The name of the guy he took in is Keith Vance. He worked with me in Century City having left New York after 9/11. Ray Romano and the entire crew was amazing to him.
@McCarthy0000 Жыл бұрын
Does he have cancer or any affects of the dust?
@mmledwards197911 ай бұрын
I was going to ask the same thing
@ColletteC210611 ай бұрын
Hope he’s happy, healthy, and thriving…🤍
@gardensofthegods11 ай бұрын
stevef ... does Keith Vance have any kind of health problems that could go back to having breathed in all that toxic dust back then ? There's a number of people here asking about how he is doing
@realtruth281711 ай бұрын
Ray is said to have Staged 4 cancer and Boyle got many boils and died from it.
@DizzyedUpGirl Жыл бұрын
What Ray did for that man would be small stuff on any other day, but that day, a shower, clothes and dinner probably meant the world to him. It was so sweet of the cast to let that guy stay with them when he was away from his loved ones.
@emello4you11 ай бұрын
Reminds me of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles when John Candy and Steve Martin paid for this and that for each other and helped get themselves back to Chicago.
@BoStErO190511 ай бұрын
I was 20 years old flying back home to Los Angeles from Chicago on layover. We were up in the air for about 35 minutes while the attacks were happening. In those 35 minutes I made a friend on the plane. His name was Ken. We instantly clicked. Once we turned back to Chicago because of "engine problems" we found out what really happened while we were on the tarmac for almost 2 hours. We all finally got out and the airport was pandemonium. I was able to get my bag from baggage claim surprisingly. As all this was happening I had no idea what I was going to do. I was all alone and wondered how I was going to get home. As I walked outside, I stood in disbelief. I couldn't believe what had just happened. As everybody was running to their cars and people were getting into Taxis, I stood there. I suddenly hear Ken. "Hey man, you ok? Do you know where you're going" I said, no I don't. He paused for a bit and said, come with me. We jumped into a taxi and drove off. He called his wife and told her that he was taking me to their home, and explained to her that he had just met me and told her about my situation. When we got to his house, he had 2 kids and his wife was pregnant and here I am a complete stranger going into their home. His wife helped me making phone calls and tried to figure out how I was going to get home. All flights were grounded, and were going to be for days. We finally decided she was taking me to the train station to go into the city. They had booked me a greyhound to Los Angeles. I ended up staying the night. In the morning Ken had to leave. His wife ended up meeting with her mother for lunch. Here I am helping her with the kids and meeting up with her mother. This whole time I'm thinking whats happening. It was all surreal. We had a nice meal and talked for a while and it was off to the train station. I said goodbye and was eternally thankful. I kept in touch with him for several years and would call him on the anniversary. Unfortunately I lost my phone and lost his number forever. I always think about him and his family every September. I always wonder how many other people out there have a similar story. This tragic event has changed the lives of so many people. Ken, if you ever see this comment, Thank you.
@AmazingChinaToday11 ай бұрын
@@BoStErO1905 If you google them I'm sure you can find their phone number again. Thanks for sharing.
@Munozs95 Жыл бұрын
Imagine crawling out from underneath a car on one the most horrific days in ameican history and running into the cast of Everybody Loves Raymond
@justtotallygorgeous Жыл бұрын
A total fever dream
@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288 Жыл бұрын
I was working near Sixth Avenue in midtown at that time. When I went out to grab lunch that day, there was a river of people covered with dust walking up Sixth Avenue, especially because the subway system had been shut down for safety. Covered in dust the way you might look if you have tried to brush off dust and then gave up. Some people also seemed like they were walking because they needed to walk off what they had endured. Some seemed to be wearing bright new sneakers that they had purchased because of the length of the walk, and they still had many more blocks to walk, that look of endurance in their faces. Just a really really horrible indescribable day.
@SG-dg6oi Жыл бұрын
yea? I don't think that really happened
@christoffesedao357911 ай бұрын
It was pretty common to run into dust covered people that day. And the other cast members talk about eating dinner with that man.
@awilderireland11 ай бұрын
@@SG-dg6oi Of course you don't.
@MAC031911 ай бұрын
I was working at AT&T wireless as a billing rep on 9/11. I had been on shift for 46 minutes with one or two calls and then the queue went insane. Call after call from crying, hysterical people from NY, NJ, MA trying to reach friends and family and can’t because their phone is off from non-payment… it was to the point that when you saw an area code from the those states, you would answer the call with ‘your service will be restored if five minutes.’ And then the calls from DC, MD and VA started coming… then from PA…. While we took the calls, our folks on the back end were working to restore service to the entire Eastern seaboard but while they worked we were doing it manually and listening to all these people crying so hard they could barely speak… it was heartbreaking and scary and something I will never forget…
@terrybutler865211 ай бұрын
The humanity! Everyone was doing what they could to help. Thank you for sharing that memory. ❤😢
@davoid966 ай бұрын
You did all you could, thank you for sharing.
