The Hunt for Osama Bin Laden

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Komentáře • 893

  • @benjohnson1372
    @benjohnson1372 Před 2 lety +608

    I'd like a mega projects on the clean up of 9/11 I'd imagine that went on for years

    • @davidsharp9166
      @davidsharp9166 Před 2 lety +15

      This would be awesome

    • @gannonfrank
      @gannonfrank Před 2 lety +21

      It did im from New Nork im good friends with sanitation workers who did the clean up it was rough stuff apparently coming home covered in dirt dust and building materials some people got cancer from it

    • @wolfvontyr2266
      @wolfvontyr2266 Před 2 lety +16

      Absolutely! When they collapsed, the buildings ended up in the foundation bath tub. Neater than it could have been but still a pain to remove. Plus, if I recall correctly, the nose gear from one of the aircraft was found in 2011... 10 years after the event!

    • @GradeEhCanadian
      @GradeEhCanadian Před 2 lety +6

      @@gannonfrank Yeah I don't doubt that a building that old guaranteed some asbestos around And just all the concrete dust in general can't be good for you

    • @OilBaron100
      @OilBaron100 Před 2 lety +3

      @@gannonfrank didn’t the lower floors of those buildings contain asbestos?

  • @j.r.7339
    @j.r.7339 Před 2 lety +178

    Megaproject:
    Maintaining about 1000 Channels as a single Bald Guy named Simon Whistler.

    • @paulherman5822
      @paulherman5822 Před 2 lety +14

      Mustn't forget that there's an army of Simon Whistler replicants. Allegedly.

    • @j.r.7339
      @j.r.7339 Před 2 lety +7

      @@paulherman5822 The Secret Cloning Machine for Bald Hipsters

    • @paulherman5822
      @paulherman5822 Před 2 lety +1

      @@j.r.7339 He's not denied my thoughts that he's a result of a secret experimental laboratory and been crossed with starfish DNA to retain the memories. Cut off part, grow a new Simon... Allegedly.

    • @j.r.7339
      @j.r.7339 Před 2 lety +1

      @@paulherman5822 Maybe he is just a Deepfake?

    • @paulherman5822
      @paulherman5822 Před 2 lety +2

      @@j.r.7339 Simon Headroom? 😁

  • @dankthegank4315
    @dankthegank4315 Před 2 lety +65

    Jesus dude the plane going into the Tower still trips me out no matter how much I’ve seen it...

    • @Jay-dm4id
      @Jay-dm4id Před 2 lety +6

      Yep, its like all aboard disintegrated into nothing

    • @stevenclarke5606
      @stevenclarke5606 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I’m from the UK and was on holiday in Ibiza on 9/11 , walking down the street I saw a group of people crowding around a Television shop , and went over to see what was happening, and then I saw the attacks on the twin towers, I was truly shocked and totally stunned.

  • @RayLabs
    @RayLabs Před 2 lety +95

    I could swear at 14:57 you said "Fly in 25 Baby Seals" Now and forever more I will think of 25 barking baby seals storming a compound ;)

    • @robertrayphotography
      @robertrayphotography Před 2 lety +7

      I was going to write the same thing!! I am pretty sure he did!

    • @chrisyanover1777
      @chrisyanover1777 Před 2 lety +7

      If we could get 25 baby Seals to take out Bin Laden, I would know for sure alien technology was involved!

    • @MrJjones543
      @MrJjones543 Před 2 lety +6

      I heard "baby seals" too!

    • @guyorsini1044
      @guyorsini1044 Před 2 lety +4

      Me too! Too funny! "aarrd aaard"

    • @ladycake1515
      @ladycake1515 Před 2 lety +4

      It cannot be unheard :D

  • @mabutoo
    @mabutoo Před 2 lety +113

    He was harbored by Pakistan. No one should ever forget that fact.

    • @dengajing2015
      @dengajing2015 Před 2 lety +11

      he was funded by the USA....so?

    • @hectorbartlett567
      @hectorbartlett567 Před 2 lety +7

      Dude, there is not an iota of proof he was ever found or ever killed in Pakistan!

