All the legitimate news channels agreed never to show the pictures of people jumping ever again. I watched it live and it was horrifying.

The Queen ordered the band at Buckingham Palace to play the US anthem - many Americans living in or visiting London had gathered at the palace gates. To this day we love and respect her for doing that.❤️🥰

I am a 73yo retired nurse who lived 35 min outside the city. I was part of a specialized IV team and we had called the Red Cross to see if we could help. They sent a New York City Fire Dept speedboat to pick us up from a marina near us. We sped down the Hudson River under the empty bridges as no traffic was allowed, no other boats were on the river and no planes except fighter jets in the sky. We were dropped off on the West Side where a military hospital was being put together. And there we sat all day doing nothing. There were so few survivors that the local hospitals handled them. In my 44 year career I have never felt so useless. Kudos to you for wanting to learn more and keeping the memory alive. 💗

My Dad was in Canada visiting family & had to remain there until the border reopened. He would park his car (which had NJ plates) & when he returned there would be flowers, notes & sympathy cards under the wipers. He still has those items all these years later.

You should look into what happened with Flight 93, so many heros that died to save others. God Bless their souls. ❤

First responders from 9/11 are still dying to this day from illnesses directly related to that day. Many have died of cancer and respiratory illnesses. Sadly they’ve had to work incredibly hard to get compensation for this

My Dad is an Engineer and when he saw the planes go in he called my brother to tell him to turn on the news. My Dad immediately said the buildings will not be able to withstand the impact and jet fuel fires. I was living in Florence, Italy (College Study Abroad) and everything shut down in the city and classes cancelled. Back then we had internet cafe's to check email, and the Italian people were wonderful and gave us free internet time for reading the news. I overheard one girl in the Internet cafe speak about how her best friend's father was an airline pilot and she found out that he was one of the ones killed on one of the planes. The day after the attacks, on our way to class the next morning in every shop window was a white piece of paper in English that said 'Our deepest sympathy goes out to all our American friend'.

I was in it, from everything I saw that day I suffered PTSD, it took me 10 years to heal from the trauma, it was surreal an horrific and I witnessed both towers falling. I had many friends who died that day. Still hard for me to watch any videos. I had flashbacks for years. This is something no one should ever have to go through, but it’s something we must not forget ever. I won’t!

It was surreal. If you were an adult then, you will never forget it. It changed the country forever.

The highjackers had trained in the US to become pilots. They were armed and took control of the planes. No American pilot flew into any buildings on that day.

Kabir, I will never (nor will any other American old enough to remember) forget that day as long as I live! It changed this country in so many ways, all of them bad.

As an American I can tell you we were all pissed more than any other emotion. Sadness came later.

Although the attacks happened in America, many countries around the world were affected. We all lost innocent citizens that day.

Jumping from the buildings is a sight that will always be burned into my mind and will never be forgotten. Those who jumped were choosing to end their lives their way on their terms rather than waiting to die when the buildings collapsed. There were so many people trapped above the impact sights its absolutely gut wrenching to think that they were in a position to have to make that decision, jump or wait for the inevitable.

I remember I was in kindergarten. My mom came and pulled me out and I remember sitting in the back seat of the pickup truck, flying down the road towards my pawpaws because that was the safest place my mom could think to take us. We literally got air over some hills.

I was in school in Florida where my homeroom teacher was getting attendance when another teacher wrenched the door open to say a plane crashed into the World Trade Center. We turned on the TV and watched with open-mouthed terror as we saw plumes of smoke billow out. We screamed and cried as we watched the second plane hit the other tower followed by their collapse. This attack solidified my decision to continue my family tradition of enlisting into the military after graduating high school.

2,977 people died including 343 NYC firefighters. There are still over 1,000 people who's remains have never been found. Over 5,000 people have died since from illnesses from the serch and clean up and even just being there that day and living in the area after.