@jeremy.thejeweler11 ай бұрын
I want an interview with the man who was at ground zero when the towers collapsed and then just began walking aimlessly around New York City covered in dust and debris, just confused and trying to piece everything together, and then ran into the entire cast of Everybody loves Raymond who then took him in, housed him, clothed him, and fed him and then sent him on his way the next morning. What a freaking strange day that guy had.
@jaynekranc860711 ай бұрын
He was found. His name was Keith Vance.
@HurricanePatrick Жыл бұрын
I really like how he took in a regular person and stay with him for a day, I have a lot of respect for Ray because of that
@sandwaycoolway4280 Жыл бұрын
me too
@sharonjensen3016 Жыл бұрын
When he said about New York: "This is my home", I thought: "I'm sure you're not the only one who holds that sentiment." The attitude of many life-long New Yorkers who experienced and witnessed the attack seems to be: "Hell, no, we won't go. This is our home. We won't be scared away."
@cr-nd8qh11 ай бұрын
Yeah those regular people are rough.
@pattyamato875811 ай бұрын
People are people. Our shared humanity and unity were the only good things about that time. All that's gone now
@cr-nd8qh11 ай бұрын
@@pattyamato8758 yeah I think we might be in serious trouble
@AmythystRaine11 ай бұрын
It gave me chills when he said they flew into NY on American Airlines on 9-10, the day before. Our lives are filled with "what if's".
@hab790 Жыл бұрын
The guy that survived by hiding under a car can at least say that he had one of the most unique experiences that day. Can you imagine going through all that trauma at the foot of the towers, walking that far covered in the dust from the collapse, and running into Ray and his group??? His emotions must have been all over the place!
@rangeroverization11 ай бұрын
Of course he had a unique day.
@user-dr5kk1oo1n11 ай бұрын
I think the whole world suffered an unique day... as you put it
@margaretmurphy9498 Жыл бұрын
This was a day nobody will forget. Yes, humor helped us through. Raymond's show was one of the best
@angelazuspan6302 Жыл бұрын
That panic attack sensation is so accurate. My grandfather (86yo) was in the hospital on this day and it was playing on the news and he watched it all thinking it was a movie. We didn't have the heart to tell him otherwise. He died 7 days later.
@kelliea745111 ай бұрын
That has to be so hard for you and your family. I'm so sorry for your loss.
@angelazuspan630211 ай бұрын
@@kelliea7451 Thank you.
@eileensnow615311 ай бұрын
Good for you for allowing him peace in his final days. I’m usually not a fan of sugarcoating things, but in this case it was right to spare him the unnecessary stress and fear. I’m sure lying to him was hard but you did the right thing.
@angelazuspan630211 ай бұрын
@@eileensnow6153 Thanks. It was hard but at that point we knew he only had days left and we didn't want him to worry about leaving us with what was happening.
@julienielsen374611 ай бұрын
My grandfather was in the hospital because of a heart attack on the day JFK was assassinated. Mom had just come home from visiting with him there, and was coming up to the front door when the phone rang. They told her grandpa had died. It always made me wonder if they had told him the president had died, and that caused him to died right then. I was 4 years old and we had just saw that the president had died on TV just before mom came home.
@Katy-jt4qp11 ай бұрын
I love the fact that Ray brought his family to church day after he got back to them. Thank you Ray for sharing your memories of the day that shook our nation in so many ways. ❤
@pattybristol82962 жыл бұрын
You're one of the good guys, Ray. Thank you!
@katebc9148 Жыл бұрын
“Everything is different” was his soul response to the significant tragedy that changed so much.
@maureenmckenna5220 Жыл бұрын
Thanks, Ray, for putting voice to the feelings of all native New Yorkers. My son, NYPD a member, was there that day, and I am grateful her survived and recovered. I hope everyone remembers that men and women are still dying from the effects of being at the recovery. Thousands of responders have died from many different diseases, including many forms of cancer.
@boogitybear2283 Жыл бұрын
It makes me sick to this day how all of this could have been prevented. The Bush Administration received plenty of intelligence and they did nothing about it.
@sandeedobberstine559111 ай бұрын
Please thank your son for his service. My heart breaks knowing others have and are still dying from the aftermath. My deepest sympathy to all those affected. 🙏🇺🇸
@annew625711 ай бұрын
The year my spouse deployed for over a year to Afghanistan was the 1st time I had ever watched Everybody Loves Raymond in 2008. I turned on the TV it was on TV Land & every night I got to escape from what was going on in my life. I will always be thankful for the laughter it gave to me when life seemed so unbearable. Needless 2 say I brought the entire series & tell this day a much needed break from the world. When my husband returned home I got him 2 watch the show that helped me. Will always be grateful to everyone who worked on that show. God Bless you all
@143mysteries7 ай бұрын
The fact that Ray gave that man a shower and clothing is so touching.
@kayequinn714611 ай бұрын
Watching this 4 days after the 22nd anniversary,still with tears in my eyes. Touching interview. I was living in Florida at the time. For almost 4 hours our family didn't know where my nephew-in-law was. I honestly don't remember working at all. Found out he was OK & just stopped & 😢😊 cried & smiled at the same time. Always remember & keep the families and survivors in our hearts & prayers.
