British Couple Reacts to 9/11 Jules Naudet Raw Video [9/11 Reaction]

[@maryjennings4913]

Jules and Gideon Naudet were NYU film school students working on a documentary where they intended to follow a rookie firefighter through his first year on the job. They were filming with the FDNY on that day, with their rookie. They had gone out to investigate a call for a reported gas leak when the first tower was hit.

[@kbaylor123]

The full documentary is on KZbin.

[@Jchillin757]

Appreciate the insight, cap

[@blackprix]

Documentary by the Nadette brothers was more than important

[@marythornhill9491]

There's another version of this where there's voice over that explains some of what is going on voice over is done by Jules.

[@marcosbenavides8394]

Wow never knew or seen this

[@LexyThomas134]

That "Stuff falling" and making a loud bang, were bodies / jumpers hitting the pavement and the awning right outside. One of them landed on a fireman and killed him instantly

[@NancyElizabeth-n9n]

That’s horrific. Actually I don’t know what’s worse. Being burnt alive or throwing yourself out of the tower falling many floors to your death.

[@reedrothchild7966]

That scene & those sounds are haunting.

[@sinprohibidos]

That firefighter is Daniel Suhr... RIP the first responders and civilians who lost their lives that day. God bless them

[@DehydratedHumor]

@@NancyElizabeth-n9n It's speculated some of them could have been on the floors where there was so much smoke you couldn't see. So they didn't know they had crawled out of the building until it was too late.

[@breckenking]

@@NancyElizabeth-n9n They didn't show it in these videos because of the learning purposes for children, but yes, in the raw footage that we watched live when I was in 10th grade we actually saw live footage of them jumping out!

[@robkoenig3355]

The loud banging you hear inside the towers was jumpers who were trapped above the fire. Rest in peace to all the souls lost and affected by that day

[@jackkrauss]

Hitting the awning right outside.

[@alabamared2568]

In all 223 souls that jumped I cannot fathom the thought of jumping or being burned alive with temps about 1000 and fire had spread all the way down to the 19th floor on the inner core of tower 2 from the A1 jet fuel spilled down all shafts of the elevators!!!!

[@natashafletcher600]

Oh dear lord! I didn't realise that. I wound back and it made me feel physically sick!

[@ruthl3ssstudio163]

There are some rare videos of jumpers landing and they hit the ground with such speed that they turn into pink mist. To the jumpers, it was the cleanest and fastest death.

[@kjh4496]

@@ruthl3ssstudio163there was a guy in tue documentary that saw right after the first plane hit all the body parts of the people on the plane all over the street. I cannot even imagine how traumatic that must be.

[@lindaslater7782]

Tower 1 was the first to be hit, but Tower 2 was the first to collapse. The firemen in the video were in Tower 1 which is why they got out. After you see some of the firemen out, there was l another loud sound which was Tower 1 collapsing. The people running in the video are trying to find a safe place to go while debris was dropping down.

[@SirenHorror.]

The reason why second tower collapsed first cause it was hit an angle and hit lower so much weight

[@KR3T1]

They where in tower 2

[@KR3T1]

Bc one of the guys you see in the video didnt make it out an he died

[@BlackSlayer-qi2bu]

​@@KR3T1 No. This film took place mainly in the lobby of the North Tower (Tower 1) Some firefighters actually entered the complex from Tower 1 and then proceeded to Tower 2. That's why maybe some firefighters you see in the video died. I believe u can find Orio Palmer, who went to the South Tower and made it to the 78th floor before the building collapsed.

[@KR3T1]

@@BlackSlayer-qi2bu oh sorry i didnt knew that

[@maryschwab6674]

Thank you for sharing this. I lost a good friend on 9-11, 6 months later my son joined the army, I lost him too. We must never forget. Again thank you!

[@lauralee83]

Thank you for his service and sacrifice 😢❤ RIP young soldier 💔

[@danip3270]

I’m so sorry. I was 28 when this happened. My kids were very young. I remember staying up all night watching the news. We were just waiting to hear if anything else was going to happen. We just didn’t know. Those were difficult days, weeks, and months. My father had just retired from the USAF and my brother was serving. He ended up in Iraq and Saudi. He lost a lot of friends during the war, and many years later. He told me he has lost over 20 colleagues. May we never forget the sacrifice. God bless you.

[@michellegeorge6448]

I'm so sorry.

[@TexArizocan]

So very sorry for both of your losses.

[@GenXfrom75]

I'm so sorry... My husband deployed to Iraq 3 times. 2005-06, 2007-08, 2009-10. He was honorably discharged from the Army in early 2011... Physically intact, mentally never the same.

[@risksrewardsrelics51]

Chief Pfeifer who is in this video (the one on the radio at the beginning of the video) went on to become Deputy Fire Commissioner for the city and recently retired. He lost his brother that day. A great man.

[@jessyc4092]

you really need to watch the 2 hour full documentary version that the Naudet brothers released a year later. That version is a lot more impactful and gives a lot more context to what you're seeing and hearing. The constant crashing you hear was people from the upper floors at the impact zone having to choose between burning to death or jumping. In the first collapse, we're seeing the POV from emergency workers in the lobby/basement of the north tower, while the south tower collapsed. The north tower was hit first, but collapsed second. The whole day from start to finish was beyond tragic.

[@brandonreed6596]

The body that the firefighters were carrying up the escalator was the body of father michael judge. His death certificate read 00001. He was the first official causality of 9/11.

