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Desperation forced a horrific decision
USA Today ^ | September 3, 2002 | Dennis Cauchon and Martha Moore

Posted on 09/03/2002 10:15:04 AM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29

Edited on 04/13/2004 1:39:51 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

At first, it seemed like debris. Large objects were falling from the top of the World Trade Center's north tower, just a few minutes after American Airlines Flight 11 hit.

"It took three or four to realize: They were people," says James Logozzo, who had gathered with co-workers in a Morgan Stanley boardroom on the 72nd floor of the south tower, just 120 feet away from the north tower. "Then this one woman fell."


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1 posted on 09/03/2002 10:15:04 AM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Never Forget.


Tony

2 posted on 09/03/2002 10:20:38 AM PDT by TonyInOhio
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
I'm glad they published this. NEVER FORGET.
3 posted on 09/03/2002 10:22:22 AM PDT by bayareablues
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To: TonyInOhio; Sweet_Sunflower29; Orual; aculeus; general_re; BlueLancer; Poohbah; Travis McGee
"Never Forget" bump.
4 posted on 09/03/2002 10:22:33 AM PDT by dighton
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
And the libs wonder why we fight?

So sad. Words cannot describe it.
5 posted on 09/03/2002 10:23:30 AM PDT by jjm2111
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29

......at a loss for words
6 posted on 09/03/2002 10:23:34 AM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: jjm2111
Also USA Today coverage of the actual event 9-11 has been excellent.
7 posted on 09/03/2002 10:24:06 AM PDT by jjm2111
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
NEVER FORGET.
8 posted on 09/03/2002 10:26:55 AM PDT by Bedford Forrest
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
When the left says we need to move on they should be forced to watch video of these poor souls falling to their deaths. There is no moving on until all of those responsible are dead. Radical Islam must be destroyed.
9 posted on 09/03/2002 10:27:37 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Heartbreaking.
10 posted on 09/03/2002 10:28:24 AM PDT by lsee
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
I'm glad this was written, but it makes the rage swell in my throat. Horrific beyond belief! I want the blood of as many "those people" as is possible.
11 posted on 09/03/2002 10:28:36 AM PDT by seeker41
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To: bayareablues
I'm glad I never saw any of this footage on TV. But a friend told me that her husband developed temporary heart palpitations when he saw this on TV, and my friend made her husband turn off the TV.
12 posted on 09/03/2002 10:30:10 AM PDT by Ciexyz
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Kudos to USA Today. An disturbing but necessary story. I abhore the sanitized whitewash that is going on in the media now. We need to remember - really remember.

Never forget.

13 posted on 09/03/2002 10:31:23 AM PDT by I still care
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
What I will never forget, is that religious nuts did this.

Mad dog, man hating, religious nuts!

14 posted on 09/03/2002 10:31:55 AM PDT by thinktwice
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Thank you for posting this. I read the story on my way to work this morning, and I was filled with such a horrible sadness, followed by solemn rage.

USA Today seems to be the only print media outlet willing to take off the gloves and show 9/11 for what it was. They have yet to declare the true identity of our enemy (Radical Islam), but they may come around yet. The American public need the stories, images, and aftermath to be explained over and over, so when we start shedding others' blood, there will be no blind dissent.

15 posted on 09/03/2002 10:33:46 AM PDT by Mr. Bird
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Jesus come quickly
16 posted on 09/03/2002 10:33:50 AM PDT by Revelation 911
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To: bayareablues
I am glad they posted this as well. If you look closely at the videotapes you can see the bodies falling. However, I think its high time that the media publish pictures of these because it would make a difference in public opinion of actually how savage our enemy is.

I am not one of those who will light candles but instead we should invade Iraq on the anniversary of 911 and I am NOT ready to "get over it" as some liberal pundits are saying (because they are still stuck in pre-911 thinking).

17 posted on 09/03/2002 10:34:31 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Every time I come across the famous "jumper photos", my heart sinks. Then I think, "Those are AMERICANS! MURDERED!" My blood boils with white-hot rage whenever I see or hear about it. Those photos and videos should have been shown repeatedly to the country and the world, to keep the rage well-tended.

There's been speculation that the country is losing its way on the war...people are actually questioning whether it should even be fought. They should be handed those photos, and told to shut up. ANYONE who cannot feel righteous anger and rage upon seeing those pictures has no right to be called "American", or possibly even "Human".

Screw the peaceniks - whether on the right OR left. We have a war to win, and we must do so by ANY means necessary. The animals who performed, planned, and supported this atrocity deserve absolutely ZERO mercy. And no, their countries do not deserve to continue existing, either. They have forever discarded that right.

IMHO.


18 posted on 09/03/2002 10:35:24 AM PDT by Long Cut
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
Pearl Harbor made an entire generation despise the Japanese. The muslims have not even begun to comprehend the negative impact this will have on them. A bit of Suadi PR nor the CAIR PC double talk is not going to 'fix' it.
19 posted on 09/03/2002 10:36:03 AM PDT by Dialup Llama
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
For those who jumped, the fall lasted 10 seconds. They struck the ground at just less than 150 miles per hour — not fast enough to cause unconsciousness while falling, but fast enough to ensure instant death on impact. People jumped from all four sides of the north tower. They jumped alone, in pairs and in groups.

I've always wondered about that... Are you really unconscious when you land?? I did a tandem jump with 60 seconds of free fall, and the instructor estimated we were going about 100 miles an hour. I don't know, all I felt was sheer terror in every cell.

Yet I've read that usually the poisonous fumes in the smoke will kill someone quite quickly. I don't know what I would do, stay and die, or jump and die. My only hope would be that I had enough time to make my peace before death.

And I do hope that the 'martyrs' truly got what they deserved in their afterlife.

20 posted on 09/03/2002 10:38:05 AM PDT by technochick99
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