the towers. So me and my work buddy went over and watched the whole event. The second plane, and the collapse of both towers. We was absolutely horrified by all those poor souls that perished that day. I will always remember it was such a sunny and clear beautiful day. We will never forget! To our American brothers and sisters. Love, light and blessings from UK 🇬🇧
Thanks for making this documentary. I've watched so many pieces on 9/11, and I never gave thought to those who were covering it. I'll never forget them now. Thank you for your service.
Plane engines on the street, eye witnesses of people seeing the plane, families with loved ones on the planes.. yet out there are narrow minded fools saying this was something it wasn’t. Absolutely shameful
It’s frustrating 😠
Frustrating but some people process trauma through denial. They’re likely afraid and hurting too. Not justifying it. It pisses me off too
It's because it defies reason. It doesn't seem real, even today watching videos I feel like this just happened yesterday and I never fully processed it or the scope of it. The people who tend to believe these conspiracies tend to be those who have trouble coming to terms with the fact that the U.S. got suckerpunched, and there was nothing us regular people could do about it. It's a ploy to try to control things. Their conspiracy falls apart when you think about the sheer logistics of setting up such a plot, and trying to keep thousands of witnesses quiet during both the duration of the event and then afterwards for the ones who escaped. Not to mention, why would the government even concoct a plan like this? To invade Afghanistan and then Iraq? For WHAT? (Those that say oil are literally spreading the myth that the U.S. got involved in the Middle East back during the first Gulf War to "steal oil.")
i always shed tears no matter how many times i have watched the relevant program about 911 ….LOVE from Japan
Over 20 years later and I still just cannot believe this day happened and it was real. This was seriously the scariest day I ever lived through. Life before this day was so different. Boy did we take it for granted.
Let's be honest, your nacion did it yourself. To get your hands on black gold.
I feel sorry for inocent people who died that day, for nothing.
@@xandor007 The innocent citizens had no choice- I'm not American, don't live there, have never been there- but it was inexcusable what happened to innocent people.
I was next to it
@xandor007 : Bin Ladin and that other guy , Ayaman Al zawahairy ass-hole dude , or something like that , they thought that they were safe , beyond our reach . But America caught up to those two . Our seal team six greased Bin Ladin , and then stuffed him into a 50 gallon drum , put rocks and dirt and chains in there with him , put the lid on , and then heaved him off of the back of a boat . The second terrorist we caught up with twenty years later , on President Joe Biden's watch . That second guy was taken while watching a sunset from the balcony of the villa that was so graciously provided him by his terrorist friend , the big boss of Afghanistan now . Neither one of those two terrorists , Bin Ladin or his mentor , Al Zawahiri , were too keen on roughing it in the mountains of Afghanistan or Pakistan . Well , they're not alive now to gloat about the suffering that they caused , or to plot anymore terrorist acts in the world . I just thought that it was appropriate to remind u of that , okay troll ?
@@dannyrichards-nb9sh... where exactly. I'm in another country
and my son and I watched on his tv. He was 19 then. He's 41 now
(22 years later now in 2023) with his own family. We were gobsmacked.
Never Forgotten.
This is a very heartbreaking coverage to watch. There is no denying that the tragedy of human loss is tough to look at.
To see many first responders and average people rushing towards danger, risking their lives to save one person or many people brings hope to the hopeless in such a tragic event.
To have photographers capture images of survivors gives hope and relief to many.
There is a bitter sweet in their captures of horrifying moments in life.
As you watch the firefighters, police, reporters, and strangers helping each other despite their shock, fears, and uncertainty, bravery was demonstrated to the best of their abilities.
Thank you to the brave people who gave their lives and put their life in harms way to help another in any way necessary.
Thank you to the survivors who shared their story with the world.
Life is ugly and beautiful , we all decide how we want to contribute to it.
Hope you are doing okay !
Thanks to everyone that participated in this video. I wasn’t there in New York that day, but I watched as the 2 nd plane flew into the south tower and all the coverage afterwards. Thanks for reuniting after 20 yrs to give your perspective on that horrific day and what it’s been like for all of you since then.
I saw the sec plane too . From tv in Sweden.
I still feel deeply drawn to watch any new documentaries about that terrible day. It's still really heartbreaking, i am sending love and Jesus's blessings to all who live in New York and America. It is my wish to be able to go there one day again and visit and spend time with the people who live there. I pray that this never happens again. ❤
I still cry everytime I watch a different documentary. NY never will be the same!😢 Old New Yorker
This is really well done. It doesn't understate the heroism of the first responders or disregard the lives lost. It simply tells the psychological effect it had on the first hand witnesses of those who were there to document history for posterity.
I completely agree
One ofnthe best documentaries Ive seen. Thankyou for showing us the reporter and cameramen side of the equation. How brave they all were.
