Today Show 9-11-01 - Live on NBC as Tragedy Occurred

This is the live 9/11/01 footage from The Today Show on NBC as the tragedy unfolded on air.

[@huntercromer9395]

My dad stopped working at the world trade center weeks before 9/11 and I am glad that my dad is still alive today

[@californiacctoilets7280]

My teachers father got a job there in august of 2001 but some dude stole his resume and somehow took his job and worked on the 93rd floor of the north tower which is where the plane hit and that guy died so my teacher was very emotional because that could have been her dad but that guy saved them by stealing his job

[@youngpacalypsewitdaheat]

@@californiacctoilets7280 who cares abt the resume lets hope the dude is resting in peace

[@joeyturbo7088]

Thank god your dad was ok.

[@FlappyBelly]

Why did he quit?

[@FlappyBelly]

@@californiacctoilets7280 Stole his resume?

[@kidcare05]

Lost 4 cousins who were firefighters. My Dad was a captain at the time, my brother and I were firefighters and we spent hours digging through the debris searching for any sign of life. We will never forget. I retired about 8 years later, my brother is still on the force.

[@laurawilliams1090]

God bless you all.

[@tonyb1984]

🙏🏻

[@geometricart7851]

Thank you for your service. God bless.

[@RainAprilDiamond]

Sorry for your loss . THEY ARE HERO

[@mikecordes]

Fuck. I'm so sorry. Thank you so much for your service

[@charliefromthebronx.2197]

My father who was a first responder there and spent months from September 11th for a few months staying at the jacob javits center developed so many health issues to the point he needed oxygen for the last few years of his life he just passed away 2weeks ago, he was a die hard new Yorker loved ny so much, took it very personal. He fought in 4 wars and many deployments for this country, RIP POP I MISS AND LOVE YOU. TY FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.

[@Rougui.444]

My condolences go out to you and your family❤

[@charliefromthebronx.2197]

@@Rougui.444 ty very much I truly appreciate it.

[@albertadams2095]

Your father was a brave man and his heroism will never be forgotten. Thank you for sharing your story about him. I went to war twice (Afghanistan) and would’ve proudly served with him. 🇺🇸 Stay strong and continue to share his memory. Wishing you peace, healing, happiness, and energy to pursue your dreams ❤

[@charliefromthebronx.2197]

@Albert Adams ty very much for your kind words, if you served in Afghanistan and Iraq you also served with him, my father had so so many deployments and I know serving his country and helping people was what truly made him happy in life, from Vietnam, to desert storm, Afghanistan and Iraq,he served proudly and was layed to rest in his dress blues. Ty again

[@charliefromthebronx.2197]

@Albert Adams ty for your service and taking a stand for our country.

[@MsClaudiaDuran]

Its been decades, and I still shed a tear watching the footage. Unprepared police officers, firefighters, and civilians ran INTO the crumbling, burning building to save lives. Absolute heroes.

[@_letstartariot]

I remember how it felt through my 12 year old eyes. It was so terrifying, not understanding what happened and why. It hurts to think about, I want to go back and shield my eyes.

[@cremebrulee4759]

I will always cry about it. It was a terrifying, horrific day.

[@radiogirl85]

@@cremebrulee4759Same. I was working for our local fire department on the west coast and we sent people there to help with the rescue and recovery efforts.

[@pbiasizzo]

I was a senior in high school. You could see everything just across the river, through the window in my history class. My cousin, who lived in Boston, was supposed to be on the first flight. Thankfully, she missed it. My uncle, who was one of the first crews to arrive for rescue and cleanup, developed a ton of health problems after, and died as a result. I firmly believe those people should be added to the memorial...

[@sapphirelatina]

I agree that that would be ideal to add them to the memorial, but it's very hard for them to distinguish every single person for decades after, who's subsequent health problems were a direct result of 9/11 contaminated air. But I, and many others, mourn those people too when I think of 9/11.

[@boataxe4605]

Remember the reports from the “Expert government officials” who were testing the air around ground zero and said that it was perfectly fine? Anyone of decent intelligence knew that those buildings were full of asbestos, and that the smell of bullshit was as strong as the smell of smoke.

[@michaeldonoghue9015]

There are so many that should be honored that aren’t on the memorial. It’s only through us that they will be remembered and honored.

[@dcfolyffe882]

Yeah everyone was supposed to be on a plane that day.

[@michaele.stovall6364]

​@@dcfolyffe882 hey douche, I was supposed to be at the jw Marriott hotel that day

[@bartholomew3301]

I was 10 years old, an Arab in a country near Saudi Arabia. It was around four or five p.m., when my dad would usually be taking an afternoon nap, but for some reason he was still awake and watching the news. He immediately called all of us to look at what was happening on TV and kept saying it was unbelievable, that the US was under attack, and that this would mean war. No idea by whom or why. Just those three phrases again and again. Even as 10-year-olds we started talking about Osama bin Laden, Bush and Iraq. I started having my first nightmares involving plane hijackings and Bin Laden himself a few weeks later. In a fun questionnaire for kids I wrote “terrorists” under “What are you most afraid of?” Despite being from a Muslim family myself, I have had these nightmares on a recurring basis ever since then, at least ten times a year and probably more. I abandoned the religion a long time ago, but in these dreams I’ve always kept on begging for my life by saying I’m Muslim, and they always ask me to prove it. It was apparent to me these were extremists even as a child, because murder is murder. I remember watching all these Hollywood films at the cinema portraying these or those Muslims as terrorists in the years after that and laughing about them with my friends every time, because we were just as scared of the terrorists as the Americans were, and we were their victims too. Nobody was Muslim enough for them and everyone was going to hell in their view. How could we be the terrorists when we were just as frightened of them, when we hated them just as much? Well, it turned out we didn’t hate them all that much. I didn’t see much condemnation. There was a lot of whataboutism and while I believe it was partly founded, since these attacks didn’t occur in a vacuum, I also believed terrorism still needed to be called by its name and roundly condemned. I believed there were many endogenous causes at play and was dismayed by the lack of collective introspection, at the fact that the hijackers had stemmed from our own society and used our religion as an excuse. I believed Muslims were bringing up the topic of their own victimhood precisely at the time that they should have been empathising with other victims. I found the timing insensitive and not a little revealing. I thought about all the innocent American civilians and wanted my people to talk about them instead of the politics just once without derailing the discussion, just once. May the victims of 9/11 rest in peace. May America continue to defend what it stands for - freedom and democracy - if only on its own soil. 2023 marks the first year in which I have wanted to protect the US from itself and remind it of its traditions, legacy, values. Do not let politicians erode the freedoms your forefathers fought for decades to attain, especially concerning women and minorities. Do not become a developing country in all but name. And in the name of Arabs, I am so sorry that men from my own society did this to you.

[@AskAlex1999]

❤

[@thefanification]

rewatching this on the 22nd anniversary and i personally as an american, and an amatuer historian very much want to not only thank you for your words, but also your courage for speaking out with your own story. as you say nothing happens in a vacuum, and america has been an ally to many a people around the world, with all the good and bad that comes with that, and having lived through this terrible event myself, as did you, i can also verify the lack of muslim moderates condemning this attack didn't help and made a terrible situation worse, after 9/11 racism against anyone who even looked muslim went rampant, and while i myself never got violent, i hated people of middle eastern birth with a terrible passion that took over 18 years to beat just like you i wish to see America be the greatest country in the world for its beliefs in freedom and democracy, and as much as this comment may be for me to really, truly and finally forgive the evil done by your people as you called them, i hope this also serves as a message that not all americans are evil and hate your people for the actions of a few, people like you who personally felt that a small group twisting your beliefs to their end was not only unacceptable, but also a total violation of the actual tenants of your belief need to be heard exactly BECAUSE this was the act of people who felt they were in the right in the eyes of god and twisting the beliefs of a group who never felt that attacking civilians was ok may you and i both find peace as survivors of this event, 2 sides of the same coin made to suffer by the actions of a small few, and peace to those who not only died in the attacks, but those killed in the 22 years afterwards as a direct result of 9/11

[@amberfrederiksen4389]

Thank you for sharing your story, it is an extremely important addition to the accounts of those affected by this terrible day.

