The unfolding meaning of 9/11
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- A day of horror that unleashed a seemingly endless "War on Terror" is, to a younger generation, a not-too-distant part of history they never experienced themselves. Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with authors Jewell Parker Rhodes and Elliot Ackerman about 9/11 and the canon of books inspired by that epochal event; and with firefighters honoring those who gave their lives to save others.
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I'm a native New Yorker. I remember 911 all too clearly. In addition to remembering and honoring those people who perished, I wish this country could get back to the sense of national unity we had right after it happened. One nation... indivisible! 🇺🇸🧡
It was such a strange time. I was 18 and had been in the air force for 3 months. Being brand new in the military and realizing your country is under attack is a crazy realization. I joined because I was obsessed with airplanes and suddenly I'm in the military and we're being attacked.
It was just a moment ago, can’t believe it’s been 20-years since that Tuesday morning.
It _feels_ like it's gone by fast.
One can never forget the horror especially for those that were there. Celebrate life while you have it...
What a great segment. I can only pray that we never forget as a nation what happened on that day.
Still makes me cry😓😪😓😪never forget!!!
It was heartbroken, but it's also tragic. Tears are coming from my eyes now.
Still can't believe that it's been 20 years. I remember that I was in 7th grade when that happened. Someone came into my 1st period class and told us to turn the tv on because of what was happening.
Americans seem to have forgotten how we all came together that day as AMERICANS. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Every generation has a 'Where were you?' event. My parents had Pearl Harbor and the Kennedy assassination. I've witnessed the Challenger disaster and 9/11. I'm afraid to think what my grand-nieces and nephews may witness in the years ahead.
This is a true story: once my father was on his way to his home state of New Jersey, and looking out the window from his plane, he saw the World Trade Center, on its last- ever night. The next morning, my late grandmother- his mom, woke up early to cook breakfast for him and all of a sudden, she heard alarms on the TV set in her room and then my father- who was supposed to be on the way to Manhattan to meet up with his guests for work- was told not to leave the house because of what was going on in the heart of the city. He wasn't sure why, but when she turned on the local TV station, he saw the first tower under attack (can't really recall the exact time, but it was just minutes before the second tower was hit). He was so horrified, along with the rest of America, that he didn't know what to think or say next- it truly was scary. He's still alive now, but when my sister and I weren't sure what was keeping him away from coming home so late (since we were awfully young to be exposed to news at a scary, serious, and dangerous level), my mother told us that he'd come home when the planes would start flying in the air. When he finally came home, we said good prayers, for all those affected, but I know for sure that my father would never forget where he was (no one at the time, should forget where they were that day) when he came to New Jersey that one night, and then woke up the next morning to a shocking and saddening time in America's history and life.
Thank you for sharing..God Bless
9/11 should be taught in all schools just like any part of American 🇺🇸 history. Yes it is still fresh in our minds because we as Americans witnessed the horror that unfolded right before our eyes.
Well, when they reach a certain grade, yes.
Plus, my mother didn’t explain the entire day to me (since it was such a violent day and she didn’t want us to panic about what went on) and my sister, since I was only 5 1/2, and she was 2. Instead, she worked her way around by saying “when there are planes flying in the air, then daddy will come home.”
So, it’s one thing to express and explain the history of any country in the world, but sometimes it’s the age that matters, since violence and other situations like that, shouldn’t be talked about at a way too early level in life. Just an observation.
Yup. Most horrific part …. The history books never mention WTC7. Two planes , 3 buildings at free fall speed . AE911Truth #FollowTheMoney
@@ezvic420 Yes even though I didn't know about Building 7 on that day It's all I think about today. Building 7 never forget.
@@timgibson3754 what’s really sad is CZcams keeps deleting my other posts that educate you even more on the suspicIOU$ 911 activities. Censorship = Fear
It's all the more important to pass on this part of history to the next generations especially when it's fresh in our memories. Because how can the impact of this tragedy be expressed meaningfully to the younger generation and the others to come if not by the very people who witnessed it first-hand?
“Sacrifice squandered”! Impactful words.
I've got a good friend who was working about 8 blocks away. He had to walk towards the towers to get to Brooklyn Bridge. He still has nightmares about the sound of people jumping from the towers. The loud thumps ...horrifying.
What is still burned into my memory was that one horribly, traumatizing photo of one particular man as he jumped and was photographed upside down freefalling. I saw it on the front page of the newspaper and it gave me nightmares for months. I was in fifth grade then. I can still picture him now after all these years.
