9/11 Airspace Shutdown • With Timeline

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Courtesy: NASA/FAA NASA Ames Research Center Future Air Traffic Management Concepts and Evaluation Tool (FACET) animation of September 11th, 2001 with a few key annotations.
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[@JhbTeam]

Imagine being in a plane that day, and just imagining how lucky you were to not be on those four planes.

[@pho3nixinflight]

Yea, but considering the number of flights the odds really aren’t all that surprising.

[@Luukvdm]

And If you were on the same airport or company as 1 of those planes. That feeling must be terrible

[@routadu]

@@Luukvdm if someone had missed those flights, he would thank god for delaying him to the airport

[@coolcat6303]

Seth MacFarlane (actor/comedian) got really lucky cuz he was supposed to be on flight 11 (the first plane to hit the WTC). Here’s a few quotes of his: “I was booked on the first flight that hit the tower and I was drinking the night before, overslept a little bit in conjunction with the fact that my travel agent screwed up the itinerary by about 15 minutes, so I arrived 10 minutes late to get on the plane.” “I got to the counter. And I said, yes, I’m booked on Flight 11. And the woman behind the counter said, you know, you’re too late. They just closed the gate. And I said, all right. Well, you know, I’ll take the 11 o clock. Went into the lounge, fell asleep, woke up about 45 minutes later to a commotion, and the first plane had hit. And sat there and watched the second plane hit. And they announced what flight it was. And I turned to the guy next to me and said, ‘my God, that was the flight I was supposed to be on. I was late. I missed it.'” Mark Wahlberg also got lucky cuz he canceled his ticket at the last minute. David Angell (co-creator of Cheers, Wings & Frasier) wasn’t so lucky though. He & his wife were both sadly on Flight 11. May they & all the other victims R.I.P.

[@scripted.-666]

And then imagine having a Karen on board complaining why they cant fly anymore

[@gazelle1467]

4000 planes stopped in 2 hours. That's some real coordination there.

[@Cars-N-Jets]

Gazelle No kidding

[@praetoriandorn3154]

If they could do that, why couldnt they stop those planes? They could have all been shot out of the sky long before becoming a threat, but they weren't.

[@Vloxy5]

Praetorian Dorn because 1 it’s hijacked 2 can’t really call no one when your like 10k feet in the air keep in mind this is in 2001 technology is way better now

[@praetoriandorn3154]

@@Vloxy5 Radar was invented in the 1930's, and by 2001 was extremely sophisticated. It does not matter that those planes were hijacked, they were visible on radar going off course for a long time. Those planes were left untouched because the plan was always to have them crash into the towers.

[@carhles4924]

Praetorian Dorn This was an unprecedented event. No one had ever seen such wide scale terrorism ever. When Flight 11 was hijacked, they couldn’t get hold of the cockpit. They didn’t know anything until Atta spoke to them minutes later. They deduced that it might’ve been a hijacking. Then the numerous phone calls made it clear that it was a hijacking. By the time the North Tower was hit, 175 was being hijacked. NORAD wasn’t notified about 175 until moments before it hit the South Tower. They knew it was terrorism at this point. 77 turned its transponder off, and we’re not even sure to this day what the flight path was. They didn’t know where 77 was until it neared DC airspace, which at that point it was too late. NORAD wasn’t notified of 93 until several minutes after it crashed near Shanksville. In hindsight, yes they should’ve been shot down. But nobody knew what was going on until it was too late.

[@the3rdid485]

That's incredibly impressive to halt such a massive, complex system so quickly.

[@antoy384]

The3rdID I wonder. Landing queues seem to last 1hr in normal times; how could they land exceptional number of planes so fast? and is there enough room on the ground for all planes in USA, given they’re flying 70% of the time?

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

Many went to Canada. I know an ATC who was working in Toronto at the time...he's still sweating.

[@Geno2733]

It's either land, or be grounded by a Sidewinder Rocket.

[@JapanesePiano1]

The3rdID Honestly it wasn’t fast enough.. AT ALL

[@skillfailer]

Im currently looking for a blog post from someone that said to be a pilot, that was up in the air during 9/11. he wrote that the nyc atc told him that they are evactuating the tower, and that the pilot would have to get back onto the ground on his own, without any tower communication.

[@flightgearHD]

1:16 guy flying out in the alantic like screw this

[@nevenification]

He just disappeared?

[@xanpenguin754]

Lol. Most likely he dropped of radar. Probably a general aviation aircraft.

[@rbxstrobe]

Matthew Nguyen yes

[@essel23fly]

UFO?

[@Nugcon]

He went to hyperspace

[@ytnate93]

Was flying from London to New York that day. Our flight had to make a U-turn and land in Nova Scotia.

[@ovalwingnut]

Sobering comment :\

[@KP-wu2li]

Welcome to Iceland aye!

[@melon8523]

You mad Bro ummmmm nova Scotia is a province on the east coast in canada.

