"America is under attack" - Informing the President on 9/11

Andrew H. Card Jr., acting dean of the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University and former White House chief of staff under President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2006, shares his first-hand experiences from September 11, 2001.
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[@triforcekeyblade7858]

My uncle was on his way to the towers that day for a meeting. He got held up on the bridge and watched the whole thing happen.

[@jackidontknow1085]

Bet he never complained about traffic after that

[@ash-vd8zv]

@@jackidontknow1085 true

[@californiagurl8056]

Wow everyone’s uncle worked in the World Trade Center that’s so wierd

[@triforcekeyblade7858]

@@californiagurl8056 he didnt "work" there, just happen to have a meeting that day at that location with people.

[@californiagurl8056]

Triforce Keyblade ok just understand we’re I’m coming from a lot people are faking that they had a family member that worked there during 9/11

[@MRD-pc4qx]

I was in the National Guard when this happened. That day I was spending the night at an old girlfriend’s house and was waken up and was told the first plan hit. My initial response and quote was “what kind of idiot was flying?” I got up, went into the living room and watched. Sometime later, I watched the second plan hit. My stomach just collapsed and I said to my old girlfriend and her parent “we’re at war. I have to go.” On my way home I called my dad who was at work. I said “dad, are you watching tv?” He said he wasn’t and then I told him “go turn on the news. We are at war I’m coming home.” As soon as I got home and walked through my front door my phone was ringing and it was my 1st Sgt. we were placed on active standby ready. There are just some things you never ever forget doing or saying.

[@djmindcrasher]

And then America bombed a bunch of children in a country most Americans can't find on a map.

[@Camilavvm868]

I’m glad ur ok!!

[@streettacohunter3706]

I had just signed my enlistment contract with the AF, 2 weeks before. My first thought, as I saw the 2nd tower was, "I'm going to war." It was a moment of shock and fear, but something I was ready to go and train for my job. I was ready for a fight... godspeed...

[@chrishood2793]

@@streettacohunter3706 It takes a heroic an honorable person to go into the unknown and face it full force; to be willing to give up your freedoms for the freedom of others. I was trying to sign up for the Airforce, but couldn't because I wasn't medically qualified. I think I was in love with the idea, but I compared to you, I am a complete coward. Thank you for your service.

[@halointheworld]

@@djmindcrasher and it was fun :)

[@threeminuteshate]

This is a fantastic example of not causing a panic.

[@markpalmieri5948]

I am not a fan of president Bush but by far this is a perfect example of not causing panic anyone who says this was wrong does not know a thing

[@OpusTheLeftie]

@Ivanhoe ॐ ....wha?

[@subbus1949]

I disagree. The Secret Service should have taken him away immediately. His location was public knowledge, there was an airport in the vicinity and a rough dozen of planes were reported missing at that time. I think it is a laughable excuse to claim that he stayed for the children. He was commander in chief, the US were under attack and he should have reacted immediately. That he stayed inert for half an hour and the Secret Service let him tells me something is off.

[@BlottoOttoMan]

@@subbus1949 yes. He should immediately have calmly explained that something has come up, and he had to leave. Someone tells him the country is under attack and he sits there doing nothing? What kind of leadership is that? It's incredible that ppl defend him sitting there. If it was a group of adults he was with, it would've been ok? The lack of critical thinking in this country is astounding.

[@jhondoe1483]

@@subbus1949 the presidents job isn’t to hide like a dog with its tail between its legs. I didn’t like bush at all but this was a very rare point in which he was able to show one of the few things he was good for, being a leader, he didn’t hide, he didn’t run, he didn’t lash out; he stood up as a strong man, he sent the message that this wasn’t going to make him run. Nothing more to this than him being a leader. Leaders don’t hide.

[@abbysapples1225]

I know GW Bush took crap for staying with the kids. But he did that to keep them calm.

[@darcybrummett7004]

If he had gotten right up and rushed out of the room everyone probably would’ve wondered what was wrong.

[@garyr7027]

So you get a call your house is on fire and your wife's in there... you just sit on your ass cause you don't wanna cause a panic?

[@qualitycontentchannel4443]

@@garyr7027 There is people to make calls when he is not immediately available, nothing was paused/delayed because of the actions he took. Also, he didn't panic in front of cameras - which if he did it would have gave satisfaction to the terrorists who committed the tragedy, which would have been like a nerve struck so they would have even more incentive to do more acts of terror like this.

[@sparklesupreme8170]

I actually think he stayed because he was in shock

[@qualitycontentchannel4443]

@@sparklesupreme8170 I dont think so. He definitely looked bothered by it, but if he was in shock he probably would have immediately left.

