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Palm Beach Post: Previously unseen video of plane hitting South Tower of World Trade Center
Released in September 2011. Graphic footage. (bcove.me) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
This video is really no different from the hundreds of others that are out there. Perhaps this specific video has been unseen, but this view or perspective of the event, has been seen many times. To be honest, i don't think this should have been posted. I have the image of the planes going into the towers etched on my f_cking brain! I think we all do. No need to post supposed "unseen" footage. Sorry, just the way i feel.
Thank you Alistair Morrison, I think instead of focusing on "exciting new videos" maybe we could sit back, and remember all the innocent people we lost that horrible day. Maybe to the palm beach post, this is a "great new angle" to see several hundred people fly a plane into a building, but hopefuly to most of us. Its a tragic reminder of a day we would all like to forget. Im sure any terrorist would smile and be glad there is organizations like the palm beach post that publish their accomplishments. Im sad to see this sort of thing imorialized..I hope most of us true Americans agree....
Of course this video should have been posted, and I thank Mr. Littlejohn for doing so. Yes, the memories are clearly etched into my mind as well, and my stomach still flips when I see the related images. But should we bury this (and similar videos and pictures) because they nakedly reveal “inconvenient” truths of our country’s history and cause some to squirm? Well, It’s not about “us” and our feelings, is it?
My Godchild was four years old on that horrible day; now, a freshman in high school, he asks what is all this 9-11 stuff he has recently been hearing. I tell him my own recollections of the day, of course, but my words to him do not nearly describe the horror that an extant video does. Most true Americans *do* want to remember; moreover, we want to educate Americans, who were too young to remember, about this barbaric action against *their* country.
Why rely on the revisionists’ history when we have access to pictures and videos of the actual event as it happened?
My Godchild was four years old on that horrible day; now, a freshman in high school, he asks what is all this 9-11 stuff he has recently been hearing. I tell him my own recollections of the day, of course, but my words to him do not nearly describe the horror that an extant video does. Most true Americans *do* want to remember; moreover, we want to educate Americans, who were too young to remember, about this barbaric action against *their* country.
Why rely on the revisionists’ history when we have access to pictures and videos of the actual event as it happened?
I appreciate the comments on both sides of this subject, and respect that opinions may differ. I did not post it with the intention of being insensitive or shocking. The Palm Beach Post (source of the article and publisher of the video) is one of the more respected newspapers in the country. Because this video was vetted by them and featured prominently on their site, as well as their paper, I did not feel it necessary to censor it here. Some people may prefer to never see this sort of thing, and others may watch it over and over.
While someone above has said "we would all like to forget" 9/11 - that isn't true for everyone. In fact, many might say that is exactly what we should *not* do.
Newspapers, websites, blogs, radio and TV are currently saturated with people re-telling their 9/11 stories - and discussions about how life has changed since then. I do not believe a line was crossed by forwarding a Palm Beach Post article here.
While someone above has said "we would all like to forget" 9/11 - that isn't true for everyone. In fact, many might say that is exactly what we should *not* do.
Newspapers, websites, blogs, radio and TV are currently saturated with people re-telling their 9/11 stories - and discussions about how life has changed since then. I do not believe a line was crossed by forwarding a Palm Beach Post article here.
Thanks, Alistair, my sentiments exactly. Brian, your comment about a terrorist smiling hits the nail on the head. Somebody sent me an Email power point show this morning that had 58 shots of "JUST NOW DECLASSIED" photos. Alistair, as you said, they might not have been seen but the images are etched in our minds.
Google "South Tower being hit" and you get 1610 returns for videos. Therefore, do we really need one of thousands posted here? There really is no mystery here. There was no malfunction of the aircraft or sever weather that brought it down. Someone flew a plane into a building intentionally and killed everyone onboard. Sstuff: no one is squirming here and i agree that the video will serve as a learning tool in a history class. I don't think it is "inconvinient" - you watch to many Al Gore movies. It is a truth that will never escape us. Everyone will remember that day in their own way and will never ignore it. If people do ignore it, then that is their way of coping. My point was, there is no need to post a video that is no different from the many that you can see on google or Youtube. You have not given us or posted anything new. You have not given us information that let's us learn something new. Is that not what this website is about?? And jsut becasue some newspaper posted it, it does not mean you should post it here. As the old saying goes, "just because someone jumps of a bridge, are you going to as well?". Monkey see, monkey do. Do realize that any new agency will write or post just about anything to get readers. In other words, what may make headlines in the Palm Beach Post, does not mean that it is headlines for the entire world. Again, this video is no different from the thousands that are out there already and it has not told us or taught us anyhting new. Sorry, but the post was worthless.