[@Livelongwforce]

Please continue to share your story! It's so vital in breaking through the fear to humanize the everyday citizens from the middle east.

[@aimeemarie5462]

Your post brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing 🩵

[@lindashepard4621]

In my 66 years, I have been witness to the assassination of JFK, MLK, horrors of Viet Nam war, Challenger explosion including loss of a co worker, 9/11, world pandemic with the deaths of 7 million people around the world. I am broken, honestly nothing surprises or shocks me anymore. May the more than 3,000 souls who lost their lives that day rest in peace.

[@srs3572]

God bless you ❤

[@moxievintage1390]

Almost 64 and I hear you, my friend…. I hope you are doing well, one year following your comment….

[@DwightLivesMatter]

That first woman is a trooper calling in and explaining such detail in shock. I hope she's living well today in better peace.

[@sheryarhafeez1006]

She is she was actually working for NBC at the time.

[@FreeBeerNoBingo]

I was living in England. I heard about the first plane hitting the WTC on Teletext. I headed downstairs and had just told my husband that it was so odd that a plane had hit the WTC and I turned on the TV to see the second plane hit. The day after, I was starting a college course and it broke me when they held a minute silence for the US. I managed to finish the school day, but I was feeling very alone being the only American in the area in England that I live in. The bus went past a new shopping centre that had recently opened and I found myself sobbing on the bus when I saw that every flagpost aligning the outside of the centre were now adorned with US flags. A couple of people in the bus tried to see if I was okay and as soon as I spoke and they heard my accent, they grabbed me into tight hugs. That's not a common occurrence in the UK, to grab strangers and hug them, but I think I kind of became a way that they could express their own sadness for America and what had occurred the day before.

[@yolandamofork7632]

Thank you for sharing, that is very interesting!

[@CrappyBJJBlueBelt]

I was in Buenos Aires for work on 9/11 and the locals were are shocked as I was. It was very unsettling. I flew to Chile the next day and my coworker and I were literally the only ones on the plane. Everyone there was very supportive.

[@catherinekille7046]

That is a very touching story.

[@motherearth7412]

A

[@jordan19862000]

England, huh? Did you watch them report on the collapse of bldg 7 prior to it falling?

[@jgk1703]

That audible gasp in the studio when the second plane hits is shuddering. People didn't realise what they were watching unfold right before their eyes.

[@algonquingirl9278]

JGK 1 gives me chills everytime

[@mh6345]

I wonder who goes "It IS in the other building!" like they can't believe their eyes.

[@hollygamble15]

My dad kept saying in the beginning, "Oh no, how sad, I wonder what went wrong." Second plane hits and his whole body stiffened. I was 5 years old and the only other person home with him, but he just kept saying "No, oh shit. Who did this? who would do this?" We lived in El Paso, TX and he had to report to work with the pd to be on site in case something happened to Ft. Bliss

[@joshuagross3151]

@@click4742 Is this your first encounter with a troll?

[@jakabok4965]

I was in New Mexico getting ready for school when the 2nd plane hit. I remember watching it live as it hit.

[@chair547]

I am impressed by the one news lady who saw it live. She was very clearly in a state of panic where most people would be completely unintelligible. The fact that she was able to pull herself together enough to be able to give an accurate and understandable report of what happened is amazing.

[@alicedamiano7718]

She probably was in survival mode and/or denial, it was so unexpected, like a nightmare you subconsciously expect to awake from. Sometimes you are still acting somewhat normally when a disaster has just happened, but you will break down and be a mess later.

[@isabella-a-a-a]

Incredibly professional. What a terrifying thing to witness in person.

[@robincharles7057]

​@@isabella-a-a-aAye, and I believe before the second tower was hit she mentioned her father was in the second building so her keeping it together and keeping things clear through all that was impressive.

[@veenatamara4543]

@@robincharles7057oh my god her FATHER!?😢

[@robincharles7057]

@@veenatamara4543 Bah rereading what I wrote 4 months ago and thinking what she went through hits different after losing my Mum x.x

[@sloeginandsleep1170]

Less than a week before 9/11, I was visiting my dad in NYC from England. We went up to the observatory together. The next week, I was sat in school assembly watching the building burn on the screens in front of us. It was surreal and utterly terrifying. Rest in eternal peace to all those who lost their lives that day, and those first responders who died in the aftermath.

[@BigMoneyMike1]

I have a question not about 9/11 so you where visiting from England and went to school in the US while you where visiting? Or are you saying you watched it when you where back in England

[@sloeginandsleep1170]

@@BigMoneyMike1 Good question. Yes, I was visiting my dad in NY. I'm from England, my dad worked abroad a lot in finance so was working in Manhattan. I spent 2 weeks with him and then returned back to England on 9th September. I funnily enough now live in the states, but in LA. None of our family came to harm, we were all okay.

[@dacronic1646]

To this day 2/16/23, it still gives me chills. I remember that day and where I was and what I was doing that day.

[@davidsavage5630]

I do too. I was 20 years old. I remember I skipped my college class that day to go check out what new DVDs they had at Walmart. I remember what I was there to buy. Hannibal. The 2001 film. I remember what came out on video that day. The Tailor of Panama. Standing in front of a big wall of CRT televisions. The first plane had already hit. I thought it was an accident. I remember hearing that a second one hit and then just watching it with several other strangers just in disbelief. It was obviously not an accidental crash now. I actually did buy the movie. I was there anyway. I didn't know what else to do. I guess people cling to normality as some kind of mental evidence that everything is alright or going to be alright. I had seen Hannibal at the theater. A few days later I finally watched it again and who do I see on the FBI's 10 most wanted list but Osama Bin Laden. I'd seen his face 6 months before 9/11 with not a clue. I understood that day what my folks used to tell me about like, Kennedy being assassinated or the death of Elvis. How you will always remember where you are and what you were doing when you hear such news..

[@cjsrescues]

My sister called me to tell me about it. When I saw it, the first thought was OBL and a terrorist attack.

[@grambaey5090]

as a newly 18 year old.. i didn’t live through this. i feel like this makes it more terrifying. my generation has to put up with a post 9/11 world.

[@embracedchimera5886]

me too. and I tend to believe and see that everyone is accurate in their memories as to where they were..yet in a study they called it flashbulb memories where not even ONE person was correct in where they were and what they were doing when the space shuttle challenger exploded...

[@frankhaula]

​@@grambaey5090and how does that make you feel?

[@Gunbladewarrior]

19:54 Ollie Everhart saying "What is going on?" always stuck with me. The distress in his voice perfectly encompassed what we were all feeling.

[@113KILL5]

Literally couldn’t hold back the tears. I left my bedroom to my living room at this moment, my dad stood up and gave me a hug and said “everything going to be okay, but something is happening and we don’t know what’s going on.” I was terrified.

[@frankhaula]

What else has stuck with you?

[@AT-zl6dk]

This was my freshman year in college.. I will never forget this day. Attack on America scroll across every single TV station was so scary. I was In Louisiana at UL Lafayette and President Bush was In Louisiana The whole state literally had to shutdown It was so scary and sad. Brings tears to my eyes.