@getawaysofnyc3 жыл бұрын
I appreciate the fact he mentioned Steven Hoffman and Bobby King! Class act, Mr. Romano!
@caroldavis58773 жыл бұрын
The morning of 9/11 I woke up, and put the TV on. At first I thought it was a movie, it took me a minute to realize it was real. Then the 2nd plane hit, and it all became extremely real. Then people were running, covered in white dust, you couldn't see anything. Police and rescue were everywhere, so much confusion. Very sad.
@GORILLABREATH1 Жыл бұрын
It's a shame we will never hear the truth of what happened just like JFK .its 60 yrs and we still dont know the truth although most non-idiots believe it wasn't Oswald !
@sharonjensen3016 Жыл бұрын
I turned the TV on too, but it was nighttime here in Australia when I saw it. Luckily my mum was already asleep because she had to be up early for work. If she'd seen it that night, she wouldn't have slept. As it was, she found out when she got to work and someone told her about it.
@crazymusicchick Жыл бұрын
@@sharonjensen3016 I was a kid and went to turn on my morning cartoons chez TV but it was the news of this
@MsDawnnee11 ай бұрын
I love Ray from watching him on TV in England. So much he said in this interview I could relate to, despite being on the opposite side of the pond on 9/11. It was the day the whole world's heart was broken. 😢
@turekjames1274 Жыл бұрын
I friend of mine worked with him on show. Great guy. Very introspective and cared deeply.
@jessi882911 ай бұрын
9/11 second period 7th Grade! Now I’m 35 with a 15 and 9 year old. When my oldest ask me about this day I recall every ounce of pain and sadness that the World was overcome with. It’s hard to believe it’s been 22 years, but every year on 9/11 it feels like it just happened. I grew up watching Everybody Loves Raymond!
@Jinger1711 ай бұрын
@@rsmith8434 I think it will take awhile before everyone “forgets” it. Sure, those alive will eventually all be deceased. But it’s the worst territory attack in American history. It’s not going anywhere. Ever heard of Pearl Harbor? Hiroshima? The list goes on and on. Just because some people choose to know acknowledge history, it does not “erase” if.
@terrybutler865211 ай бұрын
One thing about 9/11 is that it was so highly documented by professionals and by everyday people. That may help the events and the lives that were lost to be remembered longer.
@85retrogirl Жыл бұрын
Love this guy. His genuine comments and story telling/this interview are just one of many reasons why. Thanks, Ray, for your candor, good heart and ability to make us LOL.
@louielouie22 Жыл бұрын
I had Thanksgiving dinner with Ray in 1987 at his aunt Carletta and uncle Dewey's house. Hi Ray!!👋
@karmasnan Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this interview. I love Everybody Loves Raymond. The whole cast were so funny. What a sad day for our country. I was at work that day. God Bless America 🙏❤ 🇺🇸
@raineyj560 Жыл бұрын
My mom's fav show is "Everybody Loves Raymond" I was @ work in NJ.
@user-yd1du5ny2i11 ай бұрын
I was in 7th grade science class that day.
@DaBears0811 ай бұрын
Watched it with my family as well great show
@terrychancellor4593 Жыл бұрын
Wow, he described exactly what I felt as well. Utter shock, disbelief that this could be real, the panic attack, and as I went to bed the overwhelming feeling of "everything is different", our lives as we knew them were now forever changed. The grief I felt for my children's future was almost more than I could bare. I grew up with anxiety of worrying about Cold War, nuclear attacks, and thought by 2001 that it was all behind us and my children would know a better world. But 9/11 took all of that away in an instant. I remember lying there in the dark, with my husband holding me, and feeling completely exposed to evil and terror as never before in my life.
@sharonjensen3016 Жыл бұрын
Those who were supposed to be on one of those planes but either changed their plans or missed the flight would have been stopped cold. "I was supposed to be on that plane."
@bleuskye8124 Жыл бұрын
It changed your life? Why and how?
@gingermaynor495 Жыл бұрын
Yes, "the grief for your children's future being almost more than you can bare". I too thought by 2001 we would be in a better world. Instead it just feels like something has been lost forever.
@gardensofthegods11 ай бұрын
@@gingermaynor495 it seems Nothing Was the Same after that ... less freedoms and more tyranny .
@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753 Жыл бұрын
I always knew that Mr. Romano was an upstanding Kind of guy. On that day when I fought my way from ground 0 to get to Prospect Park where I lived lived I was one of the lucky ones I took the last train to prospect part. Then I waited as there was a mass Exodus over the Brooklyn bridge I saw a lot of my coworkers and people that I knew that had white stuff all over them which I now know what's asbestos and it was just so sad I gave them hugs I even hugged people that I didn't like that I didn't get along with on my job because at that point it didn't matter we were all human beings trying to survive this nightmare
@pj2334 Жыл бұрын
I agree with him about the importance of laughter. After my dad passed away, laughter helped me so much. Laughter is great for your brain and body.
