There’s a documentary about one of the ‘jumpers’ who is eventually identified as a worker in the restaurant at the WTC.
In one of the documentaries, you can hear the bodies of the jumpers strike above the firemen who are gathering to begin the trek up the stairs - most of whom would not survive.
The actor James Woods was on a plane with some of the hijackers who were doing a ‘test run.’ Woods informed authorities about what he thought was suspicious activity but obviously nothing was done in time.
The creator of FAMILY GUY was hungover that morning and missed being on one of the flights because of it.
The flight to Los Angeles was occupied by television (Frazier tv series creator) David Angell who had bought a place back on the east coast and was retiring.
Lots of stories of near misses that morning. Michael Jackson was supposedly scheduled to be in one of the buildings (not certain which floor).
Had the attack happened an hour later the casualty rare would have been much higher.
This Guy knew one man who, by the time of the first plane hitting the South Tower, had left the building, after arriving at work, to go vote in the NYC primary election. So the election helped him survive.
I’m in NY, 40 minutes from Manhattan, and was on the phone that morning through the late afternoon trying to track down relatives and friends (all but one came home) and i’m familiar with stories you talk about.
“In one of the documentaries, you can hear the bodies of the jumpers strike above the firemen who are gathering to begin the trek up the stairs - most of whom would not survive.”
I believe that was the documentary done by the two French brothers who were actually in NYC to document the life of a probey (1st year fireman) and just happened to be with an FD company checking a manhole cover and they filmed the 1st plane hitting.
I bring that up because later in the day on 9-11, they (French documentary guys) speak with the probey who mentions one of the veteran FDNY guys said to him, “there were body parts all over the place.”
I had heard several reports of this before yet never saw any of it until this picture.