Moxy Games I saw one interview with a survivor that was in the south tower when it got hit, and he said he didn’t know that it was specifically planes that hit the WTC’s until 6 hours later... he said thought someone shot a missle at the towers and only knew it was airplanes, 6 hours later when he turned the news.... and he was inside it when it got hit. Just goes to show how many lives were lost due to communication faults. If this happened now a days everyone would instantly know what happened with social media
yes, but in the moment that seemed to be the right call. If a plane "accidently" flew into the north tower and there was debris falling everywhere the safest and most logical place to be was inside the other tower for the time being. I don't think many people were thinking it was a terrorist attack at the moment.
Could you imagine if this was today? How much video footage would be out there & even video footage of inside the towers for people to see. I was in college in 2001 and there was no facebook, youtube, etc. I remember this day like it was yesterday and it was truly terrifying. The only beautiful thing about this time was how much we all loved and helped each other. It didn't matter who you were, what color, religion, etc - for awhile we were one and helped each other.
that sounds like seeing what actually went on inside and that would be interesting (not in a bad way) but very tragic to see what people had to deal with before they died..
Not really, yes I agree the majority of people were united but Muslims were mostly discriminated against. But yes A LOT of people came together during this time.
He was as close to death as a survivor could’ve been. 105th floor meeting, 74th floor when the plane hit, and got out with 8 minutes to spare. An absolutely incredible story. I wonder how many people he saw in the tower that ended up dead within the hour. Mind-numbing to think about.
ruclips.net/video/-rhQUHTVdg4/видео.htmlsi=XSLcwrX4E5iTtpJd now this is the most incredible story Iv seen from 9/11, he was one of the 18 people that survived being above the impact zone and the last man to leave WT2 (south tower)….how he had to fight through the inferno flames 🔥 down the stairwell and thick smoke 💨 whilst people around him were going to sleep.
My sound wasn't picking up everything he said. Why did his friend delay on a mezzanine? Did he use the bathroom? I was thinking that much time shouldn't have made a difference. But I did read that people who went back to get keys or purses got trapped.
Hey Babe,are ya single? if not do ya got a sister? if not how about a Chubby Aunt? okay Babe lets get serious, I woulda asked this guy 2 questions, what happened to the I.D. card from the WTC? and the other question would be about the Maintenance worker who turned back to help his friend, he said that he could only hope that firefighters made him turn back, as if to say he didn't know his fate, do ya mean to tell me that he couldn't identify the worker from all the victims photos? I think they are good questions.
I was a rescue worker at the World Trade Center, post 1 & 2 collapsing, but arrived before 7 fell, and it has taken me years to work out my feelings and my role in it, and I've been asked many times to speak, and write a book. Watching this has given me a reference to how a speaking event should flow. Thanks for uploading
@@corrynthiaiam9205 I am beginning to slowly. The fact is that 9/11 has never ended for me. I had written a book, but when they started talking money with me, I immediately pulled out. I'm not looking to get rich off of this. Now I'm working with some organizations I believe in that if it comes to it, money will go to them
I'm speechless.. trying to imagine how people trapped in the higher floors felt.. the fact that they're told not to leave their offices, and not knowing what was really going on. This is heartbreaking 😢😢
Eveline Andrade I would have ran out any way just like he did if I look out the window and see another tall building on fire with a plane in it !! no way I'm running ! He was 1 smart man ! God bless him he had a Angel waking with him 😀
Also have you heard the recordings of the 911 operators and police? Telling them to stay put and all of them with attitudes and one guy even hung up on a guy after telling him that he needs to stay put even tho their building was on fire at the time of these calls. It’s so sad. The caller was asking if they should break a window or not and he told him to stay put and they have guys going up to fight the fire and the caller was asking questions and the dispatch told him he wasn’t going to tell him anything else and hung up. Another lady dispatch was telling people he same thing and when the caller asked what was happening she said she declined to give them any information. If they knew what was happening perhaps they would have tried to leave. But I am not an expert so idk.
Kayleen South They just didn’t know. They had no idea it was a commercial plane. I watched an interview with a firefighter who was with engine 10- the closest fire station to the WTC (it was actually built specifically to cover the WTC)- and he said they were all telling people to go back up because debris was falling outside and hurting/killing people. In the first tower, a bunch of people died in the lobby because a giant fire ball came down the elevator shaft due to the amount of jet fuel. They were trying to make the safest decisions for people. It’s just all so tragic.
lana lake The first certified fatality on 9/11 was Father Mychal Judge of the FDNY. He was killed by debris when the South Tower collapsed. He is considered the first fatality because his body was the first to be recovered and taken to the medical examiner.
Joe is one lucky soul. He walked from the 105th floor to the ground. Those fire wardens at the Aon Corporation were heroes that day. They safely evacuated 85 percent of its staff in 15 minutes, a significant accomplishment. Nearly all those below the impact zone survived the attacks. The buildings stood long enough for 14,000 people to escape. The lady on the 78th floor died. The fire warden died as well. Most of the guys in that meeting didn’t make it out, probably because they weren't versed in World Trade Center evacuation procedures. Terrorists attacked in 1993, and security and fire wardens were better prepared in 2001. If you were on the 78th floor or above it when the second plane hit, 97% of them perished. I liked how the speaker carefully worded his speech. The bathroom is on the 92nd floor, the sky lobby is on the 78th floor, and Starbucks is on the World Trade Center mall. Cell phones and people leaving briefcases speed up evacuation. Had Joe hesitated, he probably wouldn't have lived to tell the story. He got out with ten minutes to spare. Had the attacks happened today, smartphones would've killed him, potentially slowing the evacuation.
ruclips.net/video/-rhQUHTVdg4/видео.htmlsi=L0JUrGS0UfbG2lCR yep this is one of the 3% that did survive, the last person to come out of world trade 2 (south tower)….his story is incredible, he ran through the fire down the stairwell to Survive
When I was in junior high we had a holocaust survivor come and talk to us. I was the last generation to have that privilege. Vitally important to my youth and education.
I was 12 when I visited the newly opened Holocaust museum in LA on a class trip. Those images, the feelings I experienced that day have remained with me for the last 28 years. It is a horror that I pray we will never see again.
Not really considering that it's made up because there was no piece of a plane in the building it disintegrated when it hit so he definitely made it up also some of the other parts of the story doesn't make since like he said he got on a subway which he couldn't have because they were closed
I am a historian with a focus on 9/11 - this is the first survivor recount i have heard say specifically they were able to look into the first building hit from the safety of the second building and actually see the fuselage, mentioning details i have never heard before, he may be the only survivor i have heard who visually witnessed this detail, and i would love for him to go into more detail about this point, because he is the only one who may be able to give more detail on this... the other thing that surprised me was Starbucks was still open in the mall under the trade, and the workers were still working when it collapsed, i had thought it would have been evacuated at that point.... this was amazing .
I feel the same way! I couldn't believe it when he mentioned the fuselage. I've seen every 9/11 documentary and video I can find on the internet and have never heard this detail. Could be because he survived from such a high level and also was on the appropriate side of the south tower? Super interesting and terrifying
Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic you just told like 9 different stories with some puke emojis thrown in. Made no fucking sense. You weren’t there, so you don’t know shit. None of us do.
Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic okay well in that case, educate me then. Send links to the new investigation, the marches, the fires that lasted 4 months. If you’re going to be so knowledgeable at least be able to back up your so called facts and educate people. I’ll be waiting on those links
"I saw it on TV, so it must be real".... 9/11 planes: 1 - ruclips.net/video/yqL-SZeGRmg/видео.html 2 - FastForward to the 5:30 mark on this one for an eerie closeup: ruclips.net/video/F3yjLVgeNT4/видео.html
I went to this school and he came back around 2018 while I was in my Sophomore year. The class then was just as silent as this class was before. I, and probably more, envisioned how the events played out as he told his story. It was probably the most impactful story I had ever heard in my life.
He definitely talks like a boomer trying to relate to teenagers, but not in a bad way, he seems very loving and caring. He’s obviously watering down the story a little bit to make it appropriate for a high school setting, but as some of the other comments mentioned, the fact that nobody talked at all during this presentation shows that students are listening. That is real teaching.
Schools should continue to bring in guest speakers for the generations who were born after 9/11..maybe not EVERY year, but have one big assembly every 4 years so kids from freshman to seniors can hear stories like this
I was born 5 years after. I myself have been watching a good bit of 9/11 stuff. Even though I wasn't alive for this I still honor and remember it. I will never forget it.
I was born just over a year after, in November of 2002. I wish I had listened to more first hand accounts and actually cared more about it when I was younger. I was so detached from it because I wasn’t alive for it, so why should I care, but I really wish I had. I remember I used to yell at my parents for hogging the Tv watching tribute videos when I was little, and I’m honestly disgusted that I was so focused on watching iCarly that I didn’t realize how much it impacted them. My dad was in the south tower the day before it happened, if his meeting had been postponed by a day I might not be here. Basically I just wish I had had more respect for the situation when I was younger.
You can see him reliving every second of that day in the way he speaks. I couldn't even remotely imagine what it must of felt like. Rest in peace to all of the innocent killed that day, and to all of the brave police, paramedics, firefighters, and other heroes that put their lives at risk to save others.
Now in my mid 40’s I find it surreal to be telling the 20 year olds at work what that day was like. For this guy to have made it out of ground zero is amazing
I've been in an earthquake, and it traumatized me for days. But this guy's level is unimaginable for me, a minute long building shake with heat waves and the smell of gas and smoke
I’m so glad I came across this video. I was born in 2002, so I try to educate myself on 9/11 and other events before my time, as much as I can. I could listen to this man talk for hours.. I can feel his emotion just from his story. I’m SO glad people survived like this man, in such a short amount of time. I can’t imagine how it felt to be in that situation.. This is amazing.
As he said the love that day for the common man was incredible. It’s what stays in my head from that day. Coming from Massachusetts and our sports hatred for NYC being on the streets in Manhattan on 9/11 from cab drivers to pedestrians, police and others we all helped each other out as Americans and even non-Americans. I was fortunate to meet up with two people ... one from England going to Philly for a Dr’s conference and a woman going to RI to close up her summer house. 3 complete strangers who ended up going to this woman’s penthouse on 5th Avenue and having lunch/dinner and the ability to stay overnight. Never will I forget what I saw that day 😥
It was truly remarkable. For like two weeks people in the City were courteous and kind. Hard to believe, folks treat each other so cruelly today. We've let the Trump Insurgents dictate the tone of our world. Sad.
Very true. It didn’t matter race, color or creed. We were all one and wanted to help in any capacity. Humans can be civil and loving. A fellow new englander.
@Skipper6942 It has nothing to do with any sort of social issue. I do that with Instagram, too. And Facebook when I had one. Literally for years and I'm not going to change it because it suddenly means something else. I just don't like the way I look. Relax.
One thing that always pissed me off was the kids who would not give the speakers who came to class attention. I always took the opportunity to listen to whoever was speaking at my school, even if I didn’t find them interesting.
I listened to the story of another survivor who was with a friend in one of the buildings and they had a choice to take the elevator or the stairs and he took the elevator but his friend didn't want to and his friend is the one who didn't make it. Unreal.
@@botfantasies6229 it is unreal.. I guess they were in the other tower the second that was hit so how lucky they were no one knew people were following each other and not making their own decision because they felt safer places where people gathered that's why many people died. Also firefighters kept instructing to not go down and wait.
When he said that the linebacker went to the bathroom first and it costed him his life, That really hit me deep...I cant even imagine watching them leave and then knowing later they were walking into death. Just, wow I think we all know now not to let your bladder decide your fate.
Ye, i am one of those "skittish" types despite being very confident and shit. If something happens, i will take the safest option. And safest means seperate yourself from anything potentially able to happen. Only once you are away from a situation do you consider other things like bathrooms.
I recently watched a 9/11 documentary on Hulu. The beginning of it follows a fire chief that morning. He said his younger brother joined the fire department shortly after he did. He said after the first plane hit, he was on the 1st floor lobby and saw another fireman come up to him. They didn’t speak a word, but they shared a look. He told the fireman to start up the stairs and rescue as many people as possible. He said that was the last time he ever saw that fireman because he lost his life that day. That fireman was his brother
felt good to go back to school today. His story sounds so much like friends and family members who were in lower manhattan that day, and his quote about the police officers and firefighters reminds me of the ultimate sacrifice they gave to save others.
One of the worst things about that day was not knowing when it was going to end. Once that second tower got hit, everything you previously took for granted regarding your own safety was gone. All bets were off, and there was a very real fear all over the country that there were more attacks to come....no knowledge of where or when.
So very true. But it wasn't just that day it was for many days to follow that we feared more would happen. It took a long time to start feeling safe again.
I was a freshman in college when this happened, had a 8am morning class went back to the dorm at 9am everybody had the tv's on and just yelling in anger and sadness. We got an email that all classes were cancelled and if you were within driving distance go home. I went home and people were already waving American flags over the overpasses on the highway. Being a 18 year old kid, at that moment, I realized what a profound moment and tragedy just happened in American history. God bless everyone who lost their lives that day. You will never be forgotten.
I had just enlisted in the Army a week prior with my best friend. We thought we would earn some easy college money, travel Europe, it was going to be a big party. We were waiting to ship out the following week. We were on the west coast and he called me to wake me up and he just kept saying over and over "we're fucked, we're so fucked, we're fucked," ironically he never deployed, but I did two tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq. I got my college money, but it wasn't easy or a party.
I was at Ground Zero around a month ago...I left a part of myself there. In remembrance, flowers laid upon those names that ran across all four walls. I thank you for your thought-provoking speech.
a "tragedy" like this is one of the current reason it's wrecked beyond fixing. The Bush Jr. administration did it, and the fascists take more every day.
I was telling my kids, who have 9/11 in their history books now, my story of where I was and such that day. I told them I remember every single detail and emotion, but what I remember the most is the way America came together that day and days to come. There was no division, no hate, we were Americans, we were Patriots, the flag meant everything.....I miss that America
So true, I’ve never felt closer to the people I love in the year that followed. We were so united as a nation, so different from today. Miss those times.