@73cidalia Жыл бұрын
I was also watching on live TV (in Canada), and I screamed, “Oh my God!!” and burst into tears at the sudden and horrifying realization of what was happening. It only intensified when the towers collapsed. All those lives. 😭
@Enr22711 ай бұрын
I've been looking over my shoulder since then. Thanks so much to Ray Romano for being so generous with his time! A great guy.
@maureenmckenna5220 Жыл бұрын
So, after listening to this, tears come again for all those lost, the horror of it all. Yes, a small crack and all the memories come flooding back. Such pain and terrifically sad memories.
@A.B.Shepherd Жыл бұрын
What a nice thing Ray Romano did to let a total stranger stay at his hotel room, have a place to shower, sleep and eat with them.
@julsjewels3185 Жыл бұрын
I remember that day...so many tears and prayers. I was at work doing paperwork. We heard from a coworker and went to the break room and watched in horror. I live in PA and fearful of more planes going down. Work let us all go home and I picked up my son and headed for home. I !I've in the country and felt safer there. My son crawled in my lap and I held him and cried.
@karenpotter3562 Жыл бұрын
How can you not get emotional reliving this horrible day 😥😓
@mariawelsh3190 Жыл бұрын
Its still so traumatic just hearing this. Love you Ray. You're the best and that was really something that you guys took in that guy. Thats a memory he'll have 4ever💜🙏
@anjou649711 ай бұрын
I've always loved Ray, he's such a good guy. This was very moving to listen to. 💙🌱
@lindseyblakemore473111 ай бұрын
He's such a nice, down to earth guy. Bless you Ray ❤
@michellegiardinobast7471 Жыл бұрын
❤. So nice they did that for the gentleman. Pure kindness.
@TheVirusOfHumanity11 ай бұрын
The disbelief of watching the second plane hit live was exactly how he described it. It felt like a movie or a bad dream. You didn’t wanna trust what your eyes were telling your brain. I can so vividly recall sitting on the edge of my roommates bed as we watched it together, just dumbfounded and in silence for what seemed like forever. That whole day was so quiet. The world just stopped and it was so eerie.
@CharlyRightNow11 ай бұрын
Seeing the anxiety of Ray telling that story, felt just like I did the day it all happened. All the emotion, anger and disbelief all came back to me and I cried several times. Now, 22 years later, it is emboldened in our lives still and everything is still different..
@HAD9512 жыл бұрын
Ray, sir, you’re a GREAT man!! God bless you and the rest of New York City!!
@juliemantua60872 жыл бұрын
thank you ray for sharing this story! 💖
@mauriceortiz8817 Жыл бұрын
Still chokes me up. What a great story and we'll told.
@christine832410 ай бұрын
Mr. Romano … you’re a true gem in all ways.
@rethamoore428211 ай бұрын
That's amazing that Ray got to be there when that happened and even cooler that he had the opportunity to help one of the victims. Heavenly Father works in mysterious ways but he sure showed the world that Ray has a compassionate spirit. That is a wonderful thing. All America shared your shock and hurt that day . ❤
@christinebernazzoli998111 ай бұрын
I enjoyed and totally understood this video! Thank you, Ray Ramono! Your heart is amazing! Thank you all for helping that dear man covered in dust! We miss your show! We need family shows like yours! You are a good citizen!❤
@jaredekelman422911 ай бұрын
On That Day, We All Saw Both the Absolute Worst of Humanity and the Absolute Best of Humanity! We Shall Always Remember, Always!❤
@hopeup2792 Жыл бұрын
9/11 was my wake up call. I was living in VA but had lived in NY years earlier and used to take the subway into the world trade center to go to my job across the street. I was on the phone with my Dad when we saw the second tower fall. My dad retired from the Port Authority and he new hundreds of people that worked in those buildings because he worked there years and year before. It was then that I new that you can think you have everything, but without God we have nothing. My focus has been to have the real since then and it a God who has offered me eternity with Him through His Son Jesus. No matter what happens and we will all die eventually but I have peace in a relationship (not religion) with an awesome God who loves us. I hope you find Him too.
@GORILLABREATH1 Жыл бұрын
I hope God sends Bush Chaney and Co. to hell for this False Flag op !
@mariawelsh3190 Жыл бұрын
Amen💜🙏
@deecal2001 Жыл бұрын
I’m a flight attendant and was working a flight that morning. I felt like I was in a dream. I had never witnessed pure evil in such a way that it shook me to my core. I felt Gods presence more than ever that day. I knew that whatever were to happen, good or bad He was with me. I remember thinking about nonbelievers and what they must feel like. Probably very alone.