[@jenniferbrumley2746]

​@AT-zl6dk I was a freshman too. We couldn't leave campus and the interstate shut down. Terrifying.

[@davidmenke7552]

Me too, brings a tear to my eye. Maybe because he initially sounded like a normal guy who wouldn't be emotional, but then to hear him choke up in fear was moving. I also couldn't imagine the fear and confusion not knowing what was actually happening--like, after the second plane hit people obviously knew something horrible was underway, but the scope of it all was completely unknown. Sends shivers up my spine. Never forget indeed. I was 23.

[@lifescholar]

22 years and this still makes me cry. I was a college student in Canada. Watching this unfold on tv was just surreal, and life has never been the same. 😢

[@cuginkcain5430]

...yeah...same...

[@rosalindagarcia867]

Same here

[@evildeed90s]

why it was just a movie

[@winniebae4alwayyz963]

​@@evildeed90s*Seriously?*

[@winniebae4alwayyz963]

*21. Also in college. In a poetry class at the time. USA.*

[@TimfromMKE]

Almost 22 years later and, I have goosebumps watching this.

[@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384]

Have you seen the workers falling from both towers?

[@camtaylor5856]

This day, literally changed the world forever. My father worked in the South Tower. Luckily he was in London at the time, but when the South Tower collapsed, he was on a call when the line cut. RIP my friend John and Helen.

[@frankhaula]

I know how you feel, my father worked in Tampere at that time.

[@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384]

John And Helen who?

[@irene_f.]

It seems to have made it harder for only Americans to get around in their own county. So much for national security eh?

[@AskAlex1999]

❤

[@SamAsm367]

In a post 2020 world, I appreciate so much more the quality of 20th century journalism, which I grew up with and is evident in this video. The objectivity, intelligence, professionalism, investigation. You could trust it and be informed without prejudice.

[@christopherhall6471]

All media has an element of bias but the main networks (ABC, NBC, and CBS) can still be trusted in terms of objectivity. The difference today is that you have the internet, blogs and internet personalities which aren't held to any journalistic standards. We also have an ecosystem of partisan 24 hr news networks, some of which have opinion shows masquerading as actual news. Those host make millions a year and have an obvious political agenda. I still choose to receive my information from the big 3 and avoid the 24 hr channels as they often lean towards sensationalism to fill their time slots.

[@am26hewitt3]

When the Insurrection happened in January it was reported very well WHILE it was happening as well.

[@ausis6214]

@christopherhall6471 that's very true. The reason why the news seemed more balanced back then was because everyone watched the same news channels. All you had was the TV, radio, and newspapers. The internet, and mainly social media, has been a major factor in our news degradation. And the 24 hour cycle of course.

[@markbooker174]

Now. I can't even watch the today show. Matt and Katie were the very best.

[@a.b.s_productions]

@@markbooker174 I haven’t watched Today regularly in 10 years. I miss when it was like this, today it’s straight tabloid news. But they have to do what they have to do to stay relevant.

[@whattheheck1000]

Around 19:00 - Thankfully, about 70% of the people who were in the impact zone or above (floors 78 to 110) in the South Tower at 8:46 were either below the impact zone or out of the building by 9:03 when the plane hit the South Tower. This ended up saving approximately 1,400 lives. This is a major reason that despite almost twice the number of floors at or above impact (33 in the South Tower vs. 19 in the North Tower), the death toll at or above the impact in the South Tower was about 600, in the North Tower over 1,300. Also, there were a small number of people (18 IIRC) who were able to evacuate from the impact zone region (78th - 84th floors) of the South Tower; no one on the 92nd floor or above in the North Tower was able to escape. Comment posted March 13, 2023 4:40 am

[@moaningpheromones]

good comment, I"ll bet if all the people in the south tower knew what was coming they all would've got out very fast.

[@xPadge112x]

22 years and it never gets easier to see. I still get that sick feeling in my gut.

[@colemarie9262]

15:40 The studio reaction is real and genuine shock. Understand that everyone in that studio is trained to the bone to REMAIN SILENT while on air, always and no matter what. That collective gasp is even more impactful when you realize it's coming from people routinely shown shocking or funny things while not making a single sound.

[@SaraNightfire1]

I remember BBC’s coverage was ripped to shreds for how calm and collected the reporter was talking about 9/11. No one really believed me that she was the only person who was acting like she should that day because that’s how they are trained. I also remember Tom Brokaw breaking down in sobs that night after the power went out and he came back when it was restored. He just kept on telling people to call their family and let them know that you love them and you were okay. That was the most shaking moment for me that day after so many.

[@daniellebates3785]

Sara Nightfire I don’t remember that, it was the evening of 9/11? When the power went out? Guessing people were worried it was another attack?

[@SaraNightfire1]

Danielle Bates sadly I can’t find footage of it, it was well past midnight, I remember that, and yeah, the grid got hit by the smoke or something, it was out an hour and a half. I couldn’t sleep that night, so I just watched.

[@daniellebates3785]

Sara Nightfire wow. Must have been scary

[@CarrieMiller755]

@@daniellebates3785 the power was out and phone lines were down for days after. Radios were basically the only way they knew what was going on unless they could leave the city or found a person with a radio that took it out to the street and played it for everyone else. My cousin was there and said they didn’t even know about the other planes until the next day. We couldn’t get a call through to her for about a week after because the system was so overloaded with people trying to make sure their loved ones were okay. The worst part was that people in the city couldn’t easily leave. Everything was shut down as far as transportation goes. So anyone who was in the area north of the towers was stuck not knowing when they would be able to leave safely.

[@WestonNile]

The fear and shock in Jennifer’s voice after the second plane had hit is so sad. You can tell she was terrified

[@threeminuteshate]

You can hear those sharp gasps between her sentences. I can’t imagine how it would have felt to have seen it happen.

[@VeinySausage]

My thing is why the hell did she immediately pick up her phone and say you know what let me give good ol Matt Lauer a call lol

[@WestonNile]

@@VeinySausage 😂

[@frankhaula]

What else can you tell?

[@WestonNile]

@@frankhaula shut up, Frank

[@sharonmchugh7957]

Rest In Peace Andrew you will never be forgotten nor will all of those lost on this the worst day in American history.

[@Actually_Woke_6277]

The woman who thought there might be something wrong with air traffic control just couldn’t fathom the evil that was actually taking place, no one could 😞

[@omalleycaboose5937]

To be fair, there was something wrong with air traffic control, Obviously its all hindsight but mistakes and miss communications and lack of communication between many different things was a major thing to this.

[@danieldougan269]

​@@omalleycaboose5937 No, there wasn't. ATC tried to reach all of the hijacked planes, but they had gone radio silent and turned off their transponders so they were harder to track. They tried to get the military to scramble, but it was too late.

[@johnp139]

SHE WAS A TOTAL IDIOT!!!!! WHY THE FUCK WOULD A PILOT FLY INTO A BUILDING IN PERFECTLY CLEAR WEATHER CONDITIONS????

[@thesoundseasonsofficial4693]

15:42 when you can hear “Oh MY-!” And the echoes of the rest of the people in the studio. It gives me chills. This isn’t scripted, this isn’t a movie, this isnt acting, it’s the genuine reactions of fear. Those gasps say more than most screams you hear in movies. So sad

[@sharonmarie1258]

America beware! Joe Biden is leading from a position of weakness! The worst is pouring into our country right now! God help us 🙏

[@XDKnoori]

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[@baileejo7663]

My parents were watching this on the day of 9/11. When the plane hits the second tower both of my parents gasped. My mom then looked over at my dad as if to say “did you just see what I saw?” My dad’s face confirmed that they both saw the same thing. My dad told me when he and my mom gasped he could hear the people in the studio gasp at the same time. He said it was a very weird moment.

