by Robert Zenoni
So this isn’t a movie, per say, but it’s a documentary about 9/11 and since we're coming off the 22nd anniversary of the travesty, I decided to watch it. This is “9/11 Day 1 South Tower”. This series covers more than just what happened, but also the people these events happened to. It’s very sad, obviously, but it’s good to know these people, while filled with the fear of dying, still went out of there way to help others. And it really instills the human condition of humans always wanting to help others. Nobody wants to see others fail, or in this case, lose their life.
There’re also stories from the people on the ground who got hit by debris from the planes. There’s a story about a lady who got hit by one of the landing gear of United 175 (the plane that hit the South Tower). The horror of this day didn’t just belong to the victims of the attacks but also to the people who were sent to try and preserve life. And you see even 20 years later they still battle the PTSD they gained from what they experienced. If you enjoy history and want to get a better idea of how the people on the ground view these events, watch this series.
National Geographic made it -- they released Episode 2 for free on YouTube. There’s a whole season of this documentary, each 45 minutes to an hour long. While most of what I told you about stems from just Episode 2, the whole series is great and I recommend it. I just love to hear the stories, because I was too young to understand what was happening; so different outlooks are healthy to really understand why the United States is the way it is.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
– George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905.
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