I was only 22 years old when this happened. So sad indeed.
Crazy how time passes. I was an 18 year old kid 3 months into my air force enlistment
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That’s absolutely a Marine if I’ve ever seen one.
He was cheesing so hard. Gotta have dark humor to get thru dark times. God Bless the Marines and the rest of the Armed forces.
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Shivers, hairs standing up. Powerful stuff.
that day is fresh in my mind like it happened yesterday- i will never forget it!
I think we need to teach it, but within a complete history. History is history. It's not optional. The option is to pay attention or not.
I cried so hard that day and days after. I still do. To all those families I send love and peace. To the the people who came in after peace and love. And thank you for what you bravely fought to help.
@Ms C Thank you for sharing your story. Letting us know why it is important to #neverforget for present and future generations. USA!
I wonder...Why, in all these years, are we not noticing how incredibly lucky we Americans are to have suffered so few of these horrors, especially when we have been the perpetrators of so many horrors ourselves.
I am not minimizing or forgetting.
But/And there are 20 year old people living on this planet who have known nothing except horror.
May we all seek to broaden our perspectives.
it was the begining of the thirst for vengeance and a further 650000 people paid the price. in the future hopefully better decisions will be made
Thank you. This brought a few tears.
Oh god! I was only miles away and saw everything. That was the longest day of my life. I don't know how to articulate what I felt until today. Except for what Martha just said, "the violence of that day". It was violent and terrifying and can only ask that people send this segment to as many people as possible. People need to know what happened.
Why do people need to know what happened? To just relive or reenact trauma? What else can we gain from remembering this event?
I’ll never forget that day 💜
Even after all these years, even as a fifth grader then, seeing those photos and videos brings tears to my eyes and wrenching pain in my chest, when I remember watching the smoke and ashes in the distance from my school window. The trauma is still present in so many after so many years. It's not something that is easy to forgot nor should it be.
9-11 needs to be covered as an event that was the result, not the beginning.
Yes it started, for the US Empire meddling with Iran. Possibly 1953.
Bin Laden wrote an article about why in 1996.
@@VierundDB The ideal thing would be for someone like Ron Paul to be elected, publicly apologize for interfering in Iran,Syria & Iraq,then pull our military out of the Middle East & NATO. But that won't happen
@@timgibson3754 I respectfully disagree with that assessment, and it's hypothetical consequences. I'm sure we could agree on many other things.
@@VierundDB Then we'll just keep warring with the Land of Islam.
It’s one of those days it’s so vivid in my mind. I was about 14 in my 5th period class n when I see this it just brings back that moment of time
9/11 will, and should, be taught in schools, similar to WWII and Vietnam. It's natural for those who weren't alive when the attacks happened to not know what 9/11 was, but that's why it's important to educate and inform the public. The museums and memorials will always be there, even when we're no longer here to tell the tale.
So, why is it important to teach people about 9/11?
At the very least to exemplify the humanity and selflessness of that day from civilians to first responders. There's no need to get political about it but the death of 3,000 citizens in less than two hours merits some sort of explanation. If you don't find empathy and humanity and very basic understanding of the human spirit important, then what kind of person does that make you or anyone?@@bordaz1
My heart still breaks for all those who were murdered…the loss of everyone is still incomprehensible…but my takeaway was always to cherish each moment of life you have and live a life you would be proud of to leave behind as a legacy for your loved ones
So no I never will forget no matter how many years…as long as I live …thank you for this upload..
911, happened to everyone in the United States Of America . A day in history that should never be forgotten. God bless all the people we lost, on that day 🙏🏽
Thank you Martha for your wonderful story and hope you have a blessed week ahead. Some of us will never forget about that horrible day and hope that everything will work out for us. Peace be with you 🙏❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
We never forget.
RIP INNOCENT VICTIMS 💔🇺🇸💔🇺🇸💔🇺🇸💔🇺🇸💔🇺🇸💔🇺🇸
Thank you for this. I was in NYC working as a lawyer on that day. I’m still traumatized. But I’m teaching my little kids about it.
Thank you. I hail from Long Island and I’m raising my children in Buffalo, NY. As I teared up watching this piece, I realize I’m one of the people who chokes on this subject. I should be educating my children about it but instead I turn away from the responsibility. Maybe now that we’ve left Afghanistan, I’ll brave it better.