[@christiansotelo55]

That OH MY is from AL Roker

[@iankhan4614]

@@baileejo7663 Who decides to give birth to such treasonous people?

[@scarlett.yuhhhh]

18:47 you don’t hear about this much, but there were actually tons of boats going to help. Even boats that weren’t trained for rescuing people. For example, cruise ships, yachts, and so on. You can see them in the water. Although I wasn’t born by that time, I think everyone who helped were hero’s. May the perished RIP. Sad day for America…

[@quinnlovescats]

I’ve never thought about that before. That’s a really good observation.

[@TheAlmaward]

Before 9/11/01, the largest evacuation by boat was at Dunkirk in WWII., between May 26 and June 4, 1940, where 338,000 troops were taken by boat from the north of France across the Channel to England. On 9/11/01, the Dunkirk evacuation was eclipsed when over 500,000 people were evacuated by boat in 9 hours from lower Manhattan. It was largely unprompted and unofficial; a Coast Guard boat captain noticed people jumping into the Hudson River to escape smoke, and diverted to pick them up. He couldn't get as many as needed, so he made a radio call for all available boats to come to lower Manhattan to help get people out, and people responded - tugboats, ferry boats, civilian fishing and pleasure boats, they all just showed up and took as many as they could hold, ferried them over to Jersey, then returned for more. There are a number of KZbin videos posted telling the stories of the boaters; search "9/11 boat evacuation" and a list of them comes right up. :)

[@frankhaula]

@@TheAlmaward What? Why would you take the time to write that?

[@TheAlmaward]

@@frankhaula I'm responding to a comment about the boat evacuation. I'm simply providing more information, because I think it's interesting. Why would you write THAT?

[@frankhaula]

@@TheAlmaward Oh okay, I see. Thanks. I wasn't loved as a child so now I'm being mean to strangers on the internet.

[@shelleyarmstrong4571]

I was 11 when this happened. I can remember it clearly. I’m from Louisiana and I was scared and all I could do was cry because I knew something bad had happened. 22 years later I’m 33 and still chills watching and hearing about it. Because it puts me back into that state of shock and worry. God bless the souls

[@hoss-lk4bg]

god lord you're a puppy hun

[@taylorstephensstormtracker4638]

Happened on my 10th birthday I'll never forget that day

[@ll2323]

I was this age, and I remember very vividly as well. I was terrified because our librarian apparently had a ticket to one of the planes that crashed, her husband was working in one of the wtc, and her leave didn’t get approved until the following week. He was only supposed to be there for a week or so. She was hysterical. They had to send the school home because it frightened other kids and everyone was crying. Just a ghastly sound to hear someone cry like that.

[@michaelgregory7169]

​@@taylorstephensstormtracker4638 it was my sixth. I'll never forget it either

[@michaelgregory7169]

I'm from New Orleans

[@paulzammataro7185]

Remember Rick Rescorla....he saved approximately 2800 people by evacuating the 2nd tower when building security told everyone to stay put. He did not survive. He predicted this day, but thought they would use cargo planes : "The Man Who Predicted 9/11". Vietnam Veteran

[@robertdubs9466]

Any one born in the 1930's, and still living today has lived through the Great depression, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, World War 2, The Korean War, the Cold War, JFK's assassination, The Vietnam War, The Watergate hearings leading to Nixon's resignation, the AIDS scare, The Gulf War, Multiple school shootings, including Columbine and many others, The Sept 11 attacks, The War on Terror/Iraqi War, Another depression, the COVID-19 Pandemic, more shootings, the Russian-Ukranian crisis, and now the Israel/Palestine Gaza crisis. God bless you for surviving all that.

[@ixoioxi8223]

Это точно..

[@NxDoyle]

There was another depression? Also, they'd be able to tell you that school shootings didn't start with Columbine.

[@fhowland]

My dad was born in 27. He lived thru all those things

[@Jonny-wv2fc]

my grandma did all of this and survived having covid too

[@xandriabennett7869]

And yet we as humans still can’t get along so baffling and disgusting and disappointing

[@bunnyrubyjanee]

Love that the commercials were kept in this, it really emphasizes how different things were back then. Our country was thriving. People were genuinely happy, we all felt so lucky to live here and possess the freedoms that we have. We felt invincible. And in a matter of moments it was proven how vulnerable we really were. Afterwards, safety precautions ramped up. A large majority of US citizens had drawn a giant target on the Middle East. They became our enemies. We became paranoid that the outside world hated us. Our country was never the same

[@andrejeagles81]

Honestly I think the news team needed the breaks to recuperate and take a breather. Good points though.

[@bunnyrubyjanee]

@@andrejeagles81 Yeah probably, but I was specifically referring to the ones just before the first mention of the attacks, really shows a contrast between our country before and after the attacks IMO

[@dante1707]

It was thriving but it was all illusional, bubble came crashing down in 2008

[@hockersmith1970]

I like how the first commercial for Ross after the announcement says they are having a 911 special sale. Hmmm...

[@lilfridge5652]

The middle east hates america cus you bombed and killed millions of people there, most were civilians what do you expect them to do, wish you a merry christmas and send you a christmas card every december?

[@michaelingram4031]

I come back to this video every year around this time and feels like yesterday when I heard the plane fly over our building and the explosion of the plane and to walk out and see the flames and smoke, it felt like a movie.Being a 22 y/o kid from Memphis and loving the Navy and being stationed at the Navy Annex was such a joy and then that day changed everything for me.😢

[@lj.lenthousiaste]

One of the most guts wrenching elements of those videos is where you have moments before the first attack, I can't detach my mind from those in the planes, frightened by what is happening, and those in the buildings seeing death creeping at 500mph. Massive respect for the firefighters, officers, and civilians who came to rescue injured, you are heroes.

[@googleuser1835]

I remember watching this as an 11 year old child on my grandparent’s black and white TV in Bulgaria. I will never forget this day and how much I wept for all those people who lost their life. I was a world away from where this occurred but it felt and still feels as a crime against all people on this earth.

[@rosalindagarcia867]

So true 🙏🙏

[@hoss-lk4bg]

god lord you're a puppy hun

[@pugnturtle]

15:29 - You see the plane coming into the frame. 15:37 - Elliot realizes what is about to happen. 15:40 - The plane impacts. 15:44 - Al Roker realizes what happened and says “Oh my….” Which in turn triggers the rest of the studio. Chills still to this day.

[@miamidudeful]

14:52 you see the plane

[@jessyleppert2]

@@miamidudeful that's a bird the plane comes at 15:29

[@CyanideOwl]

@@jessyleppert2 a bird would not come so close what the fuck was that? A drone? I don't think they existed yet or were just hidden from public. Some sort of silent missile?

[@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384]

​@@miamidudeful that's not Flight 175, you knob

[@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384]

​​@@CyanideOwl that's not a plane, you baboon. The helicopter is literally going east. Flight 175 didn't go east.

[@sarahelo9656]

Rest in peace to all the angels that passed that day. I’m so sorry to the families victims and for those who have suffered medical and mental consequences after. Praying for you all

[@khloevlogs]

I worked at NBC at 30 Rock during this. I was getting my morning coffee and bagel. I started work at 9Am. I always stopped to watch the today show on the monitors outside the buildings and was watching this in shock. I watched the second plane hit. This exact broadcast. Then I got a call from my boss to come get my stuff from the office because they were shutting the building down. Everyone had to come out. We stood in front of the building and Rosie o donnel started a prayer circle and then everyone hugged each other. And went on their way. It’s eerie to see this broadcast again. Brought me back right to this. Saddest day I’ve ever experienced.