@MsMarple11 ай бұрын
So, it really touched home for you personally. What you said about a relationship with God thru Jesus giving you hope and peace is so true. Pls continue to explore that, getting to know Him better. He offers the same to all, but many wonder why a God of love permits such terrible things. Despite religions’ poor track record in giving satisfying answers and setting a good example often, the Bible does provide an answer. Read it, pray, ask questions and your sincerity will be rewarded. Thank you for your golden words of faith! 😊
@hopeup279211 ай бұрын
@@MsMarple thank you so much for your words of encouragement. I have been going strong since that time and I fully understand why these things happen. Sin entered the world and man with his free will is being influenced by the enemy of God and evil is running and touching all it can because the devils time is short. Those that belong to God have authority and need to push back the darkness and pray for the lost and share the good news so many can be saved. We need to pray over our loved ones and the lost to intercede on their behalf for protection and for their salvation. God Bless you Ms Marple for taking the time to encourage me. :D
@Angela-vy5ok Жыл бұрын
His show got me through some really difficult times in my life. Heartfelt thanks, Ray. 💕
@sheryld195711 ай бұрын
Bob Newhart came and did a show that had been scheduled. It was tough to want to go laugh, but you just had to. It really was the comedians that helped us heal. Thank you for that!
@Kayvee23 Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this serious interview with Mr. Romano. Seems like a great guy.
@jamiepipkin9953 Жыл бұрын
was in new york from the uk in 2006 and it was the 5yr anniversary visited ground zero which back then was still very much like a building site to see all the photographs of missing people pinned on the mesh fence surrounding the site was heartbreaking and i still maintain to this day doesnt matter how much of a hard hearted a person thinks they can be even 5yrs later when i was stood there i felt overcome (if thats the right word to use) by emotions at the feeling of loss and grief for people who i never even knew if i remember we visited on our 3rd day there for the remainder of the holiday 7 days all i could think about was standing looking at those photographs 😥😥
@robsash89912 жыл бұрын
He and Peter were on CBS The Early Show at 8:35 or so. They would have been just leaving when the first plane hit at 8:46.
@pastaisgood6681 Жыл бұрын
I was born in 1997 so I don’t remember 9/11. Somehow I found myself in a 9/11 documentary rabbit hole and there is another video of 5 hours of the news coverage from one station. It had the first hour and a half before the towers got hit and decided since everyone says “the world changed” I figured why not watch it. So I did. And ray romano was doing an interview at that news station and was literally talking about New York right before it happened and I was shocked.
@cards0486 Жыл бұрын
If you weren’t old enough to know what was happening I’m sure this is like WW II is for Baby Boomers. I’ve always been interested in it, but wasn’t alive. Every American young person, once they’re old enough to understand, needs to know what it was like. Like Pearl Harbor, and JFK’s assassination, you never forget the moment you found out. Our lives were suddenly in two parts: before 9/11 and after 9/11.
@pastaisgood6681 Жыл бұрын
@@cards0486 that’s interesting, I think you’re right. I imagine it’s probably very similar to boomers with WWII. It has always been hard to conceptualize how much the world changed for me. I found watching the news coverage from before the towers helped. I could feel a difference in how the reporters approached the viewers, the content that was being broadcasted, and the overall simplicity. It seemed as though life was more peaceful. Ever since then, I feel as though I missed some kind of golden years. As we grew up, my generation would find themselves in scenarios that those raising us never thought we’d face. Like shooting drills and access to an unregulated internet with information on anything anytime. It’s terrifying, depressing, and fascinating all at once.
@cremebrulee4759 Жыл бұрын
@@pastaisgood6681 I watched the TV all day on 9/11. Until all the planes were down, there was so much uncertainty about how many more planes there might be and what the targets were. The Pentagon being hit was such a shock because that building represents the defense of our country. So unsettling. I saw the Twin Towers fall - such horror. Like Ray said, it just didn't seem possible. I think the difference before and after 9/11 was that before we had felt pretty safe. After, that safety and security was gone. It had been ripped away, never to return. People like you who didn't go through it, didn't experience that huge loss. You were born into a less-safe world, and that was your normal. I'm glad you have taken time to watch videos from that day and are so interested in understanding. Thank you.
@macycharmin11 ай бұрын
Ray Romano. Is the best, has neveer lost sight of where he's from, or where he began. I'm approaching my mid-sixties, and God willing, I will be watching Everybody Loves Raymond in my 80s or beyond. Along with that show and Archie Bunker, you can't beat real life situational comedy like that.
@anonymouse0221 Жыл бұрын
Ray had a premonition that everything was different. I started crying the night before 9/11 for no reason. I rarely cry. I've always wondered if that was a premonition.
@robbiemarcum8878 Жыл бұрын
It was a premonition. I get those knowing something bad is going to happen. I don't know what it is. You will have more if those in your life. I know it helps to pray.
@citizenoftheearth611 ай бұрын
I was very happy and in love, but I had a horrible nightmare about the "evil people" minutes before the first plane hit. I still remember that dream vividly. It was a premonition.