[@jairtzinio]

The high school that i was going to at the time kept us from knowing what was going on, eventually we had an assembly because word was slowly spreading and i feel like i was the last to know because i went to the gymnasium and started to make a joke and i laughed with another student and everyone turned and looked at me. I had no idea what was happening but it wasn't until we were sent home early that my bus driver said it was a day we'd always remember and i asked what happened and he told me... Told me that if all flights are grounded you know this is huge. It truly was and I'll always remember watching those towers fall and the fear it instilled in everyone.

[@raph2295]

And here we are, 19 years later. I'm 16 but the stuff I read and watch about that awful day is extraordinary. And can you imagine being Andrew Card, delivering unprecedented news to the leader of the free world, the President of the United States, that America was under attack. Unbelievable. Despite being born 3 yrs later, its just mad to think we are now one year from 9/11 being 2 decades ago The world remembers September 11th, 2001🇺🇸

[@roydagger]

Nice words. I live in Australia and remember exactly where I was and what I was doing on 9-11-2001. I've even taken to flying the American flag on this day in honor of those poor souls lost. R.I.P.

[@SebastTapia]

Argentinian here, 8yo at the time, playing with my Hotwheels while my parents were drinking mate. Somehow I knew that was the moment the world changed forever.

[@LB81RN]

@@roydagger You're so sweet....you just made me cry. Our country does alot of crazy things and it's heart warming to hear someone say something kind. Thank you!

[@LB81RN]

It gives me hope, reading your comment. To know that young people learned about this and do care about what happened gives me happy tears!

[@LB81RN]

@Lady Yuna Thank you for sharing that with us!

[@chandima94]

He sounds like a very intelligent man. You have to applaud his critical thinking at that moment. You served your country well, sir.

[@dustinredeagle9465]

I was in the 2nd grade, same as those kids Bush was reading to, he did the right thing to continue and to not scare the kids.

[@murtazaehsan5861]

no you never

[@jabbiter3575]

@@murtazaehsan5861 yeah, didnt happen.

[@TONAhistory]

I encourage you to read my above statement about underreported 9/11 facts and the potential threat for Pres. Bush's safety.

[@yuanwu7368]

@@murtazaehsan5861 He just said he was also in the 2nd grade that time, he did not say he was in that room with Bush. So nothing to doubt.

[@ImTheCrew]

Damn, and you’ve already lost your hair?

[@garywilson3042]

Those poor people, I remember coming home from school, I’m from Scotland, and my dad telling me in the car that world war 3 was happening. Talk about breaking the news lightly ☹️

[@cool61911]

yikes! surely a memory you will not soon forget!

[@qqq1q1qqqqqqq]

Wow! That's wild. I think that had been a thought on the minds of people all over the world. I am seeing this in June 2021 and it blows my mind how I had no clue back then just how much of an emotional impact that day was across the globe. Then again, I was a 29 year old mother of 4 little ones, so my own mind was already a whirlwind. Twenty years later I am still in awe when I see videos of countries all over the world that played OUR national anthem and paid respect to those who fell that day and to their loved ones left behind. I think in a way it made us all reflect on our own mortality, and realize just how true the words "You're never guaranteed tomorrow" actually are. Blessings to you and your family!

[@SuperTicklemonsters]

I was in my 2nd year of college at the time and I remember my mom called me and woke me up in the morning to discuss whatever but she mentioned offhandedly that a plane had crashed into one of the WTC towers. I got up and got breakfast and turned the tv on just moments before the second plane crash. Listening to Card's description of that morning gave me goosebumps.

[@RangiferADV]

I was sleeping (west coast) when this happened, I was 9 years old and my dad ran into the room and shook me awake, bawling his eyes out. My dad is a very stoic dude, very level headed and so seeing him like this was really weird, I thought he was messing around trying to get me to wake up because I was a suuuuuper heavy sleeper. He ran out of my room and into the living room, that's when I started thinking something was up. I got up really quick after that and went into the living room a couple minutes before the first tower fell. My dad was crying and my mom was watching with her mouth open, I thought it was a movie. After that, I got dressed and went to school with my mom, it was a very quiet car ride and I remember how she held me and told me she loved me before I got out of the car. That day I vaguely remember the principal coming onto the intercom and making a statement, and then we all sat around in the classroom watching the news on the TV stand. 19 years later, I'm currently serving in the US Navy, this moment absolutely shaped me to be the person I am today. RIP to all of whom we lost and continue to lose to medical conditions brought on by the toxic dust.

[@benpasquale6353]

what i respect about america is that if you try to hurt it...it will came at you twice as hard just like at pearl harbour....bin laden just signed hes own death wish

[@alphabet_soup123]

Bin Laden wanted to die a martyr. You realise he lived another 10 years before they found him. Pakistan kept him hidden, which I find flabbergasting that the US hasn't sanctioned Pakistan for all their betrayals over the years.

[@tylerpratt484]

This guy can tell a story

[@tatiberlin107]

My dad had just came to the USA he was working in construction. He said one of his friends turned on the tv since they where working inside. He didn’t understand much English but knew that it was bad he said that he watched the second tower get hit. He watched people fall out he always tells me this story he says that everyone stopped and stayed silent.

