[MULTIPLE VIDEOS & AUDIO BELOW] A day which shook the world. A day on which we lost thousands of innocent people to blood thirsty beasts. And a day which will remain etched in our memories forever.
VIDEO: The first plane hits – caught by a cameraman doing a documentary in Manhattan (Muted).
CNN VIDEO As It Happened – Part 1
First Minutes Of September 11th Attacks: MyFoxNY.com
VIDEO Taken From An NYPD Helicopter
The following VIDEO was taken by a woman in her apartment-36 floors up and 500 yards from the North Tower. Viewer discretion is advised.
The 9/11 Tapes: The Story in the Air – From the NY Times (With Transcript)
A selection of audio recordings from the Federal Aviation Administration (F.A.A.), North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) and American Airlines from the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The recordings, some of which have been published previously, are being released in a multimedia report originally intended to be part of the Sept. 11 Commission’s 2004 report.
Click here for the audio recordings.
Collection of video footages captured on September 11th 2001. Shows views from inside the Lobby of the North Tower, the South Tower’s attacks, and the collapse. Plus the collapse of World trade Center 7.
It does not matter how many years pass. It is also amazing how quickly the years have passed. It is still the scariest thing in the world each year as we relive that moment. A day much like today. Clear, beautiful cool morning. I can’t help but think how we never know what each day could bring. And how we really must rely on Hashem only to protect us. Remember that feeling of not knowing what the next minute would look like. Where the next event might take place. Let us also remember that instinctive feeling we all had to want the kids home from school and close to us. They are still the same precious kids! That feeling of needing to do teshuva while everything was out of control. Things are still not in our control. Today is the yahrzeit of the Chafetz Chaim. Let us work on Ahavas Yisroel and Shmiras Halashon. Let it be a zechus and May Hashem watch over all of us.
There are many things in life that we should never forget, May all those who were lost may we remember them as well. amen
Very well put. Thank you.
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DONT LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN !
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I don’t know about everyone else here, how often we think about our life, most people make an account of their life once a year-before Yom Kippur- Tzaddikim make an account once a month-before Yom kippur Kotton. I know a person that makes a account of his life almost everyday of his life. He told me this is the final last thing he thinks about almost every night AFTER saying Krias Shma al Hamita he makes an account thinking did i learn today, daven, give tzedaka, help another yid etc… is Hashem going to say to his Malachim i have Charata (pity) i gave this yid an extra day to live. How precious life is. Hashem doesn’t just say this yid will live to 98 this one to 108 & this one to 110, every day & hour is a gift from Hashem, U’vacharta B’chaim-you should choose life-lets learn this now while we are still young.
the age of 60 is the year when a person starts to look back at his 40 years of Adulthood (from 20 to 60). Statistics say that 90 percent of people feel bad that they’re time was not spent wisely-a person promises Hashem, if you turn me back into a twenty year old (if he gets back his 40 years) i promise i will spend my time more wisely-NOW THATS BAD NEWS. How precious life is & every hour is a gift from Hashem. LET US WAKE UP NOW & START TO LIVE A REAL LIFE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. A day gone is gone forever & cannot be made up. Anything pushed away or delayed because of laziness is too late to make up for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O50fLtr0yqI
It seems more appropriate to think about the 23rd of Elul, the Yahrzeiten of the many who were lost, through a Torah-lens, than through the play it over and over and over again, American media approach. While these videos play non-stop, how many people’s names and stories do we really know? And how have the families and children, been affected. The people lost are the ones who matter, not the “date” itself, nor the buildings in which they worked.
If you knew where to look in the sky, one can see the memorial lights from Lakewood. As the night sky was clear, the lights were visible.