He's a news cameraman and just happened to be in there shooting B-roll for the archive when this happened.

Time travels

time travelerssss

Location of this SEARS?

Tell me you've never seen any of this channel's videos without telling me you've never seen any of this channel's videos.

the vibe of the 90's never existed. it was always just a marketable concept made by companies.

@@joedatius whatever @$$hole. There was a vibe to the 90's and it was a much happier time than now or the past 20 years. Just another @$$hole who hates business :)

Yep

@@joedatiusreminds of that song “bye bye Ms.American pie” 😢

I'm Gen X and I agree. That was the day my youth ended.

People in the background still shopping tho

@@TyroneStitches But not many. Those who are may not have heard about it yet.

@@ILoveOldTWC or they don't care because they came to shop.

Bush ended up bragging about doing paintings when he leaves office. I was a kid and for some reason that thought stayed with me forever.

I know they were not mainstream yet but also nobody having cell phones show what a different world it really was...they are all fully engaged in the moment nobody distracted ....also without having phones nobody can search the web on the spot

and now 22 years later they're a college graduate, time flies

@@Vilo24That was me, born in 2001 a couple months before 9/11. 22 in college today.

The day the "90's" died.

Now days the kids that were to be protected became little isis pussies themselves

My daughter was 5 months old and I was thinking the same thing that day.

I'm honestly kind of glad I was sleeping, I worked second shift. I have no idea how I would have handled it in real time. When I got to work it was kind of obvious the trauma from having watched it unfold. Have two friends that worked in WTC, for some reason neither went to work.

They sure didn't realise their Arab neighbors were also human.

​@@user-sf4fy8bq1h I don't know the best way to word this, but I'm glad that Gen Z seems to not have that level of racism, it is really hard for me in that the US government is once again spending all our money killing Arabs. I'm also really sick of people using the LGBT community to spread hate, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria had vibrant LGBT culture before they were destroyed, the West made them less safe for LGBT, so please don't act like you care, Piers Morgan, Amy Schumer, Julianna Margulies, etc.

if the equivalent of this happened today, would we at all feel communal/united/watercooler-vibes of standing around watching the same thing? everybody would see a different fucking version/story about it on their phones - and the more stupid part of our population would be watching some trash tiktok with and imposing caption text getting some re*arded dumbed down version of events when they're the ones who actually need the "educational" standardized presentation

I'd be surprised if it was just at the loss. I'd imagine at the time, before all the details were known, folks would be wondering how many more attacks might there be? Would this be the start of a major war?

Great post. Thanks for sharing. An awful day for sure.

Every TV that had television signal was on 9/11 that day. My father was on a plane that day. Luckily he was not in a doomed plane.

Great example of the effects of conditioning. In the right hands psychology can make for one hell of a weapon.

This video and your post sum up what every business and office was like on 9/11 all across the country. I worked a afternoon shift but I had watched the coverage all morning and went on into work and found all my coworkers watching the tv in our break room and people were just silent and in shock. I don't remember doing any work that day and I can't say for sure but I think they closed the office early because I remember going home and continued watching the coverage that night and for days afterwards. It was surreal for sure.

@@bjthedjdutchdude1992 My cousin was a flight attendant and I was worried about where she was. She was fine but stuck in Chicago for days.

I was a couple of years older than you when it happened and I can relate to everything you said.

Same thing here. I just started the job I'm currently still at today and was 22 myself. What a surreal day that was.

It seems like the world started turning to crap on that day. It feels like we've been living in a weird alternate universe ever since.

yes, I know exactly what you mean.

I was 19 . Feel the same exact way.Except it marked the death of my childhood .And i havent been able to get those same feelings as a young kid and a young adult ever since.

You have such an incredible story to tell. This gave me chills with just a paragraph.

