JC Chasez: Where I Was on 9 11

JC Chasez (NSync) remembers where he was on 9/11 and the days following.
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[@Cgjm129]

His Momma deserves an award. She raised a great son.

[@I_WANT_MY_SLAW]

For waking him up?

[@ninalumiere145]

​@@I_WANT_MY_SLAW No, but Karen Chasez is such a cute person. She adopted JC when he was 5 and had fostered his biological mother years before. Both Karen and Roy persued an artistic career only when JC wanted it, never forced anything on him. And JC is a guy with a good head on his shoulders even with all the worldwide fame he got while he was young. A true gentleman. Nowadays she is the Mayor of a town in Florida.

[@diabeautiful1]

@ninalumiere145 I didn't know jc was adopted. And yes he is a humble and respectful man.

[@MLthereal96]

JC i one of those rare Pop Stars that actually puts humanity first before his persona. He is such a class act. He is too good for this place on earth.

[@superiorgamedude]

Jesus christ. A round of applause for JC. Not only is this guy a fantastic singer, but he went out of his way to make people feel safe in one the country's worst times.

[@lornatrexler9854]

I had absolutely no idea JC did that. Makes me proud to know I’ve been admiring the right person all along. Much love.

[@mikewhite4560]

JC is not a BRAGART... Not for this you'd NOT KNOWN...

[@ninalumiere145]

Im watching this on Xmas day, I remember a video of Nsync wishing everyone Merry Christmas and JC was the only one saying "Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa" he was very aware of how diverse his group of fans were. I love this man and wish him everything that is good.

[@nsyncchristine]

He has always been so compassionate and kind. I love him.

[@hollychadwick333]

This guy has a enormous big heart!! God bless you JC. ❤

[@MM-qc9kl]

Such an articulate speaker! I'm impressed. He seems like a wholesome person. God bless him and hope he gets his due credit for how talented he is.

[@VeenaMichelle]

He's one of the nicest boy band guys truly.

[@arlin_w]

How can someone be so beautiful inside out?!

[@mercedessanchez3222]

@@arlin_w lo mismo me pregunto, es perfecto

[@DebbieSchechter]

That’s JC in a nutshell, he’s a private person so the fact that this story… even to this day is such an under the radar story. As a hard core NSYNC fan, this is reason number (whatever) that I love this man

[@nurdinazuhra2315]

Of all these videos of celebrities doing interview about 9/11, JC’s interview is my favourite. He has such a beautiful human being. He willing to go to the ground zero and he saw dead body there.

[@ChildofGod8524]

He was my crush when I was 14 and now I'am 35 and he is still my crush and always will be ♥️🌺😇

[@girlontheroof6044]

Always

[@kellystephens8816]

Jc is very intelligent & I could listen to him all day.. he’s amazing inside/outside!!!

[@dayangzainab6670]

Agreed 👍👍👍

[@lucnorth8446]

JC is empathic.

[@fernandaloyola9786]

He's so precious. I know I admire the right person. Love you JC.

[@mentamangunsong1351]

Yes, he's the right person for all time

[@maggiesmith9227]

JC's soul just shines through, so wise, beautiful man😍

[@heatherams2732]

