September 11

I watched this documentary on September 11 on Monday night. I knew i shouldn't watch it as it would be really depressing but i wanted to watch it because i thought it would be interesting too. Arrgh so stupid. It was called 102 Minutes That Changed America and it was footage in real time of the events unfolding. The footage was mainly from citizens and what they were seeing. Some of it was actually filmed in one of the towers before it collapsed. I'm only mentioning it because as i watched it i still, even after all these years, am amazed that it happened. I know how ridiculous this sounds. I think i feel that way even more since i went there last year and saw where the towers were and now have a sense of the city and how uminaginable those events must have been for the people there. To see all the crowds in Times Square stop to watch the news reports on the big screens. Just so horrific. They showed footage of people plunging to their deaths from the floors that were hit by the planes and it must have been so awful to witness that. The explosion and the amount of smoke and how much it spread was just insane. Seeing how people fled uptown and to other burroughs. It also makes you realise how brave the FDNY were, charging into those buildings, it must have been so scary. Anyway, i just felt like mentioning that as it approaches September 11th...