Boy what a story,reminder of that day.For these single guy,glad no one else is here,it makes one to tear up.To those families who lost loved ones.Glad to see you find ways to keep there memories a live.Lets hope these doesn!t happen to our country again.To the first responders,who lost there lives,RIP.Stay safe everyone.☮
I KNEW A RETIRED ASSITANT BANK MANAGER HERE IN MANCHESTER,CT
AND HE KNEW A FRIEND THAT WAS ON AMERICAN 11 HIJACKED FLIGHT PILOTED BY ATTA . I FORGOT THE MANS NAME! HE WAS IN SHOCK THE NEXT DAY WHEN I VISITED THE BANK. RIP SIR!
Watched it all. Taking kids to school.
Rode down days later..saw it all. Hated what became of the day. Watching Bloomberg rebuild NYC on it! Changed our city and the world! Forever.
I remember what I was doing when I first saw this happen on TV. It is something I will never forget and a special blessing on all towns who are making an effort to keep the memories alive.
“These…will remind people what (violence) has done. In the future when your children ask what these…mean to you, this will be a sign to you..” Joshua 4:6
On 9/11/01 I was 21 yr old teacher only teaching two weeks at the time of the attacks. Centered next to an Army Proving Ground just 45 min from D.C and 30 min from PA, I was scared, but I remember trying to hide my emotions to comfort my students. We were told to not inform students about the situation, to go on with instruction and to close our classroom windows, but by the time the students went to lunch, they had begun to talk. Talk was leading to panic. The students knew something horrible was happening when they saw a line of military parents wrapped around our building trying to pick up their kids. There was a mass exodus throughout the building. I went back to the classroom for some straight and honest talk with those who remained. Honest but not too honest because kids know when you are lying to them. I told them that America had been attacked. At the time we didn't have a lot of details on the truths yet to come. Funny thing was I was more scared than they were I believe . This was my first "real" chance to be an adult. I will never forget one of my students raising his hand and asking if his Dad was going to have to go to war. Somehow they had been more prepared than I had been. No teaching manual or college professor even taught me how to deal with this situation. We can't let this day be forgotten, the feelings we had, and the compassion for each other that we shared. Sorry this was so long.
never forget and RIP 😥😥
This will always go down in American history as one of the saddest and most horrible days ever, to see the amount of loss, and terror and utter sadness is just unbearable but we can't forget what happened on 9/11 and those people who died, we must always honor them and remember them, Mr Ielpi's story is one of so many father's who lost their sons that day, it breaks my heart to see him talk about his son
I live in Israel and learning about 9/11 is mandatory here. And you’re telling me most US states don’t even require teaching it in schools? It’s outrageous. Put your personal feelings aside, this is an event that *must* be taught in every single school. That shouldn’t be debatable.
Do they also teach you about oppressing Palestinians
@@tobehonest7541 Yes we have Oppression 101 courses ofc.
Shut the fck up
Behind all the heroism and tragedy, Larry Silverstein tried hard to get his insurance settlement doubled. Not $3.5 billion, but twice that. Poor Larry only got a court settlement of $4.5 billion. He lives in a swanky Manhattan residential tower, 30 Park Place.
What is your point????????
@@kjohnson5932 Could be you need to read up on history of 911.
@@kjohnson5932 Point is there's more to the story than firefighters,first responders and Bush with a megaphone.
"Pull it"
Even tho it was a horrible moment.. it brought our country together.. at least for a while. RIP to all the heros of that day❤️ Im glad the ones who did this are where they deserve.
brought it together in a shared hatred of other humans who had nothing to do with the attack.
Brought together under a shared racialized hatred of the middle eastern people whose lives we have utterly decimated in our bloodthirsty pursuit of "Retribution"
Retribution against a people who had absolutely nothing to do with the events of this day, but instead held key strategic resources.
@@Vanity0666 Nah they had everything to do with it.
@@bbygrlpt2 you're incorrect, and if you want to be willfully ignorant that is your right.
@@Vanity0666 You can stay ignorant too. That’s totally your right☺️
"Why did you feel so strongly about wanting a piece of that in Wauseon?"
He and every other Freedom loving American are in agreement...
"Because it didn't just happen in New York or Washington D.C. or Pennsylvania, it happened to the Nation"... Never Forget That, Never Forget Them.
Never be forgotten.
The only way to never forget is to teach about 911 in schools. It’s a tragic time in the history of our country and by remembering, we honor those who died that terrible day
20 years already time go so fast
I understand. I respect the people. I am Irish. Never forget.