[@KP-wu2li]

A Very Solid Snake thanks for calling out my bullshit good day lad

[@melon8523]

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

[@ivannava1423]

Before and after spraying Raid on ants

[@marnie9452]

I was gonna comment that!

[@kit4341]

Haha......

[@TheIcpfan23]

Hell yeah lol

[@fesqb6162]

Hahaha

[@dudeyeah665]

Lol yeah

[@KeithKman]

Imagine being the head of the FAA and Sept 11th 2001 was your first day on the job. That was exactly the case for Ben Sliney, former FAA National Operations Manager. His first day in this position was September 11, 2001, and he was responsible for ordering a National Ground Stop across United States airspace. Hard to top that.

[@anyafilcek984]

Can't even imagine how he felt that day.

[@paulhicks7387]

Way late, I know, but some anon soul to Ben shortly after the grounding order: Who gave you the authority to do that? Then later some other soul to Ben: What took you so long? Work for the govt myself, though nothing close to his job, but that is it, Can I/Should I and then the, what took you so long. Can I? Sometimes you have to, even though you technically cannot. Should I? Contra to what many have related re first strike, their initial thought, no accident, since that part of the landscape is a no-go area for most aircraft and so unless one posits an Egypt Air thing aka a pilot bent on suicide, well, even then not an accident, so unless you think the same thing aka a pilot bent on suicide, perhaps a grounding. Given the millions, etc., at stake, the timing of the, Should I, was entirely reasonable, as the timeline makes plain. Nothing else happened? Adm Nimitz to the Pacific fleet after some were caught in a typhoon: The time for taking all measures for a ship's safety is while still able to do so. Nothing is more dangerous than for a seaman to be grudging in taking precautions lest they turn out to have been unnecessary. Safety at sea for a thousand years has depended on exactly the opposite philosophy. Ben, you did well.

[@emmahealy4863]

I hope he got a raise, definitely looks like he demonstrated qualities that deserve a promotion too!

[@AtarahDerek]

His next job interview: "How would you handle a particularly stressful situation, such as an emergency?" "My first day with the FAA was on 9/11. I ordered the ground stop." "Sorry, sir, you're overqualified for this position. But how would you like to be my boss?"

[@Ag3nt-MC]

Talk about an initiation, damn

[@shmookins]

It's amazing how complicated it is yet the changes were so fast. Human ingenuity is remarkable.

[@decaffeinatedafrican5997]

how is this complicated? it's just a map of america and planes.

[@MM-vs2et]

Well, there is no ''you'' in flight control, more like ''they'', and a lot of them. Flight control staff are skilled men in navigation. They know how to direct flights, and there are a dozen of them working in one average sized airport. Pilots themselves need over 1500 hours of training, flying a plane, before they could actually fly one that is filled with passengers. There's at least 3 pilots in an average commercial plane. A captain, a first officer(co-pilot), and second, a relief pilot. All 4 have training in flying a plane and navigation. Hell, there's even navigators on board to do their job.

[@pierreo33]

nikita potapov lmao are you 11?

[@actionnew]

its amazing Human ingenuity was expected to believe mohammed atta did this

[@Encrylius]

@@decaffeinatedafrican5997 You're ignorant. That is a huge headache to deal with my man for everybody involved.

[@DeadCanDance31]

It's strange to know that my father was in one of those little yellow dots that day. He was on a business trip to North Carolina and landed at Fort Worth absolutely _clueless_ about the attacks. All the flights were put on hold or canceled, and then he went to the airline counter to ask the reason for it. A lady who worked there told him that both WTC main towers were hit, and he thought she was joking. He was extremely cynical to her, saying “will Bush pay my bills then?”, to which she replied: “sir, you better see what's happening there”, while pointing out to the TV inside a restaurant. That’s when he first saw the horrible scene of both towers in flames. He then got stuck in the US, bought a PS2 to play at the hotel during his stay, and only managed to go back to South America via Chile after three days; finally arriving home on September 15th. RIP all 9/11 victims. Greetings from Brazil.

[@m1co294]

Only legends buy a PS2 for waiting purposes

[@spaceplateau]

Nice pfp my guy

[@theghostofspookwagen4715]

Did he give you the ps2?

[@sueperb2452]

What games did he play on his ps2 ?

[@rohanjxr]

Your dad bought a ps2? damn your dad is really cool.

[@siesaw1]

Many forget about the air traffic controllers that day. It was definitely the most stressful day of their lives having to ground a plane every few seconds

[@sebribo1873]

stressful for a couple of hours but then their work was done.

[@innertubez]

They deserve so much more credit. Not as sensational as everything else that was tragically happening, but the ATCs really stabilized an out-of-control horror show.

[@MetalCharlo]

those couple hours were hell incarnate@@sebribo1873

[@AtarahDerek]

They did a documentary on the ATC team in Gander, Newfoundland not long after CFA made it big.

[@ljeans531]

People are surprised at how fast they landed but imagine being told to land or be shot out of the sky, that would definitely motivate you👀

[@Eissey1879]

I live close to an Airport, so I'm used to the sound of jets passing low every so often (there is a holding pattern above me, for when the approach is to busy) It was so strange that night to no hear any planes in the sky at all.