[@carolhesterberg7526]

Yes, he was hit by falling debris and the first firefighter to die was hit by a falling body (a jumper?)

[@brandonreed6596]

@@carolhesterberg7526 I never heard about the firefighter dying from a falling body, but that wouldn't surprise me. That was a terrible day.

[@carolhesterberg7526]

@@brandonreed6596 I've watched a lot of the 9/11 documentaries and heard some really terrible things, like that poor firefighter being killed by a jumper. A true tragedy for both individuals!

[@michellenainkristinabusch1221]

​@brandonreed6596 There has been a couple stories of it. Absolutely tragic beyond words

[@tiamarrow6366]

Just to let you guys know…..when the towers fell, all of that debris that infiltrated the air of lower Manhattan (dust, glass particles, steel, just everything in those buildings) it stuck around that area for a while. For at least 2-3 weeks, that whole area was off limits and only people who lived in that area of Manhattan were allowed in to retrieve their belongings. Sadly, a lot of people who did end up surviving that tragic day, ended up dying from health problems due to how toxic the air was.

[@terrrell7798]

since 9/11 here in NYC over 500 firefighters died post 9/11 and over 200 NYPD officers died post 9/11, both from 9/11 related illnesses.

[@Vada246]

I don't even have the words so heartbreaking 😢

[@jackkrauss]

Asbestos.

[@thamertanner5448]

More people have died of post 9/11 illnesses than were killed in the attacks. These buildings were built in the 70s, they were full of asbestos and who knows what else.

[@stevenbarnes9881]

I remember visiting manhattan only weeks after the attack and recall there was so much microscopic glass all over the ground that the sun shining on the pavement was blinding me.

[@melenedezssss]

The crashing sounds you heard at around the middle of this video was human beings jumping to their deaths. This began immediately as soon as the planes first hit the towers, people, furniture & debris were immediately ejected. Subsequent crashes were due to the spread of the jet fuel & flames. Those that weren't hurt immediately, were trapped & forced close to the windows, hoping to be saved. Sadly, as the flames approached, hundreds of people chose to evade the flames & leaped to their deaths. The crashing sounds are windows exploding from heat but also bodies falling on parked & moving cars. The area was typically congested with traffic.

[@stephw1702]

Also as they are entering the building a screen can be heard. It was a woman who had been burned badly.

[@memeenthusiast910]

As far as I know, a portion of the jumpers didn't intentionally jump but sadly lost grip on the walls between the windows that were so narrow. Some were pushed out or couldn't really see because of smoke and basically walked off. My condolences to everyone who was lost or was affected by this day.

[@SamJackson-xu1py]

They were hitting the metal awning right outside the lobby. You can see as they pull up to the tower.

[@JoM-t1n]

I was bawling my eyes out

[@ESUSAMEX]

As a family member of someone who died when the first tower collapsed, it pisses me off to no end that my family member and everyone else had to suffer like that. And to realize the banging sound is of people jumping to their death is utterly insane.

[@sherrybarnes4486]

My condolences

[@ESUSAMEX]

@@sherrybarnes4486 Thank you!

[@duchess_of_petty9323]

i will never forget people falling from those buildings, and how terrified they had to be. I’m so sorry you lost someone that day.

[@ESUSAMEX]

@@duchess_of_petty9323 Thank you!

[@DylRicho]

I am sorry. My thoughts are with you.

[@TheDriegelz]

It's so heartbreaking watching the look on the First Responders faces, the look of disbelief, the feeling of helplessness and this can't be happening... And the realization that this rescue was going to be a "One way ticket" for a lot of the Rescuers. A lot of people who went to help never came home... and I see that look on these HEROES faces... 😢😢😢 God Bless and RIP...

[@Carol-D.1324]

My husband’s aunt worked in tower one. She retired on a Friday and moved to Florida to be with her daughter and new grandson. The following Tuesday THIS happened. She was absolutely devastated and to this day..22 years later. She still can’t talk about it without totally breaking down..to this day.

[@nicolelawless9942]

Even if I wasn’t there, every time I say “9/11”, I end up breaking down

[@janrobnettwordweaver2227]

You both are so sweet to wish those who watched to hope they were all okay. Your empathy regarding this entire tragedy is deeply felt. Thank you so much for paying honor and respect. Much love to you both.

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

5:28 that sound still sends chills down my spine knowing another person chose jumping over burning to death

[@pierren___]

Where are they falling ?

[@mangoesfly1594]

​@@pierren___on the ground and the awning outside

[@angrycrusaderboi1374]

That’s a sound that I cannot comprehend

[@jackkrauss]

​​​it's the awning right outside the lobby.

[@jackkrauss]

​@@mangoesfly1594It's the awning as you can hear the steel and glass when those poor souls hit it.

[@T1625-w7d]

Steve Buscemi the actors was a NY firefighter for 4-5 years. The day after he showed up at his old fire house and volunteered. He worked 12 hour shifts for a week digging through rumble.

[@susansharp985]

For Americans we react with anger and horror which is understandable but when non Americans react the same, we feel just a bit less alone and supported and for that this Pennsylvanian thanks you.

[@thesupportingcast6972]

I feel ya. I grew up in Indiana County. I was 17 on that day. Old enough to understand how bad it was, and how close to home it hit. Somerset is pretty dang close when you talk about flying a jet! R.I.P. to those legitimate heroes on Flight 93.

[@thekeystoneconservative]

Hello my fellow Pennsylvanian, yes and to think 93 crashed in our state, disgusting day.