I have a lot to say on this. I remember EVERY detail of this day. Every thought and feeling. I initially became a clinical mental health counselor to work with a population of patients who experienced crisis events like 9/11. What JC did in the aftermath of this horrific event is what I work with every day. He walked with individuals who experienced this first hand. He listened and empathized and used this strenthd to lead and adcicate for people there (and all of us) by helping create a concert for betterment of all involved. I wonder if he knows he was doing exactly what I do everyday. I hope he is recognized in some way for doing this! What frustrated me most in the situation was how so many people were unsympathetic and cruel where I worked making comments such as, "why would I be upset", "why was I crying I didn't personally know anyone there". I have never understood how any one could ever ask these things so cold heartedly! I watched the live footage of the second plane hit the towers. I watched the footage of the plane hit the pentagon. I saw the wreckage from flight 53 the same as JC did. I lived in Louisville, Kentucky at the time. I found out several weeks later my class valedictorian, whom I had known from first grade to our senior year, and her husband were in each of the buildings. They were the lucky ones and gone out. There's a documentary she was part of where she talks about her experience in this horrific event. She was on one of the floors in close proximity were one of the planes hit. She stated the emergency intercoms instructed individuals to go back to their floors! She trusted her instincts and got put. The majority of her office was killed. Her husband was in the second building and the same happened to him. Another friend of mine was having brain surgery at the time at one of the hospitals in NYC. Many of the individuals at the Pentagon who had worked in the same battalion as my father were there. He knew several people killed. One of the regulars who took my spinning class had a cousin was killed outside one of the towers. Anyone with a heart was effected. I have "loved JC forever" because of his amazing voice and talent. I have felt he always poured his heart out in every song and performance. I saw N'SYNC at birthday bash, in Louisville, before they were famous around 1998. His heart and talent was evident from the beginning. I am glad I was not wrong in learning on in life what a stand up guy he is, evenmoreso from this video. Actions speak louder than words. My appoligies for the length to anyone who has read this thus far. I normally do not comment on videos. JC's emotions and thoughts brought me back to where I was on this horrendous day. I felt compelled to speak on it.

[@melirose89]

NSYNC and the guys were in NY on 9/7 and 9/10 for the Michael Jackson 30th anniversary plus the VMAS. Turks and Caicos was before according to Lance which makes more sense. I had never heard this story from JC tho. Heart-wrenching. He’s an empathetic guy ❤😢

[@TheBsbfan558]

The Michael Jackson special was on 9/07/2001 not the night before. I remember watching it that night.

[@francinesanchez5402]

I was listening to a bunch of survivor stories and multiple people mentioned Michael Jackson the night before, so maybe there were two performances in close vicinity? I do believe there was something the night before.

[@francinesanchez5402]

Whoops. Like the other person said, both nights

[@melirose89]

@@francinesanchez5402 the MTV VMAs was on Sept 6th at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Michael Jackson’s 30th Anniversary Special was filmed on Sept 7th and Sept 10th at Madison Square Garden. A lot of celebrities were in NYC at the time for both, including NSYNC, Britney Spears, Destiny’s Child and others. Such joy the preceding days and then just tragedy 😔

[@melirose89]

@@TheBsbfan558 no there were 2 concerts filmed, Sept 7th and Sept 10th. It aired November that year. My parents tried to get tickets to at least one of them but they were too expensive.

[@cupcakecutie6634]

Wow... that was so raw. Bless him for going in there and having time to speak to the officers. I know they appreciate it. He's a good man.

[@chrismale9976]

What a legend and a great guy

[@ChildofGod8524]

It's lovely to know how nice and good hearted human he is.

[@ohjennylynn]

God must’ve spent a whole lot more time on him

[@ktw70]

True!

[@ninalumiere145]

He is a true gem

[@kristinradams7109]

Damn. You are right on about that.

[@sarahdanielle7591]

God surely did❤️❤️❤️

[@Jalen.3]

Fr

[@michellek8515]

Protect JC at all costs

[@jennifersnyder8548]

I was at my camp on 9/11 which is 30 minutes from where Flight 93 went down. You could see the smoke in the sky. You can feel the emotions JC had on that day in this interview.

[@rogerwhittaker4189]

And jc chasez my favorite guy from nsync growing up is spot on he always has my respect.

[@funkibunz4420]

He's so polished and pretty.i can't stop staring at him 😍😍

[@philosophia6428]

Wow…I’ve never heard this kind of detail and it’s difficult 😢to hear, but he describes it with such compassion.

[@juancarlosruano9828]

*JC u have the heart in the right place...Nice Champ!

