Pictures - Inside the Twin Towers and at Ground Zero on 9/11

These Pictures are taken from the inside of the World Trade Center and at Ground Zero on 9/11.
(The pictures are mainly taken from skyscrapercity.com)

[@michaelmoceri6469]

The lack of music and commentary does justice to the content of the photographs. We can try to absorb their content in our own way. My heart goes out to the victims and their families who will forever be in a state of mourning.

[@Machelle3200]

Well I did too...I don't mean any harm, and not looking to be entertained by this tragedy but I just can't look at the pictures without playing "Adgio for Strings"..It captures the Essence of it all..........

[@karenpff2010]

Listened to Gymnopédie No. 1 by ERIK SATIE whilst watching this. x

[@Jackieghosts]

Well after the towers fall in was like everything did go silent

[@hhluvzmagik]

It does!

[@kingslayerx1716]

@@ghostwolf94 no

[@nickwhitney1534]

20 years to the day. Still sends a chill down my spine. RIP all the victims.

[@icantthinkofainterestingna85]

Yes amen I’ve come back just to appreciate all the survivors and all greave all those deaths looks like we both have and I hope your well it didn’t loose anyone ❤️

[@joeaardvark9214]

@Seth freakin rollins Haha if you still think that this could have been an inside job, right now in 2021, you are an absolute schmuck who hasn't paid attention to anything and you're probably just an edgy 14 year old.

[@XHALE303]

@@joeaardvark9214 If you still think Newton's laws were suspended 6 times in one day in 2001 or 2021 you're an absolute schmuck who hasn't paid attention to anything in his life or had a proper education.

[@kellyjohnson6889]

@@XHALE303 ..truth....💯

[@WeazelNewsUSA]

I wasn't born, but does anyone here have stories, when 9/11 happened. Like what were y'all's reactions to this?

[@CDN1975]

I work in a highrise and take the stairs. Without fail every week at some point, I think about the firefighters who were going up when everyone else was desperately trying to get out. I wonder if they realized they were walking up towards their deaths? Heroes, every single one of them.

[@tareemikinepule6101]

Orio Palmer and Ronnie Bucca amoungest many so sad hearing and listening to him

[@Carterthielftw_]

@Stevey B 343 Legendary firefighters were killed that day, 412 when you include police, EMS, etc...

[@rustyfolts3298]

Lol

[@flyingchimp12]

They didn’t know for sure but I think I remember seeing something that said at some point an engineer notified them/the fire department, that it was likely the towers could fall, I could be wrong about that though. Either way put yourself in theirs shoes, it was a high rise burning building that was hit by a plane (with possibly more coming) they definitely knew it was risky. Wether or not they personally thought it was going to come down idk but they were probably just doing their job hoping for the best, definitely all heros

[@bigmike1850]

They had no idea the building would be pulled with them inside that’s for sure.

[@david05111]

The pictures that survived from the inside of the buildings are fascinating to look at. The two pictures taken from at the base of the towers as the first one was collapsing…those pictures should have won an award. It’s astonishing the photographers survived from those vantage points

[@ayrtonsenna6600]

Which point in the video are those

[@acacius3051]

@@ayrtonsenna6600 8:21

[@CandiceGoddard]

@@acacius3051 The photographs at 8:21 and 8:24 is taken by a helicopter from above. That looks like the top of the North Tower as it has the antenna on top. The reason, I believe, that the helicopter was that close to the building was because there was an access door up there and people should have been able to have been rescued from above, but the doors were locked.

[@CandiceGoddard]

@@ayrtonsenna6600 I think he is referring to the images at 8:40 and 8:54.

[@CandiceGoddard]

Neither picture was taken from all that close to the buildings. I think the photographer was a few blocks away with a telescopic lens and I base that on having visited the site in February 2001. Had the person been as close as it looks in the picture, he or she probably would have been dead. The image is actually an optical illusion, you know how something isn't small it's just far away? Each one of those buildings was almost an acre in size, and there was another acre between them so there is absolutely no way to stand right under one and capture both in the shot. They were a lot bigger than they look in pictures.

[@wooster0015]

Imagine if something like this would happen today with everybody having camera phones. We would have so much more documentation on this for better or for worse. With videos and picture automatically being saved to iCloud, we probably would have seen more of what it was actually like on those top floors. We might have even had some videos of whatever was going on in those planes too.

[@spitymaeh]

Yeah that would be amazing.

[@thecrooklynite2129]

Wooster001 if this was today in stead of people running from the towers they would run to the towers with there phones screaming world star it’s so sad

[@TheMarkoPoloProgram]

Spity No it wouldn't be amazing. It would be horrific.

[@sonofhibbs4425]

I think part of the trauma of that day that many people feel (even if they weren’t there but saw it on tv) is that we still don’t know so much about what happened to those inside, what it was like. Not that one would want to know. But it’s a mystery that haunts, and it compels the mind.

[@danielrauh4237]

Today the goverment makes us scared by Immigration..

[@pamelaJoyce384]

The picture of the Fireman going up the steps always breaks my heart

[@el_Miguel_]

They are the real heroes! R.I.P

[@haroldisintrouble]

While everyone is going down the stairs

[@pamelaJoyce384]

@@haroldisintrouble Exactly

[@christinehutchins123]

They should never been sent in like that, what could they do? Maybe a few to get people out with as little panic as possible. They were brave souls to head in and up the stairs. I don't think anyone thought the towers would go down like that. I remember that morning, it was still like summer, warm and hazy. RIP

[@Dbodell8000]

An act of stupidity not heroism ! People who got out of those towers walked out on their own! Nobody can do anything when you are talking about 110 story towers with a 767 in the side of them.

[@nikkideee94]

A close friend of mine's father volunteered to search for survivors and he wore an orange vest that he still has today and took pictures of the debris and the rubble. She shared those pictures with me just about a month ago. Nobody else has ever seen them and one of them that I saw was so sad and absolutely chilling to the core. She said her dad doesn't like to talk about what he saw that day. So very sad. None of this will ever be forgotten. ❤

[@castleofaargh2093]

Hi Nikki, would you be willing to give details on the sad photo you mention? Please feel free to refuse but I’d be very grateful to learn more about individual experiences from that day. Blessings

[@IRZ09xX]

@@castleofaargh2093 likely the aftermath of jumpers

[@daveh4925]

@@IRZ09xX they had only sweaters back then

[@johnsimpson4009]

Probably a bunch of dead people. A lot went down with that building.