@donnapalaussie1911 ай бұрын
I’m from Queensland Australia and always watched Ray on ELR. What a great guy! So respectful and genuine. ❤
@fallon7616 Жыл бұрын
Ray Ramona, the classiest guy in Hollywood 🇱🇷🇱🇷
@jeaninemunoz1817 Жыл бұрын
This is the day I will never forget and the day my world stood still. I went to my family and never left. I will never forget 🇺🇲❤️
@mellowyellow202211 ай бұрын
There is no choice but to be humbled by 911. The city just came together and seeing pictures of them in ground zero climbing and crawling in such a toxic precarious environment. It's very humbling watching how the human spirit can survive, overcome and organize for others to find closure and carry on with their lives. It gave me goosebumps and a whole lotta respect. 💙
@TheNancypoo Жыл бұрын
Omg, Ray is such a good guy, what a great recollection. I totally understand the whole panic attack thing, it happened to me too, for months afterwards.
@debramoss226711 ай бұрын
I'm in Liverpool UK and we have always had a special bond with New York, my friend called me to put the TV on and within seconds the image of the 2nd plane flying overhead and into the 2nd tower, we both said the 't' word simultaneously. My worst memory was hearing a sound I knew, but couldn't place and going sick when I realised it was a screaming hoard the firefighters' alarms. When we went outside there were horseshoes in the sky where all the planes were turned back to our local airports, it was the most horrific and evil day. We still have you all in our hearts, minds and prayers and will never forget 🙏🏼🇺🇸🇬🇧
@gardensofthegods11 ай бұрын
Five or six days after 9/11 I was in a very crowded large Tavern with some friends and suddenly somebody started singing God Bless America and everybody in the bar got up and sang it . Really reminded me of the movie (can't even think of the movie now ) with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman where everybody is singing La Marseillaise ... Play It Again Sam or whatever it's called . ... it really had the emotional quality of that scene
@lisagillette-martin224711 ай бұрын
It’s called Casablanca - one of the greatest movies of all time.
@anjou649711 ай бұрын
I can imagine how emotional that must have been for you. 🩷🌱
@ashleyparkhurst484811 ай бұрын
Bless you Ray!
@tillyboos Жыл бұрын
I ALWAYS thank God 🙏 I hadn't left my house in Brooklyn yet that morning, or I would have been trapped in the subway, which would have been FAR SCARIER.
@elizabethbowie9753 Жыл бұрын
I'm from Connecticut. I know lots of ppl here, that worked in NYC, in that area. Many ppl over slept, & needed to take the next train instead... & Thank God, they couldn't get into NYC that day. It was quite awhile later, B4 they heard what happened. Being a few mins. late for work, was a Blessing in disguise. It was so sad here, too... Parking lots at our train stations were full for days, from the ppl who did make it to work on time, yet never came home. & Signs on the parkway, & highways said, "New York City - Closed," Unbelievable. 😔💙
@tillyboos Жыл бұрын
@@elizabethbowie9753 Absolutely. I know CT & NJ (as our neighbors) were DEEPLY affected by 9/11. We were ALL united in the aftermath. We weren't even the "tri-state area" we were TOGETHER in our grief and loss and the trauma of it all. ❤️😭✊
@carolynluckas1219 Жыл бұрын
Was in NY. He describes it perfectly for me.
@turekjames1274 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Your prospective meant alot. I was 8 months pregnant teaching kindergarten in Irvington NJ. I could see the smoke from the school. So sad. We all knew the pain that day.
@janechamblesswright119 Жыл бұрын
When I picked up my kids from Springhurst Elementary School in Dobbs Ferry (another Hudson River town a few miles below Irvington) - my son couldn’t wait to tell me about “The REALLY REALLY BIG white airplane” that flew “right over my head while I was waiting outside in the playground before school started. It was REALLY BIG, AND REALLY LOUD, AND REALLY LOW…..” I told him that I wanted him to try and remember that airplane, and not forget that he saw it. My son looked up to see the final moments of American Airlines Flight 11 as it flew down the Hudson River,, over his school - and into history.
@turekjames127411 ай бұрын
@@janechamblesswright119 bless your son and family. That day was hell.
@cg961211 ай бұрын
I hope to hear from all those who were very young children at the time. I can't imagine what they remember.
@Robochop-vz3qm11 ай бұрын
Thanks Ray for your account of that day. Im from Australia, but I was driving a limo in Las Vegas on that awful day. I'll never forget it, as I drove some customers to golf courses that morning everyone seemed frozen with disbelief. It was surreal.
@SNUPE_FOXX9211 ай бұрын
I understand why everyone is so impressed with what Ray did, but before anything , he’s a human being, just with more recognition and status than us. Ray IS a regular guy, celebrities are regular degular people and it always puzzles me how people are in awe of a celebrity doing very human things. What’s crazy is a “nobody” wouldnt have stopped….
@energybrown Жыл бұрын
Very interesting to hear Ray's perspective and experience of 911
@RuthRader11 ай бұрын
Aw Ray...hug. Just hug. Thank You for the video.
@michellecavaliere87015 ай бұрын
I love Ray Romano who really is one down to earth actor just like an ordinary everyday person and he has a big heart and I love that about him
@PopGoesTheCultureTV5 ай бұрын
Me too, @michellecavaliere8701 Me too. Thanks for watching. Any other interviews you'd like to see?