    • @davidlanger3295
      @davidlanger3295 Před 2 lety +10

      Probably not. It is more likely that sympathetic members of ISI (Pakistan’s Intelligence Service) assisted UBL. The understanding was that if he got caught by the Americans they couldn’t assist him and would also deny they helped him. The ISI was probably keeping UBL under wraps to be used as a bargaining chip at a later date

    • @davidlanger3295
      @davidlanger3295 Před 2 lety +9

      @@hectorbartlett567 Victor, you wouldn’t know proof if ‘proof’ was up your ass kicking field goals

    • @nucleargandhi101
      @nucleargandhi101 Před 2 lety +3

      @@hectorbartlett567 Oh yeah? Is that why they kept the entire area locked down for years, not just the house but the entire neighborhood.
      And is that why they leveled the coumpound later?
      Trust me, if I was paxtan, and I was getting paid millions of free dollars monthly(amounting to 33 billion eventually) for finding Bin Laden, then the last thing I want is Bin Laden to be found. And the ebst way to secure it, is hiding Bin Laden myself.

  • @ddylla85
    @ddylla85 Před 2 lety +82

    Hard to believe we mark the 20th anniversary of that horrific Tuesday this year.
    I was in10th grade, headed to 2nd period.

    • @danielbernier9115
      @danielbernier9115 Před 2 lety +2

      I had just sat down for coffee break and flipped on the news . Never forget that moment.

    • @QuantumAscension1
      @QuantumAscension1 Před 2 lety +1

      I was in fifth grade, and my dad was stationed in Germany at the time, so we saw it all unfold when I got home from school and was working on homework.

    • @TesterAnimal1
      @TesterAnimal1 Před 2 lety +1

      I’ll never forget.
      I was at work when the news started coming through.
      At a software house that specialised in banking software.
      It collapsed I believe as a direct result of the financial shock to banks, and I was out of work for some months.

    • @earnestbrown6524
      @earnestbrown6524 Před 2 lety +3

      I was stationed in Pearl Harbor on a ship but working for the barracks that the crew stayed in. Got up and just happen to turn the TV on and watched the replay. Base and ships were locked down for 3-4 days and I would drive around in a golf cart watching the base fence at night.

    • @aliabdallah102
      @aliabdallah102 Před 2 lety +2

      I was 4, eating sand or sthn idk.

  • @cpob2013
    @cpob2013 Před 2 lety +24

    Could do a megaproject on the ground zero clean up. Some of the steel was reused to build the USS New York. I heard the salvage and reforging process got delayed because the workers kept breaking down.

    • @reggiep75
      @reggiep75 Před 2 lety +4

      All the steel was packed onto trucks and shipped out to China to be recycled. Why the rush and need to get the evidence out of the country within days? The police or FBI would've went mental at a crime scene being pulled apart like that. If I'd lost someone there, I'd have been asking why they trucked it all up and the operating to ship it out to China in days began and the security for those trucks and at the docks was excessively overboard.

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 2 lety +20

    2:30 - Chapter 1 - Early terrorism
    3:30 - Chapter 2 - 9/11
    4:20 - Chapter 3 - Early investigation
    5:30 - Chapter 4 - Afghanistan
    8:05 - Chapter 5 - Operation enduring freedom
    9:50 - Chapter 6 - The battle of tora bora
    11:20 - Chapter 7 - Pakistan
    12:45 - Chapter 8 - Lucky break
    14:35 - Chapter 9 - Geronimo
    17:10 - Chapter 10 - The hunt ends

  • @johnsyler8580
    @johnsyler8580 Před 2 lety +35

    I was in Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan when this happened. I thought we should have left the country then.

    • @seafoodmonster3060
      @seafoodmonster3060 Před 2 lety +10

      We all thought that, but apparently the poppy harvesting was not finished by then

    • @churblefurbles
      @churblefurbles Před 2 lety +4

      yep months later they lost the entire seal team trying the same play on some warlord. very quiet about that one.

  • @nomsdeguerre315
    @nomsdeguerre315 Před 2 lety +26

    to me it sounded like he said the flew in 25 baby seals

    • @GlenHunt
      @GlenHunt Před 2 lety

      I heard that, too.

    • @BBulletin
      @BBulletin Před 2 lety

      It sure did sound like that to me as well.

    • @aw1008
      @aw1008 Před 2 lety +3

      I guess they were trying to cute, bin laden to death.

  • @chrisyanover1777
    @chrisyanover1777 Před 2 lety +4

    I can't believe I didn't think of this Megaprojects! This was an absolutely amazing Megaprojects! I was at a bar that night and when it was announced everyone just started hugging each other even though we all didn't know each other!

  • @adamccathey
    @adamccathey Před 2 lety +31

    Simon, your beard is getting a bit wild.