[@breakingewes1316]

@@castleofaargh2093Yes, jumpers on the ground. You can see quite a few on these photos here 💔

[@federicogermano8680]

I was 14 years old when all this happened. I am from Roma, Italy, and i will never forget how i felt that day. I can’t even try to imagine what it was to be in New York, that day. Peace

[@hope6571]

So sad, when you see that it was actually one great sunny morning. I am not even american, but even nowadays I feel extremely sad when I think about all those lost souls.

[@marifromky]

i'm in kentucky, and even here, that day was absolutely gorgeous. :(

[@darkwitch8648]

I remember the weather was very nice out that day, clear and warm.

[@freakyfornash]

Same where I was, as I live in South Jersey, just a stone's throw away from N.Y.C. I'll never forget what a nice, clear, crisp, calm, warm, and overall beautiful day that was, to the point where the nation's (if not the world's) worst terrorist attack soon happening would literally have been the last thing on anybody's mind. That of which all changed in the blink of an eye, at quarter to 9:00 AM that fateful, tragic day, and goes to show anything can indeed happen (for better or worse), and to always keep your guard up, no matter what.

[@redramenpls]

You don't have to be American to feel the weight of this event. Not just Americans died either, people from all over the world did too because the World Trade Center had international workers. Even still, it is heart wrenching

[@ghostwolf94]

Stfu

[@Glitch-nr9ct]

I’ve always felt the most haunting combination of sounds was the easy listening elevator music still playing in the lobbies and out in the plaza at the same time as the sound of bodies hitting the roof at 100+ mph. What absolutely unimaginable horror those poor souls faced in the last moments of their lives.

[@WeRNthisToGetHer]

The loud speaker sound blaring beeps and then telling people to go back up haunts me

[@TheHergeea]

Totally agree-it was a haunting contrast

[@chellefell1331]

and the firefighters locator chirps....

[@bigpicturethinking5620]

@@chellefell1331 yeah. Those chirps in the debris pile going for weeks.

[@chellefell1331]

@@bigpicturethinking5620 haunting...

[@user-oo8zt1sc1c]

I know many people died, but watching the firemen faces, knowing what their end was, is really heartbreaking.

[@seniaeugenio9820]

I was born a year after this and it makes me so sad seeing these photos 💔 thank you to my history teachers and videos like these that help me realize how horrible this situation was. God Bless all the first responders who helped. May all these people Rest In Peace. Gave me the chills.

[@cuginkcain5430]

America lost its heart that day.

[@JFKMLK]

The worst day since we lost JFK and if JFK would lived maybe 911 never happens bc history changed on 11 22 1963

[@reubensingh1430]

Same 😢

[@tennisguyky]

1:28 absolutely haunting to see a pic inside of how smoky it was, what all those poor souls must have endured. RIP

[@ceciliapreziose3783]

i though the same and that was before they started to collapse

[@gollycom]

Did you really need to see a photo to make you realize that those buildings were full of thick toxic smoke? LMMFAO

[@ndmz903]

@@gollycom what's wrong with you

[@gollycom]

@@ndmz903 LMMFAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂👉🤡

[@ndmz903]

@@gollycom genuinely I'm wondering

[@kansas6263]

I really appreciate there is no dramatic music set to this.

[@TheKwachner227]

I feel the same way

[@manuel1060]

for sure

[@MagnumMike44]

@Ashley in KS - You don't need music or words, this is one instance where one picture speaks a thousand words.

[@R4in46]

@@MagnumMike44 sometimes I forget that that phrase exists, but it applies excellent to these cases

[@Chronically_JBoo]

Yessss, agreed

[@jessicaabbott10]

I’m bawling my eyes out watching this in disbelief that it’s been 20 years. It’s still so raw in my mind.

[@mikeggg1979]

20 years ago tomorrow! As a New Yorker this is still raw in my soul. Never Forget

[@Banggeek]

Long live mike

[@limsniff]

The vast majority of these images are images I've never seen before

[@jnjwhardin]

limsniff No kidding, I've been looking over pictures and videos for years. How we haven't seen these is insane. RIP victims of that tragic day!

[@j-merytth1334]

sorry for mi English i am mexican

[@j-merytth1334]

Derick Smith yeah reminds passengers of de planes

[@j-merytth1334]

yeah first dead in 9/11 was a firefigther he go hit for a jumper

[@j-merytth1334]

i was 5 in 2001 only remember a little, the tv shows, cartoons , movies, news was interrupt for the news

[@Streetw1s3r]

The pictures from inside the towers are special. Who would've taken a camera with them to work, unless taking photos was part of their job? Amazing to see the photos, the perspective from inside, all the smoke in that one photo. And the photo of civilians going down the stairs while the firemen are going up.

[@abu9822]

People didn't start to take videos or photos in their workplace or whatever on the 11th september of 2001. There are a lot of other videos or documentaries filmed and photos taking before the attack.

[@kerrytodd3753]

@@abu9822 we lost something in the translation I think…..

[@patricknedz]

I wonder though, when they were in this emergency situation where the seconds count, why stop to take a picture? Wouldn’t your first priority be getting out ASAP?

[@threeminuteshate]

@@patricknedz I suspect they didn’t realize the severity of their situation. In videos close to the first collapse, it takes a second or two for the videographer to react. It does makes me wonder how many videos or pictures were destroyed in cameras when people hesitated too long and were crushed on the ground or in the stairwells or on the upper floors. Those images and videos would probably be the most harrowing things you or I would ever see.

[@constantine7953]

@@patricknedz in a lot of interviews with survivors telling their stories a lot of them mention not understanding the gravity of the situation they were in until they saw bodies falling or till they were outside and saw the buildings collapse. So with them taking photos and stopping it probably never occurred to them it was this horrific until they were outside and had to run.

[@brinicole2999]

I can't believe it has been 20 years. I don't think I will ever forget how I felt on this day.

[@R4in46]

what were you doing that day?

[@ForgivenMan-jl7bp]

@@R4in46 I was actually having a flash forward to the day when Biden would slap the dead in the face as well as their families for betraying everything we fought for. Good ole Joe. Our American zero.