[@justylex]

I remember that the iconic Pop/Michael Jackson VMA performance was in NYC just a few days earlier. Every time I see that performance, I immediately think about how that was the last of an innocent and naive time in the world. The world literally changed forever just a few days later.

[@lovlisparrow]

I remember everything that happened before that day, especially in the music industry. The MTV music awards, MJ special, celebrating the life of aaliyah etc. Then everything after with MJ getting everyone together for "What more can I give" it's all still so fresh like it happened yesterday. But this raw emotion,bring the reality of that time to life

[@regannem]

Love MJ!

[@angelaphipps6463]

Wow. JC. I had No idea that you did that. Incredible. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@amgonyea]

Im not sure I’ve ever heard this before. I love him so much. He is the sweetest. But one thing … Jc nonchalantly saying he impersonated a cop.😂

[@ChristineLeemans]

Wow, never knew he went in there. JC is an empathetic human. Bless everyone that was impacted during that horrific time ❤

[@ILOVEDAVIDCAVAZIS]

JC, you’re beautiful inside and out 😍❤️ I love it when people get out of their comfort zone and get into the shoes of the most needed ones!

[@loydie]

I can listen to jc speak and sing all day. I dont know but love seeing his lips and his teeth when singing. Its perfect.😍❤

[@ILOVEDAVIDCAVAZIS]

I know, but can you see his heart and mind too? They seem to be even better! He’s beautiful inside and out 😍❤️

[@adrianacostalima9326]

JC ❤❤❤❤

[@Digilady99]

I was only ten when 9/11 happened... but I clearly remember everything I saw and where I was. I was in 5th grade and we were sent home immediately when the principal gave an emergency announcement. The teachers refused to tell us no matter how many times we asked. There was a TV in the library and some kids sneaked in and saw it and they all were screaming and crying and begging for their parents.That's when I knew something really bad was and for the first time in my life, I wasn't just scared for myself. I was scared for my parents, big brother and big sister who's autistic. Once my bus got to my house I ran in, and yelled for my mom. She was on the phone with my sister's school and my brother was in the den with the TV on and that's when I saw the WTC burning and I asked my brother how did they get on fire like that. He said it wasn't a fire. Someone took two planes and crashed them into each tower. I was in utter shock. As a kid, I had no idea what to think of that. I tried to think positive and say, ok, it may take time for the firemen to get up there and help put out those fires... then that was when the South Tower fell... I could not believe it. I knew at that moment, so many people died. I started crying and was very scared what was gonna happen. I live on Long Island, NY which is about three hours from the city, fighter jets were scrambled over our skies that night out of fear and they did not wanna take any chances of more surprise attacks. It was one of the scariest days of my life... 20 years later... I am still haunted by 9/11 but I cannot forget what I witnessed and I'm not afraid to share it. I'm proud of JC for sharing his story of where he was that day and he's still to this day my fave *NSYNC member. He's too pure for this world. RIP to the innocent souls who perished that day. Prayers.

[@aleciavasquez3677]

Yes it’s so chilling to think about I was 8 when it happened and I live by a military base and my hometown was shut down pretty tightly, but I love on the west coast so I didn’t hear about it until I got to school I just remembered being so confused and shocked when I realized what happened it’s just sad to think that this was the beginning of our world becoming the distant l, overly cynical, and divided mess it is today a certain magic life had died that day

[@johnnymia1563]

Thank You Very Much for telling your story. I don’t have children and was 40 when I was exposed to this evil. It was fresh to read yours!

[@moneyman7057]

2001 was the worst year in history RIP to all those people that lost their lives on that horrible day 😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@ILOVEDAVIDCAVAZIS]

Humbly disagree with you, I think the worst has been 2020, you know what I mean

[@KristinaLopezWrites]

History is a looooong time. Much worse things have happened in history....especially in other countries caused by the US. Maybe refine that to the worst year in YOUR personal history on Earth. Because this is absolutely not the worst thing in even US history.