[@susansharp985]

@@thesupportingcast6972 Indeed, the museum in Shanksville is worth the trip....we're 60 miles from Erie PA and made the trip in a day's time!

[@thesupportingcast6972]

@@barryfletcher7136 That’s sad, yes. However, not all of them did. Nor are the majority of Muslims extremists. I am just saying that because we should still appreciate our friends in Canada who helped land planes. Our friends across the pond in G.B. who played our anthem in front of Buckingham, and our friends in Australia who offered help.

[@barryfletcher7136]

@@thesupportingcast6972 It is definitely true not all muslims are extremists. I have lived in five muslim countries (twice in Saudi Arabia) and i know most of them are not extremists. However, most muslims will do noting to stop the extremists and will even help them if told to do so by a mullah or imam.

[@manuelmacias9146]

As a rookie firefighter myself, this is surreal. I keep hearing keywords that get my attention. I can’t even imagine tackling a high rise fire like this. God bless them 343

[@cherylweston9205]

It was just a coincidence that an independent filmmaker was filming firefighters that morning for a documentary. He just kept his cameras rolling as the events unfolded.

[@G.0.]

2:25 Just thought I'd include a timestamp to the question you answered. I was about to answer similarly. Hope it helps some.

[@LurenaDisney]

Thank you!

[@JustMe-gn6yf]

Yeah I remember seeing it and the scene that shows the guys returning to the station and waiting on others to return was gut wrenching and the sound of the people who jumped smashing onto the mezzanine still gives me chills

[@Abbath77]

It wasnt just this morning, the filmed for several weeks before

[@prisonmike3605]

I’m curious did these filmmakers survive as it seems they entered the building

[@alyssatoro]

The Naudet brothers were there that summer, from France, to make a documentary about New York City rookie firefighters. They had been filming for weeks, one camera per brother. They just happened to be a few blocks from the sight when the first plane hit, and they are one of the only people to have footage of the first plane going into the tower. As well as from inside the towers rescue efforts. Such an incredible documentary.

[@cherylflam3250]

This is just a very small portion of the entire documentary. You guys need to watch all of it..a must watch !

[@nikkis7375]

Do you know where we can find the full version? I heard other people saying we can’t find it or it’s hard to find.

[@bpths]

Full Documentary KZbin link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZayqJRmqdeBe7M

[@Lindsay-nx5sv]

That's right. Jules and Gideon both had cameras and filmed two different perspectives. One was in the tower (this video) the other walked the streets and got footage of second tower hit.

[@Lindsay-nx5sv]

@@nikkis7375 Here. I think a scene or two might be missing, but it is alright. The version I have recorded on my old VHS showed the multiple angles of the second plane hit. This one does not. This doc shows both perspectives of the brothers' recordings as one brother was in the first tower and the second brother walked the streets. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXraXmSYhLaBf6M&ab_channel=DepositionsandStuff

[@nicolelawless9942]

I’ve seen the one on united 93 and I thought “This is exactly like the movie!” But it was a tragedy that really happened

[@carriebizz]

Im Australian and was 24 when this happened, everytime i see footage of this day i get chills and tears. Alot of those firefighters were killed 😢

[@shawnmcx482]

The sound of the crashing you heard in the lobby was people jumping from the upper floors were the plane had hit and above.

[@shawnmiller4781]

Bodies impacting the pavement

[@jackkrauss]

​@@shawnmiller4781Hitting the metal awning right outside the lobby.

[@shawnmiller4781]

@@jackkrauss that too

[@jackkrauss]

@shawnmiller4781 They are hitting the metal and glass awning as you can kind of hear that. It's not really important but there is a huge awning right im front of the building and actually on this video it's where they parked in front of the tower.

[@jackkrauss]

​@shawnmiller4781 It's the awning as that's why it's especially loud. Also you can sometimes right after the loud bangs they look in the direction of the awning.

[@melenedezssss]

That was my city, I still cry every time but I still watch these videos. I can't let what happened fade from my memories.

[@carolewhite6356]

So many of those firefighters died that day. Heartbreaking.

[@SaltyBagfries]

Even worse, many have serious medical conditions and have died since because of them. Those heroes suffered and died for more than a decade beyond that day.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

Battalion Chief Pfifer the officer dressed in white in the beginning met his brother who was a Lieutenant in the fire department in the lobby and said that was the last time he saw him alive. It’s certainly a tragedy that all those people died, but imagine losing your brother while you survived, that must’ve been very very hard

[@Doozer2268]

343 firefighters gone in one day. The firefighters from Engine 54, Ladder 4, Battalion 9 lost all 15 members on that shift. Prior to 9/11 firefighters would often say "See you at the big one" knowing one day they would be called into action for a huge event due to the many skyscrapers in the city. It was inevitable.

[@sukie584]

Amazingly, everyone in the firehouse being filmed by the Naudet brothers, survived. But the 9/11 cancers are getting them now.

[@BillyBong]

The shotgun blast sounds are bodies hitting the glass canopy that the firefighters parked under at the beginning of the video. Also they were in tower 1 and tower 2 collapsed. So all the debrit you saw in the building entered the first tower from the second tower. Then when they escaped they saw the tower they were just in fall.