[@heroinshake5999]

@@R4in46 I was sitting next to my mum as a baby. Sometimes I‘m glad about it, that I wasn’t older this day. Greetings from Germany…

[@heatherfolkner4138]

It doesn’t matter how long ago this happened. It never gets easier!! I always cry for the people that died and family and friends that were there in the aftermath!!!!

[@spinningwheel7635]

wuss

[@johne540]

@@spinningwheel7635why is crying about it bad? Why comment at all if that’s how you feel. I visited the ground zero for the first time since that a few years ago. I never cried. I openly cried in public and I didn’t care who saw. I suggest you go and see if you can hold back emotion.

[@spinningwheel7635]

@@johne540 all I did was call him a wuss, he is likely to start crying about his own gender and then claim to be an onion. people like this need to keep their loserness to themselves and stop telling everyone how much of a beta they are.

[@johne540]

@@spinningwheel7635 you made massive assumption based on nothing. You also have zero compassion for the events and death that occurred. Only weak men that don’t feel good unless someone else feels worse uses phrased like “beta”. You Al completed fail to notice the the OP of the this thread has is a WOMAN! Congrats on embarrassing yourself.

[@BlueCrownProductions]

Massive difference between an actual human dying and their families having to live with that forever and someone being upset bc they were born with a gender they didn't want. Obviously ppl gotta get over the gender thing but a human dying and suffering is much different.

[@davidmarcial2746]

I wonder if any of those papers had any last words thrown out from the buildings

[@sophiemary-louise2321]

There was one that was found and had a bloody fingerprint on it, i think all that it said was what floor they were trapped on but i'm not sure. But due to there being blood on it years later they were able to identify who it was from DNA.

[@HatersWorld]

Yes a few were found, so heartbreaking! They’re in the museum now

[@KPnDC]

Yes a gentleman from the 84th floor wrote a letter. It said something along the lines of trapped on the 84th floor. The DNA found was able to identify who wrote the letter ten years after 9/11. The family assumed he died instantly because of the proximity to the where the airplane struck but the letter confirms otherwise.

[@MAGNETO-i1i]

KPnDC Oh no! Its better to die instantly from explosion than to be alive in that hell.. poor family

[@rsmith155]

Just a KZbinr family would prefer the truth to a lie

[@Dirk80241]

The silence speaks louder than a 1000 words. Thanks for the silence, it gives pause and makes this a powerful photo series.

[@chadferrell122]

Thank you so much for not including some stupid unnecessary sad song or speech or any audio of any kind. It really captures the horrors people witnessed that day.

[@christophers.4007]

I was 3 days into freshmen year of high school in Brooklyn NY on 9/11. from the 5th floor of our school we were able to see the plume of smoke coming from the Manhattan skyline. My cousin was a mail courier in Manhattan and witnessed the second plane hit the WTC. he had to walk back to Brooklyn across one of the bridges; it took him over 12 hours. My father worked for ConEd ( the power company). he was down there for days afterwards trying to restore power to the network that was destroyed when WTC #7 collapsed and destroyed a power substation that was in its basement. My brother was NYPD and was down there for over a month. The memory i will never forget was waking up on 9/12 by the sound of fighter jets flying over my house, and thinking even at that young age "the world is a different place now".

[@lucafalco]

Wow! Such a personal account!

[@jackdaniels2905]

20 years ago and I remember watching on TV like it was yesterday. Prayers and positive thoughts to all affected.

[@richcast66]

When you see some of those internal photographs and remember the scale of these buildings, you realize how violent and earth shattering such a collapse would be like. It most likely generated a small eathquake that could be felt miles away

[@kfor47]

Yes, you're right. The impact forces were large enough to set off seismographs in several US states. All the way from New York to New Hampshire and even Canada. The two towers collapsing caused earthquakes that measured 2.1 magnitude and 2.3 magnitude respectively. Both of these quakes were clearly detected by a seismograph located over 250 (yes, two hundred and fifty) miles away from The World Trade Center. We have to bear in mind that the buildings did not collapse suddenly (keel over). They collapsed gradually as the higher floors fell directly on the ones beneath. This process is called pancaking and it uses up energy. Huge amounts of energy, in fact. Scientists estimated that the seismic waves they measured (2.3 magnitude earthquake) were less than half of the total energy released during the collapse.

[@Jessicaddy]

It’s really strange seeing all of this in silence. Especially after watching countless videos over the years, or photos with music/commentary, and knowing what was actually going on down there. It makes me want to take another look at other historical tragedies that we don’t have videos of. Those images have been silenced, but as we know, not everything is what it seems. The phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words” can be interpreted in so many ways.

[@thewildbruce5612]

Some of those pictures were really scary and haunting. Specially the one inside the tower, with the smoke filling up the corridor. Just imagine walking there, trying to get out, while smoke fills your lungs. RIP to all those people, who died.

[@misterrain837]

The one picture of the hallway filled with smoke was very sobering and gave me a better feel for what it was like during the evacuation. I remember the smell of it, but it was and is so hard to imagine what it was actually like to be in there. I truly feel for everyone involved. I’ll never forget it as long as I live.

[@shanz4194]

I do not live in the US, nor have I ever. However, not a September 11th day goes by that my heart does not ache for the lives lost and the loved ones who mourn. 9/11 may have happened in the US, but the whole world watched it happened. Each country came together was 1. We felt the States pain, their mourning, everything. The feeling was in the air that day, even in countries as far as Australia and New Zealand. Rest in Peace to everyone who passed that day, to all the people who passed from 9/11 - related illnesses years later and my condolences to the families who live in pain everyday, who spend hours lying awake thinking of their loved ones last moments. Rest in peace, go in love.

[@princesssmileyface91]

Thank you for your comment ❤ I work with medical records, the company I work for is based in NY, I’m in FL, whenever I come across someone records who was there on 9/11, even to this day, 2022, those survivors, have eye and lung problems.