[@jimmykouba4494]

Where I live same it was eerie. Days following it was sad to see not so many, if any planes overhead. It took several months for traffic to resume. Only thing to be heard was the Hueys glad to be safe but at the time it sounded really scary not knowing what was going on

[@jessdavis2677]

@@jimmykouba4494 I was about 7 when the attacks happened. We lived really close to a local airport and I had no idea why the airspace above us was so quiet after September 11th. It went back to normal a few months later, but we had the creepiest holiday season afterward because the sheer silence was driving little me mad with confusion.

[@jebbus8387]

I used to live on an Airbase and im on the same boat as you. It’s still weird not hearing jets fly by.

[@bluegenes2273]

Not exactly the same, but one of those tangential, unsettling details: my dad and i were in nyc on the first anniversary of september 11. So many of the surrounding buildings were covered in that black safety netting that's used in high rise construction. We've all seen it a hundred times and paid it no mind whatsoever but, in that context, it was like the world's biggest burial shrouds.

[@ojsilva1975]

Same here, I live the next county to CLT (Charlotte-Douglas International) and honestly, no planes was out there at all. However I did see an Air National Guard Fighter Jet whizzed by though not to mention the only high rise we got is the Bank of America building.

[@kevinkissinger3755]

There was only one plane allowed to fly on September 1th 2001 It was carrying medicine from Texas to Florida and it had an air force escort service

[@ElizabethCherryBlossom]

A second plane that was allowed to fly on 9/11 was the presidents.

[@Austinbit]

It was carrying donated bone marrow, so a replacement or delay wasn't possible.

[@alexvives1335]

I've read that for the following days, the only aircraft flying were military jets.

[@darrenroberts1713]

Wrong, Bush allowed all his cohorts from Saudi Arabia load up and leisurely make their way back to the Kingdom with an escort service, so that makes two.....

[@RobertJ-vo4bk]

Pretty sure AF1 was allowed to fly that day. And it did.

[@maxroberts99]

Both of my parents were flight attendants for United Airlines at the time and my dad had flown the route of United 175 (the flight that hit the South Tower) the week before 9/11. It's scary to think how this just as easily could have been one of them. Fortunately, both of them were home that day.

[@theblackknight8055]

Still 20 years on I cannot believe 9/11 happened... Doesn't feel like 20 years ago but sadly it is. No one will forget that day, the images and videos haunt you even if you weren't there. It upsets me so much :(

[@isabellind1292]

How fortunate for sure! It was just the most horrible day. I'm glad your parents were safe. RIP to all victims of 9/11.🌹❤

[@vanlee5540]

Thanks God your father could make it, God bless him!

[@bobatea7233]

My mother was in the north tower when it collapsed, luckily, she survived. She has a metal plate in her back to this day. We thank god every September 11 that she survived.

[@trappart9209]

How did she survive being in a collapsed tower...

[@BroccRR]

@@trappart9209 there are many stories of people being pulled from the rubble of the towers. only 6-8 recorded people were pulled from both towers though.

[@sashabraus9422]

​@@trappart9209Luck, really. There are 20 survivors from the tower itself collapsing, though i believe there might be more who survived underneath the tower in the subways. I'm not too knowledgeable on the details, but I recommend a Google. It's an interesting topic.

[@darklordkuro7953]

​@TrainedACEit may not be false. I watched a documentary on the attack a few years ago, some firefigther did survive while in the tower when it colapsed, it was pure luck from my understanding. The debris formed an air pocket protecting them of the rest of the debris. They were stuck and seriously injured. A meter to either side and they were dead.

[@R70__]

With God everything is possible... incredible story

[@jeaniecoudriet6201]

So amazing to watch that! A day none of us hope to ever relive ever again for sure!

[@mia1shooter]

well no shit

[@darcybrummett7004]

I was amazed that they were able to do that in such a relatively short amount of time.

[@Ryan-wg3ej]

Bin laden and co met in 99 to discuss and plan the attack that happened two years later. I’m sorry but it’ll happen again, it could be a year, a decade maybe 20, there will be a 9/11 repeat due to rising threat from ISIS, Al Q, and russia.

[@zeroireland]

Bill Shut up, Bill you lunatic.

[@jadodavo]

stfu. ISIS will be destroyed by the US and EU forces as well as others they are stupid people with stupid morals

[@MrsRavenclaw]

I'm an American, and I remember being in Elementary school when this happened. I remember the principal of the school coming over the intercom and asking all teachers to stop watching they were doing. Then told them to turn on the classroom tvs as the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane. We were all quiet and watched the towers as the second plane hit. We were just old enough to know that this was not normal, nor was is a good thing. The look on our teacher's face will be with me for the rest of my life as will the rest of this. I was 10 years old.

