[doesnt suffer fools gladly]

I watched it. I never saw that before and didn't realize that so many people jumped. I'm guessing hundreds?

One of the most disturbing pieces of WTC footage I've seen is of a man, tying his jacket or something to try to lower himself down...almost to scale the building, then falling to his death. It's what nightmares are made of, only it's real. God bless those poor souls.

[Krodg]

This is what the left thinks of 9/11. Sick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5I2xObvmOM#76QLhuaGV5Q

[Al Simmons]

Estimates of jumpers based on fire dep't reports of remains found are between 300-400. Horrible.

[montag813]

I watched it. I never saw that before and didn't realize that so many people jumped. I'm guessing hundreds?

I was there on 9/11 watching them jump firsthand, and seeing what happened when they hit the ground. It was endless, an unbelievable number of poor souls who jumped. I wish I had never seen that. It haunted me for months at night. My mind played tricks with me when I looked up at other tall buildings, imagining people jumping from there too. The screams of those around me are burned into my memory.

I cannot think of a more searing demonstration of the evil that is Islam.

[VOA]

I never saw that before and didn't realize that so many people jumped.
I'm guessing hundreds?

USA Today did a big article about the jumpers on (IIRC) the second commemoration.
They looked at all the archival material and talked to the city authorities about
the likely number that jumped. I can't remember what exact numbers they gave,
but I think it was around 250-300 as a best guess.

Interesting things in the article:
1. USA Today admitted they and most of the MSM had really self-censored
the images of jumpers. And said it was a real judgement call of whether
they should show the images and be accussed of exploitation...
or not show them and be accussed of whitewashing history.
(to USA Today's credit, they included some jumper photos that I'd never seen
before. One was of a "stick" of maybe six or seven people falling
in an arc, just like a bunch of parachutists that have exited a plane
in a very fast, precise manner.)

2. The article said that the deaths of the jumpers did serve a purpose...
as in motivating a lot of people in South Tower to just ignore those
"everything is fine, return to your desks" voice announcements, and
thus run for the exits and safety.