[@natashaspice2655]

Wow this man is amazing the fact he kept cool under the weight of his responsibility. But he did the best he could kudos to you. Thank you for your service

[@Lady_Naomi]

I was a Junior in a boarding high school in Kenya. I saw the attack written on the Newspapers. I remember reading every line of what the paper said. My heart was so broken because 3 years back; the same terrorist group had attacked US embassy in Kenya and so many innocent lives were lost. When I saw they had struck again, I knew more lives were at stake due to these heartless beings. It’s been 20 years! But still fresh in our minds.

[@narayasumaniaka3083]

He was a great describer

[@aridian6988]

He’s probably told the story more than 100 times

[@slaws2279]

@ Aridian lol. True.

[@jamothegreat6052]

This is Andrew Card. Very smart man a good guy.

[@deathstar754]

@poet in a paper bag that's you. You're a brainwashed shill.

[@michaelkilcourse517]

So smart he cant spell osama bin laden, we called him UBL what a idiot, and this guy was chief of staff, enough said about the bush admin

[@dapianna23]

@@michaelkilcourse517 He was also called Usama Bin Laden you fucking moron.

[@michaelkilcourse517]

@@dapianna23 plus you could call him bugs bunny, its the mans fuckin name and if your too ignorant to know that well, it just says it all, your as thick as the so called chief of staff of the so called US

[@AngelGonzalez-wn8ws]

@@michaelkilcourse517 he clearly said he "thought about osama bin laden UBL we called him" as in nickname dumbass sit down youre embarrassing yourself

[@mathieuusas5898]

That day, we all remember what and where we were. And we will remember that day forever. Respect. Peace.

[@dennisn1672]

I remember exactly where i was when i heard about the first plane. On the way to work. Like everyday.

[@nickstl77]

Dude has a photographic memory for sure.

[@dietcocaine220]

it’s called “flashbulb memory” when people can remember traumatic events very vividly

[@vicpz1]

I also remember exactly what I was doing that day, actual phone conversations. Thoughts. What I was doing just before I saw the news. Me turning the TV on and seeing one tower on fire and smoke coming out. I remember I didn’t see the other tower. I remember I was standing. Not sitting and how in shock I was when the second tower collapsed. So yeah, not surprised this guy remembers exactly what happened with so much detail.

[@slauderek3195]

poet in a paper bag how is he lying?

[@nola9555]

So many people know exactly where they were when the towers were hit. My uncle was at the gym when the first one hit. He believed it was an accident but the second the second one hit, everyone knew it was intended.

[@Memphis_ritz]

Man what a crazy memory. I was young at the time. I remember it but our teachers didn’t tell us what had happened but they were visibly shaken. We were sent home early and it wasn’t until then that i found out

[@giannatorchia7236]

My birthday is on 9/11 I was born a few years after the attacks. I was very confused growing up as a young child since I knew something bad happened on my day of birth . As I became older I am now aware of all the events that happened. Every year on my birthday I spend that day remembering and thinking of all the innocent people that lost their lives that day. God bless America 🇺🇸🙏🏼

[@takodahager4165]

I was 3 when this happened. My mother had just dropped me off at preschool on Long Island and I started my day as I normally would. About an hour or so into the day, my school went under lockdown and I vaguely remember my preschool teacher turning off the lights and telling all of us to remain calm and sit in silence. A few minutes later, the phone rang, my teacher answered the phone, and then told me to pack my things and head to the front desk. I did so and my mother was waiting for me. She was driving back home listening to the news when the planes hit and immediately turned around to get me out of school. She looked like she had just saw a ghost. I asked her what was going on and she told me to get in the car. She was quiet the whole drive home as well as when we got home. She left me and my brother alone to be ourselves as kids while she went into her bedroom and remained there the rest of the day. Later that evening she took me and my brother into Queens where my grandparents lived as well as my aunts and uncles. I remember my mom telling me they were having an adult conversation, don't listen to what we're saying. Only a few years later did I finally learn what had happened that dreadful day

[@marcilk7534]

Bless her for protecting you.

[@62202ify]

My Cousin is an RN, she was one of the first people in to treat injured at ground zero, she has the respiratory problems everyone speaks of, she also said she'll never forget what she saw there.

[@Logan-ib1bp]

God bless the United States of America. I am to this very day so heartbroken and shed tears everytime I think about all the lives we've lost. The attack on our country . the world trade centers. New york soul has been marked with this tragedy. As a new Yorker and someone who dearly loves our country I am so grateful for all our heros that risked their lives on that day. And the president and his team for standing strong with america. We will never break. Nobody could ever harm us again or strike our spirit of this beautiful nation.

[@Jacob-df5hr]

My introduction to foreign policy as a kid was watching 3,000 people die on live TV and you know things haven't really gotten much better.