[@gay_madilynn]

I stg I remember my math teacher telling this exact same story

[@BabySonicGT]

Dang

[@healgoth]

Public school principals really said “we are going to traumatize these babies so hard their heads will spin”

[@leonardochapman4736]

@Aliyan ✪ ik, rip to all the people across the middle east and the world caught in American violence

[@Selmarya]

I was in kindergarten then, I legit thought it was a movie scene because kid brain go crazy Didnt learn the actual event until my friend told me 3 years later

[@Klopford]

My grandpa is a retired ATC. He was out golfing that morning and was able to tell what happened by watching the flight patterns of all airplanes that went over the course (which was located near a major airport.)

[@hesklairvoyant]

must of been such a weird sight wonder what he was thinking seeing those planes

[@katiethewise]

i had a 5th grade teacher, she used to teach kindergarten at the time of 9/11. she had taken the kids out to recess, and saw 3 planes circling in the air. she was shocked, and went inside and called her brother, who worked at an airport. she asked "why are there 3 planes circling in the sky?" he replied "the country is under attack, all planes are trying to land.

[@angelcovarrubias8308]

Imagine flying to New York and your not in one of the hijack planes just seeing the towers collapse

[@mrrogersrabbit]

Flight 93 was able to see the first collision as they took off from Newark. That's how they knew what was happening so they could crash the plane before it hit DC

[@JangoFett220]

Elijah Wood said in an interview he, Sean Bean and I think Orlando Bloom has been in New York the previous day doing promo work for Fellowship of the Ring and left that morning to fly back to LA and he saw Flight 11 hit the north tower from the flight they were on.

[@tylerkochman1007]

@@mrrogersrabbit no. It reached cruising altitude a minute before the first tower was hit. They didn’t see it. However, since their hijacking began after both towers were hit and a few minutes before the Pentagon was hit, they found out when they called people on the ground about the other planes and what had happened.

[@narishbeatle]

@@JangoFett220 Paul McCartney witnessed the attacks from a plane on the JFK tarmac that was supposed to take him home to the UK.

[@candisham1978]

@@mrrogersrabbit That is completely false. The passengers on United 93 only found out about the attacks through phone calls with their families.

[@LighthawkTenchi]

I remember going outside on September 12, 2001, and noticing how eerily quiet it was. The place I grew up was just a few miles from Detroit Metro Airport, and every morning I could hear a noise that turned out to be the jets being turned on and idling, basically being warmed up. Having that noise missing was very jarring

[@mj6463]

As someone born after the attacks, I can so easily forget that they hit both of the tallest towers in the world and the pentagon, must have seemed like the end of the damn world. Edit wow KZbin took 8 years to recommend this to me. I’m 16, it literally took half my life time for yt to decide to show me this vid.

[@dank_lord]

Idk man, youtube doesn't exist solely for you.

[@mikesmith7780]

MJ, I was 39 years old when this happened. Although I knew no one killed, it greatly affected my life. Easily the worst day of my life! I sobbed like a baby, and I'm as man as the next guy! Please dont let anyone negate the severity of this day. Talk to friends' parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, your parents about this horrible day. Please do your part in not letting people your age, or your future kids forget. Do not buy into the conspiracy theories bullshit. Millions of people saw the planes hit the towers. God bless you!

[@alisonwilliams4862]

It was the end of the world as we knew it. I was 20 when it happened and when I think of how the world was before and how life has been since those attacks, it almost feels like two different lifetimes.

[@alexandersuvorov2002]

Those towers symbolized the world united by trade. Their destruction sadly marked end of the era. These were the tallest buildings in the world and their silhouette was making bold statement how trade advances the world further. Now there are dozens super-tall buildings around the globe that symbolize oil-boom or fancy residence for ultra-rich, but no building or place that speak world trade.

[@mikesmith7780]

@@alexandersuvorov2002 , you are spot on with your analogy SIR!! I appreciate a new perspective that I was not smart enough to realize. Please, my comment is honest and no sarcasm included.

[@flashlightfreek]

Imagine being one of the pilots across the country listening into the situation

[@elivah3268]

19 years. It's now been 19 years. I hope the lives lost rest easy, and that anyone who was there have people to talk to❤️❤️

[@sweiland75]

Also, nearly 250 planes over Canada were diverted to other airports, carrying upwards of 45,000 passengers. This was called Operation Yellow Ribbon.

[@globe255]

In fact weird that there isn't a lot of accidents going on, but that's a good proof that flying is a safe form for transportation, the most secure form that is existing.

[@christophergonzalez5552]

wefreebefree Lmao... Oh buddy. Chem trails have been scientifically proven to be not that, and compared to driving automobiles, it is monumentally much safer. So I guess people who drive are also terrorists?

[@bananobanana1870]

Wait, isn't travelling by train even safer?

[@antonberglund117]

banano banana I think as a train fan it depends on witch nation you are in. The US doesn't have a national train safety system for example, why they crash some times (and their railway system are in big needs of investment). Added link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5Ool62reLGid7M

[@bananobanana1870]

Anton Berglund oh I see, I really wasn't aware of the situation in the US :/ And I always thought our trainsystem (germany) sucked

[@Amooretliban]

Anton Berglund it’s because our automotive and oil industry lobby against trains.