[@cathywhite9415]

As an American 🇺🇸 I thank you so very much for your heartfelt comment. You're right, we all came together as one that day. It was one of the saddest 😭 days for our country. I don’t think anyone will ever get past it, I know to this day, I still haven't & I know I never will. I still cry whenever I see anything about that day or whenever I think about it. RIP 🕯🙏🕊 to all those we lost that tragic & fateful day as well as to those who suffered from lingering effects years later. September 11th 2001 We will never forget 🙏 🕯🕊💔🇺🇸

[@jean-micheldumay3409]

This was the saddest moment for me and I am conscious of we were far more close and compassionates through the world, than today. The Most courageous people for me at this time. Like the Apollo period.

[@RickL_was_here]

🇨🇦🇺🇸

[@johnanthony2333]

It's been 20 years since this once unthinkable event took place. I've seen countless pictures and videos of the attacks on 9/11 over the past two decades, and each and every time I'm thrown right back into the same sense of unfathomable awe and shock I felt on that September Tuesday morning. To each and every person who lost their lives that day in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania...though most of us may not have known you personally, we love you, we miss you, and we will never...ever...forget.

[@cathywhite9415]

I could not have said this any better than you did. Thank you for saying what we all feel.

[@charlesbrockway3950]

@@cathywhite9415 Qatar

[@Dolly-Days]

May each person that lost their life that day rest in peace, and for all of us who it greatly affects to this day have some sort of comfort. 😢 Brings tears to my eyes still to this day.

[@nataliestaheli51602]

One of the things that never ceases to confound me is, that no matter how many years it's been since that horrendous day, it still brings extreme sadness to me and several others!! I remember to this day where I was when I first saw and knew what was going on, and I also have the People magazine and the newspapers from the following 2 days, and I have shown my kids and told them about that day! My heart still aches and breaks for everyone affected by this hellish nightmare that unfortunately will never go away!

[@DevonRexLady]

Why does it confound you?

[@ThomasZver]

its crazy to think of all the graphic photos and videos that never have been released

[@TomDeVito]

ToM2k Most of it might be out of respect for the families

[@stevea5985]

Most might be in the hands of private citizens

[@TheMarkoPoloProgram]

Fr33 Worker Where?

[@pointblankrave]

@Fr33 Worker link?

[@ThomasJr]

In this video you can see a few bodies, it's awful. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZqqfXSDfKyVd5I

[@OinariKanji]

I was 12 when this all happened, we watched the events unfold while at school. It was a very shocking and surreal thing to witness, something you will never forget, even 20 years later it still feels like yesterday. All those poor people died so needlessly.

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

Bro I was 11

[@Aleksandr.N.Antonov]

My condolences to all the American people 😢 I was 13 years old then. I remember this day like yesterday. It was an ordinary Tuesday, after school I went to buy boots for playing soccer, and after the game I came home and saw this horror on TV. The worst thing was how people jumped down because of the fire, and I am terrified of heights. And I am still tormented by the question of why the steel buildings collapsed. Sorry, English is not my native language

[@christopherwall6155]

I was 13 I watched it at school is well I'm from southwestern Pennsylvania Pittsburgh flight 93 somerset county isn't that far from downtown

[@colby9743]

The sounds of the souls that leaped and made noise on arrival will always live in my heart. The new generation won't understand the impact of watching it live.

[@GioiaMancuso]

Did you hear them? Were you there? It's heartbreaking thinking of all that people who chose to jump.

[@sqr2024]

The US schools are not even teaching this event anymore.

[@david.6505]

I've seen videos where you can hear and see the people hitting the ground. I absolutely could not imagine being there. Every time I see the towers I feel a deep sense of grief and although I wasn't alive that day I have taken my time to research and learn about the subject. The tragedy is not lost on me. I feel everyone my age ought to do the same.

[@realsportsheads5423]

I am haunted by those souls who had to jump always 😞😞🙏🏾

[@colby9743]

@@realsportsheads5423 Please don't be haunted. Those whom witnessed such heartbreak are meant to be in this timeline. We were meant to make a difference in society and should wipe our fallen tears. This is where we stand and need to put a smile on our face and effing seek justice. 'Lets Do this' Watch Team America.

[@adamdemgar2798]

Massive respect for the cops and EMS rescuers that had to deal with this

[@geraldfahey2681]

Ironworkers too

[@adameshelman5210]

visit the wall its inspirational

[@MildestTaco]

It's sad that most of the people in these pictures didn't live past that day. I hope they're all resting peacefully.

[@calliebrooks1612]

I'm from the UK and can't even try to comprehend the devastation you all went through x God bless you all xxx

[@davidb4192]

The picture at 8:40 shows the South tower at the point of collapse. You can very clearly see the part of the building above the impact point tilting over. What a horrific moment that must have been.

[@Us3r739]

It looks like the beams on the left side of the south tower @ impact zone collapsed first due to the heat. Then it just imploded

[@Sj430]

The ones trapped above the impact zone in the south tower, when they were on the phone with 911 they told them that the floors were collapseing before the south tower collapsed.

[@calebc4382]

That first one showing the pictures looking out the windows gave me the chills I’ve never seen anything like it

[@gabrielguzman6018]

I wondered if they survived

[@TusharSundarka]

8:38 that picture is absolutely horrifying

[@kidneytransplantwarrior21]

Yeah, that is horrifying. Rest in peace to who all died on 9/11.

[@josephastier7421]

8:56 seems worse - the photographer is dangerously close.

[@christinehutchins123]

@@kidneytransplantwarrior21 It really is an amazing photo, the beginning of the collapse captured. Must have been so terrifying to be in the building at all on that day. Especially the upper half. Time has marched on as it does, babies at the time all grown up. Some not born till after a parent was gone. Never forget that day.RIP

[@juliejones6730]

It just breaks my heart knowing so many are dying and just about to die at this point. Utterly devastating! My heart goes out to the families still mourning and broken from this! ❤️

[@ChatGPT1111]

I stopped at this one too. Can you imagine witnessing the tilt from that height and being forced to look straight down?

[@laurengriffin5713]

I remember feeling so upset that there was no high rise emergency escape plan in place. Inflatable slides. Parachutes. Helicopters. Something. Even if it might almost never be used, the thought that no plan has ever been sorted out, like fire escapes on apartment buildings was so upsetting. The idea that every office in the towers likely did not go to an immediate evacuation mode is upsetting as well. All the locked doors. So many could have been saved.

