Never Forgotten: Reflections From The 9/11 Community - A Virtual Roundtable - 9/11 @ 20

[@julias2977]

I miss you, Heinrich Ackermann…….You’re never forgotten. I remember our amazing times in California and how excited you were to move to NYC and work for AON. You never made it down from the 101st floor but every moment I was watching, praying from afar…..and with you until the end. Your laughter still lives within my heart and I know we’ll meet again.

[@bobporch]

Every time I am at the Memorial and look at the names, I reflect on the fact they are not just a lot of names. Each person had a story. Every name was a human being, senselessly murdered, and left behind people who loved them and miss them greatly. The hardest part for me was out of all those we lost, there was no one alive to help.

[@bobporch]

The natural response to being in a burning building is to flee as fast as possible. Total respect to Peter and his co-workers for not leaving their friend behind and instead carrying him down 69 floors to safety. Doing so had to have slowed them down. There were so many acts of courage that day, I am still amazed. Lately I have been thinking a lot about the contrast between 20 years ago and the last 20 days.

[@bobporch]

I misspoke in the video when I said the entrances to the underground were on Broadway. They were actually on Church Street, one block closer to the site. I was talking from memory. Right after 9/11 streets were just gone, buried by debris. Not being from New York, the Hudson River was my best clue which direction I was facing.

[@melissacoxen6001]

I'm glad the narrator mentioned the conspiracy theories. It's ridiculous what people come up with and they don't think about the fact that people lived this and there is no conspiracy. We all know what happened and we can learn the stories of the survivors. Thank you for sharing your stories ❤️

[@bobporch]

The idea that these buildings were brought down with explosives is beyond lunacy. The Towers collapsed from the upper floors down. When a building is imploded with explosives, the charges are set at the lowest levels. The idea is to blow the legs out from under it, causing the intact upper portion to drop. Thus the pancaking is bottom up. Take out the steel in the basement and gravity does the rest. This is the opposite of what the world saw on TV.

[@ayne0310]

I'm halfway across the world. I dont know why but I'm completely invested in the events of 9/11 the past few days. I watched countless videos, interviews and survivor stories. I hope I visit the memorial and museum to pay my respects someday. RIP to all lives lost.

[@kmsleyang1980]

I’m on this right now…the past 3 or 4 days I’m watching everything I can.

[@keepingitreal71]

I miss my friend Marni... She was a fellow Rick Springfield fan... We would hang on a site called Ricktopia and we loved all his albums... She was at the Ohio State Fair in 2000... We got to meet Rick together and HE HAD HER and her friend walk me to my mainstream bus.... We laughed as we talking about the Chipmunks covering Jessie's girl on their Chipmunk Rock LP in 1982...When my bus loaded me up.. She kissed me on the cheek and then I was on my way home.. Rick's newsletter told his fans that she had died and it was so sad... I remember being asleep that morning and my older brother called me and told me what happened.. I was on the phone with my sister in Gahanna at the time.. Then being on the phone with my mom in Myrtle Beach South Carolina.. My sis in law was stuck in Florida and I was stuck on Bag watching duty.. When my sister landed in the hospital for a health issue...

[@moonbootsally]

This is such a great channel. We really cannot forget that day, so thank you for creating it. 🙏🏼

[@janice576]

My heartfelt prayers to all who were at ground zero that day.. And to all who were lost and the families, victims, friends God Bless you all. Also to all who worked to find ppl in that mass destruction.. Godspeed 😇🙏🏻😇🙏🏻😇🙏🏻

[@isabt4]

Thank you for sharing your experiences ❤️ I am in awe of the bravery and compassion you all showed us that day and during the incredibly courageous rescue efforts. It is obscene that the rescue workers, years later, with health issues caused by the toxicity, were not properly taken care of by government healthcare. I pray for all the lost souls and their families

[@its_me_rikichi]

Thank you so much for sharing your stories!!

[@davidfigueroa2979]

I’m glad that they get to share their story I’m just here crying hard oh my GOD but at least they get to share that time together even if it’s on zoom but at least they can start some healing

[@jamestracey5958]

Amazing Stories thank you all for sharing your courage and inspiration.

[@jaipeace]

40:40 No one should be treated as expendable, everylife is important. It's sad to see construction workers even today working in deadly closed chamers full of dust and fumes from steel in many countries. After the collapse of the towers the toxic fumes had harmful affect on so many people and a lot of people even died and suffered from serious respiratory diseases and cancer a few years later. That place should have been abandoned like a nuclear disaster site, until it was safe to return back. and the initial rescue operations should have continued with a proper gear not just a dust mask.

[@davidfigueroa2979]

Wow this interviews shake me

[@VickiBee]

Eric Bennett 10/17/71-9/11/01

[@kalvin1123]

I found out the museum closed. For funding, did the museum ever try youtube superchat events?

[@bobporch]

I am the guy in the video on oxygen. The Covid mandated shut down of nonessential businesses, venues, museums, etc. put everyone in a financial hole. Tribute received no government funding and depended mostly on visits and donations from tourists. To this day tourism is still way off. The financial hole was just too deep to climb out of. It was just not possible to keep incurring debt with no income during the shut down. I do not speak for Tribute. I was only a volunteer. I saw your post and can only offer what I know.