[@adrianeduron9247]

I was 16 when this happened. Eleventh grade. Now there’s an entire generation who don’t understand what it’s like for everything you think you know to change in an instant. The innocence of the new millennium was shattered. Wars were fought, laws were changed, people became more patriotic than I’d ever seen. We also saw a huge rise in racial profiling and discrimination. The people born after 9/11 will have no experience like we did. The world they were born into will (I hope) remain relatively the same. They are innocent and though they’ll see the footage and hear the stories, and they’ll shed tears, it won’t be the same for them as it was to us. I hope and pray nothing this catastrophic will define their generation. Life moves on but we don’t forget this day. Sorry for the rambling but watching this put me back in that awful day, and I don’t mean the younger generation won’t care or have compassion, I’m glad there are people on this earth who don’t have that memory and that fear in their minds when this day rolls around. Bless all the souls lost that day and their families, and everyone affected.

[@kidcivic2002]

I was the eaxct same age and grade. One thing I noticed was the unity and pride in our country. How quickly do we forget and go back to hating this beautiful nation and hating each other.

[@insanejane522]

Adriane Duron I was 14, in the 9th grade. I agree with everything you say. We often forget about how things were before this day. I have a little brother from another mother who was 1 years old when this happened. He’s 19 now. I think about his generation and how they won’t ever really understand the impact of 9/11 and I hope they never have to.

[@CritterHouseUSA]

I was 20, and making breakfast at home. My dad called from work (something he never did; he worked in construction so he didn't have a work phone) and said: "he just heard something horrible. He heard that someone bombed the Pentagon." It gave me a chill I never felt before or since.

[@bradleykoslan3110]

Adriane Duron I was 15 when 9/11 happened. I went to ground zero in April 2002 for a school trip and got to meet some of the NYFD heroes and first responders. Never forget 9/11!

[@Lechon210]

I was 16 and in 11th grade when it happened. I was living in the city as well. I was in school that day.

[@scottabbey940]

This should be required watching for all high school US history courses.. ill never forget how I felt that day as a 15 year old in English class.. literally remember that whole day..

[@PopLife-hb3ks]

Scott Abbey I was in freshman English class in college at the time the first tower was hit. I remember looking at the clock on the wall at exactly 8:45 (when the first plane went in), because I was so bored and thinking “only 15 minutes left”.

[@KatieAaronBellows]

Seeing it every year shouldn’t be allowed. They’re showing it to young kids. I remember watching it live as a 6 year old in call. My grandma worked in the pentagon and luckily she was okay but seeing it every year. Seeing people you knew die on screen every year it’s too much.

[@KatieAaronBellows]

*class

[@bballr8038]

yes lets traumatize every generation of americans with footage from a terrorist attack good idea scott.

[@NateTheNoble]

Bballr803 I was in Junior High School and teachers were told not to mention it to kids who were going home (I’m from Brooklyn)...but fortunately for us there were a brave, few teachers who told us EXACTLY what was happening and we were even able to see it first hand because Brooklyn is close to Manhattan. Kids need to know their history. If they can make movies on Pearl Harbor and JFK being shot they can show this as well

[@TimSimms7]

That Friday, I saw a performance by a family of Flamenco guitarists playing with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra. They had driven over 20 hours to be in New Orleans because all of the flights were cancelled. They drove all that way because the terrorists were not going to win. Their first piece was in honor of the victims of the attacks and it was met with no applause, only reverent silence. They made that concert happen because art is love, and love wins. Always.

[@carolross6192]

Aaaaffs7

[@eringrey9297]

Love wins 💕

[@markwinchester3005]

I wonder how many people were told "If you leave w/out permission you fired" & they left anyway?

[@thekamakaji]

Family friend wasn't told he'd be fired but that he was definitely over-reacting. He left anyways. He said the vast majority of his coworkers on the 93rd floor of the south tower stayed, and no one who stayed made it out

[@youthgirl0821]

@@thekamakajithat’s absolutely haunting & sad. Happy to hear they made it out safely. I can’t imagine how they felt that day or the days afterwards.

[@kellifrost2908]

I watch this footage every year. I was in 4th grade in Mrs. Johnson's class. They rolled in a TV and we all watched. I remember going home that night with my mom, my dad still lived at home. He held me in his lap and they both cried. I don't remember much of my childhood and I remember this day so clearly. Never forget those we lost. The first responders. The families and friends who grieve this day. Heart breaking.

[@youngandrestlessjean3634]

I was in 4th grade as well. I do remember watching the live broadcast in school. I will always remember that day.

[@dzfaz]

I was in 7th grade. They didn't show us the news they just sent us home.

[@HiRye]

Same age. Changed my life

[@Keegan00]

I was in 6th grade 😭

[@93seronica]

I was in 2nd grade sitting in class when my teacher got a phone call. She turned on the tv and it was showing one of the towers with smoke coming out of a large hole. I was staring at the tv trying to figure out what that building was. Then later on during lunch I was picked up early from school. That was when I knew something bad had happened because my mom and sister in law were sitting in the car talking about how the terrorists could target Disney World next (we lived close by). I watched news footage with my mom of the survivors running for their lives out of the towers covered in soot. I remember watching an interview at the time from an injured survivor. He was a young man wide eyed, shaking, and clearly traumatized talking about “bodies falling everywhere”. Even though I was only 8 I can still hear him say that and see his eyes wide open with trauma. He looked shell shocked.

[@sunshine-np5mr]

Thanks for having this. I will watch today. 9/11/19

[@Mhel2023]

Watching today, 9/11/2019 🌷❤

[@gretelstroh1817]

Wish they stillshowed this over on msnbc ....they stopped showing it last year...guess they have forgotten #neverforget

[@thistledownz.2982]

9/10/2020

[@ThunderFist1978]

19 years ago today. Never forget.

[@nicolereeder4384]

I was in 4th grade watching this in Florida about to be taken to school by my mom. The tv was on in the family room and my dad, a retired Brooklyn rescue 2 firefighter, was on the computer in the next room. I remember vividly my mom saying, George a plane hit the trade center, and I will never forget the seriousness of my dad getting up to come look at the tv. That’s when I knew this was big. He was quiet but stern and alert with a strong look of worry. That next day he left home and drove back up to New York to search and help but they wouldn’t let him on. He said it smelt like death. My parents are both New Yorkers, and this event is one that my dad especially has never gotten over. May God bless 343 fdny and all the first responders who willingly entered the towers towards danger sacrificing themselves so others may live.

[@93seronica]

I was in 2nd grade in Florida watching this happen live sitting in class. I had no idea what I was watching or what was happening until my mom picked me up from school. That was when I knew something bad had happened.

[@AskAlex1999]

❤

[@pecopicante4167]

This was a horrible year for me. We lost my Dad in May who grew up in College Point, NY. My cousins are firefighters and police officers in the city or around the burroughs. Senior year of high school in CT and many people in our town had family members or friends working in the city. I still get teary-eyed for all those whose lives change because of the loss of life directly and later on as a consequence related to September 11th.

[@olliemango]

@Moon Cricket what the fuck?

[@AskAlex1999]

❤

[@mcdonalds5972]

Commercial: We love to see you smile NBC News Today:

[@jhendry4584]

That was such a cringy ad

[@danielhudson5186]

Watching that interview with the author, knowing what's about to happen,and how life for all of us was to be irrevocably changed forever, makes it so much more chilling and poignant.