[@alexpereira7851]

It was a brother duo with handheld cameras doing a documentary about this particular NYC firefighter station. Whilst filming a suspected gas leak the one brother caught footage of the first plane hitting. Brothers end up getting separated during this filming. I was 13 when 9/11 happened, living about an hour from NYC. This was a full featured documentary which since cannot find. It was a terrifying day

[@QUNE5]

Was going to say the same thing. Best 9/11 footage that I've ever seen to this date.

[@shortbu5driver]

I believe they were Italian or French

[@alexpereira7851]

@@shortbu5driver I believe they were French!

[@knash97]

I was able to find the full documentary here on KZbin. "9/11 (A Documentary by Gédéon & Jules Naudet)" The channel is "The_Gypsy"

[@lauralee83]

​@@knash97 awesome!!!! Such a great documentary

[@ChristianBraunGlazer]

I wasn't even alive when this happened and it still brings tears to my eye. I remember when my dad told me about how he was a young sailors, eating at a restaurant in Australia. Shortly after the 2nd plane hit they were rushed back to the ship and put on alert for days. RIP to everyone who died that day❤🙏

[@jackkrauss]

It's still unreal.

[@vlnavi]

I hear ya! I know someone who was out near the Middle East with the Navy, about to head home for leave, when 9-11 happened. Needless to say, their leave was canceled immediately. As someone who was alive and old enough to remember that day, it brings some comfort knowing the next generation understand the emotional impact of this day. Thank you for caring, it really does mean a lot to us older generations... ...on a (slightly) lighter note, I can totally hear my grandparents and great-grandma talking about Pearl Harbor as I compose this reply! AND I'M NOT THAT OLD...YET!

[@johnstrong4089]

Those loud bangs your hearing is the people who jumped from the towers bodies hitting the ground

[@jackkrauss]

There's a big metal awning outside the lobby that they were hitting.

[@macdrew345]

@@jackkraussthe carpark

[@jackkrauss]

@@macdrew345 It's the awning where they parked the fire truck.

[@melenedezssss]

A little mentioned person was the building's security manager. He had a notable history in his own right, but his later years were spent on the building's security, including evacuations. He was prevented from conducting evacuation drills till after the first effort to blow up the building from the underground parking, many years earlier. That failed to do the intended damage cuz of the buildings design which was done by a Japanese architect. After that attempt, he was given authority to do mock drills. I've forgotten his name, but his efforts saved thousands. Sadly, he had a life of heroism, he personally & repeatedly went up into the upper floors to save people. In the end, he died when the building crashed on him & nearly 3000 other humans beings.

[@tjk200081]

You're talking about Rick Riscola. He wasn't just a security officer, but also a businessman. He was a Vietnam Vet too. He had A LOT of friends die in Vietnam. So when the first attack happened, he realized that the terrorists would come back, & started preparing for it soon after the first attack. The documentary about him is called, "The Man Who Predicted 9/11".

[@liamweaver2944]

@@tjk200081 There was also a a Fire Marshal named Ronald Bucca, who tragically died when the South Tower collapsed, that kept blueprints of the World Trade Center after the attacks in '93, as he also knew that terrorists would be back to finish the job.

[@tjk200081]

@@liamweaver2944 Yep, I've heard his story too. Both are heros.

[@liamweaver2944]

@@tjk200081 Do you know Orio Palmer's story as well?

[@tjk200081]

@@liamweaver2944 Yes. Every year I watch the 9/11 documentaries on the History Channel & the National Geographic Channels. I never want to forget, & I want to be able to tell my kids about what happened someday.

[@Suprachiasmatic]

Mad props for the bravery of the type of people who run towards an incident like this when everyone else is running away. Takes a special kind of person to do that.

[@2012banksnb]

I appreciate the late queen for playing our national anthem

[@lenniedavis1294]

They both survived without seeing each other for hours. Later every single firefighter from their station all came back. Another documentary you need to watch is You Are Here A Come From Away Story. It's about Gander Newfoundland when 36 planes landed in a small town and they basically partied for a week while they were there. A musical was made about it called Come From Away. Great story you gotta watch.

[@lizetteolsen3218]

That was a bright spot of true humanity.

[@revenant_scot]

At just after 8 mins into your video, there’s footage of a few people coming out of a lift. The tall man in a suit that’s looking around with a bewildered look on his face is actually interviewed in another documentary called ‘9/11: A Tale of Two Towers’, which is also on KZbin. It follows two groups of survivors, one in each tower, and tells of their escapes. It’s amazing to hear that man describe the very moment that he left the lift and that was captured on this film.

[@beatleschick1000]

Oh my goodness! I have looked for any footage of the Naudet Brother’s since a year after 9/11 when a full two hours was dedicated to him and his brother making the trip around New York City. I have it taped on an old VHS tape somewhere. I’m so glad you found some of it. I haven’t even watched what part you got yet but they are the best documentarians of what happened afterwards for sure. Bless you from an American that was 39 years old when I watched this happen from my little home in Indiana. The world will never be the same.

[@tbd-5160]

The first tower that was hit was the second to fall. The second tower that was hit was the first to fall. Just to clairfy.

[@CarAmeL624]

I am from Toronto and was 9 years old when this happened. I will never forget walking to the principals office to deliver our class attendance sheet and all the teachers looking at the TV screen. They were seeing the 1st tower on fire. No one saw me come in. We were all so scared for our neighbours in NY but also for ourselves. We were kids and just assumed the planes would come here too. May we never forget this and may this never be repeated for anyone, anywhere

[@wheezy829]

at around 6:00 in you hear the sounds of glass shattering, if i'm not mistaken the firefighters recognized that the sound was from people jumping from the tower

[@muggs00]

“How are they so calm?” They’re not. Their losing their minds like everyone else but they can’t show it. Everyone is looking at them for help.