[@zaneymarie1531]

no one who lived through that day will ever forget .... not just Americans but every person in every country in the world. It may have happened in America but it was an attack on the world as nearly every country suffered loss that day .... it didn't just change America, it changed the world .....and the whole world should never be allowed to forget!

[@TheSteve1126]

Will never forget that day, I was in 2nd grade at the time, our principal came in probably 4 or 5 hours into it, and I thought someone had claimed the quarter I turned in that I found at reccess.

[@jeremybarcelo6486]

No, you were in Houston in Bruce Prichard’s hotel room getting ready for that night’s Smackdown.

[@mitchellwooldridge5118]

Sounds like a scene out of The West Wing with COS Leo McGarry...

[@patriciafoster3347]

Thank you.

[@mrpeel3239]

We will never forget.

[@radekseky4571]

Unfortunately people elsewhere in the world will also never forget our response. An endless cycle of hatred.

[@E4drht]

Never forget.

[@jasonmorse6003]

The lesson was about Steel pronounce it slowly then plane and crash... When he told the pres. The second plane hit the towers it was to let him know the job was done

[@adityabharadwaj547]

God bless us all🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@MrEric27x]

My aunt was meant to be on the plane that hit first her boss canceled their plans for that day

[@leonadams1942]

I was a junior in high school when that happened and was only 16 too.

[@richardnaylor910]

Important that this testimony is documented publicly.

[@billiehaoneohaokip8140]

Never forget

[@jbeaupre1800]

No one will ever forget

[@alvaroramirez7461]

The reporter should've waited to ask the question everyone wanted to have an answer for.

[@MiamiGirl123]

Amen❤

[@marshmallowbudgie]

Bush: *sighs* "so you're telling me DON'T have any puppets to explain it to me?!"

[@poodtang2104]

Wonder if Bush ever finished his book.

[@gregjohnston455]

Bush went into the classroom thinking that it was a small airplane that hit the first tower. He was then told that another plane had hit the other tower. He probably thought it was another small plane. He didn't know that it was two airliners.

[@wabraabdulla7136]

This man said when the second plane hit the second tower I knew then it was Usama bin laden .ubl. Usama is not a commercial airline pilot. How in the world this man knew Usama was putting together the attack on American. It remindes me the story of the kings guard when the guard said to the king I had dream last night of you celebrating as your wife gave birth to a son and then the king arrested the guard. The guard slept on the job. This man know who ever put together that attack on 911. It was not ubl. Sir you are under arrest for knowing who attacked us on 911.

[@숙영천]

America did this to own country people

[@b7ksy]

didn't need to inform the president. he already knew........

[@salmaahmed9460]

1:42 that’s it? The tallest building in the world back then where 25,000 people go to work everyday got hit by a plane A HUGE building was hit by a damn plane yall I don’t know if I’m overreacting or how was he actually supposed to react other than this I mean thousands of innocents die everyday anyway right :,,,,,)

[@Fricc-sg4np]

Unfortunately we have forgotten. We are letting unvetted people through the southern boarder. It may be 5, 10, 15 years from now but something else terrorist related will end up happening and we will learn it happened from people crossing our southern boarder.

[@MarmaladeSally]

😂Based on what? The fact that people who cross the border statistically work more for less? The fact that most of the terror in this country is happening right now at schools, churches, grocery stores, nail salons, by white conservatives?

[@Fricc-sg4np]

@MarmaladeSally based on people like yourself who think this can never happen to us. On 09/10/01 No one imagined two planes would hit the World Centers, the Pentagon, crashing 1 to the ground and another plane that was grounded before it could take off with terrorist. I don't know how old you are but I was 21 serving in the military when this happened and ill never forget. Stop looking at skin color it has nothing to do with the evil in peoples hearts.

[@cloudvick1459]

I wouldn't trust this guy not even to tell me how is the weather outside

[@slauderek3195]

Based on this story or was he just a bad chief of staff?

[@JPMJPM]

This guy has made this story about his own heroic thinking. 😑

[@babulsy6460]

Steel, Plane, Must, Kite ,Hit.... 🤔🙄 these words were being recited by the class.

[@priscillaross-fox9407]

That is not what one talks to 2nd graders about, I must have miss-understood.??

[@livesmart9481]

I was just imagining ... what if this happened during Trump admin.

[@prnfl]

folks

[@annguyendoan7189]

LÊ THÁNH TÔNG / năng lượng puang phổ tuần hoàn

[@Antidote54]

Or maybe informing "the plan is under way"

[@ninarosado5811]

Dana Perino was like Nina who? And really almost let me enlist twice thank God for my fake background that is legally illegal its a crime to file false reports as well

[@wabraabdulla7136]

Who benefited 911. Wich country.

[@rp7326]

It’s now 20 years later, and WE DID FORGET!

[@eric_hates_the_poor]

The young people of today need to take a good, hard look at this and realize the sacrifice that was, and still is, made so they can block traffic and vandalize things.