Me too! 🇺🇸❤️ I remember driving down the street with those flag sticks on my windows. Everybody was flying the flag. That’s what I started taking patriotism seriously.
Wonderful speaker and I teared up when he told them to love their mothers. We mothers know, to us our children will always be our babies. Second only to the love God has for us is the love of a mother.
Lindsay L. I agree with you. I am a couple of years younger than you and understand how important this video is. It made me cry. I’m sure the person who replied Is someone who hates themselves so just ignore feel pity on them.
Snicker Doodle yeah, age does matter. It seems like people who don’t remember 9/11 are extremely uncaring or disrespectful to what happened that day. Those in their late 20s or older seem to actually take this tragedy seriously. It was the day that change the US forever.
nuclearpeacex Y’all are right. Most of us teens make fun of 9/11 or make them as memes sometimes. I’m not saying I do, but it’s just that I’ve seen so many people on IG not take it seriously
Thank you so much Joe Dittmar. You have such a gift at speaking to convey such meaning and emotion with your vivid details. I felt your experience and was with you in that tower. I love you and am grateful you survived the 9-11 terrorist attack. I was in 7th grade watching that tower from sacramento, Ca. God bless you Joe. - Brady
As someone who was a sophomore in high school sitting in history class when the towers were hit, it’s so weird to see kids that were my age learning about that day. Another teacher came into the classroom and told our teacher, who turned the TV on. It was on mute, and while doing busy work we would just kinda pay attention every now and then. Then the second tower was hit, and we turned the sound up. My teacher started acting really weird and as students, we didn’t understand what she was telling us. She told us our country was under attack, and she admitted she didn’t know what would happen. She told us not to panic, but we were all pretty scared. In second period (we were on block scheduling) there was announcement that school was going to be canceled for the rest of the day. I was able to drive, so me and my friends piled into my car and drove around town for the rest of the day. We live in a very small town, and I remember seeing a man standing on the corner later that night selling a newspaper that had just been printed that said, “EXTRA!” On the front page like something out of the movie. Hardly any cars were on the road that evening...very errie. Another thing was, even though I had a cell phone none of the phone lines were working. If I remember correctly they didn’t work for a couple days, and they asked people to stay off the lines if they could get through, unless it was an emergency. My parents worked late, so this is just what I did after school. When I got home around 9, my mom was home and she was watching the news. Being 16 I didn’t want to watch the news. But flipping around the channels even MTV had continuous news coverage. Every channel with the exception of a few. It was crazy. Just a perspective from a teen at the time.
"Mr. Marrero, 32, was the fire warden for his floor - the 84th, in the south tower. He had helped a man down the stairs, Mrs. Marrero said, when he got a call on his walkie-talkie from someone else who needed assistance. He went back in." sounds like you are correct
I cant believe no one clapped. Everyone in a hurry for their next class. I got really emotional hearing this. I was just in kindergarten in manhattan at the time. Very strange for me. I am glad many people got to hear this story I think it was very powerful and I have always been told of the unity America felt for a time afterwards.
I was so engrossed in this. I have such a greater appreciation for everyone who experienced this day, whether it was incredible people like him who were involved directly, the hero paramedics/firefighters/policemen, or the people who heard what had happened from home, and stood there stunned, not knowing what was coming next. Somehow, in the midst of listening to this man, I had a feeling his closing statement would be: VOTE. I’m turning 18 just before this years election, and all I can do is think about how important it is for me to do my part in changing the world. Changing what we have going on here in the USA. It could make all the difference.
The sheer terror of being in those airplanes too. The terrorist pilots were said to be flying erratically-moving the plane up, down, sideways. I can't imagine. Prayerfully death was instantaneous for the passengers but we'll never know.
@@braedendunn6737 I think the terror before impact was the true terror attack. UA93 had to be the worst knowing they knew what they were fighting and feeling that aircraft falling to the ground.... I cant imagine.
@@rickyism1576 Watch the movie United 93. It's a whole movie from the perspective of UA93. It's very eye-opening and gives you a taste of the terror that actually went on onboard that plane that morning.
Death would've almost certainly been instantaneous. The two planes that hit the towers were going over 500 knots. The passengers never even felt the bump of the plane hitting the tower. I saw something on Quora that mentioned because of the physics of the crash, the shockwave from the impact of hitting the towers didn't even have enough time to wrap across the fuselage of the plane before the passengers were already sailing through the metal frame of the building after being ground up.
This man has a heart of gold, you can tell. Loves his family. appreciates the meaningful things in life. Bless him & all others who had experienced total hell that day
Oh my! I don't usually listen thru these 'talks' but did this time. What an excellent presentation by this gentleman. Boys: Love your moms really hit home. There is no one like mom. I had a wonderful mom too.
Thank you for sharing your story. This was one of the worst days of my now 51 yrs. My coworker’s mother in law was on aa 11. Rip to all the innocent souls that perished that day. We need to remember how the country and most of the world United as one on 9/11 and the days, months and years after the event. Never forget.
The 911 attack just hits you differently for some reason. I think it's the fact that technology was just getting to a point where it was all captured on video and so many stories were able to be documented. Not just stories of surviving but stories about the people who couldn't make it out for whatever reason. Survivors seeing other people for the last time and knowing they ended up dying. There's really nothing else like it since the towers didn't immediately collapse and people had time to make phone calls and witness all sorts of chaos.
What I like about this guy is, even though he managed to survive 9/11 and probably still has bad memories, he still finds a way to put some comedy into the story
Thank you for posting this video. I am amazed how positive Mr. Dittmar is. So glad he left the South Tower when he did. RIP to all who perished. My heart hurts when his voice breaks remembering the police and fire fighters he encountered on the 34th floor. So very sad. Truly brave people.
This was fantastic, thank so much for recording his incredible journey through that awful day the lord was surely with him so that he could tell others of what he witnessed.
If I’m a teacher in that classroom and I catch one kid looking down at their phone while this man is speaking, I am smashing that phone and apologizing for the disruption.
That's as bad as the kids doodling around or sleeping while a guest was there speaking. Full disclosure, I was the kid fast asleep drooling on the desk.
To live through such an event and still be standing here today and able to tell your story, that is true strength! Rest in peace to all the lives lost on that day!!!!
I watched every second in shock. I remember that day, but nothing like this. Thank you sir for showing a private horror that changed so much about our lives. :(
Wow. These kids are so lucky to have someone come and talk to them. I'm sure some may know how lucky...but others have no idea. I would love if someone came and talked to my son or me even! What a great man to come talk to our kids of the future. I have allowed my son to watch shows with me and every year we talk about it.. We will never forget and thank God you made it out ok! 🙏🙏
I love these types of programs for schools. When I was in 3rd grade, I met a Holocaust survivor. At 39 years old now I can still remember her entire story. Her name was Rosa.