  • @KoolMikeDee007
    @KoolMikeDee007 Před 2 lety +45

    Two things, 1.) Simon drew "the line," on the conspiracy talk to stay on topic. Speculation seems like an impossibly easy thing to fall into on this issue. Great video. 2.) My air conditioner kicked on around the 14:50ish mark right when I SWORE I heard Simon say "The mission to fly in 25 BABY seals aboard helicopters who would then storm the compound and kill Bin Laden...." I had to back the video up to listen to it again...and again, and now I can't unhear it. Not to make light of a serious topic, but man, it really sounded like some badass baby seals were about to wreak havoc.

  • @gundamcountry5885
    @gundamcountry5885 Před 2 lety +25

    Geronimo... For God and Country. History that can't be erased.

    • @MrJjones543
      @MrJjones543 Před 2 lety +5

      I'm not sure anyone is trying to erase this .....

  • @paulbowser1989
    @paulbowser1989 Před 2 lety +11

    I was living in Fairfield, CT on 9/11. I remember being able to see the smoke from the towers on the highway. I also remember going into school. I was in the 7th grade amd every classroom had the tv on to the news. I also remember kids crying in the hallway because they had a parent or even both parents who worked in the towers

    • @OilBaron100
      @OilBaron100 Před 2 lety

      That’s so sad for those poor kids.

    • @trumpsupporter4767
      @trumpsupporter4767 Před 2 lety

      Why didn't Osama didn't drink coke? Because it says bush when opened.

    • @bobd2659
      @bobd2659 Před 2 lety

      I was in Toronto. Just got home after an 15 hour day rigging a show at the Skydome, which then got cancelled when it was considered a potential target. I was called back TO THE POTENTIAL TARGET to take the show down. I refused, not because it was a target (it wasn't really) but because we were all so tired, it was unsafe. I had also already poured myself a drink before turning the TV on at the 'end' of my day. Drinking and heights don't mix... No one went back, and as I understand it, the venue didn't charge any extra for the days delay...

    • @bobd2659
      @bobd2659 Před 2 lety

      @Jordon Carlson Kinda, except the overtime thing. We would all have been in overtime (we already were when we left). It was just very unsafe (not the whole potential target thing). The company shouldn't have even entertained the thought of having us come back.

    • @lip124
      @lip124 Před 2 lety

      I lived in NYC, 1st time i ever seen NYC residents ban together don't matter who you are we helping you, it hurt ALOT of people seeing them towers go down same with NJ and CT people.

  • @roberthorchar5690
    @roberthorchar5690 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for the informative videos. You do an amazing job presenting and creating them.

  • @Sneaky_Pirate
    @Sneaky_Pirate Před 2 lety +5

    Seal team 6 to HQ: Bois we got’em.
    HQ: *Heavy Breathing*

  • @thegunslinger1363
    @thegunslinger1363 Před 2 lety +57

    "It's like America going into Iraq. Because a bunch of Saudis destroyed The World Trade Centre." Jeremy Clarkson. And could you cover the operation to capture Berlin by the Red Army?

    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 Před 2 lety

      Wow

    • @josvercaemer264
      @josvercaemer264 Před 2 lety

      @stacey abarham Why dus his virgins need to shaven

    • @shatbad2960
      @shatbad2960 Před 2 lety +4

      Israel and Saudi Arabia are tight. Don't forget those dancing Israeli's and other strange coincidences.

    • @qbasic16
      @qbasic16 Před 2 lety +3

      The war in Iraq had never anything to do with 9/11 or Bin Laden. It was about supposed WMDs which were never found.

    • @j.r.7339
      @j.r.7339 Před 2 lety

      Where did he say that?

  • @asabovesobelow4180
    @asabovesobelow4180 Před 2 lety +8

    Operation Desert Storm should be a mega projects video. Super interesting and a massive logistical achievement.

  • @assassinarsh
    @assassinarsh Před 2 lety +4

    Before I start this video, I'd like to thank the MegaProjects team for coming up with really interesting topics to breakdown! Love what you all do!

  • @Diago767
    @Diago767 Před 2 lety +22

    With its recent collapse the Arecibo telescope (The one used for filming Goldeneye) might make for a good video, either here or sideprojects if its a shorter story

    • @route2070
      @route2070 Před 2 lety +3

      He did that already in Mega Projects.