Years ago I watched a video of the "jumpers" of the world trade centre. I remember there were fire fighters inside of the lobby in one of the buildings and the sounds of bodies hitting the ground was horrendous; the fire fighters would get more and more upset and desperate every time the heard the sound.

I was in 8th grade when it happened. The teachers told us: "There's no homework tonight. Go home, and watch the news with your families. Today, the world has changed forever."

There's a documentary that was released a few years after this called 102 minutes that changed America (I think) that has so much home video footage from the area on this day. It's one of the best documentaries I've ever seen.

the terrorists killed the pilots and took over the planes all 4 planes had people on them sadly my cousin Diana was one of the ones who passed that day she was in the north tower when the first plane hit she died on impact

The thought of the people jumping has always stuck with me - the hell that they must have been in inside the building was surely beyond imagination to even think that jumping was a good alternative. And the terrorists hijacked the planes. They had all taken flying lessons prior to 9/11. They actually flew the planes themselves, they didn't force the pilots to do it. There are many people, including first responders, who've died of lung/respiratory issues since.

Kabir, if you havent seen it already, watch the boat lift of that day. It really shows the American Spirit. Each time I view it I break down in tears.

I'm 61. I first saw it on the news as I was clocking into work and we were all standing around the time clock in shock. I still cannot get the images of those who jumped out of my head. Thank you for this BBC coverage reaction. They did a great job expressing real emotion and concern.

I've never seen the British coverage of the 9/11 attacks; thanks for reacting to this!

The plane that crashed in Pittsburgh was Flight 93, the one that the hijackers planned to crash into the White House. They hijacked 4 planes that were all supposed to take off at the same time, but Flight 93 was delayed, giving the passengers time to find out about the attack on the World Trade Center. Once they figured out what was going on, they broke down the doors to the cockpit, forcing the hijackers to crash the plane into a field. 60 Minutes did an interview with the fighter pilots that the Air Force scrambled to intercept the plane (you should watch it). They didn't have enough time to load any missiles, but the pilots decided to take off anyway. If the crew hadn't stormed the cockpit, the fighter pilots were planning to crash into the plane to bring it down.

I was unemployed at the time. My wife called me from work and told me planes had crashed into the World Trade Center buildings. Turned on the television and that was all that was on the major networks. Sat for hours astonished at what had happened. I live near a major International airport, constantly hearing planes fly over. When all aircraft were grounded, I stepped outside for a smoke and it was eerie, not hearing or seeing any planes in the sky. That day will never be forgotten.

We appreciate your country’s support in our need of mourning and supporting us when everything was so bleak for us

The morning of September 12th I received an e-mail from an acquaintance in Mombasa, Kenya - expressing their condolences. The world was appalled that day.

This still brings tears and heartache! Our country has never been the same! I will never forget! It is just evil not religion!

My father was in the area at the time. We don’t talk about his experience but the one thing he did say was that the sound of the bodies hitting the concrete still haunts him to this day

People are STILL dying from breathing in that horrible dust from the collapsing towers! Cancers and respiratory problems galore.

I just met a woman whose son survived the attack. He was on the 88th floor of the South Tower and everyone was asked to stay put by firefighters who had reached them. Her son said that he had a newborn son at home and there was no way he was staying. I cried listening to her story. It was a miracle.

In the years since 9/11, more people - fireman, police, residents - have died of various cancers and lung diseases than were killed that day and it continues to this day. I live here. I was down there. The government assured everyone the air was safe. It was anything but.

I"m American, but have lived in France for many years. When this happened I, like many others in world, spent countless hours in front of the television - it's incredible how many profound emotions one can share with a tv! After a couple of days I realized that I couldn't cope with the magnitude of the situation alone and so, for the first and last time in my life to date, I went down to the American Embassy to the memorial that had been set up . I took flowers and stood with others. A little elderly Frenchman man came up to me and asked if I was American. I said I was and he took me in his arms and held me and said how sorry he was; said how France would not be France without the Americans. I could only answer in kind, that the United States wouldn't be the US without France and we cried together in the shared history, love and respect for our two countries.

