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The 9/11 victims America wants to forget: The 200 jumpers who flung themselves from the Twin Towers
Daily Mail ^ | 9/9/11 | Tom Leonard

Posted on 09/09/2011 6:26:42 PM PDT by Nachum

Almost all of them jumped alone, although eyewitnesses talked of a couple who held hands as they fell. One woman, in a final act of modesty, appeared to be holding down her skirt. Others tried to make parachutes out of curtains or tablecloths, only to have them wrenched from their grip by the force of their descent. The fall was said to take about ten seconds. It would vary according to the body position and how long it took to reach terminal velocity — around 125mph in most cases, but if someone fell head down with their body straight, as

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; 911jumpers; america; fallingman; islam; religionbashing; respectdannyh; tenthanniversary911; victims; wants
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To: ken5050

Thank God your daughter had someone who was thinking straight convince her to do the right thing and save her own life. In retrospect, it is still chilling to hear dispatchers tell people to stay in place because help is coming.


261 posted on 09/11/2011 8:58:23 AM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: denydenydeny

Dear Lord....I never thought any would survive impact....just awful....may they all find God’s mercy


262 posted on 09/11/2011 9:49:22 AM PDT by PigRigger (Donate to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org - The Troops have our front covered, let's guard their backs!)
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To: Enterprise

I believe the message of Jesus was not “do not commit acts of violence” but “do not commit unprovoked and unjustified acts of violence.” The former doesn’t actually make any sense, especially if we note that Jesus himself wasn’t exactly a pacifist. Driving the moneylenders from the temple, for example, was not a non-violent act.


263 posted on 09/11/2011 2:43:23 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

Er, moneylencers/moneychangers. Not sure why I made that mistake. :P


264 posted on 09/11/2011 2:45:24 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr
"I believe the message of Jesus was not “do not commit acts of violence” but “do not commit unprovoked and unjustified acts of violence.”

I agree.

265 posted on 09/11/2011 3:03:56 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: ilovesarah2012

I feel as you do. Till the day I die, I will be haunted by those images and staggered by the sheer horror and panic of what those poor souls went through. I used to commute through The Trade Center on the Path trains when I worked in NYC. I was a construction worker and I worked at Battery Park City in the ‘80’s. The highest up I ever was was 80 stories(about 800 feet) and still those two massive towers loomed over me.


266 posted on 09/10/2012 8:13:05 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: Grunthor
“venturer’’ put up a post on another thread about this and I'd suggest you all look at it. To save you the trouble heres what he said: ’ I've been fighting fires for 25 years and that wasn't suicide. When that heat gets behind you, you go. You don't make that decision it's made for you''. I don't kow about anyone else but that put it in horrifying perspective for me. God Bless all of those poor souls.
267 posted on 09/10/2012 8:21:08 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: jjsheridan5

All due respect but I find this account hard to believe. Falling at over 120 miles an hour from 1,500 feet to a concrete pavement and all that is left of a human body is a large red spot(may God have mercy on their souls). I worked across the Trade Center for years. Trust me , had you ever seen those towers you’d know such a thing as described would have been impossible.


268 posted on 09/10/2012 8:28:09 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: jjsheridan5

I retract my original post to you. I saw the story you mentioned. Good God, how horrifyingly amazing. And Sad.


269 posted on 09/10/2012 8:41:57 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: jjsheridan5

I retract my original post to you. I saw the story you mentioned. Good God, how horrifyingly amazing. And Sad.


270 posted on 09/10/2012 8:42:06 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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