    • @randomdudeonyoutube.
      @randomdudeonyoutube. Před 2 lety +1

      Check out the channel Practical Engineering

    • @wolfvontyr2266
      @wolfvontyr2266 Před 2 lety

      @Diago767
      Its a pretty good one, you're right!
      czcams.com/video/yf3fD-CC2QQ/video.html

    • @seafoodmonster3060
      @seafoodmonster3060 Před 2 lety

      Areciebo telescope, is that the one they thought collapsed due to fire damage, but then found explosive residue on site?
      Oh never mind, I was thinking of some other place:-)

    • @Diago767
      @Diago767 Před 2 lety

      Thanks guys, didn't realize he'd covered it already :)

  • @David-hi9rp
    @David-hi9rp Před 2 lety +2

    love this channel its like turning on BBC1 and watching somthing interesting ER.. no Channel 5 in the UK Do that now well done Lads !

  • @sailinbob11
    @sailinbob11 Před 2 lety +20

    He was tossed overboard like trash. Way too good for him.

    • @nickstav08
      @nickstav08 Před 2 lety

      Should have left him for the sharks tbh

    • @chrisyanover1777
      @chrisyanover1777 Před 2 lety +1

      To be fair, this was a traditional Muslim funeral at sea.

    • @David-hi9rp
      @David-hi9rp Před 2 lety

      I damm well agree but there is always his mind less minions that are brain washed by him ive met a few

    • @criticalhard
      @criticalhard Před 2 lety

      That was way too dumb tbh, after all that poor sound did to many, his remains deserved worse.

    • @oldenweery7510
      @oldenweery7510 Před 2 lety

      @@chrisyanover1777 Simon mentioned that, which makes me wonder if any of their killers ever did as much for Christians or Jews, don't you?

  • @macmcelveen1241
    @macmcelveen1241 Před 2 lety +54

    Nobody ever shows the Pentagon anymore.

    • @josvercaemer264
      @josvercaemer264 Před 2 lety +7

      Where is the luguage, big structural elements like engine tail and such. And the entry speed of the plane exceeding the structural limits on that leveL?

    • @fn9six
      @fn9six Před 2 lety +11

      @@josvercaemer264 *puts tinfoil hat on*
      Pentagon is the biggest red flag for me. People can debate the towers falling from an explosion or jet fuel heat but there was nothing at the site of the pentagon, just a partially collapsed building. Also is it even possible for a plane to get so low to the ground without stalling/ striking anything else in the area?

    • @roostercogburn7129
      @roostercogburn7129 Před 2 lety +7

      @@fn9six and they did a controlled decent from 80,000 feet in a circle only to come ground level to hit the pentagon

    • @bkbank2554
      @bkbank2554 Před 2 lety +9

      The whole of 9/11 was and is and always remains inside job.

    • @angrydoggy9170
      @angrydoggy9170 Před 2 lety +5

      @@fn9six Stalling depends on the speed, not the altitude. As for striking other buildings, plenty of space around the pentagon.

  • @badluck5647
    @badluck5647 Před 2 lety +71

    No need to be polite. There was joy at the mass murders' death.

    • @trumpsupporter4767
      @trumpsupporter4767 Před 2 lety +1

      Why didn't Osama didn't drink coke? Because it says bush when opened.

    • @jedaaa
      @jedaaa Před 2 lety +1

      You'd be surprised .....

    • @icu_corey_rn_903
      @icu_corey_rn_903 Před 2 lety +1

      I’ll never forget I was in 8th grade woke up to get ready for school the news was on from the night before I see hundreds of people outside of the White House and Times Square and the caption said “we got em UBL is dead.” At first I was like who is UBL? Then after a second I realized they meant Osama Bin Laden. I knew it was a moment I’d never forget as it was happening I remember waking my mom up who got my dad and we all stood in the living room at watched

    • @aldenpadilla1773
      @aldenpadilla1773 Před 2 lety +3

      bush is still alive bruh

    • @churblefurbles
      @churblefurbles Před 2 lety

      "cia asset" death

  • @joyrider7421
    @joyrider7421 Před 2 lety

    subscribed thank you. your content on all vids is brilliant keep it up, humour is good

  • @FloridaHockeyFan
    @FloridaHockeyFan Před 2 lety +56

    I was working in Washington Dc the night they killed/announced the killing. I was in an embassy removing old office furniture and loading semi trucks. When I noticed everyone hooting and hollering everywhere. People were coming out in droves and I didnt understand why. It was extremely late and I couldnt understand why people were celebrating at 1am on a random night. Finished my cig and went back to work. When I was picked up @ 6am when the job was done I was informed of the killing. pretty freakin cool to be there for it.

    • @OMG_No_Way
      @OMG_No_Way Před 2 lety +2

      @@keltonfoster False. That whole story was called reverse intelligence.

    • @EldoradoTexas
      @EldoradoTexas Před 2 lety +3

      and you believed it?

