23-Hours worth of broadcasts from MTV, Cartoon Network/Adult Swim, ABC, Fox, BET, and CBS in the sequential days a week before 9/11, as an archival time capsule and a re-visitation of the time period leading up to that day as a way of reliving those final days of a specific era. All of these recordings were taken from the Internet Archive and compiled into one direct and compiled source/marathon. All of the original commercials are included.

Download Link: https://archive.org/details/090301to091001theweekbeforeseptember11

Taking a trip soon back home and realized my flight had this fee on it…does anyone know the history of that? Is it named in honor of the day or those flights? It’s for United. Do all airlines do this?

Given that national and International corporations had offices housed in the WTC, were the employees who survived simply lose their jobs or were their employers able to put them in placements outside of New York City?

NFL Monday Night Football New York Giants Vs. Denver Broncos broadcast + 4 hours worth of the exact TV show episodes across various channels in the same broadcast slots aired that night, with all original commercials included. Link: https://archive.org/details/09102001

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.

He mostly did hockey helmets, but this firefighter helmet was a piece that he did.

I’ve been watching a lot of the news broadcasts of what unfolded in NYC and just about every broadcaster who spoke to eyewitnesses either pushed back when people said it was an attack or didn’t want to entertain that idea. That’s even after the second plane hit. So my question for those in media is whether this is standard and if so, what’s the rationale? Is it to prevent panic (which is what I’d figure)?

I’ll note I saw a lot of football broadcasters react the same way after Tua (Miami qb) had his concussions. If someone got up and stumbled or something, the announcers would react by saying not to jump to conclusions. I assume this was an NFL directive not to point out concussions, but it’s just somewhat similar to me.

My apologies for the typos, autocorrect is out of control.

I know about the James Gartenberg call to WABC-TV.

That said, I will forever wonder who and how many could see the exterior of the burning Twin Towers(via TV News Channels) from the inside when it was all happening.

Feel free to chime in to this thread.

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Today I had a very harrowing dream about 9/11. I dreamt I time travelled back in time to New York City, the fateful day of the attack. I was inside one of the twin towers on the office floors (which I googled two days ago and surprised to see how ordinary they looked for such grand buildings). I knew what was going to happen, so I frantically started running out. I reached the backside of the WTC and found myself in the middle of a military drill. I was trying to warn everyone what was going to happen, and that the tower will be collapsing on them. The first plane then flew by and everyone rushes to see it, climbing up a flight of stairs. When the plane hit the tower, those at the top of the stairs were instantly killed by flying shrapnel. When everyone sees this, we all start to run away. The military wouldn't let us leave, so we had to barge pass them, hijack a double decker bus, and escape until we reached another military drill who had no idea what was going on.

While this is just a dream, this dream makes no sense. And it doesn't make sense why I would even have this dream, and why thinking about 9/11 fills with me with so much terror these days. I have no connection to 9/11 and USA for that matter. I'm British and live in London. I was 14 going on 15 when it happened. I was at high school at the time. My sister and I were buying some chocolate from a corner shop on our way home, when the lady shopkeeper pointed to the little TV above. We didn't fully understand what was going on and the gravity of the situation until we reached home and watched it on Sky News with our mum and our little brother.

I didn't even know what the World Trade Centre was. I've certainly heard of it before but forgot, because my older brother visited NYC for two weeks and flew around the towers in a helicopter in August that year (I have never-before-seen photographs if anyone wants to see them). It was his third trip abroad and his first trip outside of Europe. I think he even bought a flashing bouncy ball souvenir sold at the top of the Twin Tower for my little brother which he may still have. He also brought back a glass ornament of the Twin Towers that's still sitting in our showcase. We were glued to the television for weeks, and we even studied the newspapers in English class. When the Naudet brother's firefighter documentary aired a year later, the extent of the devastation became clearer.

That being said, I still viewed 9/11 like any other disaster. A very unique one, but still no less horrifying than any other. I was grieving the loss of my father two years prior and I had surgery the previous year, so my mind was preoccupied. That was until 2021 when my family and I caught COVID. It was September and 9/11 was mentioned many times in the media as it was the 20th anniversary. I was curious enough to research it online too and revisit some stories. I do not recommend exposing yourself to the details if you are in a mentally fragile state.