I worked at Merrill Lynch on the evening shift. The building was 250 Vesey Street (which was part of the World Financial Center) and was connected to the World Trade Center by a bridge over the West Side Highway. Each night after work I would go through the buildings to get to the R train to go to the gym and then make the reverse trip back to work to get my car (provided by Merrill) and go home. I passed through the WTC about 5 hours before those planes crashed into them. I remember my mother calling me that morning and waking me up and saying "well I guess you are not going to work tonight." I was dazed and confused (she woke me from my sleep). She told me to go to the TV and turn it on. What a weird and disorienting thing to see. Needless to say, we didn't go back to that building for a while. Instead, two weeks after the incident we were called back to 222 Broadway, I think it was 222 broadway. Whatever the address, we had a birds-eye view of the rubble when we looked down. I also still distinctly remember the smell when I emerged from the subway. It was reminiscent of an electrical fire. We spent months in that building and then went back to the Merrill Lynch building (I don't think Merrill is there anymore) where we had another view of the rubble and later crater... I also worked in the basement of one of the towers (I don't remember which one now) the first (unsuccessful) time the WTC was bombed. I was out at lunch at the time visiting that electronics store that was near city hall park. I wonder if that place is still there. It was a strange and interesting time to be in NYC...

My condolences on the loss of your FDNY uncle and NTPD friends. Thank you for stepping up with the Red Cross.

Thank you for your service

The same did not know what was going on till every cop car was screeching doen 8th ave.i was uptown. The min the Pentagon got hit I was in my Uniform. That's how I knew it was real. National Guard at the time. I went active Duty 2 years later.

It wasn't a perfect world before.

@@pootypump7440no one said it was …?

@hitogokochiyeah exactly that’s why you let h*tler in to power

your right even got worse with Obama and Biden. So sad USA is in such a mess.

No one said it was, snarky.@@pootypump7440

I was 14 and remember seeing it on tv before I went to school in New Zealand and people at school were talking about it. I went to the memorial 6 years ago, it was chilling.

I was 6 and I remember my mom was crying

Damn. I was also five at the time but I really don't have any memories of the tragedy. I remember my dad attempting to talk to be about what had happened and me being utterly uninterested. I think I was more focused on the newest episode of Spongebob at the time. I don't know if it's a blessing I don't have memories from this day or not. Because on some level I'm glad this is a tragedy I missed, but it's also a missing connection I have from most people who are just a tiny bit older than me.

I'm so glad the adults around shielded me from it. Either that or I was just a very oblivious child. Either way, I'm glad I didn't experience it.

I was also 5 when this happened and I barely have any recollection of it. The closest thing I could think of that could've been happening at the time the twin towers were hit was that the schools were on lockdown but at the same time our fire alarm was going off and I was under the table with one of my kindergarten teachers and she looked horrified. I obviously didn't know what was going on but I remember that moment

I remember how eerily quiet everything was after the flights were grounded. I still get uneasy in September.

I was 29 and stationed at MCAS Miramar. Found out during Physical training. My first thought was a bit cold, since I also remembered the attack in 93. I, was thinking they got smarter and then asked how many died this time and wondering what our response was going to be. When I found out the towers collapsed, I knew it would be war.

I was 21, and one of the staff members at my college had a son who was an Army Ranger. There were students who were in the National Guard to pay for college. That night, I knew what was going to happen.

The closest thing we've got to feeling that way again was when the COVID pandemic hit red in March of 2020. Those first few days as an essential worker were scary and uncertain.

The larger crime is that people are too stupid to ask questions when they notice something isn't right, such as these buildings being the only one's in history to completely collapse from a fire. Also no, the plane did not sever the core columns or weaken them, it's literally impossible since it's 4 inch steel and jet fuel scientifically cannot reach temperatures to melt steel, and planes are mostly aluminum on the wings and front of the plane. The bigger issue were the 5 grabblers that were pulled over on the Washington Bridge with explosives in their vehicle and a logo of a plane flying into the towers on the side of the van. It is the single biggest smoking gun to who did this to our country and to this day, no questions were answered about them and why they were let go.

You’re the first person in all these years I’ve heard of who was sick that day. Weirdly, almost every story about the Challenger explosion is from a kid who was sick at home. That just struck me.