[@reneehomen2226]

It's been 22 years and I still remember it like it was yesterday. Someone I cared about was supposed to be on one of the planes but missed the flight. Not to forget the plane that hit the Pentagon and the heros that went down in the Pennsylvania field.

[@vonsterb7065]

The sounds you're hearing at 5:48, 5:52-6:20, are sounds of the jumper hitting the parking structure just outside of the lobby. The reason why they stop and look, is not because of confusion, but because they know it's the sound of a life ending...

[@shibboleth5768]

I'll never forget 9-11 or where I was that day. Seeing the 2nd plane crash live. Seeing people jump to their deaths (those loud banging sounds). I'll never forget seeing real people hanging onto the outside of those skyscrapers, waving clothing and such to try and get help, before letting go and falling to their deaths hundreds of feet below. I had never seen someone die in real life before 9-11. I remember the fear that began to grow when we heard the impregnable Pentagon had been attacked. The terrifying and apocalyptic sight watching the towers fall live. The sight of the dust cloud over Manhattan that would stay in the air for weeks after. Our lives and our world as we knew it was forever changed that day. I had never even heard of Al Qaeda or Osama Bin Laden before 9-11. Terrorism was a brand new thing to us. Our brains had trouble comprehending such unthinkable acts that our eyes were witnessing. The awe, dread, fear, sorrow, terror, shock, helplessness and anger. The emotions kept coming and were overwhelming. It still makes me cry to this day. I will NEVER forget 9-11.

[@kirbyblackburn8550]

You wrote my comment 😢😢😢

[@sikobaya9298]

Body cams had not been invented yet in 2001. He was holding a camera with his hands.

[@williamboyer8294]

It was a camera crew doing a documentary on the fire station that day and they just so happen to be a part of the history

[@texgirl1122]

They were filming this Fire Station for several months, not just this day.

[@johndrews206]

5:28 always gets me The loud bang we hear is a jumper landing. Everytime there's a loud bang a person just lost there life. It's absolutely horrific !

[@lesschonewitz9456]

it’s amazing the bravery of the firefighters who went into the building to help them get out and lost their lives saddest day i have ever seen cried like a baby was recovering from carpal tunnel surgery in Biloxi I will never forget the sacrifices of that day my brother left 4 months later for war

[@Doozer2268]

I lived in NYC and was there that awful day. My stomach gets knots each time I revisit through videos and documentaries, but I feel it is important to never forget that day. I can remember every minute of that day from sun up to sundown. It is burned in my memory.

[@scottdarden3091]

Millie those were firefighters in the beginning of the video, they saw the first plane and called it in. That's why in the video in the truck you hear the captain on the radio saying the plane hit the tower. What none of the heroes knew was that the tower's would crumble.

[@-that_one_smxlly-1810]

In the full doc, one of the engineers walked up to one of the firemen and told him the towers were in risk of collapse

[@kookytoots6755]

I was 17 watching this from Bristol UK, the heartbreak is as fresh today 22 years later as jt was then. RIP to all the innocent lives lost then amd to the many more that have subsequently died due to breathing it all in. We will never forget

[@parker-ii7fg]

The moment the second plane hits the south tower still sends shivers down my spine. The moment when the awful reality began to sink in that what was unfolding was no accident.

[@SaltyBagfries]

Exactly my thoughts at the time. Clearly was no accident. I almost recruited that day, but didn't because it would have been in anger. I was 18 and a freshmen in college.

[@higgme1ster]

I was 48 when it happened. I was working at a regional long distance telephone switch facility. I am a six year veteran of the USAF. I knew the moment I saw the aircraft hit on TV that it was intentional.

[@seattanf2348]

After the first plane hit I was thinking what a terrible accident. When the 2nd plane went I knew immediately this was deliberate.

[@Reverse2057]

I was getting ready for high school as well, also in California. Mom came in and told me to turn on the news b/c the buildings I'd been do had been hit by a plane. That whole day I spent glued to the tv at school, and remember watch horrified as they fell. I'd been to the top of them back in '97, and I was heartbroken. Pretty sure I cried all week.

[@bigschmill294]

​@Crem2057 that's what happened to me too. I was in Colorado at the time, I was 8 and getting ready for school. I don't think I saw the second plane hit but my mom turned it on in my room right afterwards, and said "watch this". She knew it was historic, and that I'd need to see it. We watched it in school too. That's when we saw the towers collapse. It was.....so surreal.

[@wizloon9052]

09:00 The first time the scene fills black with smoke and debris, it was the NEIGHBORING building that fell. That's why they were able to easily walk out.

[@tbd-5160]

They were filming a public works video for others, it was never intended to be like this. They just never shut the cameras off and kept going.

[@tonitalks144]

The continuing sound of what appears to be debris falling are actually the thuds of victims hitting the ground and parking roofs because they were above the impact zone and escaping being engulfed by flames or smoke. You can hear a firefighter announce "jumpers" right at 6:04

[@jackkrauss]

They are hitting the metal awning right outside the lobby.

[@jackkrauss]

As a young teen I actually wondered where they were hitting as it'd be loud enough hitting the ground but you can hear them impacting metal.

[@darrinlindsey]

Jules and his brother were embedded with this specific fire station. They were doing a documentary on a rookie fire fighter at that station. The documentary is available on KZbin too. It's very interesting, as it shows the personal side of many people working at that fire station.