[@annguyendoan7189]

Sống u hoai trong kiếp lam than / ke nghèo khổ thi can phai hoc

[@neskaberry5449]

This guy: Sir, America is under attack. Bush: Oh! Its started, dont leave any withnesses

[@zombieslayer20]

I thought was today under biden

[@tuffyyakim1983]

"Kite" "Hit" "Steele" "Plane" "Must" Wow 😲 or Kite Plane Must Hit Steele! Think 🤔 about it people

[@bestrafung2754]

I believe George Bush most likely did it but that's not really good evidence.

[@yotubetroller2827]

I would have got up and left the room without even saying anything 😂

[@jeffreydaniel1550]

Alex Ivanov Thats sociopathic. But I get it, emotional intelligence fails us both lol

[@2ndarmoredhellonwheels106]

And possibly scare the hell out of children. In reality none of us know how we would have reacted at that moment. Bush is human. He reacted the way a lot of us did who actually saw the attack. Shock.no matter what that jackoff Michael Moore said in his blatant lies

[@2ndarmoredhellonwheels106]

@WE WUZ VIKANGS!!! n shiet. we all had a brain freeze that day. Yes he was the president but he's also human.

[@thebeasters]

The last Republican to actually win the popular vote was Bush in 88. Let that sink in

[@jamieminsky9436]

Bullcrap..

[@CommonSenz]

I just got home from school that day (I live in EU), grabbed some snacks and turned on the TV to just surf the channels. I clearly remember I passed through CNN and saw the WTC smoking and stopped and told to myself: hold on, CNN does not show movies... then rolled back to CNN and saw the 2nd plane crashing live. It was super clear, yet all the commentators were oblivious for long minutes that there was a 2nd impact. Then I called my family (remember kids, there was no facebook back then. Very few people knew what's up at the time) and told them shit just got real. There was utter chaos. After the 3rd plane hit the Pentagon there were rumours that bombs go off all around the US.. panic was working real hard, and we legit thought that WW3 is upon us.

[@TzunSu]

It really was a wild day. I was in the same situation, home from school for some reason when mom called me out of the shower, i thought she was just confused for a few seconds, until the second plane hit. In a very weird coincidence my family had a colleague of my father over for dinner that night. He was visiting northern europe, from Greenwich, NY, with a son who worked in the second tower, it's the only time in my life i can remember us having an american over for dinner, and he didn't want to be alone in a hotel room that night.

[@7249xxl]

Im glad im reading this comment. Same happend to me i was only 5 but still. Turned the telly on and saw the 2nd plane hit. Something clicked in my mind that at that age shouldn't have. It didn't fundamentally change my childhood but it made the world more grimmer. Its weird to think that this year it will be 20 years ago. Almost everything change from that point on.

[@Camilavvm868]

I agree bush did good in staying. Kids don’t need to be scared

[@darthrib1281]

@Truth Seeker I like how you say that but the media bashed him for down playing the virus and not panicking the entire nation lol 10 years from now people will leave politics behind and realize trump has done alot and he'll be remembered as Reagan is today and I'll bet you on that

[@darthrib1281]

@Truth Seeker no wrong you watch the media that is bias fauci predicted 150k deaths by March second he closed off flights from China and was called racist for it 3rd he supplied the country with ventilators fast within 2 weeks 4th the states are primarily responsible for example did you know gov cuomo did not allow old people to leave their old peoples home and put old people with COVID into the homes? I doubt you knew any of this because the media has lied I get you don't like trump I don't like him as much as the next guy but the media is not your friend never forget that ever they will lie to get their way

[@goodday5117]

Truth Seeker it was governors at the state level that ordered elderly patients with covid to go back to nursing homes and infect everyone. Also countless cancer related and trauma related deaths have been counted as covid deaths even without testing because they get more funding. Do your research

[@darthrib1281]

@Truth Seeker gotta love how you didn't reply I'm not against you what do I have to lose to change your mind but you tell me what does the media lose when you change your mind

[@TONAhistory]

Post 9/11 , there were credible (but ultimately, and thankfully, not accurate) reports that as many as 8 planes had been hijacked. From the time when Pres. Bush's Secret Service detail was first informed of the 2nd plane crash, the members were extremely vocal that he should leave immediately. Since, as early as 4 days prior, it had been widely reported where he would be visiting on 9/11, everyone there at that school was in mortal danger from an additional kamikaze attack. Getting the U.S. pres. would have been an incredible coup. However, Pres. Bush's Secret Service detail was told to stand down. Why? From a rational standpoint, the delay made no sense whatsoever because of the serious danger aspect. He was the Pres. of the U.S., with lots of issues on his plate. All Bush would have had to do is make an announcement of regret that an issue had arisen requiring his immediate attention. No panic, nor fuss or muss. But all told, he stayed at that school for about another hour. The Secret Service detail must have been seriously chomping at the bit to leave ASAP. Since Bush's departure was treated rather cavalierly, someone, or a number of someones' must have known that he was not in serious danger. Lots of unreported 9/11 info that's still (to this day), being withheld from citizens.

