Ugh. I watched that linked video, and you could see the horror in that poor man.
I read an account of 9/11 by one of the responders in the World Trade Center, and he said the sound of bodies hitting the ground, which they heard quite frequently, was something he will never be able to wash out of his mind.
I imagine it is like soldiers in war who have smelled the combination of burnt flesh, rotting flesh, and blood, and say as long as they live, they would never forget it. Ever.
For most of us, it isn’t what we see, because many of us have seen a lot of terrible things. It is the other senses, what you hear, and what you smell that you often cannot control, because you can’t plug your ears or your nose in the same way that you can close your eyes, as that poor guy appeared to be doing.
God. I hope I never have to experience those things.
Back in the 50s, I saw (and heard) a man fall from the ceiling of the old MSG (49th St) The sound of him hitting the arena floor......
re. 9/11, anytime I smell burning electrical insulation I’m taken back. According to Wiki, the pile burned for 99 days. I just remember it as a long time and the smell was always there, downwind.