[@brittanymaciejewski595]

I saw an interview with a woman who's husband passed in the attacks. He called her from his cell phone while they were stuck at the very top of the building trying to get to the roof in hopes a helicopter would come. but the doors were locked. Stairwells were filled with smoke, and then the loud noise of the building falling. Tragic

[@oksanaok3568]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX61n4apbbF4sMU

[@davidmichael3189]

Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. Not to mention inflatable air mattresses or grappling lines. PARACHUTES would have saved most people. Absolutely unforgivable lack of planning.

[@paulbradford8240]

Parachutes might have saved a few. Many would have died due to the wind speeds around the tower, especially the air drawn up to feed the flames. However, I agree that given the opportunity, most would have tried.

[@americanbanana]

Thank you for compiling these. 20 years to the day and this still haunts me.

[@michaelmoceri6469]

I love how people call someone an idiot, when people don't agree. You can disagree without insults.

[@harryandruschak2843]

I've noted the tendency of those who believe 9/11 was a gigantic conspiracy by the US government temd to use words like "sheeple" to those who do not agree with them, yes

[@WarwickkkT101]

People can question the story without coming to the conclusion it is a conspiracy. Those who believe it is a conspiracy insult anyone who hasn't come to that conclusion.

[@jopflah416]

WarwickkkT101 Didn't the terrorists and their masters "conspire" to do this? Or was it spur of the moment? They found themselves together at the airport and this led to that ...............Or the found themselves together on a plane, FOUR TIMES............

[@blairbushproject]

Sheeple is not a bad name like what I just saw. Who goes to a page and calls people racial hate words except to distract from the grief, questioning and even disbelief of the tragedy. People can disagree without insults. And it's painful to see the bullying from adults. We can disbelieve. Because it's unbelievable. This entire war is unbelievable. How should anything to do with war, mass asset stripping, mass relocation for mining, and you know what I see? I see that this guy who's cousin is in the first picture who was found with the civilians? He showed up and our military didn't. Our air force didn't scramble. Our billions of dollars protecting our airspace wasted. But that mans cousin and many others showed up and gave their lives. For others. Nothing else will ever make sense so there's no reason to hurt others. Why hurt people when these guys went in to save people they didn't even know.

[@therealdeal6846]

Still shots make for a more personalised and eary feel..tbf it took nerve to hang around and actually take them..some good dramatic photos well done...as for government conspiracy well we all know that some people just can't calculate to well with numbers..and don't understand engineering or physics RIP

[@bigdmac33]

As a teenager I travelled from war-torn Northern Ireland in 1979 to stand in the WTC foyer oblivious to what the future would hold. Thank you for this presentation. These haunting photos are made all the more powerful because they are viewed in silence.

[@kendallvenegas6572]

my science teacher was at ground zero working as a first responder. she also has been in a school shooting and sat in a closet for 3 hours during the shooting. she has severe adhd from the shooting and is one of the best teachers ive ever had

[@klaineforever8976]

God bless her 🙏

[@jredbaron96]

The photos taken after the initial impact but before the collapse of the North Tower are so surreal to me. They capture a 102 minute timespan that was unlike anything else in the world, and because it took place before the days of smart phones and wi-fi it's photos like these that are the sole reminder of what this was like.

[@Truth_Always_Wins_0]

Thank you for these extraordinary photos. I’ve never seen these before. I also appreciate the photos with no background music. These photos deserve to stand on their own. 20 years ago now and it still feels like yesterday, everything except the feeling of patriotism and unity of America ☹️

[@elishanolan]

February 2018 now and I've never seen these photos. I'm in Australia, but the heartache of the loss of life and way of life from that day, is still as raw and heartfelt as it was on 9/11. My heart will always be with the victims and their families.

[@RustyHeartsTOV]

Time flies...

[@staceytorres2147]

I’ve always wondered the people who experienced all of the chaos that morning, what was the evening like for them? What was it like picking up their children from school in dusty clothing or making it back to their quiet apartments all alone? I wonder how they even processed what had just happened to them. I hope they are all doing better today, 20 years later. I think about 9/11 almost daily.

[@shanehayes9349]

I had just turned 23 and was stationed in New Mexico at an air force base. It was also a nice blue clear morning. My Mother called and woke me up on my day off to tell me something was going on in NYC like an attack. I rushed to the nearest television since I didn't have cable in my dorm room yet. When I saw the images and the live footage of what was going on I was numb and couldn't believe my eyes. Any of us (you and me) could have been in those towers that day and perished. God rest their souls.

[@TheSimMan]

Incredibly moving and intimate, historical photos. The piece of paper at 6:06 is almost clear enough to read, mid air.

[@leo-vx3jl]

I didn’t even see that😭😭

[@R4in46]

I can't read it, what does it say?

[@nanii5979]

@@R4in46 they said almost clear enough

[@brandomontemar570]

Ni me do Cuenta q estaba alli

[@AtheistMorax]

Imagine being inside the North Tower's lobby facing the plaza and seeing those bodies slamming in the ground right in front of you... creepy indeed, survivors who saw this scene are disturbed until now...

[@Dachi.20247]

I remember my uncles dog dieing in the attack and remember my uncle being depressed. RIP Gyro 1979-2001

[@edwardholmes91]

I can't even begin to imagine the horrors that people experienced that day. Such an horrendously devastating loss of life. My thoughts go out to the families of those who lost loved ones on 11th September 2001 and to those that gave the ultimate sacrifice in helping save others.

[@dalewins9782]

What is Evan worse is the Fact that Some people KNEW.

[@jamescook9661]

Now all we have to do is punish those truly responsible

[@LightTheBeammm]

8:57 imagine standing there watching the building just collapse

[@sophiemckenzie2368]

You mean get demolished, it was a controlled demolition

[@goldenzebra1]

@@sophiemckenzie2368 I don't think it was. Very sad day in America's history

[@tammywineswines3369]

I watched it stood there and thought wth has our government done !

[@darthhull85]

@@sophiemckenzie2368 sure, Jan

[@jaysax7381]

@@sophiemckenzie2368you’re insane

[@jcalli66]

Wow - this is pretty poignant. I used to work at 130 Liberty street, pictured at 6:13 and in a few other places in the video. Was running late that morning -thank God -so watched both planes hit the buildings from the safety of the Hoboken ferry terminal . I used to have my lunch on that building portico at 6:13 on many days and just relax in the sun and admire the view of those amazing buildings. As I watched them both burn, I remember thinking you couldn't pay me a million bucks to go anywhere near those buildings (and I never thought for a second either was in imminent danger of collapse) , yet those brave first responders did just that, without hesitation. I still think about it everyday. God bless them and the rest of the poor souls that perished that day (except the hijackers that is - hope they're burning in everlasting Hell....)