I remember going outside about noon. People walked around yet no one spoke. There was an eerie silence similar to a scene from the film "Ladybug, Ladybug" (1963). In which the children of a rural school were quietly sent home due to an imminent nuclear attack warning.

The hijackers did this with box cutters, not guns. They killed the pilots. The hijackers had trained enough to be able to fly the planes into the towers. The planes were full of innocents. The one plane that crashed in Pennsylvania did so bc the airplane passengers were able to fight and retake the plane from the hijackers, but with no living pilots the best they could do was crash the plane or prevent it from hitting anything else. All died.

My daughter was 2 blocks from the White House and was put into lockdown. At that time, cell phones were still a luxury so not everyone had one. I still bless the person who passed their cell phone around so that everyone could call home to say they were safe. ❤

My son was in the Marines at the time and was a member of Presidential security team at Camp David on 9/11. My son was able to call just for a minute and it was pretty much, "I love you, Mom! It's crazy up here and we're heading underground to bunkers!!!!!" I don't EVER want to feel that kind of fear again!!!!!!!

Even though it's been over 20 years since this happened, I still find myself crying when I watch the footage.

I remember watching this in the UK and it was a very sombre day. The atmosphere is hard to describe but people were going about their daily business as usual but we were just numb with shock for our US cousins and I saw lots of people in tears that day including my brother who worked in insurance and when he came home the first thing he said was "I've just sent the usual mail to a place that isn't there anymore". He had friends and colleagues in the towers and it affected him for a while. Us Brits really felt for America that day. None more so than our dearly departed Queen who ordered the royal guard to play the Star Spangled Banner outside Buckingham Palace the next morning. RIP to all🇬🇧🇺🇸

They attacked a financial institution, a military institution and many believe that the third plane was going to take out either the White House or the Capitol building before the passengers intervened and the plane crashed. They weren't just crashing into random buildings but chose those particular buildings to send a message.

I was 14 when that happened and had stayed home from school because I was sick. Every awful moment of watching that happen live and trying to comprehend what we were seeing is burned into my memory. It was a horrific moment in history.

I'm in Australia. The coverage started late at night. The first news flash, I thought "This is a new way to promote a movie". When the second tower was hit, it was "Oh sh*t, it's real!" I knew Americans in my community who had connections via work etc to people who died.

I'm 67 years old and will never forget this day. I was living in Florida, but this affected all of us in America. I still can't watch these tapes without tearing up.

As a New Yorker who was in the city that day, here's something I've noticed that bugs me. Reporters often use the term "chaos" to describe the event. There wasn't chaos, except for the moments the buildings were collapsing. People were worried, but there was no widespread panic. Everyone did what they had to do. One thing I'll never forget is my friend who worked across the street from one of the towers was not heard from all day. Later that night, he showed up at a friend's house. He'd walked all the way downtown from Ground Zero to the 59th Street Bridge. Buses were being used to take firefighters to the scene, but once things settled a bit, some of those buses started picking up people who were walking home. That's how my friend got home that night.

September 11, 2001 was a global historical punctuation point. It was a pivotal event that changed the world. It marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new one - especially for air travel.

I was in my high school senior year American history class when history was being made. Exact words from my teacher that day. So many things changed after that day.

I remember this like it was yesterday. I could not move away from the TV, stunned, crying, every motion you could imagine

7:57 Because of the way it was constructed. The WTC was one of the first buildings to use "central core framed tube" architecture, which relied on a very strong central core that was the anchor for external frames via floor spars, hence making a vertical "tube". The benefit of this was that the floors were very open, without the traditional pillars needed in common skyscrapers to the distribute the load. It was revolutionary at the time, but the biggest weakness was that if the spars between the core and the external frame failed, the external frame had nothing else to bear the load. THAT is why the towers fell, because the spars between the core and frame were not properly clad in fireproofing, and were thus able to be superheated by the fires and started to buckle downwards, which put tremendous strain on the weaker of the two parts, the external frame. When enough spars buckled, it pulled the external framing inwards (you can see it happening at 8:30 at the lowest floor with the smoke pouring out when the second tower fell, the whole thing seems to suck inwards moment before the tower starts to collapse), and when the weight of the building above that floor was suddenly accelerated downwards, you had a "pancake collapse" in that the weight kept driving downwards faster and faster, collapsing the structure.