[@Ltforlife22]

Covid affected everybody in every town of every country in every continent, 11th September 2001 only affected america.. frankly 2020 has to be the worst year in our lifetime

[@funkibunz4420]

You clearly don't know history 🙄

[@Laira1993]

JC is a beautiful human being. Beautiful in and out!

[@KelleyNicholson]

Wow JC is really cool for doing that

[@killjoy555.]

i absolutely love this man

[@martabriceno2166]

Jc is amazing, beautiful, sweet ...etc. 😍😍😍❤❤❤

[@april80s]

I'm not crying, you are....🥺🥺🥺🥺😭

[@florfari]

He's amazing 😍😭

[@MarietaEckles]

JC Chasez amazing voice and handsome. You are blessed by God ❤

[@elisaprihani2391]

JC is my favorite in nsync,everything about him beautiful.much love from Indonesia🇮🇩 for JC Chasez❤

[@julissac4260]

I’m a New Yorker and I remember so very clearly 🙏🏼🥺

[@analynlabajo19]

i adore him for being such a nice guy obviously inside and out 💓 wish he could have an another album 💓

[@dchang11]

I remember watching the MTV VMA's where NSYNC performed with Michael Jackson on September 7th. Limp Bizkit won Best Rock Video for Rollin, filmed atop the South Tower the year before. The Backstreet Boys presented an award and performed at the Meadowlands that night.

[@NatureEarthChild]

wow JC has always been THE ONE

[@KATSTARRR1]

Wow 😧 what an amazing interview, love hearing his take on it all, and what he went through

[@melissaroberge715]

He is an amazing human being

[@kellystephens794]

I remember where I was when 9/11 happened, in my room watching tv & then Breaking News came on. 1 of the towers had just hit & it took time to sink in that this is really happening & then the next tower was hit. I was OMG it’s for real.. Definitely hit close to home for JC & admire him for being an amazing person!!!! Luv u JC. ❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹.

[@Mel-Kaboom]

JC is an exceptional human being. God bless him!

[@rogerwhittaker4189]

I was in middle school when 9/11 happened what a tragic 😪 loss.

[@renanalves7271]

unfortunaly we dont have images of that MJ Main In The Mirror performance yet. I hope we coud get this one day

[@TinyVio-Lynn]

I was in LA and it was silence in the streets the entire day. When you greeted a stranger on the street, it was a look you gave each other like wtf man.

[@andreamaria85]

This makes me love JC even more!!!

[@TheAmbkn1]

So many years later and you still get choked up listening to these types of stories. It's incredible learning the lengths he went through to try and connect with people in such a horrific time. I think I was in high school when the attacks happened and I remember coming home from school and it still being on the news and my mom was watching and telling me what happened. My first reaction was to say "Oh my god" because it really doesn't seem real. And it was kind of off-putting to me to have her correct my reaction to it so I just kind of brushed off the entire situation and walked out of the room. I followed up with everything on my own, and years after that I would watch the memorial videos about it and the documentaries and go through rabbit holes on here watching different videos about it. I feel like every year you know the anniversary is coming up and it just gets kind of heavy. People are still grieving over this massive loss but it was also a time where so many people came together to help one another and that in itself is a very beautiful thing.

[@dayangzainab6670]

Beautiful inside outside❤❤❤

[@tarynlau]

wow, what a story! incredible

[@britneyfanvideosfl]

I've never seen this, I was in class when it happened. Love jc

[@RoyceLovesHisShotgun]

1:51 to this day, when you bring up this terrifying fact. Everyone listening gets quiet and the color leaves the room

[@tassymccormick]

I love this man so much

[@StaticBlaster]

that year was when they were last active. i also remember getting their third album as a birthday present from my parents.

[@victorialopez9717]

I was at that RFK concert. I really appreciate that they focused on the DC attack.

