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Sights and Sounds of 9/11

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  • 04-09-2010 9:04pm
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    bobblepuzzle
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    Anyone just see this documentary on Channel 4?

    I thought it was really good, loads of footage I hadn't seen before... also the emergency radio conversations were neatly laid in

    For anyone who missed it you can watch it on Channel 4 OD http://www.channel4.com/programmes/1...ca/4od#3119675


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    chirogirl
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    Yeah I found it interesting to watch. 9 years went quick!


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    CrazyBiscuit
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    I just watched it, the quietness of some of it was very eerie (as expected).


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    bobblepuzzle
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    hard to believe it's 9 years :eek: I was just starting 6th year when it happened...

    sigh, I'm getting old :(


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    Nodin
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    I was in work. The first reports said 'plane crashed into....' and for some reason in my mind I had pictured a Cesna or some similar light aircraft.


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    kfallon
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    Not seen the documentary but I'll never forget that day, prob the last time I cried for non family reasons


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    Bobeagleburger
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    Just watched it - was excellent.


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    CrazyBiscuit
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    I was pulling a sicky from school and so watched it all live on the tv.


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    bobblepuzzle
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    For anyone who missed it you can watch it on Channel 4 OD http://www.channel4.com/programmes/102-minutes-that-changed-america/4od#3119675

    Highly recommend it :)

    It was actually called 102 minutes that change America... my bad:P


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    The HorsesMouth
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    Brilliant documentary.

    At first I was a bit disappointed with no commentary in the background explaining what was going on but its amazing how little words and more visual images adds to the intensity of what happened,like you can almost place yourself there.


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    Absurdum
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    what happened?


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    My name is URL
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    It's a great documentary alright.. it's a bloody scary scenario and was laid out very well through personal footage and candid dialogue. It really puts into perspective how people reacted to it before all of the political weight was added to the mix


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    Herb Powell
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    was this the one made from footage people shot, and pieced together chronologically? if so, I've seen it, and I thought it was excellent, very interesting


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    stovelid
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    Really good documentary.

    Outside of the harrowing nature of it, the way that some of the deserted streets were captured with the light coming through the thick dust were eerily beautiful: like weird moonscapes.

    Brought you right back to the panic and disbelief of the time.


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    last name ever. first name greatest
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    Cmdr Keen wrote: »
    Anyone just see this documentary on Channel 4?

    I thought it was really good, loads of footage I hadn't seen before... also the emergency radio conversations were neatly laid in

    For anyone who missed it you can watch it on Channel 4 OD http://www.channel4.com/programmes/1...ca/4od#3119675

    TV Forum >>>> http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=227


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    Iwasfrozen
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    last name ever. first name greatest wrote: »
    TV Forum >>>> http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=227
    Needlessly long name Forum >>>> ... Oh wait, yeah that doesn't exist.


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    Superbus
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    I thought of this the other day - imagine if Twitter had existed in 9/11 to the extent it does today.

    That'd have really been something - messages from the Towers etc.


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    catthinkin
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    hmm call me cynical but loads of that looked staged to me very odd some of it


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    JONJO THE MISER
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    I remember i was in the bookies and was more concerned about winning back the money i had lost than watching it, 9 years:eek:


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    epgc3fyqirnbsx
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    catthinkin wrote: »
    hmm call me cynical but loads of that looked staged to me very odd some of it

    you're quite cynical


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    bobblepuzzle
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    JONJO THE MISER wrote: »
    I remember i was in the bookies and was more concerned about winning back the money i had lost than watching it, 9 years:eek:

    obviously you didn't relise the significance of what was happening or you have one hell of a gambling addiction... which is it? :rolleyes:


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    orourkeda
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    It was an excellent document.

    It was almost like the aftermath of a nuclear attack in certain sections and was quite unsettling. There was a lot of footgae that I'd never seen before


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    catthinkin
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    well isnt strange nobody was swearing ?? they all seemed quite composed considering the situation ?


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    epgc3fyqirnbsx
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    catthinkin wrote: »
    well isnt strange nobody was swearing ?? they all seemed quite composed considering the situation ?

    No one said much at all, seemed more shell shocked


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    bobblepuzzle
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    catthinkin wrote: »
    well isnt strange nobody was swearing ?? they all seemed quite composed considering the situation ?

    erm I heard swearing... :/


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    orourkeda
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    catthinkin wrote: »
    hmm call me cynical but loads of that looked staged to me very odd some of it

    Staged? I'm not so sure.

    However, there are some reasonable questions that remained unresolved shall we say.

    I was never entirely sold on the idea of it being staged but I believe it's reasonable to ask if more could have been done to prevent it.


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    carefulnow100
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    catthinkin wrote: »
    well isnt strange nobody was swearing ?? they all seemed quite composed considering the situation ?

    Amercians dont sware as much as people think!

    I thought some parts showed how people didnt grasp the reality of the situation
    anyone see the partwhere the guy was explaning
    "I was 15 minutes from being in that building, I work in there!"
    "wow you must know alot of people in there"
    "yeah everyone on my floor, BUT I was 15 minutes from being in there, Monday night football saved my life! 15 minutes"

    As other posters said alot of previously unseen footage, IMO alot of other documentries teel the story through someones eyes with there opinion ie. with commentary. I think the great thing about this one is there is no commentary and you listen to your own thoughts abot what you would think if you were there and not what someone in commentary would be saying.
    I found the part where the camera was in Times Sq. and the part Itilain guy ( I think) said "we should be going to war right now" This comment was made before it was stated who carried out the attacks. I feel Different opinions for George Bush now, If the majority public out look was anywhere near that guys outlook then he would have been under sever pressure to go to war in the first place.


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    catthinkin
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    ok well maybe i am wrong but it just felt like a nice repackaged sanitised version of what happened . The couple with the cutes kids in the apartment going oh my lord those poor people when people were falling out of the towers. When in reality when people were falling out of the building people in the streets were laughing and shouting for them to jump and cheering when they did.

    I would prefer a documentary on the attack on the pentagon havent seen many on that .


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    stovelid
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    carefulnow100 wrote: »
    anyone see the partwhere the guy was explaning
    "I was 15 minutes from being in that building, I work in there!"
    "wow you must know alot of people in there"
    "yeah everyone on my floor, BUT I was 15 minutes from being in there, Monday night football saved my life! 15 minutes"
    .

    Thought he just sounded in shock myself.

    Or just American, maybe.


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    Superbus
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    If the guy who said that there was 30 or 40,000 people per building was correct then it was actually an incredibly good rescue effort that the total was 3,000.


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    carefulnow100
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    stovelid wrote: »
    Thought he just sounded in shock myself.

    Or just American, maybe.

    I suppose its unfair for me to judge! I cant put myself in his position!:o


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