Posted on 09/10/2008 10:49:03 PM PDT by DakotaRed
Tonight, September 11, the History Channel presents 102 Minutes That Changed America un-edited by commercials.
It is scheduled to be broadcast at 9PM Eastern, but check local listings to view it. For those who miss it or don't have cable, there is a web version with many of the videos that will be shown.
Strange thing happen in life. Lucky people survive things you’d think none could.
As for these people, I have no idea whether they were survivors or not. But I would think some videos being taken were destroyed in the collapse and we’ll never know them.
In the past, I have often and mercilessly (and justifiably) excoriated the History Channel for presenting what I call "Godzilla Moonbat speculation" as "history"; also for presenting "documentaries that pile more than two "ifs" and woven fiction as fact for the unsophisticated, the ignorant and the gullible (most of the American public and, heaven help us -- voters).
But this true documentary is a Tour de Force; a classic and, beyond question, the most complete, comprehensive and gut-wrenching depiction of the original events that could possibly be crammed into 100 minutes.
I don't really care if it wins any awards (it should win them all hands down). It prompted me to do something I have never done before: place an order for the DVD at 12:22 am on Sept 12, 2008. Together with other related historical programs.
I plan to order additional copies for family and friends throughout the world, when more details become available as to formats.
I am at a loss for superlatives about this production, and although "excellent", and "the best" are facile commonly abused phrases, I would urge every American to do himself a favor and watch the repeat of this awesome production on Friday, Sept 12.
History Channel. Your time may vary.
I can't believe my wife, who religiously goes to bed no later than 10, caught a glimpse of its beginning and could not pull herself away, awestruck, until it was all done --- at midnight!
There must be hundreds of thousands of those tapes nationwide. I have a set of 8, missing only the broadcasts between 2 pm and 6pm, while I was at work, and couldn't replace the tape.
I have not brought myself to be able to watch those tapes since they were recorded.
My wife, who was traveling on business, was en route to Detroit from St Louis when the event occured. She was expected back on the evening of Wednesday the 13th, but I did not see her back in California until Sunday night.
I’ve got a bunch of tapes, too, including those from the following anniversaries on Fox News. I plan to order 102 minutes, too. I was speechless watching it.
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