Rutgers Victims of September 11, 2001
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There is a series of these.
One is about the actor Rob Riggle, a Marine Officer, and what he did.
Another is about a fireman, who I know and my Son is very good friends with his son, who talks about the aftermath…physical, mental, medically, etc.
I have to admit, after the initial aftermath of 9/11, I avoided most content, videos, analysis, etc of the day. Even as an official in my town, I presided over many 9/11 memorial ceremonies but never exposed myself to anything else. This changed about 2 years ago when I watched Brian Clark tell his story. I guess I needed some time to go by to be able to think of 9/11 as more historical vs something we all witnessed or experienced.
Checked this out a few days ago. Very interesting recording of air traffic control at JFK.
In the series I mentioned there is a video of the fighter pilots tasked to bring Flight 93, if they got there in time.
The video has the ATC conversations too. Interesting.
Thanks for the heads up. I watched 2 videos from the series and see there are a bunch more.
I was lucky enough to get off the island that day in this manner. Now, I was a routine NY Waterway passenger from Hoboken Terminal to their dock adjacent to the World Financial Center as part of my daily commute.
It took a while to evacuate from the 17th floor of the WFC #2. When we got to the plaza along the River and I saw they already has one ferry loading and one or two waiting for the slip to open up and without hesitation I jumped on.
The NY Waterway guys were hustling to get as many people on as quickly as was safe. It is interesting how one reacts in a crisis. Some people were hesitant - didn't know where they wanted to go. Again this was a pattern for me, but I'd like to think going to NJ, getting some space between me and the crisis would have been an easy call.
And we are creatures of habit, even in crisis. Some of the regulars were fumbling for their tickets and other people reluctant to get on without a pass
The boat crews were just shouting "Get On! Go...GO! Come on!" to move folks along.
At that point the boat crews probably had a better picture of what was happening than many of us who had been closer to the impact.
I heard the scream of the engines of the first plane prior to impact and instantly realized this was bad. However I did not begin to really absorb the enormity of the disaster until getting a look at both Towers in flames from the upper deck of the ferry as we crossed the Hudson.
