- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
September 11th, 2001 - Forced Fallers.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 11:49 pm
Posted on 9/17/15 at 11:49 pm
I don't wanna call them Jumpers, although I'm sure some of them did "jump" because they felt they had no other option other than burn or suffocate to death...
But, what I never really thought about was the amount falling in the time period that they did... The last 6 days or so I've been watching and re-watching a lot of 9/11 movies and videos I hadn't yet seen, or wanted to see again along with reading a lot of wikis and sites.
I think what struck me most was ~200 falling victims in ~100 minutes... and that's if you include the full time from the time the north tower was struck to the time it fell (cause the south was both struck and fell within that time period).
So you are looking at 2 people falling to their death every minute over 100 minutes... technically much more than that per minute probably over a smaller amount of time.
That's crazy, I couldn't imagine being there and seeing something like that.
But, what I never really thought about was the amount falling in the time period that they did... The last 6 days or so I've been watching and re-watching a lot of 9/11 movies and videos I hadn't yet seen, or wanted to see again along with reading a lot of wikis and sites.
I think what struck me most was ~200 falling victims in ~100 minutes... and that's if you include the full time from the time the north tower was struck to the time it fell (cause the south was both struck and fell within that time period).
So you are looking at 2 people falling to their death every minute over 100 minutes... technically much more than that per minute probably over a smaller amount of time.
That's crazy, I couldn't imagine being there and seeing something like that.
This post was edited on 9/17/15 at 11:51 pm
19
Posted on 9/17/15 at 11:54 pm to NATidefan
You need to go out in the sunshine tomorrow.
Posted on 9/17/15 at 11:58 pm to NATidefan
I can't imagine being in that situation.
Thanks for making me think about it.
Thanks for making me think about it.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 12:19 am to NATidefan
I'm just glad this isn't another conspiracy theorist thread.
The title had me fooled.
The title had me fooled.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 12:19 am to NATidefan
Just imagine a bunch of elementary school kids 15 minutes away who didn't know what thee frick was going on.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 12:20 am to NATidefan
People were laying down stacked on top of each other - hanging out of the narrow windows - 1,200 feet above the ground.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 12:24 am to NATidefan
At the base of the towers the firefighters set up the command post in the lobby and could hear people falling to their deaths and the loud crashing as they hit the roof. It inspired the firefighters but was very ominous knowing that every loud thud that echoed was another life lost.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 12:33 am to NATidefan
Its something that you see in movies let alone in real life.
For the people that saw everything that happened live in person was forever changed after that day.
For the people that saw everything that happened live in person was forever changed after that day.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 1:10 am to NATidefan
There was one September 11th documentary and it was home videos people took that day. One dude was filming the towers and said "it looks like pillows are falling out of the windows" and someone else said "I think that's people". Creeped me out.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 1:22 am to NATidefan
A priest giving last rites to victims was killed when a jumper fell on top of him. That's fricked up
Posted on 9/18/15 at 2:51 am to NATidefan
I read this thread right before going to sleep around midnight and have spent the past few hours on YouTube watching everything from 9/11 videos to Bush's speech declaring war, to FDR declaring war on Japan.. YouTube's a helluva drug
Posted on 9/18/15 at 3:21 am to NATidefan
I saw a video the other day about the firefighters. They have a beeper that triggers a noise after couple moments of no movement. A couple minutes after the towers fell they went off simultaneously. One of the eeriest things I've seen.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 4:46 am to NATidefan
Since that day, I wonder if anyone has hidden an emergency parachute somewhere in a high rise building just in case.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 6:46 am to NATidefan
nvm. too touchy.
This post was edited on 9/18/15 at 7:02 am
Posted on 9/18/15 at 7:59 am to NATidefan
I recall seeing an HBO documentary not too long after 9/11. It followed some firefighters organizing on the ground floor of the WTC. I can still hear the sound of those bodies hitting the ceiling of the area. Continuous sounds. Surreal, horrible.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 8:38 am to NATidefan
I've always thought many of them were trying to figure a way to figure a way to scale down the exterior of the buildings rather than jump.
This post was edited on 9/18/15 at 8:39 am
Posted on 9/18/15 at 9:51 am to NATidefan
I read that they were rushing to the windows and accidentally pushing out others who were at the windows. Some were confused and simply walked out of the window.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 10:42 am to NATidefan
The saddest picture I believe i saw was a women who jumped with a skirt on... She was trying desperately to keep her skirt down. I'm assuming it was so to die with some dignity knowing it would be caught on film.
Makes me sick to my stomach for her...
fricking bastards. Saudi Arabia deserved to be nuked over that shite.
Makes me sick to my stomach for her...
fricking bastards. Saudi Arabia deserved to be nuked over that shite.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 10:55 am to NATidefan
Yes OP, 9/11 frickkng sucked. Try to have a good weekend though.
Posted on 9/18/15 at 10:57 am to NATidefan
Never forget
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News