@honeybee.77711 ай бұрын
I was 6 years old in Australia and I was mad that my daily cartoons weren’t on and we’re replaced with this action movie on every channel. I couldn’t understand why my mum was on the phone with my nana and why she was crying so much over a movie. Then 10 years later my dad was watching the 10 year anniversary and they started talking about the people that were falling, I couldn’t bring myself to listen to something so shocking and sad so I put my earphones on and ignored what was happening on the tv. Now on the 22nd anniversary I forced myself to watch a documentary about that day and I now finally understand why my mother was crying so much on that day :(
@bethrowbottom589711 ай бұрын
It was heartbreaking 💔
@MichaelSmith-uy4ui11 ай бұрын
I was remodeling a kitchen but the house was a vacant dump and my coworker went and got a tv and plugged it in. I was so caught up in work I was listening but wasn’t stopping what I was doing until it escalated somehow I was made aware it was a big deal so we stopped to watch it on tv. Time stopped then.
@bwktlcn Жыл бұрын
I was supposed to go to NYC for work the next week. I had always heard of Windows on the World, and I planned on stopping in for breakfast, or going to the observation deck. Just a difference of a week, and I could have been there, sipping a coffee, looking at a plane and thinking, “Man, he’s low.”
@mariannejohannessen9751 Жыл бұрын
Love Ray Romano such a Great Man ❤
@Roscoe.P.Coldchain Жыл бұрын
Everybody loves Raymond Marianne. 😃❤️
@mariannejohannessen9751 Жыл бұрын
@@Roscoe.P.Coldchain Yes lol he is awesome for sure 🥰👊
@Dedicated2WendyWilliams Жыл бұрын
I love this interview; literally taking me back in time...
@gailcarey3597 Жыл бұрын
My takeaway if that we NEED entertainers to entertain. We are surrounded by oppressive thoughts and need that paradigm shift. Movies and entertainment were a balm to those during WW2. Please keep uplifting us,Ray!
@johndurrer786911 ай бұрын
What a surreal day for that guy. First the towers collapse around him and then he is eating dinner with Ray Romano
@indigowolf55611 ай бұрын
I was in my car on 9/11 and I was getting ready to go to work. I had the radio on and I heard what happened. I ran inside to tell my husband that a plane crashed into a building in New York. I watched a little bit of the news but went into work and when I got there some people had brought in a TV and we gathered around the TV for a couple of hours and the partner of the law firm that I worked at send everyone home for the week. He told us to go to our churches and synagogues or wherever we worship however we worship to pray and we did. It was a strange day and it was a strange week and it was a strange month. There were no planes in the skies and the air was strange and eerie and everything was eerie and nothing was normal. I think what rate did for the man giving him a change of clothes showed us what a true compassionate person he is.
@SilentKnight43 Жыл бұрын
Like Ray, my wife and I watched the second plane hit the tower on live TV. A few weeks later we were attending an industry convention at Crowne Plaza Hotel across from LaGuardia Airport in Queens - the same weekend the hotel was hosting a large memorial for firefighters, friends and family. It was so surreal with black suits and tuxedos on one side of the hotel amongst violin players that walked around playing softly - and our entertainment industry convention in the other convention hall. Towards the end of the evening firefighters began mingling with our convention attendees and thanked the organizers for following through with the event and giving them a momentary distraction that night. I'll never forget that weekend. It really drove home the reality and impact the attacks had.
@merin797 Жыл бұрын
In 2019, I finally got to fly to NYC to pay my respects. Strange feeling walking up to those fountains. Sacred ground, for sure.🙏
@Vahki100 Жыл бұрын
Bulgarian here. I was just a wee kid (7 year old at the time) at the time. I know my mum was home and was going through the channels. She thought this was some sort of action movie scene or something, she couldn't believe it was real. I remember my dad coming back home after work that day, they talked about it for hours, they called my grandparents, etc. I remember my dad saying "it's the end of an era". It sure was.
@anthonyd6370 Жыл бұрын
was in my backyard in brooklyn on a beautiful morning had radio on [a sports show from chicargo] reading racing form when report of a small plane hitting w.t.c. i didnt react like i would of today took a while for me to realize how serious it was
@camillecali2 Жыл бұрын
I remember that day... I was in los angeles but I am from New York. I woke up to the Danny Bonaduce radio show. I was half awake and thought they were doing a version of War of the Worlds... and then I heard "a second plane hit the tower". I jumped out of bed and put the TV on. Couldn't get in touch with any family or friends in NY. Finally my Mom called she was with my sis in Maryland. ... the rest was just crazy.... I was supposed to be back in New York on that day but cancelled my flight because of work. My cousin was late for work at the one of the Towers and saw the first plane hit the tower as she disembarked from the Staten Island Ferry. So many people was just a few minutes saved from the disaster. So many were not. Such a sad sad day. I guess when I was 20 I made it from New York to Los Angeles in 4 days and the worst was Texas. Texas took a whole day. I guess when your older things are just harder like driving.