A day we’ll never forget. I couldn’t imagine what he saw out that window. My younger brother with 3 other fireman left Alabama and arrived the following night at the trade towers to assist in search and rescue. The sad part, was that due to all the firemen deaths, they didn’t have enough men to cover shifts. They actually tried getting them to cover in the Bronx. First time ever going to NY, and they needed to help cover due to the deaths and exhaustion with remaining firemen who were left. I had just stated a new job and was on my probation period, or would have been with them as an EMT-I/firefighter. The pictures I have that they brought back are heartbreaking. A few years ago someone sent my brother a picture of him. That picture hangs in the 911 museum today. It has my brother looking down a man hole assisting other fireman who were in those man holes searching for the possibility of survivors. He has 3 crosses on his helmet, and the back of the fire coat says Warrior, for Warrior, Al.
Oh boy. I was a teen then, I am a mom now and I had to cry so hard, because I could feel by his story that relieve but also the shock, the terror his mom must have felt too until she had him back in her arms. You never stop to worry about your kids. And no, they will never be old enough to not be your babies anymore. That's just how it is. I'm very thankful that you share Mr. Dittmars experience with us. It is so important that we all get reminded of what human beings can do to but also for each other. I really, really hope that young man from maintenance made it out.
I never cry during anything but when he told that story about the maintenance man my eyes started to water up thinking how that young man was going to save his friends life
It’s crazy to hear him say, “everyone in the world knew what was going on EXCEPT the people in the buildings” crazy to think wow
it's honestly a logical thing not really crazy
Moxy Games I saw one interview with a survivor that was in the south tower when it got hit, and he said he didn’t know that it was specifically planes that hit the WTC’s until 6 hours later... he said thought someone shot a missle at the towers and only knew it was airplanes, 6 hours later when he turned the news.... and he was inside it when it got hit. Just goes to show how many lives were lost due to communication faults. If this happened now a days everyone would instantly know what happened with social media
waked war relax bud
Sad what the government / Israel did.
@@LiberatedMind1 sad that You are in mistake.
that was the biggest mistake. announcing that the south tower was safe and to go back. rest in peace to all the ones that lost their lives
imagine how many lives would’ve been saved if they didnt stop people from leaving and not telling them to go back to the offices
yes, but in the moment that seemed to be the right call. If a plane "accidently" flew into the north tower and there was debris falling everywhere the safest and most logical place to be was inside the other tower for the time being. I don't think many people were thinking it was a terrorist attack at the moment.
Jerry O'Connor true
All the lives that could’ve been saved... never trust others with your life if you know you’re in danger do what you feel is best
@@laprincesa9803 i agree
Wow, 105th floor, South Tower. If his meeting was in the North Tower, he wouldn't be giving this lecture. Life is a game of inches.
Millimeters
Also the the north tower was hit higher up
@@johnnyplays2843 shut up you get the point
Johnny Plays inches
@@malikA1_ a fucking pony dawg
Could you imagine if this was today? How much video footage would be out there & even video footage of inside the towers for people to see. I was in college in 2001 and there was no facebook, youtube, etc. I remember this day like it was yesterday and it was truly terrifying. The only beautiful thing about this time was how much we all loved and helped each other. It didn't matter who you were, what color, religion, etc - for awhile we were one and helped each other.
that sounds like seeing what actually went on inside and that would be interesting (not in a bad way) but very tragic to see what people had to deal with before they died..
I bet there would be tons of footage from inside the offices if the phones survived the fall and didn't get crushed
Not really, yes I agree the majority of people were united but Muslims were mostly discriminated against. But yes A LOT of people came together during this time.
Daddy Wonka people say i am terrorist and always say bad words to me :( because i am an Arab/muslim
Mondy Mimo that just hurt my heart to read. im so sorry
As everyone was going down the firefighters were going up and never came down.. sad
- Dennis - there was no need for that comment
@@-dennis-7670 🤣🤦
It really is sad and that’s why they are true heroes
- Dennis - we don’t need that comment it’s not funny asshole
the part where he talked about them knowing exactly what was going to happen made me tear up. they are some of the bravest people.
He was as close to death as a survivor could’ve been. 105th floor meeting, 74th floor when the plane hit, and got out with 8 minutes to spare. An absolutely incredible story. I wonder how many people he saw in the tower that ended up dead within the hour. Mind-numbing to think about.
In another interview, he mentioned that there was 54 people in his meeting and only 7 survived.
@@jimmygrizz9341yep that’s true
All the names he mentioned in the World Trade Center died.
ruclips.net/video/-rhQUHTVdg4/видео.htmlsi=XSLcwrX4E5iTtpJd now this is the most incredible story Iv seen from 9/11, he was one of the 18 people that survived being above the impact zone and the last man to leave WT2 (south tower)….how he had to fight through the inferno flames 🔥 down the stairwell and thick smoke 💨 whilst people around him were going to sleep.
Imagine all the faces he saw, of people that were never seen again... I bet he still remembers many fearful faces with great detail
Because of your name and icon, I read your comment in Heisenberg’s voice. 😬😬
Faces are just a jumble of sensory organs
My sound wasn't picking up everything he said. Why did his friend delay on a mezzanine? Did he use the bathroom? I was thinking that much time shouldn't have made a difference. But I did read that people who went back to get keys or purses got trapped.
yes it was a very traumatic experience
@@chazmichael7967 Yes.
I heard this guy speak a couple years ago, and I recall him saying that of the 54 people at the meeting with him, 47 perished.
@SeaDub II september 11th 2001
This is so heartbreaking 😔🥺
SeaDub II on 9/11/2001. He was on the top floor of one of the towers that collapsed.
SeaDub II are you dumb?
SeaDub II sorry someone was so rude to you! There’s no need for you to be apologetic. Ignore the rude people!
He’s honestly a great speaker. He’s funny, he’s truthful and he knows how to identify with others when it comes to hardships.
Snicker Doodle Is there a reason you’re so aggressive? Chill the fuck out
Snicker Doodle calm down satan
@Snicker Doodle lmao you reply to every comment stop being a little bitch and grow up
Whole Lotta dad jokes 😂
Hey Babe,are ya single? if not do ya got a sister? if not how about a Chubby Aunt? okay Babe lets get serious, I woulda asked this guy 2 questions, what happened to the I.D. card from the WTC? and the other question would be about the Maintenance worker who turned back to help his friend, he said that he could only hope that firefighters made him turn back, as if to say he didn't know his fate, do ya mean to tell me that he couldn't identify the worker from all the victims photos? I think they are good questions.
I would sit and listen to every single survivor story. It’s so interesting and sad at the same time knowing what they have experienced.
I love listening to the stories 20yrs on. I don't know why it's so sad
Seriously, I was scouring RUclips recommendations for a 15 minute video before bed but this'll do just fine.
@@JJ-eb8euit’s sad because a good amount of them knew people who died in the events
man he is a great speaker...im 45..and he had me listening
Malvin Jackson I know right, I got real stuck. He’s a great speaker.
Same here...
Same and I’m 14
Well... you did click on the video to listen to it
Weird I fell asleep
I was a rescue worker at the World Trade Center, post 1 & 2 collapsing, but arrived before 7 fell, and it has taken me years to work out my feelings and my role in it, and I've been asked many times to speak, and write a book. Watching this has given me a reference to how a speaking event should flow. Thanks for uploading
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You fucking legend you deserve respect +9999 respecc
Do it..Speak about/write about it.. In these days we need to be reminded how that horrible event united All of us in the U.S.