[@daniellebr1]

I do watch these videos even though they are absolutely heartbreaking because we cannot forget what happened. The hardest part for me is knowing that most if not all of these first responders in these videos died there that day. Their courage is unbelievable. God rest their souls.

[@aaronwieman8368]

The bangs you are hearing are people’s bodies hitting the ground after jumping or falling out oth the towers

[@sukie584]

French Brothers, The Naudets, had arranged to follow a firehouse & film them.We are so lucky to have their footage. We all thought it was an accident initially, but as soon as the 2nd one hit, we knew.

[@jaimemicelotti8539]

I can’t believe you two are the same age as my oldest daughter… I was about 5-6 months pregnant with my middle daughter when 9/11 happened. I remember getting woken up with a phone call telling us to turn on the news, that we were under attack. I was on the west coast, California. It was insane and felt unreal.

[@DebiB53]

Thank you both for sharing and caring... Much love from an American...

[@BufordT]

I was in college in downtown Atlanta when this happened. People working in the skyscrapers here started to empty out into the streets because no one knew if we would also be attacked. Even riding MARTA (our subway) home there were people talking about possible public transit attacks.

[@obe22099]

A year before this happened I went to the observation floor to see the skyline and take some photos. Sadly it was extremely foggy. I planned to go again the year it happened. The realization that they are gone forever took a while to grasp. Still feels surreal.

[@joiedevivre2005]

Pretty sure the priest you see dressed in firefighter gear at around 8:27 in the video is Mychal Judge. He was the chaplain for the NYC Fire Department & was very loved & respected by the NYFD. He had a heart attack, possibly brought on by the stress & being struck with debris, while giving aid, comfort & last rites to the dead & injured. Firefighters carried his lifeless body out of the North Tower - an event which was photographed by a Reuters photographer. His death certificate designated him as "Victim 0001", making his the first officially documented death in the attack. Several Catholic organizations have requested that he be canonized as a saint.

[@chrisalexander8110]

The firefighters you see in the Lobby were in the the first tower that got hit ( the second to come down). That's why they were able to walk out after the first tower collapsed. The first tower to collapse was actually the second tower hit. The plane had hit it much lower and at a higher speed so there was more weight coming down on the bending steel frame and the impact caused more damage.

[@Robert41265]

Exactly. When the firefighters were at the escalators in the ground floor lobby of the north tower, the rumble followed by the blackout and the blast of dust and debris came from the south tower collapse. After the firefighters make it outside, you'll hear a rumbling sound again, and the firefighters will begin running for cover. That's the north tower collapsing, the one they were just in! Though I'm glad they were able to get out before the north tower collapsed, sadly many, if not all, of them suffered health-wise from the dust they inhaled while there. Wanna thank all firefighters for the risks they take to save others. Thank you!

[@chrisalexander8110]

@Robert41265 Also major props to Jon Stewart who stood side by side the firefighters in front of congress demanding the funding for their health care. He not only did that once but 3 separate times over 20 years and finally got congress to not have a limit on the benefits they receive.

[@kbaylor123]

Right, the first tower hit (the one they were in was “Tower 1” or the north tower. It was the one that was hit first but collapsed last. Tower 2 or the south tower was hit second, but collapsed first.

[@mhobson2009]

Most of the firefighters you see in this video died in the collapse. Those loud bangs are jumpers from 80+ floor who were trapped by the fire and chose not to burn. This is filmed in the lobby of Tower One. Two collapsed and the noise and dust could are caught on camera. Then Tower One began to collapse while everyone was outside and the dust cloud was choking the camera man, who had no mask or protection. These were 1360+ foot towers (not counting antennae masts on the roof).

[@jackkrauss]

The plane hit around 93, so they'd be higher than 93.

[@dirtydan3207]

Hello from Kentucky, USA! I would just like to thank you for honoring our 9/11 fallen. I still find it haunting that many of the firefighters gathered in the lobby of the WTC as shown in the video would die that day. It was a horrific and emotional day for us Americans, and the love and support we received from the UK on that day and the days afterward will always be appreciated. Thank you both so much for remembering with us. The UK and USA share so many bonds that will never be broken. ❤

[@jenniferld672]

The most unnerving issue about the beginning of this video is that all those firemen that went into that building most of them did not make it out they died when it collapsed. Seeing probably the last moment of all their lives.

[@girlinvt]

Those loud bangs you hear repeatedly are people who had to choose between burning to death or jumping instead. Yes, they literally put this on national TV. I will remember this to my dying day. Everyone above where the planes hit were trapped with fires burning out of control. They edited out the falling people...

[@sandyhafenbrack141]

The most horrible thing on that horrible day was all of the people who jumped out of the towers. I just can't imagine how horrible it must have been inside the buildings for all of those people to make the choice to jump. I will always hate that day.

[@jackkrauss]

Hopefully, the decisions were quick and almost instinctual as you'd recoil quickly from the heat.

[@kevtb874]

It's honestly a better way to go. People knew they were minutes or seconds from burning to death. A fall from that height and you won't even register the pain. Fear yes but they were already fearing for their lives for an hour.

[@jackkrauss]

@kevtb874 I'd like to think at that point with either the smoke or heat they recoiled from it without much thought.