[@miroslavavazquez2061]

Mi

[@miroslavavazquez2061]

M@#&%){(((

[@LangoUsDavidLango]

The plane hitting the North Tower was not presented for TV until the following day. Something seems a bit off with the post you made. About like how the cartoon airplane completely vanished into the steel skyscraper, without even one scrap of aluminum crumpled up against the steel to slide down the outside?

[@Calebherndon1]

@@LangoUsDavidLango He said he watched it from the ferry terminal, not on TV

[@LangoUsDavidLango]

@@Calebherndon1 I see that. Let me share this idea. I don't think it was a hologram. I believe that man called "the original no plane witness", that we should have learned his name, but the "journalist" turned away muttering about not the right guy. I don't think he was lying. Check it out. We know that the reporters were zeroing in on people with airplane stories that day it was obvious! I read in a book from a Russian, about psyops. He suggested the perpetrators of this horrible attack on America September 11th 2001 used crowd coaches in the street. These 'crowd coaches' in the street (from the CIA?) were yelling at the gigantic Balls of Fire: "DID YOU SEE THAT PLANE"? How many people who decided they wanted to be a good witness too, on that day, will admit years later and come forward and admit they didn't actually see any airplane? They were just those weak-minded people who wanted to be a good Witness too! I called 'em "I saw it too". Perhaps that's what were reading from here? Dude these are guys that can lie beautifully. The boxed steel wall construction of the skyscraper was super strong and that's why the windows were so narrow. There's no way a hollow aluminum airplane is going to zip right through that and completely disappear without some of it crumbling up and sliding down the outside. This is what happens when airplanes hit skyscrapers: They poke holes in the skyscraper. They also crumple up and slide down the outside. Some of it will be stuck in the skyscraper up high, and some of it'll be laying in the street below. That's not what happened! We have an example of this documented back in July 28 1945. A B-25 Mitchell bomber hit the Empire State Building. The aviation fuel burned people to death in that skyscraper! Now we have a building it's much stronger built like a gigantic steel cage very thick steel like tank armor. And not one scrap of aluminum crumpled up on the outside to slide down to the street below? It could be a hologram but I just can't believe it was a hologram you know? I like the crowd coach Theory much better. What do you think about the crowd coach Theory?

[@tillyboos]

The Cortlandt Street Subway station photos chill me EVERY time I see them because at the time of 9/11, I was a grad student at NYU & I would take the N or the R in from my house in Brooklyn to West 8th St. in Greenwich Village. On 9/11, my morning graduate seminar had been canceled, so I was still at home, I hadn't yet left for the Subway. If I had, I would have been passing through the Cortlandt St. station around the time United 175 hit the North Tower. STILL gives me chills to this day. SO GLAD I wasn't stuck in the Subway. 🙏

[@muzaaaaak]

We all died a little bit that day. It still pains me to see these photos 20 years ago today, knowing I lost friends that day.

[@bransonlights]

Sobering images of a tragic event that seems like yesterday. Hard to believe it's been 15 years.

[@lindasturm699]

+John Smith Go to hell, idiot.

[@amycater216]

Linda Sturm I agree with you

[@johnrogers9481]

Linda, Amy,, dig deeper and you will find more than than the official story. Which is ALL that you apparently believe.

[@johnrogers9481]

John. Go to heaven.! HES, A DELIBERATE SLAUGHTER.!! So much evidence tells us so.!

[@Antny.25]

20 years in a few weeks. Never Forget 🙏

[@grensteel8057]

15 years nearly feels just like yesterday

[@bayramk.296]

no

[@ekop1778]

8.15 RED NEAR THAT LEXUS IS BODY PARTS ONE ON THE SIDEWALK TOO RED BLOOD PARTS

[@anerexicsumo5512]

e Kopke 😓😓😓

[@furiouzzzz]

it was yesterday to me

[@jancarlosluna550]

20 actually

[@max_modum]

I remember 9/11 very clear, like it was few days ago. I was 10 years old, went from school, and saw this on TV news. I can say, it was the first time my kid's heart felt the pain. Yes, I heard about things like that before, for example about explosions in Moscow, but it was something distant, something kid's mind was not understood. But 9/11 changed everything and I felt pain like this was happening with my own people. I was on the other side of the Earth, in my little hometown in Russia, but felt all this nightmare. And I still remember. And condolence to every American who feel the same pain. You are not alone. This was a tragedy for the humanity. And we are always with you and always remember.

[@brianmoore493]

I remember when I was a teenager, I was visiting new York with my mom on a business trip. May 2002. On a street corner there were pictures books that were set out there was a bunch of them on a table. A kind of in memoriam, No one was there so I grabbed 2 of them. Some of these were some of the pictures in that book. 8 months or so after you could still smell the ash even by battery park. I went to a few buildings and looking out the window, on the outside ledge, there was mounds of debris and paper that had been rained on at that point all winter and into spring. There among the debris I saw an arm encased in wet plaster cast made perforated printer paper and debris. It was an arm, the building manager said they found body parts on the rooftops of the surrounding buildings, and he said he even found a head. Terrible tragedy, may we never forget. RIP to all of those lives lost.

[@kingpin6989]

I've never seen a lot of these pictures before. The one that really got me was the one at 1:24 inside the offices with the smoke. The only pictures until now I've seen inside the towers were in the stairwells and the lobby.

[@ryanJamalFord]

TheGr8stManEvr this photo was on the 77th floor I believe

[@michalrzmichalrz6656]

Thank you for not adding music and just letting us see it and remember. I remember candles in windows that evening in my town in rural PL. I was 16, I remembered the event as a series of 4 mighty punches. Plane one, two, tower one coming down, and two. All happened so soon. Each subsequent punch was delivered before we could absorb the shock of the previous one. Survivors running from the scene, FDNY/EMS/NYPD running TOWARDS the scene. I wish you guys in the US the best.

[@linehandibew6205]

Realizing that the snap shots of most of the fireman outside the trade center are some of their last moments and wondering if they happened to get out. Absolute heroes.