[@PaulRizzo]

N’Sync had just performed with Michael Jackson at Madison Square Garden in NYC the day before 9/11.

[@StaticBlaster]

i didn't know that.

[@julietjohnson8850]

I remember that day very very well. My son was around 6 months old. I had just dropped off his brother and sister at school. I heard it on the radio as I was going home and had to pull over. I was so scared. I kept looking at the sky and wondering if I should go back and grab my kids. I wondered if it was happening elsewhere and if we were in danger too! I didn't own a tv. So i went to my sister's house and she was gone so I climbed in a window which i would normally never do, and pulled my son up in his car seat and turned on her tv. I just sat there crying quietly as I watched the people jumping and the fires and the fear and I just didn't know how to feel! I have never been so scared in my entire life. I just felt this driving primal fear that my children were not safe and I should go get them, but I called the school and they assured me they knew what was happening and the kids were being kept in the dark until parents could talk to them at home. My sister and her ex husband, a military man on leave, walked in and my sister started to yell why was I in her living room when she saw my face. She saw me crying and just holding my hand over my mouth with my eyes so full of fear. What is it Julie what happened and I couldn't speak. I just pointed at the tv while my son slept at my feet and we just watched it all together while her ex called his sergeant and asked if he needed to come back to base or not. When i found my voice my sister and I talked about whether we should tell our children after school and how we would do it. How we would explain the most violent attack on the US they might ever know while they were so young. It was a terrible thing. I prayed all the time for the families and I grieved for all the innocent who were lost. I was in fear privately for almost 3 years just waiting for it to happen again or some nut think it's great and start bombing schools or houses. It was the most frightening thing to ever happen to me even though it didn't happen to me personally. It was good of you to go and try to be there for people. It couldn't have been easy. It was incredibly brave.

[@LuisRamirez-dp8ls]

not one dislike AWESOME!

[@ajaj-js8hn]

I like this guy 👦 👌 😍

[@theresachadwick3158]

Amen to JC...It was absolutely surreal & amazing to what you saw & experienced through the whole process that the Fire departments, & search & rescue , & police had to deal with....9/11 in itself will always be a part of us...American people lost lives, lost love ones, friends, & people they knew...Even lives of people they didn't know were lost...No one should have to face what we did on 9/11/2001... when this terrible act was occurred, it should have been the wake up call to love, care & respect each other...not to hate, fight, or cause war...God bless to those who lost someone in the twin towers or the pentagon.❤🙏

[@susanmitchell3266]

How could he not remember that he was performing at MSG the night before? They were doing the Michael Jackson all star concert.

[@melirose89]

I was thinking the same. They performed on 9/7 and 9/10. Lance said in his interview for this that they were in Turks and Caicos before, then NY and had flown in to Florida when it happened.

[@Ltforlife22]

It’s a crazy coincidence Michael Jackson had a planned meeting in one of the towers on the day as the incident..

[@TheBsbfan558]

The Michael Jackson special was on 9/07/2001 not the night before. I remember watching it that night. Plus the VMA's were on the 6th of September that year.

[@rachelipis336]

Hello JC

[@rogerwhittaker4189]

I just wished he had more music 🎶.

[@goddessbella11]

JC😍

[@landonhernandez8529]

Good stuffffff

[@afferblow9659]

Is that him in 2021?...if ya...he looks so much better...he is not aging,he is just getting mature but still look younger than his real age...ow my God...

[@nurdinazuhra2315]

Actually this was taken in 2011.

[@afferblow9659]

@@nurdinazuhra2315 oww🤔🤔🤔...

[@ramoduff9399]

I remember hearing about 9/11 when I was working at a military base.