    • @FloridaHockeyFan
      @FloridaHockeyFan Před 2 lety +3

      dont care if they killed him or captured him to torture for information. I'm just glad he's fucking miserable or dead.

    • @EldoradoTexas
      @EldoradoTexas Před 2 lety +2

      @@FloridaHockeyFan yep. Sounds like you buy just about anything.

    • @FloridaHockeyFan
      @FloridaHockeyFan Před 2 lety +2

      @@EldoradoTexas When you live in west texas there aint much else to do other than talk sht on the old inter webs. I bet you're one of the Q followers lol Believe every single conspiracy someone can connect a few dots with. I bet you still believe camera's steal your soul =D

  • @Lemieux_7
    @Lemieux_7 Před 2 lety

    Great episode!

  • @hazeldecker622
    @hazeldecker622 Před 2 lety

    I love that sometimes these videos are more out of the box!

  • @MostPowerfulPMofIndia
    @MostPowerfulPMofIndia Před 11 měsíci +2

    Your channel is absolutely great to respect the achievements of common humans towards the world

  • @WasabiSniffer
    @WasabiSniffer Před 2 lety

    I remember that day very well. Fantastic episode.
    Want to suggest the A10 and the development behind the Bradley IFV.
    Also for Geographics if it hasn’t been done yet, Afghanistan would be a fun one. Graveyard of Empires. Like, all of them.

  • @ryandowney8743
    @ryandowney8743 Před 2 lety +2

    You should do a Top 10s on the Dumbest 911 Conspiracies.

  • @HarleyShauz
    @HarleyShauz Před 2 lety +1

    Another great video.

  • @kimopuppy
    @kimopuppy Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent job

  • @thecoolestfaisal
    @thecoolestfaisal Před 2 lety +1

    I was really surprised when he talked about haripur since some of my relatives live there and my family comes a from a mountain village pretty close to it.

  • @aston-martin-internationalist

    Your beard is on point Simon.

  • @Shinzon23
    @Shinzon23 Před 2 lety +5

    I think we could have titled this "The hunt for a rabid terrorist" and we would have known who it was as well.

  • @giselematthews7949
    @giselematthews7949 Před 2 lety +12

    I remember watching that on tv.

  • @Mr.Septon
    @Mr.Septon Před 2 lety +2

    For whatever reason, CZcams apparently unsubscribed me from this channel between now and last night. Subscribed again, but I hate when that happens and wonder who gets lost in the fray.

  • @a_real_jive_turkey7772
    @a_real_jive_turkey7772 Před 2 lety +5

    It's amazing to think Simon used to not have a beard. Over the years I've watched Simon go from a boy to a man

  • @michaelgeorge4614
    @michaelgeorge4614 Před 15 dny +1

    I was listening to my wake up radio station in Seattle, KJR Sports Radio, Mitch in the Morning was talking about the first tower being hit.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 Před dnem

      I wasn't far away when I heard about it. I was in school and the teachers acted weird all day, all radios and TVs off all day. Then I walked into the house and my dad was still in bed watching the news with footage of planes flying into towers on repeat

  • @patrickparisienne1917
    @patrickparisienne1917 Před 2 lety

    Well presented 👌

  • @CodGodess
    @CodGodess Před 2 lety

    Another fantastic video

  • @waynemalford3020
    @waynemalford3020 Před 2 lety +8

    I had thought he must have died.
    When they announced that they got him, I was shocked.
    But like Simon said, once you're wanted on that scale it's only a matter of time.
    And apparently the CIA didn't give up...

  • @davidhuber9418
    @davidhuber9418 Před 2 lety

    awesome, thank you!

  • @xm8553
    @xm8553 Před 2 lety +22

    I love when you do a topic that there are big conspiracy theories about and you just move right over that fact. It’s very professional how you don’t discourage them (no matter how ridiculous they are) and just move right past it

    • @PetrSojnek
      @PetrSojnek Před 2 lety

      he keeps conspiracy theories for different video :D

  • @alexanderellman2314
    @alexanderellman2314 Před 2 lety +6

    Got here so early i almost saw Danny try to leave the basement

    • @rogueviking9268
      @rogueviking9268 Před 2 lety

      I thought I heard someone yell "DANNY, NO!"

    • @MosoKaiser
      @MosoKaiser Před 2 lety

      There is no escape from the Blazement!

  • @petahoee8281
    @petahoee8281 Před 2 lety +1

    I remember that sad as day 20 years ago I was only 10yrs old but I will say the feeling of our country our people coming together afterwards was the best feeling ever. Won't ever be that way again.