I was 3yo, my mom was studying for college with the news on mute, i started crashing my toy planes i got from my grandpa, in military, into her leg, and pointed at the tv.. my mom then quickly called my dad, and he was already on his way to pick up my older brother from school

Happened just before 9:00 am. I live in Brooklyn NY The air smelled of burning flesh for days. Was very scary no phones or TV worked properly.

Your so right!. It is sickening, people killing each other for religion!

Brother, I was in 7th grade 1800 miles away in Louisiana, and I promise it was terrifying for everyone. We witnessed that second plane hit the tower on the TV and school stopped. They literally made us all leave class and go out to the baseball fields in the countryside of Louisiana because no one understood what was happening.

Im from Devon (UK) I'll never forget that day. Someone ran passed me in a park shouting "They've done it! They've blown up America!" Some friends and I ran to a local music venue we knew has a TV and got them to turn on the news, and there it was. Everyone in the venue stood there staring, thinking "what a terrible accident" and then BOOM the second plane hit. We all stood there in shock and disbelief, watching in silence until finally the buildings collapsed. It didn't seem real. Nothing like that happened outside movies. It still doesn't seem real even now, and I've been to ground zero myself!

I’ll always remember that guy dancing in the street, laughing, saying “Candy from Bin Laden!”

This was the 6pm news bulletin, about 4 hours after the attacks. I was just settling down with a cup of tea at about 2pm (UK time) to watch some mindless TV before going to collect my daughter from school. They interrupted programming and switched to live coverage. The talking heads in the studio didn't even know what thy were watching at first. They were still speculating about some terrible accident with a light private plane, and then when the second plane hit, and was shown on their live feed, they didn't know what was going on. Then the pictures shifted without warning to the Pentagon, and the presenters were like "Hang on- that's not NY? That's Washington!" It all unfolded quickly from there. Those live images have stuck with me all those years. We lived a few miles from Stansted airport, and watching the regular large FeDEx plane come in much lower than nornmal over the town was really scary......because no-one knew if it was worldwide at that point.

On September 11, 2001, 343 firefighters and paramedics from the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center's Twin Towers. Most of them died when the towers collapsed. The firefighters came from 75 firehouses across the city.

My dad was supposed to be there. He flew home early and I was just small. I cant imagine if I lost him, he JUST missed being in the North Tower. I'm 31 now and still tell him I love him at least once a day.

We will never forget 💔

The towers fell because the intense heat weakened the steel infrastructure. Remember that they hijacked planes that were headed to the west coast because they would have the greatest amount of fuel on board.

I lived an hour from New York City. I had a friend from high school who died in the South tower. It was absolutely surreal.

People jumping out of the towers, the most heart wrenching phone calls!

At 14:25 he said that the attack on the 2 buildings was 8 minutes apart - it was 17 minutes…the 1st plane crashed into the building 1 at Eight Forty-six and the 2nd was three minutes after 9

It took about a decade of sifting through conveyer belts of debris to find identifying evidence of victims.

I was on my way to work when the first plane hit. Once I was in the office, I vividly remember radio after radio being turned on to listen to what was happening. Once I heard about the Pentagon, I remarked that 'we are under to attack and our world will never be the same.'

I'm 21 now, so I wasn't around when this happened, but I remember first seeing footage of all of this in second grade. I remember crying my eyes out as it broke my heart. I've always had a soft heart, and I still get emotional thinking about it.