[@cassywright1986]

Which interview

[@fungirl0905]

The interview of the author of the biography of Howard Hughes with frosty tips

[@EmilyLucille523]

Yes! And so irrelevant and forgotten. Poor author.

[@winterlynn9012]

@@EmilyLucille523 In a way, thanks to this footage, the author (Richard Hack) will never be forgotten, not only has he written numerous books and has been on many morning talk shows still to this day, but the book "Hughes" that he was promoting on this show went on to become the basis for the 2004 film The aviator which had Leo Dicaprio portraying Howard Hughes. But probably the other biggest thing this author will also be rembered for, is being the last guest to appear on this show right as the 9/11 attacks occurred, and lots of people (including myself) would never even have known who he is, but he's forever immortalized in this footage which of course is now a part of history and now I kinda wanna read his book about Howard Hughes, lol. But I get what you're saying, his interview is insignificant/irrelevant considering what was about to happen. I was hoping to see if he had ever said anything about his experience on 9/11 but unfortunately couldn't find anything where he talks about it.

[@brettpilkington9539]

I mean it was a tragedy but how have any of our daily lives been affected or changed? I don't say that to disrespect the victims but to show that the terrorists didn't win. We still live how we want to live and have freedom. They failed.

[@bluecollar58]

This is some of the most level headed and accurate reporting I’ve heard regarding this attack. I was forty three and working with news radio on at the time. There was a great deal of confusion and misreporting in the beginning.

[@SilentKnight43]

I was still in bed that morning when the first plane hit. My wife yelled upstairs to me about something hitting the Trade Centre. Something in her tone of voice woke me right up and I flew downstairs to watch the TV in the living room. Together we saw the second plane hit the other tower as it happened. We sat on the sofa stunned and horrified. I had the day off work and spent the entire remainder of the day transfixed in front of the TV as events unfolded. 22 years later and the memory is still crystaline.

[@alexhidel3732]

I lived in upstate NY. I woke up around 10:30 a.m. and everything had already happened. I got my two dogs in my pickup truck to go to my parents to have some coffee. Nobody was home and I turned on the radio 📻. I heard the story and jumped out of me chair and turned on the TV 📺. Back then we got our news from television and radio, the glory days. The day before all the news was talking about was stem cells and Gary Condit.

[@shutterbird13]

I was still in bed, too. My husband came home from an overnight shift, and came barreling into our bedroom, yelling about a terrorist attack and planes flying into buildings. We watched the news for a little while, but then he had to go to bed. I couldn't stand the idea of being alone, so I packed up our two-year-old and drove to my parents' house. Spent the whole day there. I remember stopping to get gas on the way (for no other reason than just being low), and there being cars lining up steadily at the pumps. Which was weird to me. Gas was 99¢/gallon. When I made my way home later that evening, I passed the same gas station, where the price had ballooned to over $3/gallon and cars were queued up into the road. All in all, just a surreal time.

[@weepysum47]

Every year, around this time, I watch this. I’m enlisted in the Marine Corps, and growing up in the shadow of this tragedy is a big reason why. 19 years later, you hear people saying that the problem with this country is that “we forgot the events of September 11th”, but the real problem is that we forgot the unity of September 12th.

[@usa4ever2]

so true

[@usa4ever2]

thank you for your service

[@zombiewizard45]

What followed 9/11 was not unity. It was a scared, disturbed xenophobia that remains to this day.

[@TheStabbyMedic]

Amen.

[@missrenee2u]

You're right... But not completely... We raised some awesome kids like you! You kids make a difference. Just look at last year! And thank you for your service. ♥️♥️♥️

[@readandre-read]

I was watching the Today Show that morning and saw all of this. The second plane is etched in my memory forever. I was pregnant and overdue, restless at home. That baby will be 20 in 2 days.

[@rh81454]

Everyone of us here knew exactly where we were this horrific day. RIP our American brothers and sisters who died this horrific day and a big thank you to the selfless service of the NYPD and NYFD.

[@xavieryoung7578]

This is in many ways a very important news episode. It is absolutely horrifying to see just how quickly it went from being a normal morning talk show to then being an event that would make history as one of if not the most devastating incident the world has ever seen.

[@kevandre]

almost two full decades later and I still get heart palpitations watching the footage

[@93seronica]

Me too, I get anxiety and my heart races

[@emerybayblues]

15:29 when you see that airplane in the distance is still chilling & you hear her say "Oh my goodness".

[@ksol1460tv]

She knew she was on national television and in those days "oh my God" was still pretty iffy in broadcasting. She didn't want to get cut off.

[@Gencturk92]

@@ksol1460tv its fake, its not a plane

[@shelibeau1990]

imagine the ppl inside the plan see the plan flying into the building omg

[@ginmarie6884]

@@Gencturk92 Get help.

[@leopoldstotch644]

And just before she says that you can hear the second plane coming in over her phone.

[@rileynatalie]

It just brings all the feelings back.. we all remember where we were in that moment. A moment in time which stole our sense of security as a Nation. We will never forget the lives lost that day & the lives lost in the years following as a result of the actions that occurred on that fateful day.

[@erinsmith7711]

I was unfortunately not born before this tragedy happened:( Still do my research to this day to learn more about it as my dad was a firefighter in new york at the time. Glad my dad is here today♥️

[@yupitsjessbbyx3]

You’re very fortunate to have been born after. The collective trauma for a lot of children and teens who witnessed this in real time is very real and that’s not even accounting for the adults traumatized by the attacks. It’s still horrific to see but we also know it’s over. Watching this live in real time with no idea what would come next and how many would ultimately die from this, not knowing if your city was next or if you were in an airport or already midair if you were in danger. If you had family or loved ones near the towers or the pentagon you had no idea if they were safe or hurt or already gone. Watching this is horrifying, living it was something I wouldn’t wish on anyone.

[@yupitsjessbbyx3]

And thank your dad. He and every first responder on that day endured the unimaginable and they are absolute heroes

[@93seronica]

@@yupitsjessbbyx3I hate that at only 8 years old I watched thousands of people die live on tv. I overheard my mom and sister in law talking to themselves about how the terrorists can target Disney World next (we lived close by). Last year I had a nightmare that I was walking through ground zero and I came across charred remains.

[@MsEKN]

My mom had The Today Show on in the living room as I was getting ready to leave for high school. I remember watching the exact moment the second plane hit. So chilling seeing this after all these years.

[@bunnyrubyjanee]

@Scott Bowyer the only way this was legit is if she lived in the mountain time zone or Pacific time zone. Anyone on the east coast or mid west was at school by the time this happened

[@ErinIsReal]

Logo less planes can't fly through concrete and iron girders that height, speed, and 'nose out other side'! Why no-one heard jet engines! Wake up, CGI!!! Everyone knows this!

[@cobaltwill215]

I was in high school too. On the East coast. I was in school and we thought it was a joke at first being told by the teacher. Then we saw the footage on TV..

[@cobaltwill215]

Wow..this is DC metro footage too...from NBC4 WRC

[@drutalero2962]

@Scott Bowyer some schools have late start and they got out at 5. My cousin in Queens high school did that.

[@NicoSerene]

I watched this broadcast live back in 2001. I was getting dressed for work and just stood in front of the TV, hair wet, unable to believe what was happening. I was late for work that day.

[@mauricerebuck6938]

you was late for work that day what a surprise!. Thanks for filling us in we could have never guess that

[@thedingo1572]

@iana. I had the identical experience. Just numb shock. I too stood there. Mouth agape. As for dumb ass up there........ you can spot a troll by the grammar and it’s also “usually” indicative of the age. Best response is no response. They hate that. 😉😉

[@DarlingBo-bannie]

Nico Serene I was late too.