@@corrynthiaiam9205 I am beginning to slowly. The fact is that 9/11 has never ended for me. I had written a book, but when they started talking money with me, I immediately pulled out. I'm not looking to get rich off of this. Now I'm working with some organizations I believe in that if it comes to it, money will go to them
Your a good hearted person..God bless you!
The top lesson from all this is to put your personal safety first.
smolemjay l a men u r so right !😀
That hit my chest hard when he mentioned the Linebacker who thought I'll just go to the bathroom quick vs get out of the building truly awful
Those are the words of a coward.
yeah like not being a total fucking Zombie and injecting a Vaccine from Bill Gates. ya so right.
Cameron Fielder you can’t help anyone if you aren’t looking after your own safety at the same time especially in this case, this isn’t the movies
I'm speechless.. trying to imagine how people trapped in the higher floors felt.. the fact that they're told not to leave their offices, and not knowing what was really going on. This is heartbreaking 😢😢
Eveline Andrade I would have ran out any way just like he did if I look out the window and see another tall building on fire with a plane in it !! no way I'm running ! He was 1 smart man ! God bless him he had a Angel waking with him 😀
Also have you heard the recordings of the 911 operators and police? Telling them to stay put and all of them with attitudes and one guy even hung up on a guy after telling him that he needs to stay put even tho their building was on fire at the time of these calls. It’s so sad. The caller was asking if they should break a window or not and he told him to stay put and they have guys going up to fight the fire and the caller was asking questions and the dispatch told him he wasn’t going to tell him anything else and hung up. Another lady dispatch was telling people he same thing and when the caller asked what was happening she said she declined to give them any information. If they knew what was happening perhaps they would have tried to leave. But I am not an expert so idk.
Kayleen South They just didn’t know. They had no idea it was a commercial plane. I watched an interview with a firefighter who was with engine 10- the closest fire station to the WTC (it was actually built specifically to cover the WTC)- and he said they were all telling people to go back up because debris was falling outside and hurting/killing people. In the first tower, a bunch of people died in the lobby because a giant fire ball came down the elevator shaft due to the amount of jet fuel. They were trying to make the safest decisions for people. It’s just all so tragic.
Our neighbors son and a few co workers didn't listen and decided to leave anyway. Wish more people had done the same. Tragic on all accounts.
lana lake The first certified fatality on 9/11 was Father Mychal Judge of the FDNY. He was killed by debris when the South Tower collapsed. He is considered the first fatality because his body was the first to be recovered and taken to the medical examiner.
Joe is one lucky soul. He walked from the 105th floor to the ground. Those fire wardens at the Aon Corporation were heroes that day. They safely evacuated 85 percent of its staff in 15 minutes, a significant accomplishment. Nearly all those below the impact zone survived the attacks. The buildings stood long enough for 14,000 people to escape. The lady on the 78th floor died. The fire warden died as well. Most of the guys in that meeting didn’t make it out, probably because they weren't versed in World Trade Center evacuation procedures. Terrorists attacked in 1993, and security and fire wardens were better prepared in 2001. If you were on the 78th floor or above it when the second plane hit, 97% of them perished.
I liked how the speaker carefully worded his speech. The bathroom is on the 92nd floor, the sky lobby is on the 78th floor, and Starbucks is on the World Trade Center mall. Cell phones and people leaving briefcases speed up evacuation. Had Joe hesitated, he probably wouldn't have lived to tell the story. He got out with ten minutes to spare. Had the attacks happened today, smartphones would've killed him, potentially slowing the evacuation.
ruclips.net/video/-rhQUHTVdg4/видео.htmlsi=L0JUrGS0UfbG2lCR yep this is one of the 3% that did survive, the last person to come out of world trade 2 (south tower)….his story is incredible, he ran through the fire down the stairwell to Survive
When I was in junior high we had a holocaust survivor come and talk to us. I was the last generation to have that privilege. Vitally important to my youth and education.
Had a Vietnam vet come talk to us when I was a junior. He almost lost it talking about a friend of his who didn't come home. Class was just as silent.
I just met a Holocaust survivor this past winter/spring. Very nice guy.
I was 12 when I visited the newly opened Holocaust museum in LA on a class trip. Those images, the feelings I experienced that day have remained with me for the last 28 years. It is a horror that I pray we will never see again.
Thanks for your bravery and service
I met World War II veterans that participated in the Honor Flight up to Washington D.C. to see the World War II Memorial
everytime he closes his eyes, you know he see it’s behind his eyes, he can see it.
Wow. That's crazy that he mentioned being able to see the plane inside the building. Truly surreal.
Yeah......Surreal lol....I'm sure this guy goes all over the country telling his stories correct?
Not really considering that it's made up because there was no piece of a plane in the building it disintegrated when it hit so he definitely made it up also some of the other parts of the story doesn't make since like he said he got on a subway which he couldn't have because they were closed
@@melvinelder3587 idiot
@@itups123 how am I an idiot
@ANDERSON WOLFE no but I know people who were and I participated in the NTSB investigation so I do know
solid dude, you can tell he feels pain over the day. He talks in a way to be lighthearted but I think it helps him tell it.
dingo Yes.
I am a historian with a focus on 9/11 - this is the first survivor recount i have heard say specifically they were able to look into the first building hit from the safety of the second building and actually see the fuselage, mentioning details i have never heard before, he may be the only survivor i have heard who visually witnessed this detail, and i would love for him to go into more detail about this point, because he is the only one who may be able to give more detail on this... the other thing that surprised me was Starbucks was still open in the mall under the trade, and the workers were still working when it collapsed, i had thought it would have been evacuated at that point.... this was amazing .
I feel the same way! I couldn't believe it when he mentioned the fuselage. I've seen every 9/11 documentary and video I can find on the internet and have never heard this detail. Could be because he survived from such a high level and also was on the appropriate side of the south tower? Super interesting and terrifying
@Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic 🤷 not my place to make that call
@Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic he isn't a liar. He was there that day. Were you there? I don't think so.
Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic you just told like 9 different stories with some puke emojis thrown in. Made no fucking sense. You weren’t there, so you don’t know shit. None of us do.
Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic okay well in that case, educate me then. Send links to the new investigation, the marches, the fires that lasted 4 months. If you’re going to be so knowledgeable at least be able to back up your so called facts and educate people. I’ll be waiting on those links
they should make a movie about this guy
At the end of this video I was thinking the same thing!
Ya, but it did not show that much from the workers perspective.
What's it called?
Max Lobert ruclips.net/video/t1sAIQi0XZI/видео.html
"I saw it on TV, so it must be real"....
9/11 planes:
1 - ruclips.net/video/yqL-SZeGRmg/видео.html
2 - FastForward to the 5:30 mark on this one for an eerie closeup:
ruclips.net/video/F3yjLVgeNT4/видео.html
8 minutes. this man is alive because he saved 8 minutes while he was evacuating. thats it.
Pushed people out the way probably!
Jon C.M shame on you. Take a look at your life.
@@BillyN31 it was a joke chill! I would of pushed people too. Blame Bush it was a inside job that happened on his watch!