I went to Washington DC the summer after 9/11 for my 8th grade trip and we went to see the Pentagon, it still had a gaping hole in it! You really didn't get the scale of the destruction from the news, seeing it in person was really overwhelming especiallly for a group of 14 year olds. I'm glad we got to go with our History teachers, it was a humbling trip for sure. I'm pretty sure I still have the photos, I keep meaning to dig them out because that's a unique documentation of history that I have in storage somewhere!

This was before cockpits were heavily secured and flight attendants could freely access it during the flight, so once the hijackers overcame the flight attendants, it was easy to break into the cockpit and take over control of the plane if you knew how to fly. When I used to take roadtrips with my mom as a kid in Florida, we’d drive past a certain interstate exit in Venice, Florida and she’d always tell me that that exit contained a flight school where the 9/11 hijackers took private flying lessons to train and prepare for their attack. The unlucky owner of the flight school has lived with pretty significant regret and fear for his life due to unknowingly helping the hijackers in a way he didn’t foresee.

The jumpers chose how they died. I don't think thought they were saving themselves. RIP. Edit. I realize not all the jumpers actually jumped but fell or slipped while trying to get air. Just want to clarify that before anyone else comes to correct me.

I was in the hospital in Burbank, California on 9/11/2001. My son was born the day before. I wondered what world he was coming into. And yes some people celebrated...

Working for a 1st responders unit, I can still recall all the beepers going off. Usually it’s just one or two.

I can tell you exactly how it felt that day here. I was 17 and already a volunteer firefighter (I finished the class, written, and practical exams only 3 months prior) and was in day #3 of my Emergency Medical Technician course. It was the beginning of my final year in high school. I lived only about 65 minutes from the Pentagon, 90 minutes or so from Shanksville, and about 3 hours from Manhattan. Two other firefighters I knew had family members (a brother, and a cousin) in the FDNY, both died in the first tower when it fell. Only 2 years prior, one of my family members had finally retired... he worked in the Pentagon and where he would have been, he would have been killed. With such close proximity to all 3 sites, even a few of my high school peers lost mothers and fathers. It still gives me chills when I hear the Scott SCBA alarms going off at ground zero. the high-pitched alarms start ringing after 30 seconds of no movement once activated. That's why when you watch older fire videos, you'll see them hopping up and down every few seconds. Most of the time they were false alarms but in the case of 9/11, most of them were from killed firefighters. It's a haunting noise. Not a single person I saw that day didn't cry. And I spent that whole day around school, then my fire station. Bullies. Nerds. Jocks. Stoners. Paramedics. Firefighters. Police officers. Teachers. Students. Priests. Drug dealers. Prostitutes. Black. White. Christian. Jewish. Latino. Lawyers. Doctors. Nurses. On September 11, 2001, all those people I just listed... were just adjectives to everyone. We as a nation didn't classify each other that day... we were just 'people.' Nothing really mattered that day because police officers and drug dealers were hugging, and comforting each other. Doctors stood and watched the towers collapse in rooms with their patients. Crying. Hugging. Helping the other understand. Lawyers and judges, corrections officers and prisoners... nothing mattered that day. I stood in a classroom and watched people decide that falling 80 stories to their immediate death was a better idea than slowly dying from smoke inhalation or burning. When a body falls that far, there isn't much left when it hits the ground. A couple firefighters were killed when bodies landed on them. Some people who witnessed the bodies first-hand have spoken about it. They said it looked like what you'd expect to see at a slaughterhouse, but instead of cow's heads, there were fingers, hands, human brains and entrails scattered all over. Human blood looked like someone sprayed the area with a barrel full of blood, almost like a Halloween haunted house room. But this was real. It was real and it felt HORRIBLE. Sad. Hurt. Scared something else would happen. And for the next 2 days, every person in the USA wanted to help. And we did. We all did everything we could to help. People stood in lines measured in DAYS WAIT time to donate blood. We knew people were still alive under the rubble and maybe we couldn't all help dig them out, but goddamnit, we could make DAMN SURE not a single person who may need a pint or two of blood was going to die for a lack of blood! Some people waited days. Others took food to first responders, planted flags in their yards as a symbol of solidarity. Many enlisted in the military to fight. Others donated money to charities, people began volunteering again. Some of the homeless in my town had so much food to eat they had to actually turn it down. That day was incredibly painful and I still cry even when I think back about it, but then... I remember how unified we were and how, for only a few weeks, individuals weren't just titles they earned: cop; doctor; lawyer (solicitor, I think you folks across the pond call them); white guy; black girl; felon..... we were just people. Then we were just Americans.