@Tommy1977777 Жыл бұрын
I was on board Camp Pendleton. That night I was on a plane...
@lmundiclan11 ай бұрын
Thank you for this interview, I originally from Brooklyn but now at 79 living in California. I worked as a secretary to William B William’s agency for Frank Sinatra and Buddy Rich I was closest to and knew his family. I was living, when it happened, in Texas when the news came on and the first plane hit, I screamed for my husband. We watched the second plane hit. I felt my heart sink. I knew my ex-husbands wife worked there. We called and she said she never was late for work hardly ever. But that morning she was 15 minutes late as she was walking near the building when the first plane hit, she started running the other way. She walked over the bridge back to Brooklyn. She got home and saw that the second plane hit, I thought, this was no accident! Then the news came on, we were all in shock, but safe. I am sorry for the loss you had that awful day, may you think of this hope the Bible gives for our dead loved ones that we will see them again, here on earth not heaven but with us together and able to hug us once again. This later resurrection will be to life on earth, which the vast majority of those brought back to life will enjoy.-Psalm 37:29. The righteous will possess the earth, And they will live forever on it. The dead will be resurrected to life on earth receive a healthy physical body, completely sound.-Isaiah 33:24.
@garbo7779 Жыл бұрын
You make it through a building collapse and the strangest part of your day is wearing Ray Romano’s jeans
@robertbroughton1443 Жыл бұрын
If you haven't already viewed 9/11 10 years later, narrated by Robert De Niro, pay careful attention to the part where they were investigation the smell of gas emanating from the street. When the first plane hit, while enroute to the scene, Chief Pfiefer, was relaying to Manhattan dispatch, that the plane headed directly to the building. He knew that it was no accident. The moment before it hit, Jules Naudet turned around to catch the shot at that moment, which remains the only recorded shot of that incident.
@meszaros-doboskory9493 Жыл бұрын
I just Love Ray now and forever.❤🤍 💙
@barbarafarthing978611 ай бұрын
Inspiring! Love him. And love his words on this terrible day.
@ExclusiveLM Жыл бұрын
The night before Raymond stayed on 59 Street. That same night I worked the night shift not far from Raymond's hotel. Michael Jackson had a scheduled meeting in the world trade on 9/11 but did not go. Also, a guty scheduled to fly on one of the planes that hit the towers overslept and missed his flight because he was dreaming of a man that looked like Jesus holding him and not wanting to let go of him for what seemed like an hour to him. A lady got a massive stomach the moment she opened the door to go to work. But the ache went away instantly the moment she hung up the phone with her boss after she told him she could not come in because of the pain and she worked in the restaurant on the top floor of tower on. I've seen other stories that also seem like miracles from that day. RIP all who passed.
@lauraarcher173011 ай бұрын
So why didn’t everyone who died or was injured get this warning? There is an answer.
@LweissTTU3 ай бұрын
America’s innocence was lost that day. We had been in wars before, and Pearl Harbor was attacked, but for a generation like mine, and my children’s, that was the day we no longer felt safe. I am writing this in 2024, and I have the same kind of feeling (in some ways) like I did then
@olgatrilogymartin314311 ай бұрын
I'm from Australia ill never forget the horror when second plane hit I woke up my family ! 😢
@michellecavaliere87015 ай бұрын
It was one of the worst days of my life I could not believe the I was there in the middle of all that., the dreams have never gone away....
@bonniepark680211 ай бұрын
This video was very cathartic for me. I am from the Western corner of New York State and it all felt very personal to me and it broke my heart. I could hear Raymond voice cracking if he was speaking about this and I really related.
@ashleyj02 ай бұрын
The feeling of absolute loss watching the buildings fall live on TV was like nothing I'd ever known. You knew you were watching thousands of people die. And the sky was just clear blue. A clear blue day & such a dark, horrible thing happening. It was something you remember forever. 😪
@user-lj2ps9wz7h11 күн бұрын
Great story and Thank You for sharing your story 🇺🇸
@brandondavenport6147 Жыл бұрын
Respect for ray always
@annek1226 Жыл бұрын
I had been on a business trip to Connecticut the year before the attack and we did a stop over in Manhattan on our way home. My coworker had never been to the east coast before, while I was born in Jersey City. She wanted to see all of it! Fortunately she had a niece who was married and had an apartment in Manhattan. We stayed with her and got in town on Friday afternoon and we dropped off our luggage and the limo dropped us off at the Ed Sullivan theater to see the David Letterman show. We took a cab to pick up her niece and we went for pizza! From then till Sunday Morning we went from Central Park and to more places than even I thought possible! Towards the end of the day we traveled to battery park and the Statue of Liberty. From there we went to the twin towers. We stood on the observation deck. Then we saw a Broadway show for the evening. When the towers were hit it felt like a punch in the gut. I was at work and saw iI o; the tv in our break room and my legs collapsed from underneath me! I watched the memorial shows every year on the anniversary. It took eleven years before I could watch without crying.