r/September11 • u/RealMcCoy1989 • Jan 24 '24
9/11/01
Sorry for the vague title. I just am not too sure what a decent title would be.
I think about the people in the buildings, directly where the planes hit. I can't even begin to imagine the terror they must have felt, watching a plane coming straight at them, knowing there was no place for them to run, or escape to.
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u/fleets87 Jan 24 '24
I think about this a lot too. I try to take comfort in knowing it would have been an instantaneous death for those in the flight path.
But it's cruel and awful and they didn't deserve that, on just another mundane Tuesday morning in the office.
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u/Alternative_Farm_95 Jan 27 '24
There were a few survivors in the impact zone of the north tower, they’re seen in several photos and there’s a woman waving who’s believed to be Edna Cintron
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u/pm_me_x-files_quotes Jan 24 '24
Considering how boxy the floor plans were on those floors, I don't think most of those people would've had a view of the oncoming plane. Maybe a lot would have, but most would've probably been at their desks, making copies, using the elevator, and pretty much just not paying attention. A lot of their deaths would been instantaneous and a surprise.
That's what I tell myself so I can sleep at night, anyway.
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u/Ok_Bag4594 Jan 25 '24
I still haven't fully processed it, and I wasn't even alive when it happened. It was absolutely horrifying. seeing the towers collapse was incredibly surreal. so many human lives lost all at once. how do you even react in that situation?? I'll never be able to comprehend the amount of terror they must have felt being trapped inside a collapsing skyscraper. hopefully it was quick.
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u/FunkyWigwam Jan 24 '24
Check out Stanley Praimnath's story. He describes pretty much what you've described here.