[@antoniobabb1938]

Some and others nope

[@rastaman5354]

Brilliant no music needed. The pictures speak for themselves

[@williamharper6458]

These pictures no doubt will become more important and historic in years to come, like the Titanic leaving its last port of call?.

[@richiebtime489]

It's so strange that I read this comment as I was thinking how some of the twisted, burnt steel reminded me of the Titanic wreck. Another disaster that defined a period of time.

[@HeatherLynseyMusic]

We knew those firman did their jobs that day and most knew when they went up that they probably would not be coming down. Seeing the photo of the people coming downstairs and the firemen go up made me want to cry.

[@ohwhataday7171]

Thank you for the silence. I watched live on tv starting before the second jet hit and before the first tower fell - wasn’t sure what the thump sounds I heard were of when live cameras were in the lobby that is no more. I know now. I can’t imagine how much worse it was to actually be there live. My heart hurts for those suffered trapped inside, those who survived & suffered with injuries and the families who lost their loved ones. ❤️🙏

[@ryancook1802]

3:04. I just graduated USMC boot camp. I was home on leave as a reservist working as a firefighter to pay for collage with the GI bill. This day and that photo... changed everything for me. That was the worst day so far, even after the wars and my deployments; that was the worst day. We lost so much on that day, and it only led to more loss.

[@AgostinaDiDomenico]

8:04 breaks my heart

[@heroinshake5999]

Hope they survived, even if it’s impossible😔

[@surlywithfabshoes]

This is so macabre. I’m actually glad that cell phones with cameras were rare. Given what many of these souls went through, the terrifying internal events should not be seen by anyone, let alone the families and friends of those who died. Except in the case of helping authorities identify specific tactics that could only be revealed using first person footage. There is so much external footage that drones on and on, over and over in the media. I think people sometimes forget that when they see the footage of the planes going into the buildings, the family and friends are seeing their loved ones die each time they see it. Not from the inside, but seeing it nonetheless. It is a part of history, and I respect that, but I feel like if that specific type of footage existed it would be less history and more sensationalism.

[@jimmyboy131]

Cell phones back then were uncommon, but cell phones with cameras didn't exist, which is maybe a good thing. If you look at how people are today, always pointing their phones at everything, many of them would have stood there recording instead of running away.

[@pameladougherty6009]

@@jimmyboy131I want to add that today images and footage can be manipulated to create conspiracies. With A.I./photoshop/social media. I’m glad none of that existed back then.

[@jimmyboy131]

@@pameladougherty6009I agree. I don't believe much of anything I see in the news or on the internet. So I just don't pay attention to much of it anymore.

[@doctorcameltoe]

A couple of days until the 20 year anniversary - one of those days where everybody remembers what they were doing/where they were once the news first broke. I consider myself lucky to be alive considering I had just finished an internship at NYBOT which was right next to the twin towers, a week later all the buildings were gone. RIP

[@marilyntaylor9577]

And if you are as old as I am you remember when Kennedy was shot, the Challenger explosion and 9/11. Where you were, who you were with and what was on tv. And you remember crying.

[@urmom9873]

The first photo brings chills down my spine. It’s been 20 years! Rip all victims

[@ChristopherGray00]

not the one with a guys head just chilling on the staircase?

[@Clintreid75]

That is exactly how the pictures of 9/11 should be viewed and remembered, in silence... Time to reflect on all the lost souls on that terrible day...

[@lauriegarcia6136]

No amount of money can ever replace your cousin, he died a hero and God knows that.

[@ADEEZY1926]

Having seen what goes into a commercial building in terms of construction, and seeing the endless amount of labor and skill that goes into a structure, let alone one as big as the trade centers, I must say there are not words on this planet that can describe this event.

[@cmerton]

How about: After gutting the City Building Codes in order to maximize rental income, authorities proceeded to construct the towers cheaply as possible. The building "core" was light steel, faced with drywall (!) The floors were 4 inch thick concrete and were attached to the external steel frame. Next time you are in Best Buy or a similar "big box" store, look up. Those lightweight trusses are exactly what the underside of each floor was "supported" by. That flimsy floor support was held to the external walls by little clips. Indeed: once the floors started to go, external walls were doomed without the support. Crappy spray-on fire retardant, was added after the fact when they discovered the original was all asbestos. Most of it was knocked off the steel by the impacts of the crashes.

[@ADEEZY1926]

@@cmerton well it seems you have far more building experience than I do lol. I believe you're probably correct.

[@pinlight97]

@@cmertonexactly…that’s how one group stuck in an elevator used a squeegee handle to break through the cheap walls and end up in a bathroom, thus able to escape. One of the few that the cheap construction benefitted. The others being the hotel survivors who lived through the collapse of both towers on top of that building…only because the ‘93 bombing had been right beneath that location so it had been reinforced. Awesome to look at doesn’t mean built for safety. Rick Rescorla knew the T on that.

[@dissectingdarkness3560]

The sheer amount of human flesh at 0:55 seconds is just...unbelievable. That entire parking lot was a morgue. Coming back after watching the whole video, there are body parts absolutely everywhere. 4:49 is another time stamp. Another at 8:13. For anyone wondering, these are all body parts. Every single glob with red hues, is a body part. A literal war zone in our backyard. Beyond horrific.

[@Mia15239]

U can see a body mangled on the roof part at your @4:49 stamp. White shirt black pants.

[@DK-fd3fi]

Such a disgusting sight

[@joe5922]

They're all taken just beside the old St. Nicholas Church. Some of the most disturbing images that I've seen from that day were from there. Just out of frame of the 8:13 timestamp, on the right, is where one of the landing gears of Flight 11 landed - there are pictures of it elsewhere. There were a couple people in the church at the time, who heard the explosion and rushed out to find cars ablaze from the jet fuel and body parts scattered everywhere. Just inconceivable.

[@samcahntent]

These are incredible. Wow. Something about the ones from inside adjacent buildings is extra haunting.

[@deborahholland7274]

That these pictures can still stir pain, anger and horror nearly 20 years later demonstrates the need to never forget. We have to preserve these images for the generations that follow who didn't witness this horror in real time. We can never look at these images and not be moved in our very souls..