Jon C.M you sound pretty fucking stupid
snake snake relax heathen
I went to this school and he came back around 2018 while I was in my Sophomore year. The class then was just as silent as this class was before. I, and probably more, envisioned how the events played out as he told his story. It was probably the most impactful story I had ever heard in my life.
He’s a sweet dude. God bless him I’m so happy for his family that he survived.
scary thing is that I probably wouldn't have left the south tower.
You never know until the heat of the moment
I think a lot of people would have stayed. I know many people that just work thru damn near anything.
Shit I would’ve peaced out so quick lmao the fuck
pablo pedro lmaoo same
Same, probably would have kept working. I got deadlines
He definitely talks like a boomer trying to relate to teenagers, but not in a bad way, he seems very loving and caring. He’s obviously watering down the story a little bit to make it appropriate for a high school setting, but as some of the other comments mentioned, the fact that nobody talked at all during this presentation shows that students are listening. That is real teaching.
Shut up millennial
Danny Devito lmao I was fr bout to say the same shit
cool Moe how are we watching this at the exact same time tho
“He definitely talks like a boomer” most unnecessary phrase in that comment. Bet your born after 01
cool Moe 1995 good sir. And it was not an insult. Way to be thin skinned. Thought y’all were proud of that monicker?
Schools should continue to bring in guest speakers for the generations who were born after 9/11..maybe not EVERY year, but have one big assembly every 4 years so kids from freshman to seniors can hear stories like this
I was born 5 years after. I myself have been watching a good bit of 9/11 stuff. Even though I wasn't alive for this I still honor and remember it. I will never forget it.
I was born just over a year after, in November of 2002. I wish I had listened to more first hand accounts and actually cared more about it when I was younger. I was so detached from it because I wasn’t alive for it, so why should I care, but I really wish I had. I remember I used to yell at my parents for hogging the Tv watching tribute videos when I was little, and I’m honestly disgusted that I was so focused on watching iCarly that I didn’t realize how much it impacted them. My dad was in the south tower the day before it happened, if his meeting had been postponed by a day I might not be here. Basically I just wish I had had more respect for the situation when I was younger.
Agreed. The documentary 102 Minutes That Changed America should be shown too. Kids growing up today should continue to learn what happened that day.
@@BurntTM same, I live to watch many many hour long documentaries about the event
You can see him reliving every second of that day in the way he speaks. I couldn't even remotely imagine what it must of felt like. Rest in peace to all of the innocent killed that day, and to all of the brave police, paramedics, firefighters, and other heroes that put their lives at risk to save others.
It’s amazing how much technology has changed in just the past 20 years that this man has to explain how tech worked back then, like a time traveler.
*So glad he's still here with us, RIP to all of those who lost their lives that day.*
Now in my mid 40’s I find it surreal to be telling the 20 year olds at work what that day was like. For this guy to have made it out of ground zero is amazing
I've been in an earthquake, and it traumatized me for days. But this guy's level is unimaginable for me, a minute long building shake with heat waves and the smell of gas and smoke
I’m so glad I came across this video. I was born in 2002, so I try to educate myself on 9/11 and other events before my time, as much as I can. I could listen to this man talk for hours.. I can feel his emotion just from his story. I’m SO glad people survived like this man, in such a short amount of time. I can’t imagine how it felt to be in that situation.. This is amazing.
If you haven’t seen this survivor testimony I recommend you watch it very interesting ruclips.net/video/_lyO9-33_CE/видео.html
As he said the love that day for the common man was incredible. It’s what stays in my head from that day. Coming from Massachusetts and our sports hatred for NYC being on the streets in Manhattan on 9/11 from cab drivers to pedestrians, police and others we all helped each other out as Americans and even non-Americans. I was fortunate to meet up with two people ... one from England going to Philly for a Dr’s conference and a woman going to RI to close up her summer house. 3 complete strangers who ended up going to this woman’s penthouse on 5th Avenue and having lunch/dinner and the ability to stay overnight. Never will I forget what I saw that day 😥
Except the nyc cab drivers
Yeah, and if it happened today, people would be asking which party each other is before helping.
It was truly remarkable. For like two weeks people in the City were courteous and kind.
Hard to believe, folks treat each other so cruelly today. We've let the Trump Insurgents dictate the tone of our world. Sad.
Very true. It didn’t matter race, color or creed. We were all one and wanted to help in any capacity. Humans can be civil and loving. A fellow new englander.
It’s a bit infuriating to see a guy sit within 5 feet of a man telling one of the greatest stories ever told and be distracted on his phone.
I was honestly thinking the same thing..
Blonde guy is playing hangman on his notepad
He started instantly balding too from the karma
Yup.
Yeah it's sad because like the speaker said you kids are our future. That's scary they don't seem to give a crap
I wish I had someone like him talk in my class.
Metoo
Skipper6942 whoa man. Did you just get triggered by a black circle? Haha please take it easy. Life is too short
Skipper6942 don’t get it.
@Skipper6942 It has nothing to do with any sort of social issue. I do that with Instagram, too. And Facebook when I had one. Literally for years and I'm not going to change it because it suddenly means something else. I just don't like the way I look. Relax.
One thing that always pissed me off was the kids who would not give the speakers who came to class attention. I always took the opportunity to listen to whoever was speaking at my school, even if I didn’t find them interesting.
The decision to take steps down from 105 instead of going by elevator, not looking back.. saved his life
I listened to the story of another survivor who was with a friend in one of the buildings and they had a choice to take the elevator or the stairs and he took the elevator but his friend didn't want to and his friend is the one who didn't make it. Unreal.
@@botfantasies6229 it is unreal.. I guess they were in the other tower the second that was hit so how lucky they were no one knew people were following each other and not making their own decision because they felt safer places where people gathered that's why many people died. Also firefighters kept instructing to not go down and wait.
When he said that the linebacker went to the bathroom first and it costed him his life, That really hit me deep...I cant even imagine watching them leave and then knowing later they were walking into death. Just, wow
I think we all know now not to let your bladder decide your fate.
Ye, i am one of those "skittish" types despite being very confident and shit. If something happens, i will take the safest option. And safest means seperate yourself from anything potentially able to happen. Only once you are away from a situation do you consider other things like bathrooms.
I would rather piss myself on the way down the stairs than use the bathroom and risk my life for a stupid decision
Thank you guys so much for the likes that’s insane! Y’all really just made my day 😃
I recently watched a 9/11 documentary on Hulu. The beginning of it follows a fire chief that morning. He said his younger brother joined the fire department shortly after he did. He said after the first plane hit, he was on the 1st floor lobby and saw another fireman come up to him. They didn’t speak a word, but they shared a look. He told the fireman to start up the stairs and rescue as many people as possible. He said that was the last time he ever saw that fireman because he lost his life that day. That fireman was his brother
@@allisonhubbard6617 oh shit. 💔
I’m born and raised in NYC and everything he said was 100 true. 😢
felt good to go back to school today. His story sounds so much like friends and family members who were in lower manhattan that day, and his quote about the police officers and firefighters reminds me of the ultimate sacrifice they gave to save others.