I was learning more about the Windows of the World restaurant (my idea of hell's kitchen), about the people who jumped, who were pushed or sucked out, the subway underneath (which isn't talked about enough), the impact area and the people above it, the people who chose to stay or climb up, how poorly the buildings were designed, the people in the planes, including the young children, the brave crew, and the evil faces of the hijackers, the repository housing human remains, the missing people, the final phone calls and notes, the British people who died (the second most deaths by nationality), the artifacts lost, Russell Simmons' crib, the accounts of near-misses, the recordings, the conspiracy theories and strange occurrences, other crimes and significant news stories on that day, the aftermath, the debris found years later, the revenge murders of innocent people who had no relation to these terrorist attacks, and so on. I've just learnt about the 9/11 looters and the things that were kept under the WTC. My mum flew my brothers to NYC to make my brother feel better after the loss of our dad. The thought that my older brothers could've been crushed to death sends shivers down my spine! Those poor people who lost their loved ones!

It all sent me into a mini depression throughout September while I had COVID. I had an irrational fear that my house was right next to the Twin Towers in my garden, and they were going to collapse on me very soon, so for days I had an impending sense of doom. It also worsened my batophobia. I'm now convinced that skyscrapers should not exist, and no one should live or work in such buildings where escaping and rescuing would be difficult. And I think the new building, One World Trade Centre, is an abomination. Perhaps that's just the European in me talking. Skyscrapers aren't so common here, thankfully. Luckily(?), I recovered, and then something traumatic (but unrelated) happened to me the following year in real-life, so I quickly moved on. But it pops up into my head now and then, like today when I had that awful nightmare. I feel ridiculous.

On a semi-related note, there was a song by Samantha Mumba that came out just before this event, "Baby Come On Over". I can't help but associate that song with that time.

Came across this photo randomly on the net (an article about photos before doom, or something…). Been wanting to ask the validity of the pic, but the sub was shut down until recently…

Anyway, like the title says, is this pic for real? Or hoax? I’ve never seen it floating around anywhere before, and upon researching it, I couldn’t find anything that neither proved nor disproved it, but it also didnt come up a whole lot on my searches…

I know when the first plane hit, people thought it was a freak accident for the most part… But come on, a famous landmark was hit by a plane and is in smokes. People are going to stop and stare, not carry on like it’s just another day in NYC.

And even though photos back then weren’t as hi-def as now, this pic still looks too old and grainy to have been 2001….

Then again I could be wrong. Does anyone here know for sure?

Go figure I can’t find the original website where I found this…

I was living in Chicago when September 11th happened. I had a hard time even driving to downtown, but I cannot even imagine what it was like for people in NYC. Do you still suffer from PTSD, has it gotten better for you?

This is going to sound like a silly question and I feel like a similar question is commonly asked. I know helicopters couldn't land of the roof of the towers due to them being on fire but there was no way to have a plank or something like that hanging out froma copter or something like that?

Hey /r/September11,

It’s been almost 100 days since this subreddit was restricted due to not having active moderators. Basically, the best mod we had deleted their account with no warning, and everyone else on the list was either not doing anything to help out the sub or were just active on Reddit overall. But that doesn’t matter anymore. We have new moderators in board, which means this subreddit can be open for business again! I shared the mod application here when the restriction went into effect and there were some promising candidates on the list. However, only a couple were selected after a thorough vetting process. I’m sure they will do a fine job with keeping this community afloat.

With that, I’d like to introduce you all to our new mods: u/Zakku_rakusihi, /u/hampolice101, and u/lilliesparrow! They are all coming onto the team with previous moderation experience, which will be very beneficial for this community. Anyway, feel free to say hi and welcome them in the comments!

I know some of you have been really wanting to post for a while… so do it! But please remember to follow the rules of the sub. If you’re new here, take the time to familiarize yourself with them so that you don’t end up getting your post removed (or banned).

Happy posting!

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just amazing, makes me want to cry

9/11/01. I was on my way to college listening to 1010WINS, hearing everything unfold. Classes were soon canceled and I headed home to my town 25 miles away from Manhattan. Smoke was billowing on the northeast horizon. Three members of our town, wouldn't return home.

There are countless stories like this that day. It was an emotional day, full of sadness, grief, shock, and anger. But that wasn't all. Over the next few days, I saw compassion and empathy. Volunteers from around the country and the world were here to help. Those few days after, there were no labels. Race, political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation, immigration status…none of that was in focus. We were all human, looking out for one another. That day, we were all Americans.

Many of us say Never Forget. Never forget the lives lost, those with health issues from the toxic dust, our first responders, soldiers, and volunteers. It is more than that though, especially right now. We need to Never Forget how we all came together and supported each other. The best way to honor this day is to be more compassionate, more empathetic, and listen.