I was only 4 years old in 2001, so I don't remember anything from 9/11, except for the fact my mom told me that we were in the doctors office at the time and there was a tv in the waiting room showing news coverage and I shouted, "Mama the towers are exploding/falling!"
It makes me so mad that that this HUGE part of History is not taught or even brought up at schools, I know It’s very hard to talk about but it’s important and that teacher has a put who will remember 911 when everyone from that time period has passed on we have to keep its legacy and teach it in more schools. We got to remember all the people that risks their life’s and innocent people that lost their lives. My mom was a flight attendant on 911 and still is a flight attendant to this day. 911 means a lot to her and always remembers the people who passed on that terrible and devastating day. Rest In Peace to all the great lives we lost that day.
Well, first of all your own government did this, not al Qaeda. Welcome to the real world, Amelia.
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20 years seems like yesterday...very tragic
I can never ever forget what I saw my heart still cry’s for the family’s and Our Country because we are in trouble theses are countries that have been fighting among themselves for centuries without end and will sacrifice there population starving them and massacres them without thought
Oh no, put that on everyone's reading list now! Never forget!
Numbed, as I was that day in total disbelief, shock, years later the feelings about 9/11 began to flow. Finally, I can face it all and can’t help the tears that inevitably come with each personal story of both loss and some of survival. But we have lost even more than what happened that day. Too many have thrown the chain that linked us as a country and allowed hatred and division to seep into our psyches. We suffer at our own hands the legacy of an economy based on slavery, power, control, rather than welcoming all talents, races, to be a part, on equal par,
The violence of that day lives on... So true.
Our parents and grandparents who lived through the attack at Pearl Harbor remembered it every December 7th. Sadly, that anniversary goes almost unnoticed now. Unfortunately as the decades pass, 9/11 may also fade from the public's memory. I hope I am wrong.
So true and I agree.
its crazy to think that there are grown adults now, that werent born yet when the attacks happened.
I was attending English as a second language class in NJ at that time, the school announced they were closing and sending us home. In elevator I asked an American student what happened? I didn’t understand what he told me, all I heard was New York , building , airplane…It was when I went home and saw the TV I knew what had happened. I watched the both towers collapse in horror :(((
“The paradigm of war is different from WWII.”
Never forget where I was.
No one will..EVER THAT DAY.
History in the making never to be forgotten..We hope..
But Chaney masterminded THIS WAR FIASCO FOR HIS COMPANY.
BLACKWATER
The images of 9/11 haunted my nightmares for years afterwards, but it's not really important with regards to the grand scheme of things, those who have relatives who lived through or were killed in the attacks are
Such a sad day!
I would never forget it and those who I knew who died with it!
Our intelligence community and our military leadership evidently know best and are heroes.
9 11 was a sad time in US history ! I give thanks for the people who gave there l lives in
Dr Judy Wood - Where Did the Towers Go?
Seems just like yesterday 😢
I was in the 8th grade
Wow these young kids are lucky. I wish I could not remember
I really wish you guys had Closed captions
Seconded
Kids DON'T KNOW..
KIDS DON'T CARE UNLESS ITS ON THEIR PHONES AND PRETTY..
PRETTY SAD DON'T YOU THINK??
What an awful day that has an impact on all of us to this day, never forget 9/11 America must stay strong 🇺🇸
I’m confident that many of those that either weren’t yet alive or were too young at the time to remember will look a lot deeper into 9/11 as they get older .. as I got into my late 30s and 40s, I as a Gen Xer have spent quite a bit of time when possible looking a lot deeper into the Kennedy assassination - to gain a greater appreciation and understanding of what happened as well as its impact on America as a whole .. I realize that the scales of the two tragedies are markedly different; nevertheless they are two of the landmark occurrences of modern American history and I think many of those younger folks who came along later will arrive at a similar understanding and solemn recognition in due time
The core was 85 by 135 feet containing 47 columns. The columns were braced by horizontal beams. Since most levels were 12 feet in height that would be 564 feet of vertical steel. I have never seen a layout of the horizontal steel so this is an estimate. 6 times 135 plus 8 times 85 or about 1490 ft of horizontal steel on each level in the core. So with about 2 1/2 times as much horizontal steel as vertical that would have been significant mass to move and act as a thermal heatsink to slow down temperature rise. So how thick was that horizontal steel and did it vary down the tower. How many tons of steel were in each level of the core?
How much in the perimeter?
Why have two decades gone by without experts discussing and demanding accurate data on the steel distribution? With lots of skyscrapers all over the world why should this be difficult to resolve?