One of the worst things about that day was not knowing when it was going to end. Once that second tower got hit, everything you previously took for granted regarding your own safety was gone. All bets were off, and there was a very real fear all over the country that there were more attacks to come....no knowledge of where or when.
All bets are off the moment we exit the wombs of our mothers.
Cristian M,....for some, they don’t even make it that far because of a twisted notion called “choice”.
So very true. But it wasn't just that day it was for many days to follow that we feared more would happen. It took a long time to start feeling safe again.
@Snicker Doodle I don't get what you mean. Can you explain yourself?
@@mothershelper1981 No, he can't because he is, in fact, the idiot
27:45 got me.
What the hell man. I can only hope I have a friend as good as him. God bless him.
I was a freshman in college when this happened, had a 8am morning class went back to the dorm at 9am everybody had the tv's on and just yelling in anger and sadness. We got an email that all classes were cancelled and if you were within driving distance go home. I went home and people were already waving American flags over the overpasses on the highway. Being a 18 year old kid, at that moment, I realized what a profound moment and tragedy just happened in American history. God bless everyone who lost their lives that day. You will never be forgotten.
Sad what the government / Israel did.
I had just enlisted in the Army a week prior with my best friend. We thought we would earn some easy college money, travel Europe, it was going to be a big party. We were waiting to ship out the following week.
We were on the west coast and he called me to wake me up and he just kept saying over and over "we're fucked, we're so fucked, we're fucked," ironically he never deployed, but I did two tours in Afghanistan and one in Iraq. I got my college money, but it wasn't easy or a party.
nice sentiment, but I feel a little more outrage against our own government that did it.
@Skipper6942 Uh no I spelled it right.....
@@SuicideVan Talk about bad luck, are you familiar with the Israeli connection to the events, or the fact that witnesses survived and heard bombs?
I was at Ground Zero around a month ago...I left a part of myself there. In remembrance, flowers laid upon those names that ran across all four walls. I thank you for your thought-provoking speech.
This mans story was so vivid. I felt like I was there that day. Especially when he said he saw the plane lodged into the building.
I felt like I was also in that class 🥺 rip to all the people who passed away and I’m so happy this man was able to make it out alive
I wonder if a tragedy like this would even bring this country together at this point in time... so sad
a "tragedy" like this is one of the current reason it's wrecked beyond fixing. The Bush Jr. administration did it, and the fascists take more every day.
AMC2283 be gay somewhere else
They'd blame trump for it
Andrew Davies the president has been reduced to a mouthpiece for the super rich
no people would probably just riot tbh
I was telling my kids, who have 9/11 in their history books now, my story of where I was and such that day. I told them I remember every single detail and emotion, but what I remember the most is the way America came together that day and days to come. There was no division, no hate, we were Americans, we were Patriots, the flag meant everything.....I miss that America
Somehow George Bush's speeches started turning eerie and that's when America changed forever
So true, I’ve never felt closer to the people I love in the year that followed. We were so united as a nation, so different from today. Miss those times.
Tell that to muslim cab drivers at the time
there was definitely hate
Me too! 🇺🇸❤️ I remember driving down the street with those flag sticks on my windows. Everybody was flying the flag. That’s what I started taking patriotism seriously.
Wonderful speaker and I teared up when he told them to love their mothers. We mothers know, to us our children will always be our babies. Second only to the love God has for us is the love of a mother.
That was amazing. I was glued the entire time. Much love from Australia
Rick Rescorla was one of the true heroes of that day. He saved 2000+ people that day. Went back to help more and lost his life.
Amazing man and wonderful speaker! I’m 33 years old and listened to every single word!
Snicker doodle.... You are. Complete waste of space and air and you must be pretty bored. Get a life weirdo!
Snicker Doodle Ugly pos
Lindsay L. I agree with you. I am a couple of years younger than you and understand how important this video is. It made me cry. I’m sure the person who replied Is someone who hates themselves so just ignore feel pity on them.
Snicker Doodle yeah, age does matter. It seems like people who don’t remember 9/11 are extremely uncaring or disrespectful to what happened that day. Those in their late 20s or older seem to actually take this tragedy seriously. It was the day that change the US forever.
nuclearpeacex Y’all are right. Most of us teens make fun of 9/11 or make them as memes sometimes. I’m not saying I do, but it’s just that I’ve seen so many people on IG not take it seriously
From Canada, much love to my Americans and what you went through on that day of despair. Never forget. ♥️🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸🇨🇦♥️
Thank you so much Joe Dittmar. You have such a gift at speaking to convey such meaning and emotion with your vivid details. I felt your experience and was with you in that tower. I love you and am grateful you survived the 9-11 terrorist attack. I was in 7th grade watching that tower from sacramento, Ca. God bless you Joe. - Brady
I'm feel blessed to have been able to spent 37 minutes watching this thank you so much for recording this and putting it up ❤
As someone who was a sophomore in high school sitting in history class when the towers were hit, it’s so weird to see kids that were my age learning about that day.
Another teacher came into the classroom and told our teacher, who turned the TV on. It was on mute, and while doing busy work we would just kinda pay attention every now and then. Then the second tower was hit, and we turned the sound up. My teacher started acting really weird and as students, we didn’t understand what she was telling us. She told us our country was under attack, and she admitted she didn’t know what would happen. She told us not to panic, but we were all pretty scared.
In second period (we were on block scheduling) there was announcement that school was going to be canceled for the rest of the day.
I was able to drive, so me and my friends piled into my car and drove around town for the rest of the day. We live in a very small town, and I remember seeing a man standing on the corner later that night selling a newspaper that had just been printed that said, “EXTRA!” On the front page like something out of the movie. Hardly any cars were on the road that evening...very errie. Another thing was, even though I had a cell phone none of the phone lines were working. If I remember correctly they didn’t work for a couple days, and they asked people to stay off the lines if they could get through, unless it was an emergency.
My parents worked late, so this is just what I did after school. When I got home around 9, my mom was home and she was watching the news. Being 16 I didn’t want to watch the news. But flipping around the channels even MTV had continuous news coverage. Every channel with the exception of a few. It was crazy. Just a perspective from a teen at the time.
This classroom, little did he know, was full of about 710,000 people listening to him. Crazy.
Man I probably would have graduated high school if this is how they taught history at my school. Such a compelling story.
Right
For real though.
God bless this man. Thank god he is here to tell this story.
28:33 Omg i think he is talking about Jose Marrero. Jose died in the South Tower trying to save his friend in the upper floors.
"Mr. Marrero, 32, was the fire warden for his floor - the 84th, in the south tower. He had helped a man down the stairs, Mrs. Marrero said, when he got a call on his walkie-talkie from someone else who needed assistance. He went back in." sounds like you are correct
@@samson_BNR32 but he said not much older than you to the students, the students are 17,18, seniors in high school?
@@whatever5922 probably looked young
I think your right, said online jose was on the 23rd floor when he had a friend from from top of building plead for help
This dude is absolutly amazing, he knows how to make you listen and respect his story, amazing man!
I cant believe no one clapped. Everyone in a hurry for their next class. I got really emotional hearing this. I was just in kindergarten in manhattan at the time. Very strange for me. I am glad many people got to hear this story I think it was very powerful and I have always been told of the unity America felt for a time afterwards.