I'm 70 yrs old now, so my perspective about life has changed since 1973 when I knew a girl, she was a party girl, but she was a sweet gal. At that time she had landed a job with a stock broker at the world trade center, she was so happy and elated with energy. It wasn't until years later after 911 that I remembered her and felt sad that she probably had perished, I mainly feel sorry because we used her, we were all young, self serving and foolish. Life is so precious but at 19 I didn't see it. SMH.
I was 26 and living in Colorado at the time. I know just where I was and what it felt like to get the news trickling in about what happened, the theories of the small plane before we knew, and watching that 2nd plane hit the building on live T.V.. Such a horrific day that I will never forget. I find myself wanting to know who all the people were that were lost. I hope they will do some documentaries on the individual people maybe in the future as an honor. I know many have been mentioned but we don’t know a lot about who most of them were. I remember the full churches in the days following. People looking for answers. Those were precious days.
Colorado here to i was 11
RIP to everyone who lost their lives in this horrible event. You are not forgotten and never will be. The courage, strength and resilience shown by each and every person that day makes me proud to be an American. ❤
I was getting ready for work that morning, and had the TV on in the living room, and was only half-listening to the news. As I walked by the TV, I see the first tower burning and couldn't comprehend what I was watching. Then I was transfixed - it seemed so surreal. After what seemed like an eternity, I went in to work, and everyone of the normally upbeat and outgoing personnel seemed shell-shocked. One of our co-workers, who was also a minister, brought us all together and said a pray, which brought most of us to tears. Within a day or two, we had a large blood drive at work, and a co-worker was making plans to go to NYC to volunteer to help. What a horrible, tragic day, which brought out the best in so many people.
You guys did a damn great job on tell 9-11 i was a 18 year old Firefighter from N.C and just got my EMT on that day I loss 343 Brothers and my falling Brother left wife’s and there kids behind plus just Amazing people that work in that building loss there life’s as well as the people in the plane we can’t never forget 9-11 falling family members and there family it was a sad day for our USA 😢God Bless you all for covering this!
I'm not American, Australian in fact but it still feels like a personal attack 20+ years later. 9/11 was really a seismic shift in the world and l am forever fascinated by the events of that day. This was truly a great documentary. Very informative from the very channel who brought us some of the most widely known and used footage from that horrible day. I hope to one day get to the WTC site to pay my respects to the fallen. My sincere congratulations to this NY news channel for their professional coverage of such a horrible event.
I was born & raised in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario. I was between jobs, when 9/11 happened. My Mum woke me up, not quite frantic, but urgently wanting to know what channels cnn and cbcnw were on. A few minutes later, once I was more alert, I went downstairs, and as I asked: “what happened? Who di…”, I looked towards the tv, just as the first tower started to collapse. I fell to my knees, hands covering my mouth, wishing I could take back my words. I still wish I could take those words back.
as a recent graduate with my degree in journalism, this video is so important. thank you so much for making this and putting it together, stellar work.
True unsung heroes, in more ways than one. Marty and NJ did superhuman work that day telling a story that otherwise could easily have been buried beneath the weight of that terrible day - the plight of the everyman. May their professionalism and courage, as journalists, never be forgotten!!!
Thanks Bro!
This comment is for those that lost loved ones who thought people will forget.
20+yrs later and her is this Aussie remembering this day.
God Bless…I will never forget
❤🙏🏼❤️
Each and every American that can remember that day might have PTSD from it. I watched it from 3000 miles away as a 15 year old high school sophomore. I couldn't imagine seeing it in person. The news reporters are just as big of heroes as anyone else that day. They ran into the danger area while everyone else was fleeing.
I was in Arizona at the time and I remember my Mom calling me by phone and saying, "...You need to turn on the TV. We are at war!" She was upset, so I turned on the TV to the hollocaust in New York. I stayed glued to the TV for the rest of the morning. It was unbelievable. God bless you all who kept the nation apprised during that horrendous catastrophe.
I love that they did this documentary on the journalists who covered the 9/11 attacks on the day it happened. I was 6 years old when the towers went down and I was home watching this unfold on the news and watching the tower collapse was just heartbreaking.
33:41 that clip will never fail to fill me with horror.
Like, the whole day was horrific but that dust cloud and all the people running chills me to my core every time I see it.
my mom described the days that followed as unusually quiet, like there was a synchronization born from the chaos. i was too young to know exactly what was going on. i just remember how terrified she was.
this is a fantastic documentary. it really puts into perspective the confusion and fear, and why that day lives in infamy so many years later.
Wow that scene at the hospital with the empty waiting gurneys really shocked me - I probably never realised that it was a matter of you either lived or you died, & so many died. All this time later this event is still heart breaking to think about.
My dad just retired as an Eyewitness News cameraman. He was in the city on 9/11. Luckily, he was blocks away when the buildings came down.
Tell him Marty said hello.