[@Pendragon667]

A big 'thank you' to all ATCs working that day! I'm sure there are procedures and landing ques but handling such an enormous number of planes in such a short amout of time still deserves some respect

[@sparklydiamondz5464]

It’s crazy how all this communication, scheduling, etc just works for commercial planes. It’s flawless.

[@williamrob4749]

At 1:17 there is a blip that departs southern North Carolina directly east obviously super sonic. Wonder what that is?

[@signalfire6]

That's a REALLY good question.

[@misstranle]

Kind of late, but possibly military aircrafts?

[@micahelroach6744]

DVFR its mostly military aircraft going on the NY Oceanic Atlantic ADIZ.

[@CentralPASpotter]

Concorde was grounded at that time so it wasn't that.

[@christophermoltisanti2891]

+William Rob This radar only shows commercial aircraft, I don't think the gov. would ever show military aircraft radar on KZbin. Maybe it was just a glitch

[@freakysnuke2571]

Still a bit unsatisfying to see that not every plane has landed at the end of the video...

[@apple54345]

gifsthatendtoosoon

[@indra8188]

Military planes I believe, I wonder if Air Force 1 is one is here somewhere

[@matthew8153]

isidore ofseville Bush was in Florida that morning, so no.

[@indra8188]

No once they had the idea it was a terrorist attack they immediately got him in the air with a fighter pilot escort, I was just wondering if Air Force 1 shows up on radar or not

[@matthew8153]

isidore ofseville Air Force one is stealthy, it doesn’t show up on radar. But also he would not have been airborne by the time this video ended.

[@billiebuffalo]

What is kind of emotional about this is that you see the Canadian airspace clearing too, for obvious reasons, and then organized streams of aircraft coming across from other countries, when they started to accept American bound flights.

[@timtwoface]

Good job on Canada handling so many of the overseas flights from Asia and Europe on that day; I live in Vancouver and the tarmack was a parking lot full of planes. And of course all major cities nationwide and especially the smaller airports like Gander went above and beyond to help these stranded travellers.

[@CrazyDash9]

The controller must have been stressed during this

[@martincamilleri7444]

I think he was happy when everything stopped

[@tyleranimated2334]

If you look at the top right of the corner, you’ll see a bunch of flights fluctuate directly into one location, specifically Halifax and Moncton in Nova Scotia. Over 30-60 aircraft were diverted there.

[@stellargay]

plane leaving north carolina: YEET

[@Echo0221]

1:17 plane near North Carolina makes the jump to hyperspace 😂

[@sbrw4316]

What’s with the laughing emoji

[@rohanjxr]

sebrw2005 ?

[@brizzled5193]

Echo bruh the pilot probably forgot his wallet so he went hyper speed.

[@lanemcreynolds9894]

Good sarcasm, could do without the emoji!

[@paulgilbert2506]

"Chewie get us outa here!"

[@Ratmoonapper]

During an ATC briefing while I as in flight school in 2002, an Atlanta Center controller said he personally spoke to a Lear 45 jet flying at 40,000 feet when the "all-stop" order came down. That aircraft just past Knoxville, TN by 6 miles traveling at 450 MPH, and still landed at Knoxville without flying no further than 10 miles away from Knoxville. Talk about an ear popping flight!

[@NorthernWisconsinandStuff]

I was in the Navy at the time on a submarine. We had comms and knew something bad happened but the extent of the things that happened to the rest of the US were unknown to us. I still try to imagine what it must have been like to be bombarded with news and trying to contact family members and such. It must have been chaos. The only time I saw threatcon D in my military career. Thank you for posting. This allows me a glimpse into what else happened that day.

[@albiman68]

I live in Montreal and I remember that our 2 international airports managed to get a lot planes coming in from Europe to land safely! 9-11-2001 is known in Gander, NewFoundland as ''The day the world came to town''

[@EM-Ree]

Me: watching cooking videos KZbin: 9 / 1 1

[@LK-pc4sq]

I had a golden moment in my life where I was providing security for NAVCANA Enroute air traffic control security. I asked the main controller what the airspace above the US was like and he explained most air-traffic made it to the ground except one aircraft. He over heard communications from US ATC and a f15 that one aircraft had not landed. He said he heard this pining sound from the F15 broadcast. He said that was a air to air missile that was ready to be used to take down the airliner.

[@josephcola9662]

I was too young to remember 9/11, but growing up in NYC, you become so used to the sound of planes going overhead that you eventually stop noticing their passage at all. My mom told me that she'd never forget the unnerving quiet that descended on the city as all commercial flights were grounded. Nor how spine-chilling it was to hear a shriek overhead as flights of military jets on patrol were the only things in the sky larger than a bird.

[@jaime4890]

I can remember how eerie it was to not hear or see any planes. I lived close to two airports at that time so there was always airplane noise. It was so quite. I was 16 then.