I was working at Boston College that day. My first- job out of High School. A female student came into the bookstore *I think* around 9AM in the McElroy Building) and started wailin--g un-controllably and she dropped to the floor at the entrance to the bookstore where a TV was brought out. still remember her shriek in terror. She yells: "My dad was on that plane--! My mom and I just dropped my dad off at (Boston) Logan Airport this morning- at 6AM. O-M-G! My dad was on that plane!" Mr. St. Martin who managed the store came out to talk to her and interject reason. "Are you sure?", "Maybe it was a different flight number.", "Are you sure?". Other students tried the same. "Maybe he didn't get on." Maybe his flight got switched", etc. She just says back "no no no. He-- Was on-- that-- plane!" The chaplains at the school came down to whisk her away, and to council her. I'll never forget the pain and just sorrow in her voice. My heart broke for her. She'd be prob. about 40 years old today? I hope she's doing better whomever she was. The only other thing I remember about that day. I got a ride-home with a co-worker I didn't know, because everything was shut down. All the streets were deserted. I remember just thinking. The whole way home that evening I only saw 3 cars driving on the streets in Boston. Everyone was waiting on what would come next.

I was in that field with my parents the day before. Still gives me chills at how we just missed it.

7:05 The terrorists killed the pilots and threatened to blow the plane up if anyone tried to rebel (they had fake explosives). Back then, the idea of a suicide terrorist hijack was not foremost in people's minds. Usually, people hijacked planes in order to get something else they wanted, and they usually landed at the airport.

FTR, Flight 93 didn't crash in Pittsburgh. It crashed in south-western Pennsylvania, near Indian Lake and Schenksville. They wanted to take it to Washington, DC and crash it there, but pasengers intervened in a big way. Edit: There is a memorial in the field in which they crashed.

I was in Philly and they evacuated center city. I just went home and watched this footage as it unfolded. I cried all day watching this coverage

I remember the fire engines one after another racing from Long Island with horns blaring towards Manhattan. Two of my cousins worked near Wall Street and the family didn't know where they were and a third cousin watched from the roof of his building people jumping out of the Twin Towers to escape the fire. All three cousins came home safely. There were 343 firemen who perished inside and outside of the buildings trying to save people.

People been dying from that toxic dust for years after the emergency workers and civilians

I was in school. My first hour teacher always had the news on for discussion later, so we all (11-12 year olds) saw the second plane hit live, back when everyone thought the first one was an accident. It really was traumatizing. By third hour every teacher was listening/watching the news and so were we. Kind of funny, my city has a skyscraper built by the same architect as the Towers, and my dad worked there. They evacuated it that day because they just didn't know what would happen next, so he was home when I got home from school, which was usually not the case.

It was the first time I had ever seen my dad cry. He's from the Bronx. His uncle and two cousins were killed in the first tower. 💜

I so appreciate your reaction, your comments and your heart! Thank you.

Hi Kabir! The Saudis who flew the planes into the World Trade Center had gone to airline pilots training school in the U.S.. That's how they were able to fly into the building. The one that crashed in Pennsylvania did so because the passengers fought back. It was also heading to Washington, probably to hit the White House. I remember that morning because I had to go back home from work because I forgot something. When I walked in the house, my wife told me that a plane had hit a building in New York. As I watched, the 2nd plane hit. I knew right then that it was no accident! It was weird that evening as I sat on my deck how empty the sky was. Normally I don't pay attention to planes and helicopters, but the absence of them was very noticeable.