    • @harrymu148
      @harrymu148 Před 2 lety

      unless we get 9/11 2.0 and then another subsequent search and kill I guess. Knock on wood that never happens though

    • @oldenweery7510
      @oldenweery7510 Před 2 lety +1

      @@harrymu148 I'm tapping the side of my head with one fist while rapping on the computer desk's pullout with the other, thanks. Not superstitious, but as my old friend Lenny used to say, "It couldn't _hoit, Bubby!"

  • @viperzang6923
    @viperzang6923 Před 2 lety

    I was in school in 3rd grade on 9/11. The teachers weren't allowed to tell us what what was happening, but a lot of other kids we being picked up early and we didn't know why. I remember when I was picked up, first thing I asked my parents why they packed me lunch if I was being picked up early.

  • @LB_Amerijuanican
    @LB_Amerijuanican Před 2 lety +1

    I happened to be in detention too during lunch when 9/11 happened. Odd shared detention experience lol Except the teacher let us watch it on the news as it was happening, and that's when the second plane hit. She then quickly shut it off as a few other teacher gathered out in the hall where they rolled the tv out to, and continued watching without us.. Wild realization at the younger age to think that an actual terrorist attack was happening! To see the fear in the eyes of those who have family in NY is something that stuck with me throughout the years growing up.

  • @peter-radiantpipes2800
    @peter-radiantpipes2800 Před 2 lety +1

    Do a video on those amphibious assault ships. They’re huge and power projectors but different than aircraft carriers. Everyone does aircraft carrier videos and don’t see many on those. That one pic looks pretty old. No issue there. Just wondering are those Tomcats on deck? (Aft Starboard on upper left carrier) Would make this picture 20 + years old probably. 8:22

  • @mpboyle910
    @mpboyle910 Před 2 lety +1

    The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. Connecting Virginia's Eastern Shore to the main land, it is a bridge/tunnel system spanning the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay where it meets the Atlantic Ocean!

    • @mahadaalvi
      @mahadaalvi Před 2 lety

      I literally just drove through it this morning. That’d be awesome!

  • @2255223388
    @2255223388 Před 2 lety +1

    Abba-bot-abad 😆. Think you added an extra syllable there, buddy!

  • @HarryNicNicholas
    @HarryNicNicholas Před 2 lety +1

    i recall walking into the office on sept 11, i was working on special fx for the movie resident evil, so watching the planes crash into the WTC on the tv was a bit surreal.

  • @nidorina28
    @nidorina28 Před 2 lety

    Can you please make an "all videos" playlist? This channel is starting to get big to keep track of.

  • @Elgrecko87
    @Elgrecko87 Před 2 lety +9

    This sponsorship would've been better in 1440p ...

  • @geekehUK
    @geekehUK Před 2 lety

    What got me was the special episode of Sherlock set in Victorian London (during the period of the original books) where Dr. Watson was still just returned from the Afghan war, I was like wow it really is all just a little bit of history repeating.

  • @deoon247
    @deoon247 Před 2 lety +7

    Do the Northrop YF-23

    • @scott2100
      @scott2100 Před 2 lety +1

      Please

    • @josvercaemer264
      @josvercaemer264 Před 2 lety

      Hasn't Simon alledgedly did this one?

    • @deoon247
      @deoon247 Před 2 lety

      @@josvercaemer264 i don’t think so. Or at least I haven’t seen it

  • @TheEvilCommenter
    @TheEvilCommenter Před 2 lety +1

    Good video 👍

  • @evhensamchuk1676
    @evhensamchuk1676 Před 2 lety +32

    After this video I wanna do one simple thing - go and watch Zero dark thirty for the fifth time.

  • @jameswatters2012
    @jameswatters2012 Před 2 lety

    There’s a fantastic tv show called The Newsroom and they did an episode about the killing of OBL.
    The episode was titled “5/2” and highlighted the steps that the fictional media company ACN had to take in order to ascertain if the information and rumours were correct.
    If you’ve never seen the show then I highly recommend it as it’s very funny but also serious as to how the news is portrayed.

  • @blairpenny1526
    @blairpenny1526 Před 2 lety +3

    Neptune's spear? Didn't he have a trident or something

    • @phoenixfox2697
      @phoenixfox2697 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah, I legitimately want to know how they name these operations. 90% of them I’m like, how tf did you come up with that nonsense????