I was so engrossed in this. I have such a greater appreciation for everyone who experienced this day, whether it was incredible people like him who were involved directly, the hero paramedics/firefighters/policemen, or the people who heard what had happened from home, and stood there stunned, not knowing what was coming next. Somehow, in the midst of listening to this man, I had a feeling his closing statement would be: VOTE. I’m turning 18 just before this years election, and all I can do is think about how important it is for me to do my part in changing the world. Changing what we have going on here in the USA. It could make all the difference.
He’s an amazing public speaker!!!! His story is very moving and I have so much respect for him!! Thank you for sharing
While listening to this it's hard to hold back tears. 😢 I Love his story.
Riveting storyteller! I hung on his every word. He is a very gifted person to recall small details 14 years prior.
And some of the kids aren’t even listening I would have been but I love history
I agree
The sheer terror of being in those airplanes too. The terrorist pilots were said to be flying erratically-moving the plane up, down, sideways. I can't imagine. Prayerfully death was instantaneous for the passengers but we'll never know.
Almost definitely everyone on board died instantly.
I believe the plane was going 456 MPH or so when it impacted. Those passengers more than likely did not feel a thing
@@braedendunn6737 I think the terror before impact was the true terror attack. UA93 had to be the worst knowing they knew what they were fighting and feeling that aircraft falling to the ground.... I cant imagine.
@@rickyism1576 Watch the movie United 93. It's a whole movie from the perspective of UA93. It's very eye-opening and gives you a taste of the terror that actually went on onboard that plane that morning.
Death would've almost certainly been instantaneous. The two planes that hit the towers were going over 500 knots. The passengers never even felt the bump of the plane hitting the tower. I saw something on Quora that mentioned because of the physics of the crash, the shockwave from the impact of hitting the towers didn't even have enough time to wrap across the fuselage of the plane before the passengers were already sailing through the metal frame of the building after being ground up.
This man has a heart of gold, you can tell. Loves his family. appreciates the meaningful things in life. Bless him & all others who had experienced total hell that day
This man speaks with such compassion and love. ❤ I am so glad he was able to survive this. His story really moved me.
Oh my! I don't usually listen thru these 'talks' but did this time. What an excellent presentation by this gentleman. Boys: Love your moms really hit home. There is no one like mom. I had a wonderful mom too.
Thank you for sharing your story. This was one of the worst days of my now 51 yrs. My coworker’s mother in law was on aa 11. Rip to all the innocent souls that perished that day. We need to remember how the country and most of the world United as one on 9/11 and the days, months and years after the event. Never forget.
The 911 attack just hits you differently for some reason. I think it's the fact that technology was just getting to a point where it was all captured on video and so many stories were able to be documented. Not just stories of surviving but stories about the people who couldn't make it out for whatever reason. Survivors seeing other people for the last time and knowing they ended up dying. There's really nothing else like it since the towers didn't immediately collapse and people had time to make phone calls and witness all sorts of chaos.
What I like about this guy is, even though he managed to survive 9/11 and probably still has bad memories, he still finds a way to put some comedy into the story
Corny comedy, but yeah…
Thank you for posting this video. I am amazed how positive Mr. Dittmar is. So glad he left the South Tower when he did. RIP to all who perished. My heart hurts when his voice breaks remembering the police and fire fighters he encountered on the 34th floor. So very sad. Truly brave people.
This was fantastic, thank so much for recording his incredible journey through that awful day the lord was surely with him so that he could tell others of what he witnessed.
If I’m a teacher in that classroom and I catch one kid looking down at their phone while this man is speaking, I am smashing that phone and apologizing for the disruption.
Ray Finkle Finkle is Einhorn? Einhorn is Finkle? 🤔
Yeah you're not allowed to do that.
That's as bad as the kids doodling around or sleeping while a guest was there speaking. Full disclosure, I was the kid fast asleep drooling on the desk.
yeah youre weird
this is deafening thank you, very cool.
I’m so glad you lived to tell your story. I enjoyed hearing it.
To live through such an event and still be standing here today and able to tell your story, that is true strength! Rest in peace to all the lives lost on that day!!!!
so brave. it’s probably so hard to talk about it.
all survivors deserve so much.
THIS GUY SHOULD TELL STORIES MORE OFTEN!!! I was so captivated by his story even tho I've heard so many times from others!!
Thank you for sharing such a powerful story.
He explained it so well. May God bless his soul. ❤️
I watched every second in shock. I remember that day, but nothing like this. Thank you sir for showing a private horror that changed so much about our lives. :(
"Not even in the greatest moments, the greatest minds are where they need to be" that is unbelievably true and always has been.
God bless those firemen. More than heroes. Angels unaware. We all need to remember them with such great thanks for their bravery.
Wow. These kids are so lucky to have someone come and talk to them. I'm sure some may know how lucky...but others have no idea. I would love if someone came and talked to my son or me even! What a great man to come talk to our kids of the future. I have allowed my son to watch shows with me and every year we talk about it.. We will never forget and thank God you made it out ok! 🙏🙏
I love these types of programs for schools. When I was in 3rd grade, I met a Holocaust survivor. At 39 years old now I can still remember her entire story. Her name was Rosa.
People in line at Starbucks in the basement after this happened blows my mind
People cope in different ways
Incredible - thanks for sharing
I could listen to this man all day
That was a very moving account of that day's event. Incredible that he survived to tell the tale.
the reverb from the room takes me back to my high school days
I've always tried to watch testimonies and survivors accounts of this day. Ive not seen this guys until today.
Wow, so emotional to hear his story. I can’t imagine what I would have done
A day we’ll never forget. I couldn’t imagine what he saw out that window.
My younger brother with 3 other fireman left Alabama and arrived the following night at the trade towers to assist in search and rescue. The sad part, was that due to all the firemen deaths, they didn’t have enough men to cover shifts. They actually tried getting them to cover in the Bronx. First time ever going to NY, and they needed to help cover due to the deaths and exhaustion with remaining firemen who were left. I had just stated a new job and was on my probation period, or would have been with them as an EMT-I/firefighter. The pictures I have that they brought back are heartbreaking. A few years ago someone sent my brother a picture of him. That picture hangs in the 911 museum today. It has my brother looking down a man hole assisting other fireman who were in those man holes searching for the possibility of survivors. He has 3 crosses on his helmet, and the back of the fire coat says Warrior, for Warrior, Al.
The way he describes the firefighters and the look in their eyes…
My father was on the 79th floor of the south tower on September 11th. Luckily, the year was only 1999.
Oh boy. I was a teen then, I am a mom now and I had to cry so hard, because I could feel by his story that relieve but also the shock, the terror his mom must have felt too until she had him back in her arms. You never stop to worry about your kids. And no, they will never be old enough to not be your babies anymore. That's just how it is. I'm very thankful that you share Mr. Dittmars experience with us. It is so important that we all get reminded of what human beings can do to but also for each other. I really, really hope that young man from maintenance made it out.
I never cry during anything but when he told that story about the maintenance man my eyes started to water up thinking how that young man was going to save his friends life