[@q0qcky753]

"America is under attack." Not American but I completely shuddered

[@dorianpreister3983]

I remember being in kindergarten watching this on tv and all of us kids thought it was a tv show.. until we noticed the teachers freaking out. I’m 25 now and still remember that exact moment. Insane

[@CarolinaPride95]

I’ll be 25 in a few days but remember the day like it was yesterday!

[@lugiamastero13]

I'll be 25 next month hmm crazy hehe but I remember something odd about that day idk why or if it ended up occurring in a dream but there was some show on TV and there were people in a building that ended up showing the moment when the plane crashed on the north tower and I do remember watching the people run away from the dust cloud when the towers collapsed but like I was too young and I didnt understand a thing that was going on whatsoever even now I dont remember my reaction or the ones of my mom or dad but I'm no longer able to ask my mom anymore she passed away from cancer in May this year :(

[@dorianpreister3983]

LugiaMasterO1 I’m sorry to hear about your loss.. losing a parent is hard. My dad passed away when I was 10 so I feel your pain

[@darcybrummett7004]

I’m going to age myself now. I was 33 when this happened. I was watching the news when the dust from one of the collapsing towers was flying by. A woman with a camera ran into a nearby building. Just seconds after she got in the dust and debris (whoosh) flew by. She got in there just in time!

[@sy-ib2wm]

Same here. I was 6 years old back then and saw the whole thing on TV. So tragic

[@comment2009]

In 2021 a bunch of those kids now grown up will be giving interviews on their thoughts of that day.

[@comment2009]

@poet in a paper bag I watched two jumbo jet air planes impact the towers. I do not subscribe to conspiracy theories.

[@comment2009]

@poet in a paper bag Yep.

[@comment2009]

@poet in a paper bag Nice. Classic deflection to a new topic.

[@comment2009]

@poet in a paper bag Prove it

[@baconacorn473]

@poet in a paper bag you're an idiot.

[@Edgygazelle99]

Dam this is a hard message to tell

[@MikeJBeebe]

@poet in a paper bag No offense, but you're a fucking chowderhead.

[@Camilavvm868]

poet in a paper bag rude to the families

[@anilramgahan3609]

I can't forget that day I still get tears in my eyes as I watch back what happened on that day

[@gloriaharris9468]

Don’t forget rick from Cornwall he saved 2000 people and lost his own life.he is truly a hero xx

[@donnageorge3730]

These are the heroes of that day, and it’s such an understatement

[@lamboshot3225]

Man I love the comments saying "well I knew it was a terrorist attack". Yeah, we all did... After the thing was over. High and mighty conspiracies...

[@thewhizkid3937]

Do you know what the root word is. Terror. It is the use of fear to promote or achieve some end goal And is this video, it is talking about sacrifices. What type or form of sacrifice are we talking about here ?

[@thewhizkid3937]

@Sue Taft ???

[@C21L01]

I actually remember watching it unfold live via Sky News Australia and between the first and second hits, even here in Australia, the news readers were reporting it as an accident. The amateur footage of the North WTC being hit DOES at first glance look like an unfortunate accident. Was approximately 11pm at night in Australia when the news broke. Wasn’t until shortly after second hit occurred that everyone started to realise it was calculated and deliberate. Wasn’t until Wednesday morning Australian time that we awoke to the full reality of what happened and who was responsible.

[@MrFloppy131]

You must be from the South, your Grammar sucks.

[@mikeycroker3480]

Bro when the 2 plane hit? We all new it was an attack. You might not have. But I live in Jersey. I can see the nyc skyline from up the street. When that 2 plane hit? That was it. We all new what was going on.

[@meghanr9639]

I live in Canada, watched it on the news. Hearing this again, I'm so sad for the families and fear people must have felt. I'm bawling watching this.. 19 years later. 💕🙏💕

[@faulltw]

I was in the Air Force watching it on TV with a bunch of pilots asking if the plane had radar or something to prevent this when the second plane hit... and then we knew.

[@alexcook2206]

say what you will about bush, bue he handled it the way we would expect a leader with maturity and by being calm

[@boborsini433]

Was never a fan of Bush, but damn, he acted like a true president.