    • @blairpenny1526
      @blairpenny1526 Před 2 lety

      @@phoenixfox2697 I am convinced they have a focus group that just thinks of cool sounding names for projects and operations and then try to make the acronym work later

  • @michaelhanson3739
    @michaelhanson3739 Před 2 lety +8

    “Front Towards the Enemy” incredible detailed video about the events leading up to NS. Everyone can believe what they want, but no one from Butte would lie about something like this. “Everyone speaks gun”

    • @sirclarkmarz
      @sirclarkmarz Před 2 lety

      " front towards the enemy" should appear on the screen before every mainstream news broadcast

  • @dwchen1
    @dwchen1 Před 2 lety +1

    Would be an interesting case to cover the 2 modified Blackhawk helicopter into stealth helicopter if Simon can gather any classified information about the helicopter and it's technology into the Megaprojects new video.

  • @rougelemon7805
    @rougelemon7805 Před 2 lety +1

    I think you should do the f22 raptor, I would like to know more about it. Definitely one of the coolest planes ever.

    • @cookstr2000
      @cookstr2000 Před 2 lety

      I think he has, maybe on a different one of his channels 🤔 if not, I stand corrected lol

  • @terryts2
    @terryts2 Před 2 lety

    If I were to make a request, why not one of the ‘broken arrow’ incidences? I think we need to know more about those

  • @kristopherb8046
    @kristopherb8046 Před 2 lety

    I will never forget where I was on 9/11. I was walking by the TV just as the second plane hit, I could not believe what I was seeing. I was on a flight back home within the week.

  • @TeusTudor
    @TeusTudor Před 2 lety

    Do a video on the US Afghanistan war as a whole, since it's such a massive topic (and long war).

  • @lyndseygarman8286
    @lyndseygarman8286 Před 2 lety

    Ok me mis hearing Simon at 14:59. Hearing Flying in Baby seals not Navy seals. Made my night.

  • @raynardhymen2139
    @raynardhymen2139 Před 2 lety

    Hell yeah, all over this one. Any chance you could do a video on the rise and fall of Bucks Fizz? 😁

    • @Chalky.
      @Chalky. Před 2 lety +1

      You're in a land of make belief if you think Simon will make his mind up to do that video.

    • @geoffers99villa
      @geoffers99villa Před 2 lety

      @@Chalky. he'd have to be sure before making his mind up though. 😎

  • @sbcwinn
    @sbcwinn Před 2 lety

    Say Simon, could you do a megaprojects video on the Exxon Valdiz disaster?

  • @joedimaggio6261
    @joedimaggio6261 Před 2 lety

    Please do a mega project on the Airbus A-380 jumbo jet

  • @laughingoutloud5742
    @laughingoutloud5742 Před 2 lety

    I appreciate sticking to the topic 🙂

  • @carpenoctem775
    @carpenoctem775 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I was born in the late 80’s. 9/11 was a defining moment in history for my generation. It was relieving when justice was finally served. I hope the victims families can move on.

  • @emmanuelferpozzi1768
    @emmanuelferpozzi1768 Před 2 lety +6

    This was a good one, dude.

  • @robertsollory7475
    @robertsollory7475 Před 2 lety

    The black hawk down incident might be an interesting subject for megaprojects....or at least one of his channels.

  • @markcoulas
    @markcoulas Před 2 lety

    Hey Simon. Have you done a video on grand central station yet?

  • @turtlesploodgegaming3123

    I was in my 7th grade math class, and the science teacher came running in saying turn on the TV. I remember every detail of that day. Kinda wild.

  • @LogieT2K
    @LogieT2K Před 2 lety +1

    I was a 10month old baby when 9/11 happened
    Im now a 20 year old man
    I feel so sorry for people my age who had their entire childhood ruin by the war on terror

    • @TAGGARTPSN
      @TAGGARTPSN Před 2 lety

      The US did kill many children in this war.

  • @allexia0595
    @allexia0595 Před 2 lety

    Would just like everyone to know that 1440 is US news and US views primarily. Signed up and was pretty disappointed by the lack of localisation options.

  • @jaypatz4426
    @jaypatz4426 Před 2 lety

    Beards going hard dawg

  • @duncasaur5074
    @duncasaur5074 Před 2 lety +1

    A-10 Warthog/Thunderbolt II video please?

  • @philippesails4973
    @philippesails4973 Před měsícem +1

    You can go straight to 12:50 to watch the topic announced in the headline.

  • @melvinclaen344
    @melvinclaen344 Před 2 lety

    Please do something on the X-15 rocket plane. It is such an insane plane and perfect for this plane.

