So true

And that is exactly how fickle life is 😞

It's a good thing he got out. People were instructed to stay in their offices, as the situation was occurring in the other tower, and the South Tower was "safe." I myself would have fled.

Coincidence you say 😂

You are an interesting, strong and humble man and I’m happy you survived and shared your story. Thank you and God Bless You and your family.

you cant say he survived 9/11 if he wasnt in the building survivers are people who were in the building

@@robinpedersen1191He absolutely can. Anyone in the New York area, especially around the vicinity of the towers, can be considered a survivor. There were thousands of survivors on the ground who never worked in the buildings.

@@liamb8644 witnesses

@@robinpedersen1191his father is because he worked there. Different story is people who was blocks away watching what was happening

@@robinpedersen1191first of all, who said he wasn’t in the building? He was late meaning he didn’t make it to the 97th floor, he could have been in the building. Also many people died outside from falling debris when the planes hit and again when the towers collapsed. If you were anywhere near the towers that day, and made it out with your life, they are a survivor. Were you even born yet on 9/11? Did you watch the live coverage, do you live in NYC, NJ, or Connecticut? If you can’t answer yes to all three, your input is irrelevant

It's about 25% of what you're thinking. Men don't panic much.

@markwison4286 Everyone panics. When i was shot in my lung, while it was filling up with blood I was panicking. & it isn't often that i panic.

@@markwison4286 huh?

@@TimothyMcVay so what you're saying is.. you don't panic much. lol

Anyone, male or female, can and will panic. The only difference is how you handle it. Do you run around frantically and fruitlessly or do you use the adrenaline to flip you into helping mode. I'm usually the latter, I try to take care of the emergency first then break down later, when it's safe to do so. (beth's mom)

I'm glad your sisters were safe. I bet that was hard for them, too, knowing what could have happened.

Your sister is lucky she had a flight that day. Everyone who was in the Cantor Fitzgerald offices perished

@@michaeldelano9233 of those there already (traders came in at seven; the tech guys came in more like nine) of the 600+ they are already at CF who died there remained 4 who survived. Three of them were burnt at varying degrees. Only one came out physically unscathed and he helped one of the burn victims down. Ari, I forget his last name. I just saw his story again the other day. I slept most of 911 this year due to a cold but a tiny part of me was relieved, and a tiny part of me felt very guilty for sleeping through the remembrances and stuff even though I have them saved on here to watch. KZfaq has definitely made up for that in the days since. Without looking for it, I’ve seen a number of these stories some of them like an hour long and I just can’t take my eyes away. You can’t quite duplicate the stunned feeling of that day and yet when you see footage it takes you right back. #neverforget

I couldn't agree with you more 👍. In an emergency you have to use your own initiative. Unfortunately some people freeze in terror and others are in denial of what is happening as it's too much to take in. Great comment 💕

You're right, some people who were below the impact and rang their families saying they were fine, stayed at their desks and didn't get out in time.

I agree with you. But the instructions in the case of an emergency, that was seen as a fire, not a plane crashing into the building, was to stay put and wait for instructions, many people didn't have any idea what was happening and thought it was best to wait, nobody was expecting the buildings to collapse, sadly that was exactly what happened and the ones who made were those who decided to get out

In these kinds of situations, it's always a good idea to assume the worst possible scenario so you can have a motivation to save yourself. If the situation turns out to not be dangerous, then the worse that you could get would be people laughing at you. But if the worst actually happens, then a lot of those people who would be laughing at you would either not be there anymore or be too stunned at the situation.

I would argue the 9/11 terror attacks not only changed your country, but it altered the course of the world. The repercussions of those events on that day rippled across the globe.

@The-Great-Brindian Obviously. I'm speaking from my own life experiences of being an American, and having always lived here in the US. I was born in 1960 and at the time living in the Pueblo projects in East Los Angeles during the Watts Riots, military tanks rolled thru our neighborhood. I didn't understand or could comprehend what was going on as a young child. However, I did witness a man being shot in cold blood while he and many others were looting the corner market. Horrific!! I will never forget that image as a young girl. 😥My point is that we as a country have never experienced terrorism of this magnitude on our own soil. Many tragedies transpire across the globe 🌎 Needless atrocities. And it is sickening!! It has just never been so close to home for me personally.

@spiritandlife There were approximately 3300 workers spared their lives that morning do to a technical glitch at a local church. Apparently the glitch delayed the service causing the parishioners to be late for work. . Surely the Lord God saved their lives too. Wow! Aren't we lucky? Those poor Jumpers probably wished they had gone to church that morning. But oh well, their bodies will be resurrected soon.

Thanks

And those who made the announcement sadly were really trying to prevent people trampling each other, and more people getting hurt from falling debris or falling people I hate to say and they thought that it would be enough to have one tower evacuating quickly with limited routes of evacuation where they had overhangs, and they could be a little safer from falling things/ppl. Certainly is much more hectic as it was with two buildings that big with that many people all exiting at once especially in a hurry they were just trying to keep the others safe and to make more room for the ones coming out and avoid trampling each other. They probably would have told them to evacuate after the first building was largely evacuated had they had time and obviously if they knew it was going to be hit also, they would never have said that. So tragic bc so many did listen.

@@rachmunshine9474 Yes you are right and it’s also important to go with your gut instinct and assess the situation yourself before taking a decision. So many ppl were torn between staying or leaving because it never crossed their mind that it was a terrorist attack. Most of them thought it was a small airplane that crashed into the North Tower by mistake or that maybe a gas pipe had exploded and it would soon be under control.

You made good decisions and saved your own life!!

And all those who perished didn’t have a purpose in life!? Don’t ever say anything like that to someone, God isn’t even real, and you know what, if he is, he is pretty brutal!!!

@@aileenmccarthy8660 you don’t understand what I said because you don’t believe in God. I used to feel the way you feel now. God IS real. Start reading the book of John in the Bible. Open your heart to it, that’s how my eyes were opened up.