[@TheHansolo426]

He may not have been the best President but he did well in a situation like this. He didn’t want to instill fear in the kids but when he left that school it was go time

[@descentmvm]

God only if people knew what really happened. And its quite obvious and its insane people still support this guy after all the evidence in the past 20 years have surfaced. Bush gave the teacher this book to make the kids read outloud. They literally are told to say "steel" "plane" "must" "kite" "hit". The fact is bush did know about 911 before hand. The book was literally called "the pet goat" This is a fact you can check on wikipedia. This isnt just a normal book it was given to this weird "teacher" that somehow has visted the whitehouse before confirmed by documents of the whitehouses guest list. The towers we should all know by now were brung down by the thermite bombs that were placed on the structuring of the building the sunday before. Oddly that same day the cameras were turned off and we know there was a strange work group hired as some sort of outside contractors. Important officials that worked in the building oddly moved out the weekend prior and in fact were all linked to bushes campaign. The people that "hijacked" the planes werent even real. The truth is the pilots did it. The blackbox ofcourse dissapeared but there still was a very odd thing. When the planes were taken off course the first plane the pilot literally was talking to the radio control tower after lol. The people portrayed as the hijackers were just citenenzes and they choose ofcourse a middle east man to be protrayed as the hijacker. Look into this guys background its all covered up. Andddd a family member came out after 911 happened claiming the photos of the first hijacker was infact a mothers son who worked at a goddamn insurance company. She later killed herself. Osama was literally given millions of dollars there is proof of this all over the internet it should be a known fact by everyone now and its just common sense why tf wouldnt they release real photos of his body after they "killed him". The special military agents that sussposedly killed him off camera are fucked like they are drugged or something they completely change personality after the interviews.. of course its not covered in the mainstream media. This is just the tip of the iceberg. You wanna find the truth? dont use google use duck duck go. Dont use youtube use vimeo or some other website that isnt connected to facebooks/googles/twitters/instagrams/youtubes controlled media. You will find this info everywhere on the internet except oddly for these main stream internet social networks that were all bought out by the elite. At some early point of looking at all the real evidence its common sense that something isnt right about any of this and it was a inside job. You wanna see some real news? you wanna see the real side of your government? I might fucking get banned for this i wouldnt even be surprised. watch this. www.bitchute.com/video/aUg8wkadPIBb/ this guys videos were sooooo real and exposed the elite soo much he has been banned 2 times off youtube banned off twitter google facebook etc. He cant post anything on the mainstream websites due to exposing the truth. When you watch these videos you will be scared but its just the natural process of something called "waking up". This shitty pandemic is even explained and proven without doubt its all a scam and fake. He has evidence. You will also probably feel sick after watching this knowing the people that are running your country right now are all fucking apart of a pedophile and satanic illumnati like cult that keeps them "controlled" by blackmailing them. I would understand this is hard to believe since the mainstream media is banning anything posted to do with exposing this. But if you watch that video... You wont be the same after i fucking guarantee it. Even without any of the real news and evidence shown to a person there common sense should still be asking themselves wtf is wrong with this pandemic. A manmade virus. Then a vaccine somehow gets made in under 6 months. People get the vaccine. People still get covid. Then they will need up to 12 booster shots.... every.. year... The ingredients to the vac are covered up googles post about whats inside it is not true. Graphine oxide and bioluminescencs from a certain jelly fish is inside it. This is why all the vaccinated peoples blood under the microscope looks like its all fucked and clotting up and these weird massive white objects and these sticky looking strings that show up after.

[@mitchbutrisky2621]

He knew it was going to happen. He knew his role. Wake up. Millions of others have. So if you're not a shill, which I pray for you if you are, wake up.

[@henrikschmidt3964]

This is certainly a slightly different take than Michaels Moore's. It is not only Americans that will never forget 9/11. It changed our world.

[@venombug7476]

The Day the World Stopped Turning

[@hectortellez7776]

I will never forget, it changed my life, family, friends, business associate, and the world!🇺🇸

[@minnesota_railfan]

2:22 I got chills hearing that

[@NurseKathyAndTheLaw]

These people KNEW and helped plan that If at this point in your life you CANNOT see that. GET COUNSELING

[@mitchbutrisky2621]

You and I and millions of others know they planned it. These bit and shill accounts on here aren't real. Yes, some people still have their heads up their asses, but the 'Elites ' don't realize how many have awoken. They've awoken the good giant!!! They've murdered, stolen from, and tortured us for too long. Their time is now.

[@broken_disco_ball]

I think Bush was more so flabbergasted/stunned into silence

[@twebb6152]

What a gracious and humble man! Thank you for your service to our country!!!

[@mskates2001]

I fail to see anything funny or amusing about this day, why the jokes and smart *** remarks?

[@KKTR]

Asshole losers and stupid punks like to mouth off. That way they don't feel so puny and insignificant.

[@hajjysimulates213]

I agree, but some people have a really dark sense of humor. And I understand that.

[@michaelkilcourse517]

All about OIL in the end, America rubs out its own people as an excuse to start a phony war , INSIDE JOB, 20 years later and look who is steering the ship now, only in America, I weep for the future

[@Savoic]

Gee I wonder how many friends you have to say something like that. Blaming the United States for killing 3000 of its own people just for oil.

