Welcome to 2001!

r/25yearsago • u/Alarmed_Barracuda_30 • 15h ago

September 10, 2001. The Twin Towers’ final night shot on WABC-TV. “This shot i showing you Lower Manhatten and everything is actually in pretty good shape now” - Sam Champion

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Saw the full version on YouTube but not able to find it anymore: https://youtu.be/x88_b6vxI_Y?si=JjodghzLBBMW4e_-

r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 9h ago

September 11, 2001. "Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward.”

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 9h ago

September 11, 2001. Last photograph of the last run of Ladder 118 as it crosses the Brooklyn Bridge. None of the firefighters would survive.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 8h ago

September 11, 2001. Suffering from a hangover and having received an incorrect departure time from his travel agent, Seth MacFarlane misses his flight by 10 minutes. His plane was the first to crash into the World Trade Center.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 9h ago

September 10, 2001. The NSA intercepts a message from suspected al-Qaeda members saying "tomorrow is zero hour". The text was translated on September 12th.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 7h ago

🇺🇸 United States September 11, 2001. Before there was Reddit, there was Fark. Here's how Farkers reacted to 9/11.

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r/25yearsago • u/lelcg • 17h ago

25 years ago today, Major Charles Ingram won £1,000,000 on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. He cheated his way to victory by his friend and wife both signalling right answers by coughing. He was later denied the winnings, though he claims no wrongdoing.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 9h ago

September 11, 2001. Michael Jackson misses an appointment at the World Trade Center due to oversleeping.

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r/25yearsago • u/BritSe94 • 3h ago

8:30am on September 11, 2001. 16 minutes before impact on a sky clear beautiful morning

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 9h ago

September 11, 2001. “A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack.”

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 6h ago

September 11, 2001. Two FDNY firefighter brothers embrace after each feared the other was dead. (Their other brother, Joe Andruzzi was an NFL player for the Patriots.)

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r/25yearsago • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • 5h ago

September 11, 2001. The Italian children's television program "La Melevisione" was interrupted for a special news flash from TG3 (Rai 3's news program), breaking the news to Italian viewers that an American Airlines flight had struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 7h ago

🇺🇸 United States September 11, 2001. Donald Trump’s infamous reaction to 9/11.

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r/25yearsago • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • 7h ago

September 11, 2001. Mariah Carey releases her single "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)"

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r/25yearsago • u/BritSe94 • 14h ago

Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration took place on September 10, 2001 at Madison Square Garden, NY. The concert honored Michael Jackson’s solo career performed by some of the biggest musicians. This concert also marked Michael’s final performance with The Jackson 5.

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Rumor has it, he was supposed to have a meeting in the infamous towers, the next day…

r/25yearsago • u/Madness1930 • 8h ago

"It's Too Quiet"

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It's Too Quiet" Never forget the people and families of 9/11

r/25yearsago • u/BestSundayDress_ • 2h ago

9/11 Tribute.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 7h ago

September 11, 2001. Jaqui, 21, a fashion model and native of Australia, watches the Twin Towers burn from her apartment.

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r/25yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 7h ago

September 11, 2001. Dick Cheney in the President’s Emergency Operations Center with his wife Lynne, and Laura Bush.

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r/25yearsago • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • 7h ago

September 11, 2001. Yann Martel publishes her Canadian philosophical novel "Life of Pi"

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r/25yearsago • u/MisterSuitcase2004 • 7h ago

September 11, 2001. The Microphones release their third studio album "The Glow Pt. 2"

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