I heard another man tell the story about how he came across the quadriplegic man and his friend going down the stairs and how he knew they perished. So multiple people are telling their stories and they will not be forgotten.
I’ve watched nearly every We Were There video and I’ve enjoyed every one! God Bless the survivors and the families who lost a loved one. If you were in either tower that day, this was literally a nightmare. These people should not have been clueless! Why wasn’t a back up intercom system telling everyone to get the heck out! I would have been terrified in that stairwell. Everyone at 911 is a hero ❤️
New Yorkers, are, in actual fact, the best. They will give you the shirt off their back. I never really understood how great they actually really were, until I moved there in 2005, from my hometown, a very reserved, Seattle, WA.
I had planned to move to New York City in 2001. My best friend already lived there. I had my goodbye parties, a girlfriend was going to drive me there. I had a future, albeit uncertain, planned out. Then the attacks happened. My friend called me from his apartment just after the North tower was hit. I turned on the television and watched in horror ad the second tower was struck. I cancelled my plans. My friend moved out of the city. My vision would never come to fruition. 9/11 has been a day that had haunted me since. Though I lived hundreds of miles away I felt that this day changed my life. Then came September 11, 2016. On that day my son was born. His name is Billy. In a strange way I believe that his deliverance salvaged an otherwise haunting anniversary. Now that he is four, 9/11 has taken on a new meaning. I will never forget 9/11/2001, but I will forever be thankful for 9/11/2016. They say that God works in mysterious ways. We lost so much, and yet with each year new lives enrich our own. I don't know why I am sharing this but in a sense I needed to.
Brave people to get up and tell their stories. I'm so thankful they continue to share them. Because this day and days after are very important part of our history. Thank you to all who share their stories! Bless you all! ❤🙏🇺🇸
I worked at BCBS in MN and the Blues had a system we communicated to each other through. I remember checking it over and over and seeing no activity from Empire BC.
I never thought of people being in such a way of not going back or being able to visit the area for years. The boats were unknown by me until this year. Thank you for sharing your stories. 2021! Glad you stayed. So sad to know more people could not get out or the so many of the first responders . And it wasn’t just one day, the sicknesses that took so many more people.
God bless you for sharing your story. The more I think about it, the more I am convinced that people did not choose to jump, they were compelled by the heat.
There were people who held hands as they jumped. Can’t even imagine being forced to make such a horrific decision- jump or burn to death. It is incomprehensible the things humans can do to one another. I’m grateful for all the stories of the human strength & spirit, and so many helping others. That is what keeps me going when things look bleak (like now.) Trying to remember that there is still that empathy for others & willingness to give whatever one can to help another. I fear sometimes that we are losing this empathy these days...
It’s funny because I remember being in 9th grade obviously I didn’t know anything about anything. But I definitely thought the towers were gonna fall as soon as I saw how big those fires were.
You saw them on TV! They didn't. People in the towers knew nothing. They just heard that some small single engine turboprop plane went into the tower or whatever and they had to evacuate. Even the people on the floors around the impact zone and above new nothing. They were in the middle of a fire. There's was smoke. But was it a bomb? They didn't know. All they knew is that they were gonna die.
