Never forget. Never.
I just noticed the time this was posted. It was a propos but accidental.
“Forget about what?” said the Obama voter..
That is THE image that will ALWAYS stick in my mind. The thought of the shear terror this man experienced is mind numbing. (Of course my mind is pretty numb most of the time.) But, bless his sole and I pray he found peace.
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I saw this documentary last weekend on the Destination America TV channel. It was so interesting...and tragic. The horror those people went through. Right after that they had a documentary called The Woman Who Wasn’t There, about Tania Head, the woman who faked surviving 9/11 and insinuated herself into the lives of WTC survivors. She kept this pretense up for years. I did not know of this person and was revolted. So sick of crazy people.
I spent 25 years fighting fire, and I can tell you this was no suicide.
When that heat gets behind you, you go. You do not make that decision it is made for you.
I don’t know if I’m projecting, but the “falling man” picture always seemed to be a picture of a man at peace. Something about the body angle. Peace with the outcome. Peace with his decision. Peace with his God.
I’ll never know.
If people need to feel better about it, let’s say he was climbing to the floor below and his hands slipped.
I watched this several days ago on Fox. Extremely moving.
Certainly not suicide... the poor man had no choice.
As for “Never forget “, I never will, but a good many of our poor excuses for citizens forgot...... within about 3 months after the attack.
There were so many that tried to escape by any means necessary, trying to climb down the sides of the buildings. I prefer to accept that they died in their attempts to live or like other posters have said, we’re pushed out by the heat and flames. Bless their souls..and those of their families..and to all the responders that offered help and to the brave should of Flight 93.
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I hate suicide so much. But I’ve never thought of those leaping from the burning Towers as committing suicide. I have never been at all concerned that someone decided to end it right there rather than burn to death. I still get tears in my eyes when I think of them. God bless them.
I will never forget.
And never forgive.
Our GOD is a very merciful GOD, and I,for one, believe that HE mercifully accepted each and every one of those souls into HIS KINGDOM.
The only word in that video that upset me was calling them "jumpers", they were trying to survive against all odds and for that NO one dare blame them, GOD is merciful.
Do we say, suicide when a young man or woman dons a uniform and submits to battle, knowing death is possible? Do call it suicide when a person escapes a burning vehicle, or jumps before a crash and yet dies from that jump? No, that would be ridiculous, they died trying to live.
The words "Jumpers" or "Suicide" should never be used when speaking of 9/11. God said HE will have mercy on whom HE will, we are not the judge, wiser to stay out of HIS department. jmo