[@LB81RN]

I haven't gotten that far yet. What I read so far is beautiful and gives me hope. I will skip over comments of those who are ignorant.

[@davidcrawford6505]

Unfortunately many Americans have forgotten. They have to be reminded that we are one United Nation by way of tragedy. It shouldn't be that way. We shouldn't allow our enemies to divide us. Whether it is a foreign enemy or domestic enemy.

[@Marieq]

My husband's uncle worked in tower 1 and went outside to have a cigarette. The plane went through his office. He said he's never going to stop smoking because smoking saved his life.

[@FFEMTB08]

I was in 3rd grade. My teachers wouldn’t tell us what was going on but we could tell something had happened... The teachers were crying. One of the boys in my class was from NYC, his parents came and got him that morning after the towers were hit that morning. Some of his family was lost that day. I’ll never forget my dad picking my sister and I up that afternoon, with tears in his eyes he said, “My girls, we were attacked today.”. That evening my entire family never left the TV. I was too young to truly grasp it, but I understood it was bad.

[@andykrew336]

Same situation here, 3rd grade. We were kept in the dark almost entirely. I didn't learn of the attacks until 3pm that day.

[@FaZeGPen]

@@andykrew336 darkest moments in us history

[@JohnJApanovitch]

I wasn't even one year old when the attacks happened, but I was alive. What a horrible day it must've been. I can't express enough the meaning behind it, and what the president himself was thinking through all of it. I'm glad he kept the kiddos calm through that horrendous day.

[@mitchbutrisky2621]

WELL THE PRESIDENT WAS INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING. SO WAKE UP.

[@lisamurad7805]

I was in my third year of college. It was the most horrendous day in history, the day that changed the world.

[@despicableme8762]

I turned 41 on September 11, 2001. I live in CA and was getting for work around 7:30 am. My husband was watching TV that morning and I heard Tom Brokaw on the Today Show, wondering what he was doing there because he had been the NBC nighty news anchor for years, so I knew something important happened. I went into the living room and said to my husband, "Now What?" He said look what they've done. At that moment they were talking about the Pentagon. It was unthinkable that the Pentagon would be attacked. The whole day was so surreal. I forgot it was my birthday. 😔

[@dannyrichards6233]

I was 5 blocks from the scene. I saw it

[@dannyrichards6233]

@@despicableme8762 I was 5 blocks from it. I saw it. 👀

[@LB81RN]

So much conspiracy around the President not getting up and leaving right away. This explains well and gives me a sense of relief. I think to myself how I would react to such a thing if I were a leader and in front of a group of children, with the world watching on tv. I would hope I'd stay calm for their sake or I might just "freeze", not knowing what to do next.

[@alphabet_soup123]

This is how they're spinning it, but at the time George W Bush was a laughing stock amongst most educated people. He was a clown, who only became president because of who is father was. Then it became apparent he was a puppet president, a figurehead without any leadership qualities himself. I think when 9/11 happened, he just realised what he signed up for being president.

[@vernoncook1505]

@@alphabet_soup123 and you would have handled it differently how ?

[@mitchbutrisky2621]

BECAUSE HE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. WAKE UP!!!!

[@Dcfc1chez]

This is the one moment I always knew what I was doing on the day it happened. Rip to all them lifes that were lost on that day.

[@ryanackley5242]

I still remember vividly being on the internet on Sept 8th my birthday and I was 15. I was on a forum and I read someone said that America will be attacked on Sept 11th. The post even stayed days after, I was completely shocked reading that and will never forget

[@kristelpi652]

What?? That’s insane. Who was that user?

[@bestrafung2754]

I know it was almost 20 years ago now, but do you have any idea who posted it or where it was? I wonder what the replies were like.

[@ryanackley5242]

@@kristelpi652 i honestly only remember the name of the person was in arabic

[@ryanackley5242]

@@bestrafung2754 I know it was in a hotmail chatroom

[@Knightmessenger]

I wonder if anybody thought to save it on the wayback archive.

[@echeng20552]

This dude was clutch under pressure

[@michaelobrien687]

I was 7 when it happened. I remember my mom picking me up from school and on the way out she told me, "They killed a lot of people."

[@mikeycroker3480]

I was 19 at the time. It was such a beautiful day. So sunny and warm. Not a cloud in the sky. I live in Bergen Co NJ. Almost instantly you could see the smoke from where I lived. And the sky’s started to change color. It wasn’t until the 2nd plane hit that everyone realized. This wasn’t an accident. There were kids from my highschool missing for a couple days. Cell phones weren’t all that big yet. And it didn’t matter because none of them were really working at that time anyway. The towers held I believe the biggest cell tower in the tri-state. Very scary times. However the way this country got together in the days following is something that can’t even be explained. The love that omitted from ppls souls and energy at that time was something that can’t even be explained. Everyone fought TOGETHER! It was beautiful. Whitney Houston’s National Anthem. Hit #1 I believe.