[@wickedgaming91]

I was 9 in the 4th grade I was at school and then all of a sudden parents started picking up their kids all the teachers were talking. I had no idea what was going on. I remember it was only about 4 kids left and we were going to the cafeteria as i walked down the steps from the second floor I saw my dad standing there. When we went home I watched the news all day. I think everybody remembers what they where doing that September day.

[@NorthBayFCT]

I was doing the same thing.

[@HooLeeYo]

I was 28 yrs old and working for a bank on the 23rd floor in a midtown building. Our office was in complete pause and shock with everyone leaving the building. We had no idea if this was going to be a continued bombardment of planes hitting tall buildings. We all really thought we were at war! Truly a scary day.

[@93seronica]

I remember being picked up from school and my mom and sister in law talking about how they can target Disney World next (we were living close by).

[@tyisnt]

What street and road in midtown? Were you facing lower Manhattan? I could only imagine how terrifying that was.

[@nockreel1190]

I was 12 in the principal's office watching this on the office TV waiting to be spoken to. Gives me chills watching this again 22 yrs later. God bless to all

[@Quaker-tc8ue]

What was your ‘crime”?

[@evildeed90s]

me and my brother hated each other as kids we only 1 year apart went to the same school etc but the moment i actually realized i did care about him i was 12 years old i seen him get bullied but this fat ginger kid i dont know how long it went on for because we hated each other and never spoke i remember following that fat kid home after school at the moment it was nobody around i beat that kid black and blue honestly i think i gave that kid PTSD my brother never even knew about it until we were both in our 30s he always wondered why it suddenly stopped and no kids were picking on him anymore. anyway i think that was the day of 911 i live in the uk i remember getting home and seeing it on tv after school

[@j4r3d29]

That’s kinda funny.. I was also 12, and I was at home ditching school watching tv

[@93seronica]

I was in 2nd grade sitting in class when my teacher got a phone call. She turned on the tv and it was showing one of the towers with smoke coming out of a large hole. I was staring at the tv trying to figure out what that building was. Then later on during lunch I was picked up early from school. That was when I knew something bad had happened because my mom and sister in law were sitting in the car talking about how the terrorists could target Disney World next (we lived close by). I watched news footage with my mom of the survivors running for their lives out of the towers covered in soot. I remember watching an interview at the time from an injured survivor. He was a young man wide eyed, shaking, and clearly traumatized talking about “bodies falling everywhere”. Even though I was only 8 I can still hear him say that and see his eyes wide open with trauma. He looked shell shocked.

[@shadowsquirt]

15:42... The collective gasp of not just Matt, Katie, and Al, but of the "silent" people in the studio whose jobs are to work yet not be heard is chilling.

[@demiloca]

I was living in Manhattan watching the news - had just switched channels from NBC - and drying my hair - my head upside down - hurrying to head to work at Oxygen in Chelsea Market. Then the TV went out. I switched channels to hear the news - that the tower had been hit. Reporters were talking on the phone to an older man who insisted it was a large plane. Then the second plane hit. Then news of a plane possibly heading to the U.N. was thrown out and I decided it was safer to go to work. As I taxied to work across 26th Street by the Armory, I heard the Pentagon had been hit and one or more other planes were still non-responsive. That is when it felt like WW3 had descended upon us and there could be Kamikaze planes overhead. It was terrifying. I would end up watching, from the top of Chelsea Market, both towers falling. Wasn't sure we were far enough away, the plumes of smoke were so big and heading out way. Sickest and saddest my body has ever felt. That day, millions of us walked miles to go home. It was a funeral procession.

[@Twizzledoc187]

I was 28 years old when this happened. I will never forget this day. Still get chills whenever I hear these reactions as it happened.

[@hoss-lk4bg]

god lord you're a puppy

[@VerdaleStinsonBOWTIE]

I was a freshman in high school I went to school on 42nd street and just started traveling to city by myself. To say I was scared was a understatement. My mom my cousin and I had to walk across the Queens Boro bridge for 3 hrs to get home I seen the smoke the entire time walking across it. It was literally unreal like one of thoses end of the world movies. It's weird to say I experienced this part of history.

[@hoss-lk4bg]

god lord you're a puppy hun

[@mctraveller8539]

20 years later I still remember watching this on TV in 2001. Never forget!

[@tarasmith8930]

Watch this every year. Never forget😭

[@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384]

I watch footage monthly

[@sashek8451]

God I remember listening to NPR during my drive to work, hearing about a “Cessna” crash, then arriving to work around 9 am, immediately headed to the boardroom b/c everyone was watching the Today show on the TV in the room and from there we watched this as everything was unfolding, I’ll never forget it. I was in my early twenties and trying to process it all as we all were. I had been up to the top of the WTC only 2 years prior and it was still so fresh in my mind and made it that much more…idk..impactful and surreal and shocking

[@dancooper6002]

NPR wanted to minimize it as much as possible because it didn't fit their narrative

[@e2renee]

I had taken my youngest son on holiday to NYC in May. We spent hours at the top of WTC, watching the sunset on Manhattan. In September we watched this. It is our bond

[@elongatedwing]

It's amazing to see the transition on live TV, the moment the guy was interrupted from promoting his book. That was the moment everybody's lives and the U.S had changed forever

[@SorayaEsfandiary_]

17:25 When we all knew it wasn't an accident.

[@thatweatherman4411]

And that America was under attack

[@leedullleedulllee]

It gives me chills watching the second plane hit. The absolute horror of this I can’t imagine what the victims went through, it’s incomprehensible:(

[@rocker76m88]

My husband and I were getting my daughter ready for daycare that morning. One of my husband's employees called and asked if we had the TV on. When we saw the second plane, we knew it was a terrorist attack. I fell to my knees in tears. I will never forget that day ever.

[@erin4885]

I fell to my knees also. I'll never forget that day

[@ironmann16]

I remember waking up yo this horrific scene... It was my 9th birthday, along with my mother's 39th birthday. We were going to celebrate that day, and I was kept out of school for just that purpose, but instead were at home watching thousands of people die, and have their lives forever ruined. Every year to this day, we still can't bring ourselves to celebrate our birthday without remembering all of those people. This is something none of us can ever forget... May they all rest in peace.

[@HiRye]

Never forget buddy. I'm canadian and it changed my life. I'm 31 right now. My life changed.

[@frankhaula]

Happy birthday.

[@greysonG10]

​@@HiRye How tf did it change your life? Stop

[@HiRye]

@Greysen Gagne how old are you? It changed the entire way MANY people view the world and those within it. You sound like a F boy

[@kawaibakaneko]

​@@greysonG10 it was the end of childhood for a lot of people

[@FunKitYourSelf]

I was a Dutch child on the other side of the ocean, i remember it like the day of yesterday. I came home from school and my mother told me something horrible had happend and tried to explain but she couldn't, no one can blame her. May the innocent souls rest in peace. The sad & 'strange' thing is. There was a way of living before 9-11 and after. Many things changed in a very bad way.

[@ismirdochegal4804]

I also live in europe and life has changed that day. Things are still not back to normal almost two decades later. The terror has won. It is omnypresent.

[@haruko1501]

@B0omer96 It happened everywhere. I'm Mexican and live in the border with USA, I was 10 years old when it happened and it was so scary. We were worried the borders would be attacked. It truly changed everything for us too

[@frankhaula]

I was a Dutch child once.

[@sarao2220]

So heart wrenching to watch those first moments of the normal Today show broadcast, knowing that the world was about to change forever.

