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The following video is intended to be used only to illustrate the attacks on the World Trade Center at a ground level, beyond the images of the towers burning in the skyline. It revolves around the so-called "jumpers" falling to—and meeting their fate in—the ground. The term refers to people who die by trauma sustained due to falling from a large height. This video will be deleted as new footage is added.
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Clip № 1: 498-WTCI-433-I-42A0256 -- DOC-NIST-2020-000684 ("WNYW NIST Dub #1")
Camera: Jack Taliercio
Location: West Street (looking at NW corner of WTC)
Clips № 2 and 3: WABC 9/11 NIST Dub #1 [Clips 29 and 76]
Camera: Marty Glembotsky
Location: West Street (from World Financial Center)
Clip № 4: 42A0334 - G29D20 ("VHS Cassette of FDNY 9/11 Videotape")
Camera: Jules Naudet
Location: 1 World Trade Center (lobby; looking at West St.)
Clip № 5: 42A0276 - G26D153
Camera: Guy Rosbrook
Location: The Millenium Hilton (35F, SW corner Suite)
Clip № 6: Fireline video 8 (taken from "FDNY: The Battle Continues")
Camera: Joe Scurto/Richard Smulczeski/David Spira
Location: West Street (from World Financial Center)
Clip № 7: "World Trade Center 2001" (Licensed by CBS)
Camera: Eddie Remy and Tom Flynn (brief excerpt; not shown)
Location: West Street (from Merrill Lynch offices at 23F of 2 World Financial Center)
Clip № 8: "Paul Berriff FULL 9/11 Footage"
Camera: Paul Berriff
Location: West Street
Clip № 9: Clip from "9/11: The Days After"
Camera: Unknown(?)
Location: West Street
Slavshit
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My god, that last quote. Man, I was in 10th grade when this happened, and I'll never forget that afternoon, and how, as a 14 year-old, I couldn't fully understand how drastically those few hours would reshape the western world, forever… Oh yeah, and my Dad was supposed to be on that flight out of Boston, but he missed it because of traffic in the tunnel.
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Just think, if this happened today then there would be people live streaming in the building as all this was happening. Now we can only imagine the environment in which makes a person take the leap. I personally would rather one last view of the city before instant death, rather than burning slowly to death.
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Why they have to make a long building it's pointless
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I canne remember who told me or if it's even true but wasn't is suspected that some of them had heart attacks and died before hitting the ground outta fear or at least pass out? One can only hope as I think I'd rather that than squish yk
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Well this is a new level of dumb. Those people would've felt absolutely nothing as they hit the ground. Lights out. As opposed to having your heart painfully attacking you. Besides, do you think heart attacks are instant? They taking longer than the fall. Like dude... try a little harder to think.
You're like those suicidal people who think burning yourself is a good idea
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Tbh I'd probably prefer to pass out before I hit the ground at least I ain't seeing it coming
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I feel like you completely read over the part where I was basically taking it with a pinch of salt anyways? You're like those people who get defensive really quickly & insult because they're not heard out irl
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One could of only hoped
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Reminds me of that tragedy
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i distinctly remember walking through the blood and bones looking for my older brother. he was in northern canada
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can you elaborate? you were at the scene?
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Either burn to death, suffocate, or jump to your death.
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what am i looking at in the first clip
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I'd heard about footage of the jumpers and seen aftermath photos, but this is my first time seeing the actual footage. I can't imagine how terrified they all must've been 💔.
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RIP
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Jump or burn alive. Which would you choose?
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Why not both?
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I'm sorry but the jumpcut from the panicking couple first noticing someone falling to the quieter shot of the ground is so funny for some reason.
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1:46 was that the second plane crash?
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Yeah obviously
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Snapshots:
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archive.ph (click to archive)
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somewhere in 1:22 is where the dead body was shown in lost video "LOL Superman" I think. bcuz I haven't seen the lost video...
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dude please stop posting YouTube videos....they don't work over here most of the time. you need to use Google and find how to download from yt...it's super simple
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I'm trying to find higher quality versions, these are not the originals (except the first one). The originals made on Reddit.
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I don't care about quality.
it's extremely simple to download the video from yt to your device and then upload it to wpd.
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I do, do you know how many pieces of history have become unrecognizable due to low quality of it being passed around?
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I was in college on my way to take a test in Parasitology listening to the radio when the first plane hit. The DJs thought it was a small single engine plane and were making jokes about how like 'it's the biggest building in the country...how could you not see it'.....then they saw the footage and their entire tone changed. Second plane hit just as I was entering the school. I was the one to tell everyone in the class what had happened. We all left after the test and I went to get my oil changed. I watched both towers fall on the little tv they had in the jiffy lube waiting area. Then I had to go to work.
Every year, I try to be available on Sept 11th to watch all of the programs they show to make sure I NEVER FORGET. It was truly life altering...and the continued pain in the days that followed knowing all of the first responders that perished.....those emergency beacons beeping in the silence.....dozens at first....then fading to none...
There's a great book called Working Stiff written by the ME in NYC during this era. There's a whole chapter on 9/11 where she talks about how they collected and identified body parts and some of the unbelievable things she witnessed. Highly recommended to anyone who likes this site
Without darkness, one cannot know the light
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I was 38, and remember the first World Trade Center attack in the 90s.
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you were in middle school during 9/11 and you consider yourself old 🤣🤣
damn whipper snapper²
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We had just moved here and we did that when I was 38 I think. So everyone's a young whippersnapper.
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