[DakotaRed]

My personal opinion is what a shame it is that we have been under attack for three decades and continue to roll over and go to sleep while fiercely opposing those who are finally willing to put a stop to this.

[Silly]

The preview on History Channel’s website is very compelling. Thanks a bundle for posting.

[MetalHeadConservative35]

Man....ill never Ever forget that day....

i wonder if any memorial services are goin on in my town (westland,mi)

[hsalaw]

Thanks for the heads up.

[repubpub]

I watched a little of the interactive video they have on the web site. Brought tears to my eyes.

[Yogafist]

Here is a website you can watch the reporting as it occurred, if you want.

http://www.archive.org/details/sept_11_tv_archive

[valkyry1]

I still have all the VHS Tapes I made non-stop on that day.

[nutmeg]

Thanks so much for posting this thread earlier... saw most of this show tonight and it was outstanding. There was a ton of footage I had never seen before. It sure brings it all back...

Today I drove around central (BLUE) Connecticut with a BIG home-made sign on the back window of my old Toyota wagon:

No terrorist attacks on
U.S. soil since 9-11-01
Thank you President Bush

I passed hundreds of people on major highways and secondary roads... I can tell you by the looks on their faces in my rear view window, people definitely took notice...

[VOA]

Note to lurkers...”102 Minutes...” is in “VOA”’s opinion...
A MUST-SEE.
(WARNING: The show has GRAPHIC content and a small bit of adult language)
It will re-air “tonight” at MIDNIGHT (12AM CENTRAL TIME).

If you can’t stay up...set your DVR or other media-recording machine!!!

BE WARNED: This is the real deal. “JUMPERS” are actually visible
(albeit at distance) in this presentation!!!
Do NOT let younguns watch it until you’ve previewed it.

Thanks for posting.
I watched it at the first (8PM Central) airing.
In a sane world, that documentary would AT THE LEAST pick up multiple Emmys.

It was well made, no narration with a political/social agenda,
intercuts with phone/walkie-talkie communications which only had
to air one side of the desperate conversation.

And done in a pretty much linear and real-time order.

The one part that got me (that I’d not seen before) was the troop of
NYFD personnel suiting up and marching (from blocks away) ready to
do their duty...AFTER TOWER TWO had collapsed.
(Fortunately, the documentary left me with the impression the North
Tower collapsed while they were hiking in to go about their work.)

If I had unlimited time, I’m sure I could compile a “top 10” of the
9-11 specials that factually and/or emotionally convey what happened
on 9-11.

Until “102 Minutes...”, #1 in my book was the documentary done by
the French brothers “embedded” with an NYPD house on 9-11.
(the one that aired on CBS with DeNiro as host and showed FR’s own
“BCM” in the photo-array of victims at the end the documenaty).

Now, in the immediate aftermath of watching “102 Minutes...”,
I’d say it’s tied for First Place on my 9-11 documentary list.
With the very excellent presentation by the French brothers.

[VOA]

“
Tonight, September 11, the History Channel presents “102
Minutes That Changed America”
un-edited by commercials.
“

TAKE NOTE VIEWERS...
if the “no commercials” situation was listed before the show...
I managed to miss it!

Don’t make the same mistake as I did...holding it under intense
discomfort until one of the “time-stamps” appeared.
At which time I realized (with my slow brain!) that was the time to
dash to and from the bathroom!!!

[VOA]

heads-up bump for Friday August 12, 2008 re-broadcast...
at
MIDNIGHT/12AM CENTRAL time.

[RoarkMan]

I don’t understand how those people so close to the building right before it fell survived? Maybe they didn’t and they found the tapes? Has anyone heard anything about that?

[Publius6961]

I am still in awe of this presentation (commercial-free), and too wired to go to bed, and it's 1:50 am PDT.

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!