[@KorsadOakenbrow]

As someone who lived through this horrible day at 13. Im glad you guys are looking at it. It changed everything from airport security to movies. It also reinforced the everyday hero idea. So many more people donate blood. So many volunteer. Learn from our pain

[@THErealOGse]

I work EMS in one of my work roles (other is a Nurse) in the US and started my career outside NY but on the NJ side and so many colleagues either worked 9/11 or know someone who worked 9/11. It shaped how my generation of first responder was educated and operates at work daily. The sirens usually bother most people who watch these videos from the day and to those of us who live it you find comfort in the chaos for lack of a better way to say it. It just makes sense to us. We know what to do, we train for days like 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina hoping they never happen but knowing we will probably have that one call or incident that tests everything we are as a person and a first responder. I can speak from the EMS end, you never forget the first scene that wakes you up at night and makes you question if you can keep doing the job. You also never forget the person everyone thought was gone that you are a part of saving who then shakes your hand and thanks you. We are truly a family, police, fire, ems, nursing, dispatchers, we have a common bond that we have to do things that the majority of the world never does and we love doing our jobs but the chaos as perfectly describe it does get to us and we have very human emotions and responses. It is hard as you've said. Watching footage like this when I was in high school on 9/11 versus when I became an EMS provider, it just hits different. We do things that we don't know how we do them. We do things that truly break our hearts and don't shed a tear in the moment but we do cry, scream, question life itself. I know that I have. Some of the smells, sights, words I've heard, etc stick with me but I can't think of doing anything else.

[@jackkrauss]

I remember watching this video over and over again before youtube as they played it practically nonstop on tv and it was thr sound of the people falling that sticks with me the most.

[@ThisIsMyYoutubeName1]

I was in high school, but stayed home that day. My mom woke me up when the first plane hit. The amount of fear that I felt when the second plane hit is hard to describe. It took weeks before I could leave my own home.

[@nicolelawless9942]

After watching United 93, I find it hard to go out and end up having an anxiety attack because the movie left me so traumatised when 9/11 (2017) didn’t because I knew what was going to happen and the ending with Jeffery dying was totally unexpected and I cried for days. I feel close to 9/11 since me and my sister were born just 9 months later and we’re deeply affected every anniversary because i care too much

[@ThisIsMyYoutubeName1]

@@nicolelawless9942 It’s not that y’all care too much. It’s because you’re parents did a great job at raising good humans in a world where most gave up raising their children and only had children and allowed society to raise them. I hate to see someone feel like they are different because they have sympathy and empathy. I don’t know what happened from my generation to the new generation, but please know that y’all are very blessed to have parents who gave you morals and values. That was a traumatizing day in most Americans lives. Thank you for leaving your comment. It gives me hope

[@nicolelawless9942]

@@ThisIsMyKZbinName1 Your welcome, Kylie. I’ve found confidence in going out again just days after being really shaken by United 93. Watching it feeling really numb right now and the sweat is pouring down from me, I’ve never had a reaction being glued to my bed because I feel my bedroom is going down with the plane

[@FMCREPAIRARMAGH22]

5:51 that crashing sound is actually the jumpers.

[@cynthiapeller2195]

The WTC complex was huge, all 7 buildings on the site were destroyed. Building 7 collapsed about 7 hours after the first two towers went down, the other 4 were crushed by the two 110 story towers.The Deutsche Bank tower on the south side was extremely damaged when the top of tower 2 ripped a huge chunk of the facade off top to bottom. It took two years to dismantle the 8th building that was damaged that day. Many people were killed in the Deutsche Bank building as they were watching out their windows at the carnage. Awful, tragic, terrifying, sick etc… cannot convey what happened that day. Still painful just walking through that area today.

[@nikoknightpuppetproduction369]

I was home that day feeling sick. I turned on TV just moments before the newsflash of one of the towers getting hit. I stayed glued watching the news in horror. When the 2nd plane hit, I stood up and was in shock realizing this is going to cause a war. My fear turned into anger. God bless all the heroes that did all they could to try to rescue as many people as possible.

[@philmccracken179]

The psyop succeeded in its intended intentions

[@nikoknightpuppetproduction369]

@@philmccracken179 normal human reaction does not have to become a lifetime. I moved on, they didn't.

[@nativetexan9776]

There is a part in here where you hear loud thuds and bangs. That was people jumping and hitting structures

[@sethlindsey7414]

You guys need to watch the whole documentary

[@Bijou2013]

Its so important to continue watching, remembering and sharing our feelings with each other over 911. I gave a Gen Z son who refuses to watch anything about 911 and actually looked me in the eye and said "911 was no big deal". I was never disappointed in one of my kids until he said that! Its so important for your generation to fully understand the impact.

[@tinaowens3772]

Those crashes you hear when the firefighters are in the lobby are the bodies of jumpers hitting the roof. Each crash is a life gone.

[@sherrybarnes4486]

This is from a special that was on it is called one day in America. The fire crew were checking for gas leaks and had a camera crew with them when the plane hit. The thumps you hear in the video are of people jumping from the building

[@joyannwesson]

Definitely a day I will never forget. I still have images of people hanging out windows trying not to burn to death and then people jumping out of the window. The video with the calls to loves one gets me every time.

[@kizunadragon9]

I am a New Yorker born and raised. I can tell you having been to WTC many times in my youth that yes the first command post they setup was in the main lobby on the ground floor. Behind the firefighters near the center of the building are all the elevator shafts and the emergency stairways, 3 of them. They way the towers were designed was all of the elevators and stairways and maiintance shafts were in the center , one big square column.