[@trudibrown9661]

One man said that he missed his flight and the plane he was going on was one of the four planes

[@yjsnpi77]

Trudi Brown that was the creator of family guy

[@2fast790]

I was on a plane that day going to Orlando Florida. The towers were hit before we landed. The captain never said a word on the intercom. We had no idea what was happening until we landed. When we got into the airport, it was full of people who were grounded, and the TV's were on showing the towers.

[@georgebelev1900]

Those planes look like fleas

[@alexkizer639]

I still cannot imagine experiencing 9/11 as an adult (born in 94). I just have no idea how I would react honestly… it’s really an incomparable event. Would feel like the end of the world after hearing the pentagon was hit I assume. I remember coming home from third grade class that day. My dad was watching the news and told me a plane hit a building, and I imagined something like a Cessna accidentally colliding with a skyscraper. A few days later I think our elementary school held an assembly where they did their best to explain what happened. I may be misremembering. God bless all who died that day

[@BinninjaSANL]

Hello everyone this is your daily dose of internet

[@djhenyo]

I died when the Subway commercial disguised as a feel-good PSA scrolled @8:44

[@Splirfy]

Binninja SANL lol i came from him too

[@quakers2349]

Binninja SANL i was looking for this comment

[@lukebennett3647]

djhenyo huh?

[@WHATSAHANDLEIDKIDK]

Binninja SANL link and time?

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

20 years on, we remember

[@pwalshofficial]

My dad took off out of Logan Airport in Boston around the same time the four planes that were hijacked did on 9/11. Same terminal where the terrorists boarded their flights. His plane was grounded shortly after takeoff, but it took him awhile to get to a phone to let my mom know he was okay. I’ll never forget coming home from school and seeing my mom frantic in her room as the Twin Towers collapsing replayed on the TV. My dad and our family were extremely lucky that day.

[@kevinstojda7767]

I was in Boston doing a trade show and more than likely heard the two NYC bound jetliners flying overhead. After hearing about the second plane hitting the Twin Towers we went to the DoubleTree Hotel and watched them collapse. My friend who I was with started crying.

[@timhonks13]

Amazing how the mountains dictate where we live and operate

[@scoutz0rs]

One of the things I’ll remember most about that day was how nice the weather was everywhere, and how silent the sky was.

[@MrGriff305]

This made me realize how many more people there are on the eastern side of the country.

[@kennethgrantham5092]

What an amazing presentation! Thank you for putting 9/11 airspace traffic in perspective for those of us who fly regularly. A very bad day for everyone. Hope nothing like that day ever happens again.

[@r_l_o6324]

I never had the appropriate appreciation for airline towers. Thank you for what you do!

[@blackmantalking3965]

That's one specific thing I remember from that day. It was eerily still (at least here in the Northeast) and there was not a plane in the sky. For this area, that was very unsettling.

[@715SF]

Yeah that’s also where it happened so there’s that

[@jimmykouba4494]

Thank you for the upload never saw this before. A big cheers and Thank You to Canada and Mexico for their part in helping in the diverting. As well any other country far beyond Thank You.

[@jenbill]

I work nights California Central Valley everything coming from east start lining up on final approach to San Francisco What a strange and Erie feeling not to see a single plane in the night sky Something out of the Twilight Zone is what it felt like, I was waiting for Rod Sterling to show up and start narrating, surreal moment in time to witness

[@scottishgirl8259]

jenbill1602 same for my area, you don't realize how used to the patterns you are, and the sound, until it's not there for several weeks. Was at a park when restarted, first one over, everyone cheered. Was a symbol of hope to us all.

[@eighthturtle]

Scottish Girl Same for Halifax, Nova Scotia where I live on shore of St. Margarets Bay under major flyways to/from Europe. No airplane sounds for days was chilling. I wanted to cheat when I heard the first departing plane go over on Saturday.

[@NY_Mapper]

You can actually see Flight 93 dissapear from the map if you look close enough :(

[@xwhels]

NY Mapper no you can’t

[@NY_Mapper]

Anas saleh yes, you can.

[@xwhels]

NY Mapper so did you see it ? Don’t tell me it is just there because we all know that but you can’t i don’t care how closely you look

[@kamX-rz4uy]

Make the video full screen and watch frame by frame starting at 1:03. There are four planes in the vicinity and then three.

[@ChrisPMT]

It probably is possible to see it disappear from radar, but it will be so difficult as all the aircraft are already landing and turning off radar at the time of its crash.

[@Vincent20309]

Imagine being in one of those planes while all this was happening and you learn about it all at once when your plane lands

[@lindaeasley4336]

Such a strange , surreal time . I remember when the American Airlines flight crashed in New York a month later , most people's first reaction was ' oh no , another terrorist attack '

[@EchoTravelsUSA]

I was five years old when it happened, and I still remember seeing it on tv, and I still remember the Air Force Jets flying overhead. They might have been the same ones that confirmed that United 93 had crashed.