That was like the second week of school. How were you already sick and its still in the 70s out?

⁠@@RichV20Um, Illnesses don’t only occur during wintertime and cold temperatures. You know that, right?

@RichV20 I get strep throat a lot in the summer-fall for some reason so maybe it was that

@@RichV20he was probably one of those kids who missed school 50 days a year and was the reason that school now enforce a limit on how many days you can skip or you fail the grade lol

@@1954telecaster Nonsense. Japan started the war, obviously. What you really mean is 'now you know how Americans felt after Pearl Harbor.' In the evil realm, all truth and morals are upside down... so anybody can spot exactly where you're coming from.

​@hxhdfjifzirstc894 I don't think he's talking about Pearl Harbor here...

I live 35 min from Princeton from Toyota factory.

...as the Japanese businessmen thought, "Oh, sh!#! Who's gonna get rounded up *this* time?"

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 You can't expect to force a country into unfair trade agreements, threaten them with invasion if they don't bow to you, and expect that they won't hit you back when they'll have the means to. In the same way, you can't expect to bomb people homes for a decade and expect their citizens to not want to do the same at your home. All of this is sad, but it's not surprising in the least.

Setting the tragedy aside for a minute, what I LOVE about this video is that everyone has the EXACT same expression on their face. And while you were in your group, over in Brooklyn, EVERYBODY was in their own little group, all across America. We might've ALL taken a punch in the mouth, but we were all united. You could feel it, the day after... and maybe for a while longer. I actually remember specifically wondering how long it would last, and how long would drivers let people merge in traffic, without getting angry or cutting them off. Maybe it didn't last that long, but it lasted long enough to remember.

thanks for sharing

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 It was three buildings. Meanwhile, America has obliterated whole cities and whole countries while most Americans watch it on TV like its for their own entertainment.

​@@pontifixmax Blame the corrupt government for that, not the people in this video, the people in the comments or the people who died that day. Probably the majority of those people are against getting involved in foreign wars.

The 90's were moving into the new millennium (80's moved steadily in the 90's, smooth transition), but this haulted everything and we were in a totally different decade all of a sudden. 90's and 80's were long gone as of 9/11/2001.

Not here in Britain. I thought it was just another private plane crash like Aaliyah's and Kennedy's. The WTC had no special significance to me.

@@beingsshepherd how about 7/7?

@@legendsflashback It was dramatic and the 'Ripple Effect' video that followed: intriguing, but the indefensibly vengeful human sacrifice of Jean Charles de Menezes was imo by far the most disturbing aspect; forever changing my own relationship with British society.

actually no @@specialagentorange4329

How yo ni66a azz was not in school? My ni66a azz was in school and the teacher told us.. but we were 4th graders, so none of us really cared or knew what that was.. so againz how waz yo ni66a azz not in school, ni66a?

Everyone knew at once war had just broken out, and things wouldn't be the same again.

@@Fiery421 War with a country that had nothing to do with this. This was a horrendous terrorist act, but it paled in comparison to what the US did in Iraq.

Stop being dramatic lmao

Why weren't you in school? It was a tuesday.

Could of stoled the whole store people wouldn't care. 9/11 was a shocker to the world.

@@osooyabun2701 you can say that, the whole day was pretty much a country and world dealing with a shared trauma event where everyone was in pain, even if they didn't knew anyone who died inside those towers, in the Pentagon, outside the towers in the direct path of the collapse of both towers, and everyone on board all 4 planes. we all felt that pain that day as a country and world, that event changed everything and if you were a teenager or 20something from that day, it was the day your innocence was gone and you had to grow up fast.