The movie United 93 shows how it transpired

I'm sure someone has already explained--the planes were loaded with fuel. When the planes hit the buildings, they pretty much went in and released that fuel. All that burning fuel down those buildings destroyed the buildings from the inside out.

I was in the 5th grade living in Oregon on 9/11. I remember it was the 2nd day of 5th grade and my teacher brought in the TV and we watched the news live. Also, the weeks afterwards were pretty heavy in emotions and feelings about it all. I also lived in a small town, and it affected everyone.

Aww Kabir I, alongside my family watched as the second tower was hit,via the news 😔. The fear and devastation is unimaginable. My whole country was affected 😭.

I saw this as an adult. I was in Michigan at the time but a week prior to the attack I was living in northern Virginia about 20 minutes from the Pentagon. I was shocked and horrified by the attack and thankful that I moved away before it happened. There are recordings of texts and phone calls from the passengers of flight 93 to their loved ones once they realized they had been hijacked. It's painful to hear knowing it was their last words to loved ones. I remember at first they showed the people jumping out of the building on the news but it was so upsetting that they stopped showing it. Those attacks unified the US in a very real way. We have our issues but if another attack happens we will once again come together. I don't think other countries realize that we aren't as divided as it appears.

I was not far from the towers in lower Manhattan, but far enough I didn't need to run. It's was beyond devastating watching the towers burn and fall before my eyes.

Did you see BBC say the third tower fell 30 minutes before It fell. Im impressed I didn't know BBC had a pyschic.

I remember this all too well. I lived in Connecticut and was at work when this happened. I heard on the radio that a plane had hit the tower. Everyone in the office gathered around a small portable TV and watched in horror. My company had trucks just outside the city in New Jersey. All the bridges around New York were closed. He had no way home for a couple days. But at least he was alive. There were people stranded everywhere when all planes landed wherever the closest airport was. I was also pregnant at the time and i cried for days for my unborn child in fear for the world i was bringing then into. The trauma was real. I still cry and get that dread in the pit of my stomach when i see videos of the planes.

In the months before the attack, the FBI had been tracking the *Saudi* hijackers as they trained at a flight school (I believe it was in Florida.) In their notes, they highlighted that the men were proficient at flying but having difficulty learning how to land.

I'm from Long Island, NY, which is connected to the city by bridges. I was watching the news that morning and thought it was a movie before it actually hit me what just happened. The military base out here on the island sent out fighter jets, they flew over our house, the entire house shook. These jets are so fast and they could not even make it there in time. It was awful, it still hurts talking about it. John Feal of The Feal Good Foundation still fights to this day to help people that became sick from 9/11. We grew up down the street from each other, he is a good man and has dedicated his life to help these people.

I watched this live. I'm English, it's a day i will never forget, just so very very shocked. The dust from the collapse of the trade towers covered our cars, here in England a few weeks later.

Thousands of people past from that smoke. Years later. It was around 5 thousand in total

It was a devastating day. Most people remember where they were when they heard or saw the news. But Kabir im surprised, you as a kid in a different country, actually remembered it. Shows that you are a very compassionate person. RIP to everyone involved.

Many people don't know that 500,000 people were evacuated by boats. Manhattan is an island. The coast guard saw how people wanted to get out of NYC and went over the radio and called for any boats that wanted to help. 130 to 150 boats all went down to lower Manhattan and loaded as many people as they could. It took 9 hours but they did it. True heros as many workers commute and don't live there.

You're not displaying ego when you say that we should be beyond all of this madness, you're very much correct. Just like we should be beyond racism and hate of others just because they're different.

The heat from the jet fuel fire melted the steel and once it began to melt nothing was going hold up those buildings. Nothing built today would survive either.