[@RenzohsClub]

Some kid on a flight was probably like: “but mom I wanna go to Canada! Not USA!” The mom was like: “we have no choice” **flight diverts to Canada**

[@er2982]

Whoa.. Great video. Really puts that day into a different perspective .

[@Sweettooth187]

One of the weird things you never think about is, when they build airports, do they build the runways to accommodate that many planes during a national emergency?

[@sagbon98]

They take into account contingencies and extra room for extra planes, but not hundreds of extra planes, especially not at tiny airports like Gander. Sometimes, big, abandoned airports are perfect for this scenario because they are empty and have capacity for many planes and passengers. Just look at Ciudad Real, Spain, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The case of 9/11 of course is abnormal.

[@pemo2676]

@@sagbon98 i can imagine countries with older, smaller airports like britain would be pretty screwed if anything that fast and extreme happened in europe. there arent many airports nearby - heathrow is already at capacity its remarkable how it was done!

[@sagbon98]

@@pemo2676 many countries would be screwed in this scenario but as humans, we get creative to accommodate these planes. In an emergency, basically anything goes.

[@pemo2676]

@@sagbon98 absolutely

[@NOSfusion]

Who's plane is that at 1:49 leaving the country?

[@Hetstaine]

Someone in a hurry!

[@kewkabe]

Bin Laden's family

[@rnap6411]

funny huh leaving n. carolina hmmmmmm🤔

[@RegumRai]

g6 baby

[@arthurcooperman3106]

Hetstaine lmao

[@susulemons]

Would be cool to be able to see this during covid-19 coronavirus season

[@SS-ud6nt]

Good call

[@Oberkommando]

My father was on a business trip to Sudan (Africa) that day. When they got off their plane the Sudanese were celebrating, there were children and adults running through the capital's streets joyfully. The business meeting was of course cancelled but there was no way to get out of Sudan because all flights had been cancelled. My father and his fellow business partners being white wanted to get the hell out of Sudan. After many days of fear my father got a call that an Egypt Air plane (i believe) was to depart from the airport. People were literally fighting for plane tickets at the airport and in the end egypt air had put in that many seats that there was not more than a shoe lenght of leg room and some people had no seat at all. They flew to namibia (i believe) and from there they had struggles finding pyet another plane back to europe. In the end they flew to Amsterdam, and then back home.

[@gumisora]

So it was like a bus or a metro? Standing??

[@urbanplanner7200]

I wonder what that radar contact is off the coast of North Carolina at much higher speed at the end?

[@podboq2]

+Cimmy Jarter an IC craft, you weren't supposed to see that.

[@austinmoore1405]

Matt D president?

[@blitzcreed1186]

No because Bush was in Florida that morning.

[@harrisonwebb9441]

JT what's an IC craft?

[@noneofyourbuisness7]

JT a pilot forgot his wallet, had to run back home real quick.

[@442Rickmaniac]

I found this really interesting because I had a flight to Hawaii supposed to leave from SFO on 9-12, and I will never forget how quiet it was in our area (about 5 miles from SFO) during the flight shutdown.

[@jamesanderson5268]

I was working at the FAA Command Center that morning. They are the ones who issued the national ground stop. I was a computer technician working on the phone system with the contractor. Luckily, we were done with the maintenance by 8am. When I was headed home on the capital beltway, I saw the smoke rising from the Pentagon. Scary day.

[@isawafeeq335]

watching this on the 18th anniversary of those horrible attacks. May those who died rest in peace.

[@Flamecreeper677]

Watching this on the 20th anniversary every time I see anything about 9/11 I get a pit in my stomach.

[@cjpatz]

The sky’s that day may have never been that clear since the invention of the airplane.

[@danb8891]

The airport of Halifax, New Scotia, Canada had to take every single flight from Europe one by one four many hours that day...considering the size of the airport and his effectives It's just a miracle that this situation cause any incident happen that day...

[@battadia]

It's amazing to think that this video is now closer to the event it's about than today.

[@Cjnator38]

1:44 flies when you turn off your phone

[@ShahirUsmani]

In Lockdown: 9/11 recommended Decades Later: How Covid19 caused lockdown That's two world changing events in my lifetime already.

[@Great16]

lets just appreciate the atc's well-done work on landing thousands of planes in less than 3 hours.

[@VanquisherVIII]

This is a really cool video thanks for posting

[@PuffleBuns]

Those planes literally started dropping like flies once the order was made to stop air traffic. Amazing.

[@wendystwitter7199]

1:16 Y’all see that plane take off super fast from southern North Carolina?

[@rohanjxr]

Wendy's Twitter and 1:49 it’s a glitch I think.

[@anunnakimenagerie]

UFO

[@SomeoneCommenting]

Most of these flights were of those sardine cans that do just short local flights between close states. That's why the map clears so fast, since they can land in any regional airport. You can see that only the truly large planes stay at the end because they need to land only in large international airports. The Denver one is a nice example, you can see all planes coming back to it.