[@AuntKimmySez]

It doesn't hurt any less today than it did 22 years ago. My heart is still broken & my heart hurts today for all the lives lost & the survivors and their families. 😢 💔

[@jaareda9940]

I was there. 3 blocks away. I’ll never forget it.

[@Zaron_Gaming]

@clock9596 arguing with no proof. Dumbest comment possible

[@gcf7175]

No you weren't. I was there, 3 blocks away and I didn't see you.

[@bouldercrestboi]

Guys, be nice.

[@F5Storm1]

@clock9596 shut up liberal

[@13blackcats33]

I was on the top floor and jumped to safety when that plane hit; thank you Nike inflatable shoes!!!

[@TheFever77]

Even though I know what happened and how it all played out, I’m still so nervous watching this, especially the collapse.

[@jadedlove1345]

Do you know what really happened and how it all played out?

[@bradleydavies335]

Lmao we got a conspiracy nut on our hands. Get help Jaded

[@najlepszykrolik]

I was too young to have remembered 9/11 and growing up, I didn't understand why it was such a big deal. Watching these recordings has given me a new perspective. This is truly haunting.

[@user-fi2ix7mr6i]

My son was a sales rep. For a major Midwest medical firm. He left that job due to excessive flying all over the nation, including flights out of the same NY airport the terrorists boarded on 9-11. I was not happy he left that job about 3 weeks before 9-11. I was stunned when it happened and even more disturbing was my son could have been on that flight i will never know..i get a pit in my gut to.this.day thinking about it. I thank God everytime.

[@kaylaw366]

I lived in Rhode Island as a 14 year old in high school. I remember school closing down, kids being dismissed, an utter sadness and shock. We were watching horror and history take place in real time. I’ll never forget this day.

[@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384]

You felt happy to leave school on 9/11/2001

[@hoss-lk4bg]

god lord you're a puppy hun

[@brianhill4153]

Every time the guy reports from the Pentagon I'm on the edge of my seat. He was right there. I saw the second tower hit on tv. I remember my friend getting a call and looking at me saying "they got the Pentagon." I still get chills when I think about it. I was 21 and just weeks away from my first wedding anniversary. I'm so glad I'm still married to the woman who was right there with me.

[@frankhaula]

How does that make you feel?

[@fuckcensorship69]

who got the pentagon? who are they?

[@frankhaula]

@@fuckcensorship69 probably Germans

[@ajaxmaxbitch]

​@@frankhaulareally? The Germans did it?

[@frankhaula]

@@ajaxmaxbitch Hear me out... Hitler was a real jerk, okay?

[@scooterfoust4361]

I had been laid off from my job just days before this happened, so I was home and happened to have this (The Today Show) on. I saw what is in this video live that morning. Such a tragedy. Just knowing that a whole bunch of people died the instant that second plane hit was surreal, and again when the towers fell.

[@AyeCarumba221]

It still gives me chills, and watering eyes. I remember when they announced that a second one plane hit. I remember thinking to myself, “ok. That’s no accident”

[@sophcharms2134]

Wow…

[@theguido9192]

Watching this hurts just as much today, as it did then. There's a very sick feeling that is associated with seeing this for many, like me, most likely because most of us American citizens felt pretty "safe" in our great nation back in 2001. We learned first hand just how vulnerable we really were and still are. 😔 May this attack never be forgotten, ever. Remember 9/11/2001.

[@93seronica]

I still feel sick thinking about it and knowing that as an 8 year old I watched thousands of people die live on tv.

[@pippy68p65]

I remember this so clearly. I was asleep and on my sofa in Australia a week off giving birth to my now 18 yr old daughter. My partner came running out woke me up( scared the crap out of me) saying darl look at this on t.v.. he thought at first it was a movie..I saw the second one hit Then we watched as people jumped. I remember crying so much..it was horrific. Just horrific. My partner said to me this is going to change the world. His exact words. He wasn't wrong. I remember thinking what kind of a world I was bringing my daughter into. It's still happening today. So so sad. That day was a nightmare. The fireman police nursed Drs people who helped people are TRUE HEROES . God bless them all and everyone who list their lives that horrible day.

[@justsmallstuff4994]

My dad said we were going to war a soon as he seen it

[@srs3572]

It is surreal watching this 22 years later. A beautiful Tuesday morning transformed our world in a matter of a few hours.

[@jacoblandman7345]

i just still can’t wrap my head around this. i can’t believe this day ever happened. rest in peace to the innocent people killed that day

[@weaponofmassconstruction1940]

It's so sad watching the towers minutes before the second plane hits, knowing so many people had literally a few minutes to live.

[@michiganprobateanswers3456]

On 9/11 I watched the today show live with my 1 month old baby who is now 18. I watch this video every year to make sure that I never forget.

[@rhondaorberson9664]

Suzanne, I was home on maternity leave with my first child. She was ten days old. I'm sure you and I shared many fears that day ♥️.

[@brandierin8471]

I was watching live with my 9 month old, now in college.

[@1987Liono]

Jesus they are talking about Howard Hughes and planes on the day. Thats scary.

[@123craftygal]

I watched this unfold on live tv. I happened to have the day off because I worked the weekend shift. I will never, ever forget these horrific images or how I felt that day.😢

[@420Effect]

One of my earlier memories of my mom crying at the TV before I was to go to school on this day, 6 years old I can still see it, I didnt quite understand the gravity of the situation but I could tell by moms reaction that it was serious and that I would remember it for the rest of my life.

[@93seronica]

I was in 2nd grade sitting in class when my teacher got a phone call. She turned on the tv and it was showing one of the towers with smoke coming out of a large hole. I was staring at the tv trying to figure out what that building was. Then later on during lunch I was picked up early from school. That was when I knew something bad had happened because my mom and sister in law were sitting in the car talking about how the terrorists could target Disney World next (we lived close by). I watched news footage with my mom of the survivors running for their lives out of the towers covered in soot. I remember watching an interview at the time from an injured survivor. He was a young man wide eyed, shaking, and clearly traumatized talking about “bodies falling everywhere”. Even though I was only 8 I can still hear him say that and see his eyes wide open with trauma. He looked shell shocked.

[@claudettes9697]

I don’t do anything on this anniversary but listen to these. Thank you so much for uploading them.

[@karaDee2363]

That's a morning I will never forget

[@LAGoodz]

To this day I can’t forget 9/11 and it haunts me. I’m in London and was on the phone to my NY colleague when a plane hit the North Tower. RIP G.

[@shiniekabratton]

I just graduated high school..I often would wake up to the Today show and this day is forever in mind. Especially watching the second plane live. In my state, no one was out afterwards. Scariest feeling of my life 🥺

[@mywingedwords]

I was a TWA, now AMERICAN flight attendant out in the middle of a 2 day trip when this happened the morning of day 2. I was a single mom of 3 teenagers so I was not gone more than one night at a time. The morning of day 2 I was asleep in my hotel in St Louis when my "if there is ever an emergency" person called me. I panicked when I awakened to that number - he said, "The kids are fine, WHERE ARE YOU?" I told him St. Louis and he said, "Turn of the TV" I did so in time to see the second plane hit. My hotel was filled with 4 different airline's crews on layovers - all doing ANYTHING to get home. A bunch rented trucks and piled everyone in to drive to New York. The trains were closed - the rest of us were stuck 5 days... contemplating the demise of decade long careers, life as we once knew it. Such a hard memory, bless those who perished - the FLIGHT ATTENDANTS PERISHED FIRST :( Makes me sad that is rarely mentioned

[@HiRye]

Bless the reporters who HAD the courage to say "I have no idea...."

[@THETexxStarr]

We watched this in my office all day on a b/w TV. Just visited NYC last week and visited the 9/11 museum. Very emotional!!!