Except the scum in the middle east, chanting and celebrating the cowardice attacks.@@WillHendersonTX

I forgot about circuit city

@afridgetoofar1818 that's too bad because Circuit City never forgot about you 🤓

my mom and brother were in Toronto during the second tower being hit and the collapses they were downtown shopping saw a bunch of people at some TV's and my mom just started staring at the tv watching it happen in real time

I feel you sir. I live in New Zealand and was only 7 years old when 9/11 happened. I remember waking up on the morning after getting ready to go to school and my dad was sat in front of the TV watching the news. My mother told me that Dad was taking the day off to watch the news. My father was a total workaholic so for him to take a day off work to watch TV was bizarre for me and I didn't know what it was. I just saw those towers and smoke. Now I'm soon to be in my 30s! Yes, where do those years go! It's crazy to think that there are adults in their 20s now who weren't even born when this happened.

Northeast Ohio is where Flight 93 made its turn to head back toward DC

@@chosentobedifferent6242 Cuyahoga Falls?

@@afridgetoofar1818 Close, but no cigar lol!!

@@chosentobedifferent6242 Stow!

I agree. 180⁰ turn right now. ☹️

It's so painful to watch so many people that were together that day hate each other so much now.. It's unbearable

Well the US population didn't WANT to go to war, again. So something had to change. Just like the sinking of the Lusitania which "unified" the US population into WW1. And the embargo on Japan which triggered the attack on Pearl Harbor which in turn "unified" the US population straight into WW2.

"I love it when it didn't take a fucking catastrophe to get us to care for one another." ~George Carlin

It sure felt like we were.

ether TV or Online

@@Charmedone9805 There were also radios.

IKR? I had heard there was an attack but thought it was no big deal... until I got down to the university and saw it on the TV at the Cafeteria for breakfast... and everyone in the room was glued

You would watch it on tv or online

Oh my gosh you all never shut up about phones

Everything was awesome pre-9/11. 9/11 marked the official end of anything being awesome. The following decades up to this day are horrid now!

@@christiangonzales7429 Sounds like a sad way to look at life

​@@christiangonzales7429 that's not true late 00s and early 10s were amazing stop being so negative

@@microsoftsam_yt Life is a sad reality.

1990s to early 2000s life seems so positive like we had bright futures but 9/11 kinda off put us in a dark age in america.

i was in jr high and they sent us home early as well. i still remember the announcement when we were all informed of the attack but it didn't really strike me until i got home and watched the news with my parents. all that footage is just burned into my retina and we all just sat there in silence watching as i assume it was hard to really have a comment on as it seemed so random. we certainly weren't aware of terroristic plots... it was just so surreal

Bet seeing those jets was scary. Bet you were wondering if they were manned by the same people that were responsible for 9/11.

Where were you living?

@@redeemingthetime782 not the same guy, but i am australian and remember the same reaction from my mum.. she also immediately understood how important of a world event it was in the grand scheme of things (compared to showing up late for school) and let me stay up all night watching the coverage..

Damn, I was in 4th grade not knowing what's up til I got home to see the news that day. That's crazy though

Oh wow. So sad, what a day 😔

I had an inmate working in the jail kitchen sit down in the hallway sobbing. Once he regained some control I asked him why he was crying?? I was not ready for him to say his sister was in one of the towers. I called my escort officer ordering him to take the inmate back to his housing unit, that he was free to do as he wished and not in trouble!! My sergeant came down and joined the inmate crew and myself as we stood in the hallway and prayed! The inmates were on their best behavior with each other and the jail staff!!!

…on the other hand, it meant that even Bin Laden and his Al Qaeda couldn't close Sears!

I was wondering why people were standing around Sears. It was early enough in the day that we knew. I guess because… it was open.

@@Cjnwhahahaha 😂😂

The company I worked for didn't let us go home either, made us work until 5pm....some people are cold.

@@paanne1013shareholders come before national security

At first, we thought it was pilot error.

my birthday is september 10th 1998. it was a great birthday. the day after must have been really sad, because i dont remember any of it. probably my baby brain blocked it out or something. my mom used to tell me about it after my birthday for a few years after

Yeah, you were too young to really appreciate it as it happened.

I was only a little bit older (was almost 4, had just started preschool) and thankfully have no memory of the actual day itself, although I remember being in the city shortly afterwards. My grandmother and great aunt were in the vicinity of the WTC when it happened.