[@mpetersen428]

This footage was the result of filming the experiences of two French brothers who had been assigned to the FDNY to document their experiences with that organization, especially to document the training of a rookie ("probie") fireman named Anthony. They got far more than they bargained for. The result was broadcast on American TV, probably on PBS. They witnessed many horrific scenes, and their emotional relief at finding that each other had survived the day was very touching. The intermittent crashes heard in the Trade Center were caused by bodies falling from the upper floors hitting the ceiling of the lobby or the pavement outside. The brother who was in that building witnessed the recovery of the body of a Roman Catholic priest who was a chaplain of FDNY. He was carried to a church a few blocks away (oddly untouched) and laid on the altar.

[@ydoucare55]

12:35 - the tower next to them collapsed, not the one they are in. The towers are very close together and the forces generated by the collapse were intense. You see later how all the dust coated the streets for blocks? As the building implodes in on it itself, all the air inside the building is forced out, and the dust is literally FORCED out with the air with great force, and into the other tower which is still standing. That's why it became suddenly filled with dust and debris and they couldn't see. There was no walking out of the lobby of one of those after they collapsed, because there was no lobby left.

[@robertaqueen6113]

It is a day that is etched into most peoples memories,that witnessed 9/11 that sad and horrific day…what happened in New York, DC and PA, will forever be on my mind and in my heart for all who lost loved ones that day (except for those who caused it)and many who died not long after from breathing in the debris.

[@elainemoreland3908]

The French brothers both ended up in the same building. Their reunion will make you cry. Neither knew if the other one was alive.

[@abigailjohnson4270]

Jules & Gideon Naudet were embedded with this fire house to make a documentary about a probie firefighter going thru his training and becoming a full qualified FF. this literally happened at them. They just happened to be there. They say there is always a witness to history. They were it. There’s an entire DVD of the documentary they ended up making just called ‘9/11’. It’s v v good but as they were literally in it it’s a tough watch. Nearly everyone u see re FFs that come into the buildings die. The priest you saw was Father Judd. He died when the first tower fell - when u saw them run to the escalators. I think he had a heart attack. They carried him down the road to a church and laid him on the altar. He is listed as the first official death.

[@johnmccarthy-behindtheveil]

Chief Pfiefer just retired this past year. He actually lost his brother that day. When you get a chance, watch the entire documentary by the brothers. very moving.

[@121476]

The bangs you hear isn't material falling. It's bodies hitting the ground

[@runrafarunthebestintheworld]

I thought it was steel or the floors collapsing.

[@macdrew345]

@@runrafarunthebestintheworldyeah, people jumped out and sadly died. It’s crazy how they thought that was the better option.

[@lovelycherub]

I was a junior in high school on 9/11. I remember our teachers gathered us in front of the TV to watch. We thought it was an accident with the first plane but as soon as the second plane hit, everyone knew it was deliberate. Never forget.

[@waynegreen7634]

This was the last time America was together and held each other it didn't matter who you were or what political party you supported.

[@polcat79]

I'm from london. We managed to watch the events unfold on television that day. I was twenty years old at that time. 911 is also my sisters birthday. Till this day it remains to be the most horrific thing i have ever witnessed. My heart goes out to every individual their that day....

[@pitchblack2304]

RIP to all the victims, the ones on the airplanes to, you won't be forgotten.

[@jonathanrichwine1996]

The man you see at 8:26 was Father Mychal Judge. He lost his life that day and was the first certified fatality of the WTC attacks. Obviously he wasn’t the first one to die, those were the people on the planes and the people on the floors that were hit, but he was the first fatality that everyone knew of and his death certificate read “0001” on it. Some say he was hit by debris when the South Tower collapsed, some say he died of a heart attack when it collapsed, I even read a book that said he was hit by falling debris while praying for a fireman killed by falling person. Father Mychal Judge May 11, 1933 to September 11, 2001

[@jacd751]

Edit: Link at the end of comment... 2 French filmmakers, the Naudet brothers, were making a documentary about the NYFD. This is the film Jules Naudet filmed that day with Chief Pfeiffer. The entire documentary is well worth the watch. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXraXmSYhLaBf6M

[@cindydee8475]

I was only 18yrs old and I couldn't believe what was happening as I was folding my laundry watching television. The world stood still that day.. We will never forget 😢🙏🌹

[@MarySiddell]

This hurt my heart. Living through this the first time was so devastating. Now to see those firefighters and police and medics heading into those buildings and knowing that most of them won't come back was devastation all over again. I know it needs to be seen and I thank you for reviewing it. I only pray it will never happen again anywhere in the world.

[@SaWdoFfProductions]

They were in the basement of the south tower. The north tower was the first to go down. Thanks for being respectful! RIP Jane S. Beatty 9/11/01

[@jackkrauss]

South tower fell first.

[@forevertoons9022]

I was about 12 miles away, still in NYC, and saw the first building fall. That was my younger cousin's first job. He started work that Monday. He got out safely as he was in the second tower hit. They evacuated immediately after the first Tower was hit. He said he will never get over seeing bodies landing in front of him. Afterwards, the skies were very quiet and empty. The only planes in the sky then, were jet fighters.

[@jackkrauss]

I'm glad most ignored the direction to stay.

[@cchastee0614]

I was 11 when this happened, we were in homeroom class when it was announced and i remember crying, not truly knowing the depth of what happened, but knew it was tragic. Now that I am an adult I have more emotions than just sadness, I have a ton of anger. Those poor people. Absolutely unimaginable.