[@johnwells2908]

8:40 is the iconic image for me, still remember to this day where I was and then flick back to being in them one 5-6 years earlier

[@xbjrrtc]

Wow, I've never seen this photo. Right at the moment of collapse. It's unimaginable...

[@mywifesboyfriend5741]

I'll never forget the panic I saw in my town, several states away. People were fighting, crowding gas stations and grocery stores. No planes in the sky, almost no cars on the road. The silence on the highway was unnerving.

[@TheWtcBros1969]

I did recall hearing that the US Closed their airspace which explains no aircraft

[@generalkenobi8899]

If this happened now a bunch of tiktokers would have died trying to get footage.

[@Kat-ed7lt]

This was a simpler time before hashtags and people sharing disasters for attention. I hate how much media rules us now.

[@johnnymermaid2446]

@@Kat-ed7lt if only everyone wanted to stage a coo and boycot the media too addictive for people to want to 😂

[@josephastier7421]

I wonder how many people really did die to get footage, rushing to the upper floors to view what at first seemed like an accident with the other tower, then getting undercut by the second airplane.

[@NikkiWiley]

I remember it was such a beautiful sunny morning, just a little chill in the air. I took the bus to work at a call center (doing annoying phone surveys) which generally took an hour and being that this was before everyone had cell phones and social media I had no clue what happened until I walked through the doors at my job, clock in and start making phone calls. Everyone who answered (which wasn’t many) kept asking me do you know what happened!!??? and I’m like no. “Someone hit the twin towers!!!! I look up from my cubicle and see the managers have turned on the news. The first building was on fire.We all stood there in sheer disbelief. What in the world happened? And right then the second plane hit. I felt like I was watching a movie it was so unreal! Why would a plane hit these buildings??!! Needless to say we all went home early that day, numb and in shock. A morning I will never forget. 😔

[@thechitownclown8972]

And that is all that they would have cared about. Stupid footage. They would probably care more about that than people getting out.

[@briancarpenter6413]

9:00 bottom center area. There is a man hanging halfway out of a window contemplating jumping. Rest In Peace.

[@xKrAzY8sx]

Brian Carpenter It says pictures of 9/11 and Ground Zero. The basement pictures are after the towers collapsed. Show respect for the deceased

[@briancarpenter6413]

Bless you child and Rest In Peace

[@briancarpenter6413]

Please quit arguing on a video that respects the dead. Bless you child and God be with you. Stay in school my child.

[@stewiegriffin2143]

Look at the fire in the floor below him ......My God he is completely trapped I never noticed this guy. People who even consider jumping as a negative thing I have never understood that. Imagine the ledge your sitting on is melting metal what the hell are you supposed to do ? Anyway nice catch.

[@modernopoletto2266]

I cannot see him. Where exactly?

[@JoyFullWon]

I remember being in 5th grade the day this happened. All the teachers were just horrified and us kids had no idea what was going on. I remember parents picking up their kids while some of us sat there waiting… my parents had no way of getting out of Manhattan, had to walk all the way to Brooklyn. RIP to all the lost loved ones

[@Kaisaccountt]

I can’t even imagine how horrifying it must’ve been to be in either of those towers.

[@Quienereswho]

The most horrible experience 😭 I still member when I was going out from the 2nd tower and I could see pieces of human flesh on the ground, roasted skin slices, incomplete bodies stuck on the ground 😢 God I prayed every second.

[@lisamoroney3036]

Omg

[@andrewSUN17]

Wow...shocking and so traumatizing...even for us who knew the buildings yet were not there on that day.

[@ReveredDead]

Some of these photos are incredibly rare. Like the one at 3:10 which looks like it was taken directly below the North Tower before it fell and the ones inside the towers.

[@Samagoselen]

I was 10 years old, not from USA, but i will never forget the visual of how minutes before i had to go to school i noticed on TV that there is something truly awful going on. It was far away helicopter camera shot with both towers burning. Instantly knew that i'm lookin at real footage. For me, that was the fist time i understood that the world and humanity is still not safe from illogical barbarism and destruction on mass scale. This tragedy will be with me for the rest of my life. I have my moments where i feel the need to go and watch all the available footage of the disaster and stories, sometimes i get to the point of feeling so much emotion it gets hard to breathe, i want to be there, go back in time, i know i could not do much or anything, or be dead myself, but still, i often have the panic like feeling that i want to help, to do something, to be there, idk why, but nothing else makes me feel such a strong pull and unease. It might sound bad to some, but i feel like in my heart, I love America more than my home country. I guess because while growing up and still to this day, most of the cool culture and tech and interesting people i enjoy, just so happens, most often came from English speaking countries, mostly America. And no, i was not specifically exposed to english, the opposite actually. In the future, when i get to the point of being able to visit US, 9/11 memorial is the place no matter what happens, i just would not accept to miss. I wish everyone affected to stay strong and be proud of the scars. Extraordinary achievements put you in the spotlight for the darkest and most evil minds.

[@alistairwharton1559]

The quality of those photographs are extraordinary. Hauntingly so! Like they were taken only yesterday!!!😢😢

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

it wasnt really that long ago

[@jocarr4642]

People turning on their TV's and wondering which movie is on , except it's no movie , it's reality.

[@seeulatermaybenever6189]

I found at least 3-5 pics that had bloody human parts

[@Charles-ik6ip]

Which ones?

[@MisterAutist]

I've never seen a pic like 1:17 before. Being inside one of towers while on fire while looking through the windows... really eerie considering many people did so above the impact zone

[@rainbowdash9139]

😭

[@karissasuckling8835]

Thankyou, this actually helps to put context to the pictures I've seen in the media. Now I can actually picture the streets and how the landscape was actually changed when the towers fell. Very powerful, thankyou for sharing

[@philadams964]

Looking at these pictures it's still difficult to think it really happened even after all these years. It must have be truly terrifying being in the middle of all that devotion.

[@Amleth77]

The video being soundless + the content of the photos, have made it a killer !

[@happylittleclouds.]

What’s leaning against the bottom step at 3:53?

[@Antny.25]

Looks like a human head but It could be anything really.

[@fandoria09]

There are two large steel beams in a dedicated part of Evergreen Park in Bremerton, Washington that was given from NYC to honor those from that city who died in the twin towers on 9/11/2001. They will forever remain at that park.