Very well done story. I too wonder frequently who will remember 9/11 and its aftermath when my generation and others who lived through it are gone. My home state of Louisiana is apparently one that does not require schools to teach 9/11, and I just really want to know why. It’s hard to think that the national horror and pain of that day, and our country’s brief period of unity, will (relatively) soon fade from history.
I was a teenager at the time, but to tell you the truth I think I’d rather we all totally forget about 9/11 than do what us second-hand survivors do every year, which is say ‘never forget, never forget’ without considering if we ever LEARNED anything about ourselves from this event. What’s the point of reliving and passing on this trauma if we never actually reflect on its causes, consequences, and our reactions over time?
Simon Shack -- September Clues
hahaha . . . this is blocked on the school laptop . . . this is my homework . . .
Who started
...with one another. Can we ever live up to the words ‘one nation, under God....
But we do care!💔😪
I thinks it’s best to remember that whilst almost 3,000 people died on 9/11, almost 7,000 members of the military lost their life in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021, and for what? the very people America sought to bring to justice have recently regained full control over Afghanistan… nobody can sit there and say it was a worthwhile endeavour…
I was in 9th grade and a kid came running through the halls and told us to turn on the t.v. we all knew what it meant but like she said. Americans wanted to see it as 1941 but it wasnt...it was vietnam except longer, bloodier, more complicated and more expensive. But it did create a culture of cynicism on par with world post ww1. It also created the kind of hypernationalism that scares the sh*t out of anyone who is true believer in enlightenment/classical liberal ideals
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I can’t believe we don’t teach this at schools, why - we teach Pearl Harbor?!?! I also can’t believe there’s a whole generation of kids that don’t even know whah 9/11 is, what?!?! This is so sad.
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I remember exactly where I was. I was 11 at the time. Getting ready to go to school and watching it live on TV. Saw the 2nd plane hit and then the unfortunate falls. As each year passed, I couldn't believe it had been 2 years, 3 years, 5 years 7 years, 10 years, 15 years, and now 20 years since 9/11. Never Forget. Who else remembers that many people all over the country were being evacuated from tall buildings? I remember it being on the news that day. People evacuating the Sears Tower and many other places. We didn't know if there was going to be another hit somewhere else.
"Never forget," eh? They don't even know what it is. How shameful. What have "we" become, in these "United States?" We live in a country that won't even teach our children the most significant modern historical event. Did the heroes of that day and those that followed die in vain? These school boards and textbook overseers who decide to not require this event in history to be taught for at the very least the examples of good, selfless people, and the importance of empathy speak volumes as to where we are as a nation. Have we lost our humanity? "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it."
Only 14 states how is this exceptable?
For Gen-Z and the Alpha generation coming up now, 9/11 is like what Pearl Harbor would be for our parents. They have no emotional attachment towards it. For them, it’s ancient history.
To teach it, we must first battle parents who don't want their children scarred by it. Most teachers, including myself, have gotten those irate threats from parents, demanding our jobs for even simple 9/11 lessons. So it often is left up to parents, who simply don't teach it. When states mandate it, it frees teachers from the threats of bullying parents and allows us to bring this reality to the next generation.
Scarred? I honestly don't think that's their primary concern. They treat schools like daycare centers where ignorance is bliss. Children are being raised by their phones & "social" media and not raised to learn, think, empathize or ask questions. Children and teachers are to be seen and not heard. That's why it's totally cool to have active shooter drills yet education and becoming empathetic, critical thinkers and humanitarians is not important. The irony is parents terrorize to avoid what they're afraid of and will never confront. Everyone's so afraid and hiding in their phones now. I am sorry for our teachers and an educational system that has failed them and our future generations all because of self involved, entitled, fearmongering, dysfunctional parents don't want to do their jobs.
I joined to US Navy because of 9/11...
8:28 hold up. Why are they building towers!?
That's my son on the cover image!
what about the people still dying from the effects of this!
Public education in this country is a disgrace. Only 14 states require teaching this event in the classroom? DISGRACEFUL !!!! The problem is America has too many coaches teaching history. These bouncers are long on braun, short on intellect.
I will never never forget 911 3,000 people died I will never forget what the terrorist did
9 11was a was sad time in US History I give thanks for the people who gave their lives for 🇺🇸 911🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
LOST WAR LOST LIVES AMERICA MADE MONEY :(
I promise Missouri teaches it!
Blackwater Feeding OUR TROOPS.
AS A CORPORATE ENTITY MAKING MONEY..
CHENNEY..R.I.H.