I was 30 at the time. On top of what you said, the other factor that set this apart was not knowing when or how it would all end. With all the other labeled "day the world stood still" type events, the thing itself pretty much happened and was either done or would follow some logical path. With this one even after the second tower was struck and it was assumed terrorism there were so many rumours abounding. How many planes were there? Did the Pentagon really get hit by one? Other building fires that happened were questioned. Were there going to be other types of attacks like car bombings? Just how widespread was this?

I've heard of porterville. Seems like a nice place. Thank you for your service. RIP to all those who lost their lives.

Thank you for your service

Darn you're old.

No doubt that reaction would happen if a nuclear war started

Same with me. I worked at Sears selling appliances on straight commission. I was still at home when it happened, but I was supposed to go to work later that day. Needless to say, I didn't go to work. Wouldn't have made anything that day.

@@Dazlidorne I hope your bosses didn’t give you any grief.

I had just started a new job (not in the US, I'm in Australia). I'd only been there a few days. I got into the office and everyone was gathered around the radio.

911 was the beginning of the end

​@@meuheyend of what?

Yep, this country is going down the shitter.

Usama bin Ladin was an asset of ISI (Pakistani intelligence agency), which received American funding and weapons through the CIA under Operation Cyclone

Yes, this was our JFK moment. I'll forget a lot but I'll always remember every minor detail about that morning.

Unless you looked like a person from the Middle East. Our local gas station was terrorized and vandalized because the owner was Egyptian. He had been an American citizen for 30+ years. But he looked Middle Eastern so he got all kinds of hate and vitriol. Really it wasn't America United as much as it was the death knell for the Melting Pot and the nascence of all the terrible Division we have now.

The ones up front are flat-screen plasma TVs, I believe. State of the art for those who weren't upper middle-class. My cool Uncle had one. Thin flat-screen TVs & computer monitors replaced boxy CRT ones by the Late 00's.

@@Galidorquest No plasma TVs were shown in this video, only standard Direct View CRT TVs (Sony Trinitron/WEGA, RCA, Toshiba A series, JVC basic AV series/D Series/I'Art, and Panasonic sets for sure) and Rear Projection CRT sets as well, a lot of them are 4:3 still but the HD Ready models I am sure are mixed in as well, I saw 1 16:10 Widescreen RP set at 1:02. Also a lot of older CRT monitors scattered around as well. Plasma wasn't fully represented until around 2003 in most stores but they were quite expensive, Pioneer having models that are well over 20k with inflation.

yeah flatscreens didn't really take over until around 2006-2007

I was riding the Max into work in Portland and I remember it being absolutely silent as well. I left for work on the train after the second plane had hit, so I think most people were aware of what was going on.

At work the internet was overwhelmed by so many people trying to get to news websites and stream video that our network stopped working. They eventually filtered out those sites to get the network back up, but people were gathered around radios to get the latest information, like it was WWII. Absolutely everyone was standing around, silent, some crying, just stunned. I do remember, though, that in the middle of all of that, one guy just came up to my desk like it was a normal day, asked me about some document, and then walked off, which I found very weird.

It was the last time we were united. Republicans used this attack as an opportunity to sharpen up their division skills and promote hate of brown people.

Yup. This exactly. I was 12

He traveled back in time and got it.

The channel is all about b-roll footage for a news agency. This is basically all the unedited footage that is finally being uploaded.

@@PJ-sv4iw That makes sense. Yeah, the news would show a five-second clip of this with a voice-over announcer saying something like "Across the city, scenes of stunned silence."

The days of empty skies were crazy. My mom still talks about when she saw the first plane in the sky after and just broke down crying.

😆..I think the guy at 1 min 22 sums it up ...an open mouthed drooling neanderthal ... lol.

Sears does still exist in different states

@@ArchivosCom That’s true but I meant more as a shell of its former self - just like the One WTC

@@user-xi8xz5oh2q ok