  • @brisiplays3899
    @brisiplays3899 Před 2 lety +1

    September 11th, 2001: I was in school, I had been excused to go use the restroom. While indisposed I heard someone running down the hallway screaming at the top of his lungs: “WE HAVE BEEN ATTACKED!” On my way back to class every classroom door was open with the news blaring on every television. Once I made it back to class an announcement was made over the school PA system stating that school was mandatorily being let out early as a result of what was going on. Watching the Twin Towers fall, and the rest of that hell at such a young age is something that will stick with me for the remainder of my life. So sad!

    • @lip124
      @lip124 Před 2 lety

      Yea it hurt, I lived in NYC, Bronx at the time in school. They told everybody GO STRAIGHT HOME. It was the 1st time I ever seen everybody in NYC band together don't make what race you are people was helping each other, the towers going down hurt me ALOT since I been there on a school trip.

  • @jonathantarrant2449
    @jonathantarrant2449 Před 2 lety

    Alfreda Frances Bidowsky is one of the few people that actually knows most or all of the details as she tracked UBL for years.

  • @BrandyHoelscher
    @BrandyHoelscher Před 2 lety +2

    Detention? What did you do? Lol

  • @aphiweqaba8821
    @aphiweqaba8821 Před 2 lety

    You should do an Angkor Wat video next

  • @ARIXANDRE
    @ARIXANDRE Před 2 lety

    "Zero Dark Thirty", that depicts the operation, became my second favorite movie of all time, after "Saving Private Ryan."

  • @janat5744
    @janat5744 Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you for your beardedness.

  • @TheOriginalDeckBoy
    @TheOriginalDeckBoy Před 2 lety +4

    I'm guessing Simon is in Lockdown based on that Awesome Wild Ass Beard he's sporting ;))

  • @nik3896
    @nik3896 Před 2 lety

    Excellent👍👍👍

  • @carrielange2692
    @carrielange2692 Před 2 lety +1

    i totally thought he said they flew in 25 baby seals, haha. I was like "awwww...wait...what...?" 😆

  • @dustynewman1
    @dustynewman1 Před 2 lety +2

    9/11/2001. I was on family medical leave following the birth of my daughter. We had a long night, seeing my daughter didn't want to sleep. My sister burst into the house yelling "They're dive bombing New York!"

  • @itsbigfluff
    @itsbigfluff Před 2 lety +4

    '...With most on the ground saying it was the most ferocious bombing campaign they'd ever experienced.'
    The fact that these people have so enough experience with being bombed to be able to compare bombings against each other is actually the saddest part about this video.

  • @trent3792
    @trent3792 Před 2 lety

    I was in school I remember it being a really nice day put but all of a sudden things got very strange at school they sent us home early none of us knew why and when I got home I saw my grandma crying in front of the TV and saw the footage of the towers coming down

  • @anomittity
    @anomittity Před 2 lety +5

    Just an observation, Love your channels Simon!, regarding your last video, you mention Hitler in your last video and cannot get monitized from youtube? yet they are ok with osama binladen? Whats wrong with that picture. It's history anyhow, they should monitze you regardless. Thanks for all the great documentaries!

  • @OldManGamer1985
    @OldManGamer1985 Před 2 lety

    I to also remember exactly where i was on September 11th. in collage thinking why is everyone getting upset for? definitely a day everyone will remember.

  • @megaprojects9649
    @megaprojects9649  Před 2 lety +32

    Thanks to 1440 for supporting me on this video, head on over to join1440.com/megaprojects to support them!

    • @pyeitme508
      @pyeitme508 Před 2 lety

      Wow

    • @dalcon04
      @dalcon04 Před 2 lety

      F-15 and it’s awesome best overall aircraft and the cost is perfect for mega projects

    • @michaelmayhem350
      @michaelmayhem350 Před 2 lety +2

      "the war would only go one way?" lol the USA left. 20+ years later, the taliban still control the country and usa has given up and left

    • @marksecker6606
      @marksecker6606 Před 2 lety +1

      Nope....just do your wikipage read....Nobody cares about your commercials nor their cheap and quite useless products ...
      If I want or need something...I will search for it myself...
      Also...just do a vid on the Dutch meaning of...Wij van wc-eend adviseren wc-eend...
      Maybe you can scrape some more bucks there aye, mate?

    • @XOPOIIIO
      @XOPOIIIO Před 2 lety +1

      The ad is so long, that I unsubscribed.

  • @David-hi9rp
    @David-hi9rp Před 2 lety

    Simon are you growing your beard as long as ZZ TOP as it seems too be getting longer ?? and whats with these sponsers changing every two mins ??