[@lilamontoya5609]

Wow I'm icu, i worked covid, and that's a similar thing if what we felt, like auto pilot, because we were surrounded by so much death

[@PaisleyParkGirl]

In 1998 music legend Prince (one of JC's idols) did a song called ‘The War'. A song over 20 minutes and in the lyrics at one stage he says: "I've gotta go home y'all... I've gotta go back to America I've gotta go get ready for the bomb Osama Bin Laden gettin ready to bomb America... you better watch out... 2001" Look it up. Prince was a very prolific musical and creative visionary! @Prince #Prince 🕊 💜👁💜🕊

[@Nazaba09]

9/11 is my sisters birthday. She turned 20 that day. It’s so awkward to tell people it’s not a sad day in our house.

[@LaceFX]

My mom was looking for work and was going door to door and kept thinking “what is this movie everyone keeps watching?!” So I understand what he means

[@natashaw401]

Love that oh my retired cop as driver

[@favoritedaughter9593]

I was in the eighth grade at the time this horrific event happened. I walked in my science classroom and saw the twin towers in smoke and fire on the TV. I saw the looks of panic in the eyes and voices of my fellow classmates.

[@Dreamofdisney35]

I'm confused. Nsync was performing in Madison Square garden for michael jackson anniversary the day before they left that night for turks and caicos to fly back to Florida? Sounds like a jam packed week for them

[@firedupplayers]

We need an Nsync bio pic

[@saramarshall2957]

I think it's kind of sweet that he thinks people were jumping out of the building hoping to survive. The truth of the matter is that they were hoping to die quickly and painlessly rather than be tortured in a slow and painfull death by burning alive. They had to pick their poison. They knew their fate that day was to die but they had a choice in the method. I couldn't even imagine their fear. Just awful

[@jaggg.3821]

On 9/11 my mom waited for me too wake up and then she told me about the attack's in New York/then The Pentagon and of course the 4th plane and the hijackers flew into the ground Flight-93 at around 7:00 a.m. California Time? I believe. I was going too school that day I woke up at 8:30 a.m. too get ready. I went on ahead and went too school. Living in the Bay Area Mayor Willie Brown shut down S.Francisco, absolute no access too The Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge/& B.A.R.T shut down. Part of the Freeway's were closed and then some were open. I do remember offering up a Prayer that was because with all the shock and horror with the unfolding Crisis and people in New York/Pennyslvania/& D.C. and the Families shattered I just asked The Lord please don't let a Earthquake. NY/Pennyslvania/D.C. they all needed the emergency resources and supplies. yeah even that hour's of Fear/Grief/outrage/pain/& shock I myself needed to Pray.

[@labellav1103]

Someone uploaded that concert at RFK stadium and Nsync didn't perform nor was Britney there???

[@TheBsbfan558]

Yes Nsync did perform 4 songs but because of a lot of issues with equipment and sound ABC ended up showing a shorter concert days later after the original concert. there is a set list of all the songs and performers. Here is the Wiki page with the set list: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_We_Stand:_What_More_Can_I_Give

[@carlosflake7002]

Alot of you knows there jc

[@ILOVEDAVIDCAVAZIS]

When did this interview happen?

[@rebecca20201]

What show was this? Does anyone have a link?

[@natashaw401]

Yes w the pentagon hit over looked compared to w the towers on the news 2 days straight

[@Mira_NY]

Same... it didn't seem real but then the 2nd plane.

[@judyanweiler9857]

I had. Friend who had to watch in their last umtrasound of first born child day and sin is in military

[@josephmillervideos]

celebrity was in a different state and was fast asleep. better interview him.

[@tianarodriguez1818]

Tiana Marie Rodriguez Jc chasez I was at in Claremont home my mom got my up out of bed I was watch the new We are going to New York And fly to Boston Her daughter and the husband live In dc And I had lose my best friend dead in the two tilt Tiana Marie Rodriguez

[@mikewhite4560]

ONE OF???

[@powder-blue]

How many times did hey say “you know”? 🙁

[@janetsanford6923]

Yes he does say that a lot in interviews, lol 💜

[@ash4405]

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