@@wheelerhill I see you are the Marty featured in the documentary. That was a powerful segment. I don't have a story much worth telling in regards to this event, but I do remember the exact street corner I was at in Oslo, Norway, when my father told my brother and I that "something had happened". We went up to his workplace and watched the events unfold on a TV in a meeting room where everyone was gathered, before the towers fell. Watching footage of that day reminds me of the sense of disbelief and "connection" (if that word is appropriate) even I as a child felt, seeing how everyone around me reacted, though I suppose I was too young to really grasp the immensity of the situation.
Pardon me writing at length here, again, it was hardly worth mentioning considering how far away I was. I guess my point is that it really made an impact despite that.
@@Vingul we are all connected by the day, thank you for the kind words.
@@wheelerhill Indeed. One little thing I didn't mention is that I had a single postcard on my bedroom wall when I was a child, and it was of the Towers. Always wanted to go there; they were already symbolic of something to me. Thanks for replying. We won't forget.
I remember my deceased husband, coming in our bedroom telling me to watch what was happening on our news channel, when the first plane hit! I cried!
Bim Laden.
You didn’t have to tell us he’s deceased
But sorry for ur loss
@@bottle3124does it bother you? She stated a fact. Have some compassion
@@bottle3124 your not a good person.
I was in Ballina, nsw Australia and had been I'll for a few weeks and my husband was trying to care for me. I was sitting in a chair waiting for my husband to lift me from the chair after his shower to take me to bed, the tv suddenly came on and i sat watching the first building burning, I was screaming for my husband, he ran out in a towel and we both saw the second tower being hit. I will never forget that moment and the coming hours watching the carnage that happened. I was in another country but it badly affected us, I will never forget that night and the coming days. Still now 20 years later it still affects me. My love and hope to all
I was in Sydney, when it happened. There were massive tv screens at all the city train stops with this story broadcasting 24/7. I'll never forget where I was that day
The news reporters were victims too, to be there and having to live with what they saw and trying to report what was going on couldnt have been easy. They are humans too and many of them I would bet had family and friends either killed or hurt. These were local reporters
i was a one year old, and my mother was holding me as she watched this horrific day unfold in a sports bar at the mall. everyone was crowding around the tvs just silent. i asked her if people screamed or cried and she said everyone there was just in shock at what they were seeing. i didn’t ask her what it felt like holding a baby and what was going through her mind. the horror and despair of this event…. just really makes my stomach drop. i imagine it felt like the world was ending
As a photographer & videographer myself in Los Angeles, I’ve filmed/ photographed things that I’ve sold to news networks, and people get very angry when they see someone on site with a camera during a tragic event, but my view on it is that I am capturing history, even if it’s an event easily forgotten, I am still documenting something & preventing it to being lost forever in the abyss of time. I wish people were more understanding in real time of the importance of documenting things via photo & video, both good & tragic things. I was in 3rd grade on 9/11, I’ll never forget that day & seeing the towers burning on my father’s big clunky old school 50 inch TV in our living room.
This brings back all the emotions of that day. I cannot fathom being in New York that Day. My heart hurt so bad for our country. This is something every American needs to Remember. If they were not born at the time teacher them, so this never happens again.
Wow, powerful, emotional so sorry all this happened! Innocent New Yorkers, my heart breaks for you, so very tragic!!
2024, and I CRY still when I watch these videos. This , on the eve of Veterans day I have now watched 3 videos and I just keep watching and keep crying. I am on the West Coast, and was living on the coast line in Washington State and I just remember suddenly being GLUED to the TV. Another thing I remember is the silence in the sky...not one plane flying. I Thank you all for sharing your stories of being right there, right in this War Zone of this Terrorist Attack ... I Thank ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS and I send Love and thought to all that lost loved one on that/those days, those months and those years, I pray for health to the survivors.
Most of the first responders disappeared that day , haven’t you heard ?
Pam must be crying to hard to respond , RIP and never forget Pam
I'm in the UK and flatshared with firefighters and had friends through work as a Nurse in a city centre Emergency Department.
After the towers went down I heard a sound I couldn't place straight away, only heard it once by accident and was a single sound, this was like a chorus, then went sick when I realised it was all their alarms.
It still haunts me and I can't imagine how those who were there go through.
That and the sheer horror of what man is prepared to do to innocents for their own benefit, really hit hard.
Liverpool, my home and New York have always had an unequalled bond, I had only heard our city in the same horrified silence after Hillsborough and Heysel
Still and always have you in our hearts, minds and prayers 🇺🇲🇬🇧
NJ and Marty recorded a piece of history firsthand.
So glad that they both made it and share a unique bond.
A horrible unforgiving tragedy filmed and documented with utmost professionalism.
Glad you’re both still with us gentlemen.
P.S
Well done to eyewitness news for being so thorough and documenting so much for future generations.
Our hearts will always be with EVERY person affected by this absolute horrific day and ALL their loved ones. We will NEVER forget 😢💔
Sad
I've seen that footage of the two women crouching behind the car so many times. Never realized they were reporters. Glad to know they are alright.