[@Armistice023]

At the time I was living in the paths of 2 major airports in the area. Was very surreal not hearing or seeing any planes in the sky for a few days. I remember being outside and talking with my dad about it while staring at the sky. Very eerie feeling

[@rpgeek22]

For everyome asking what that was in north carolina I live in that part of North Carolina and I am just outside of a military base called camp Lejeune I think it could be a jet going to fly over the ocean to be ready to shoot anything that it needed to down

[@traw7021]

There’s also Mcas cherry point, and new river. Plus Seymour Johnson afb, fort Bragg etc. could’ve been from anywhere but I doubt from Lejeune.

[@jimmykouba4494]

I agree. It didn't take long to patrol oyr land from sea to sea.

[@countercuIture]

1950s: I bet we will have flying cars in the future! 2000s: Well yes but no

[@mrwri]

Weird how the plane I was on that day heading to Tel Aviv wasn't grounded. In fact none of us were told anything had happened by the pilots.

[@billwalker7556]

If it was on El Al airlines it's because they have the most stringent security procedures. Security for El Al is provided by the Israeli Military at airports and on airplanes. El Al also has missile defense systems on thier aircraft. El Al is the only commercial airline to equip its planes with missile defense systems to protect its planes against surface-to-air missiles, and is considered one of the world's most secure airlines, thanks to its stringent security procedures, both on the ground and on board its aircraft provided by the Israeli Military.

[@plaguedr8831]

RIP to all victims of 9/11 may God keep you in his arms

[@wd-type9643]

This is quite the spectacle. Amazing how quickly things can change.

[@seegreen6484]

This was recommended to me and now I'm being watched by the NSA

[@blitzcreed1186]

1:49 Am I the only one that notices the plane leaving at a high speed off the coast of North Carolina?

[@popanollie1]

and 1:16

[@elchungo5026]

BlitzCreed probably a military stealth aircraft that failed at the "stealth" part.

[@1compaqedr8]

BlitzCreed only NASA and SPACEX rockets move that fast. Doesn't add up. Think about how much ground that blink covered.

[@GameWekelijks]

What Eric?

[@lelouchvibritannia4028]

Could be military aircraft intercepting an airliner, given the fact that almost 3,000 people were murdered. Or it could be the aliens 😑

[@Nicky2Chains]

I was a month away from turning one so I obviously don’t remember what happened but my dad told me it was an eerie feeling when he notice how quiet everything became

[@FRanceSource]

Three months prior we changed our return flight from Paris from 911 or 910. All for an extra day at home before returning to work. It may be 20 years laterl but am still numb. Can't imagine the families. You are still in my prayers and will remain there as long as I live.

[@xygomorphic44]

What's the interesting is that the US also closed their airspace to arriving international flights. Pretty much all the inbound north atlantic flights had to turn back or were diverted to Canadian airports, and you can them in this video diverting around to Maine to Quebec airports and landing in Nova Scotia.

[@indioside376]

The US Forest Service continued tanker runs out of Pocatello and Stockton. One flew directly over head over SR 99. I was think of how it was one of the few in the air.

[@bluelightningadministrativ8335]

Those twin towers Standing tall with pride, Fell with grieving hearts. Stunned, America cried. But we’re still standing. Bin Laden tried To crush our land, But we stood our ground With our flag in hand. And we’re still Red for valor And the blood that fell. White for purity Our heroes tell. Blue for the justice That will be done, Proving once more These colors don’t run. And we’re still standing.

[@user-it5mp2wx7h]

haha "Bin Laden"

[@chrispetersonbacon2693]

Your poem made me cry ;)

[@apple54345]

Артём Невзоров congrats on all of those 13 y/o virgins your god allowed to be sacrificed to your heroes on that day, sir.

[@justinsavinon6738]

This sounds kind of a poem from Germany during 1939, huh.

[@shritan0]

if you found that on the internet, you are a great surfer. if you made that up, you are going to go far as a poet in life.

[@marilyn3583]

I was in flight school at TSTC in Waco, TX when this happened. Classes were cancelled and we were grounded of course. I could even get back on the flight schedule until October. Sucked so bad.

[@noelio67]

.....and Thank you to Gander, Canada for taking a lot of incoming European flights

[@DannyWilliamH]

Is that the Bin Laden family plane bolting out of NC near the end?

[@akeemlawrence9750]

HAHA! bolts and then turns off transponders.. Just like GB told him to.

[@DASCO2136]

Nah, it was Han & Chewie going into light speed

[@queenfan45]

I lived near Detroit Metro airport at that time. I was 6 and at school, and while the teachers hid us from the horrors, we all noticed the large amount of planes landing… but none were taking off.

[@Vektorer]

On that morning I worked the East Sector at Kalamazoo, Michigan from 0930-1100. That was a shift that no controller, who worked it, will ever forget. As for us, we were missing one guy who called-in sick and another getting some much needed beauty sleep at home. At 0825, I watched the watch sup pound down 4 aspirin (his standard dose) with a cup of black coffee and state, "Looks like it's going to be one of those days..."