Transcripts of 9/11 WTC Calls Made Public

AP | 8/28/03 | SARA KUGLER

[rdb3]

Something told me to not click on this thread. Well, I was in a good mood.

[feedback doctor]

Never Forget!

I never shall.

Forgive this vanity, is there somewhere you can buy a copy of the actual coverage as it happend that day. Not some documentary, the actual live feed of what was aired, preferably FoxNews.

[feedback doctor]

I am a 911 operator.

Thank you for doing a tough job that most of us could not do! I pray you never have to deal with a situation like 9-11 in your job.

[Incorrigible]

Rdb,

This link probably wont help:

http://www.cantcryhardenough.com/

but you might want to visit anyway.

[nmh]

"The Times had initially sought Port Authority tapes, transcripts and reports on emergency response from that day, but the agency argued that would be insensitive to the victims' families. A deal was finally reached where the Port Authority would provide transcripts rather than tapes."

Bull. The NYT is looking to exploit horror and tragedy. If they were "sensitive" to vicitm g=fmailies then the NYT would NOT have demanded these transcrips be made public.

[nmh]

"The Times had initially sought Port Authority tapes, transcripts and reports on emergency response from that day, but the agency argued that would be insensitive to the victims' families. A deal was finally reached where the Port Authority would provide transcripts rather than tapes."

Bull. The NYT is looking to exploit horror and tragedy. If they were "sensitive" to victim families then the NYT would NOT have demanded these transcrips be made public.

[Incorrigible]

Or this link:

http://www.kaosweaver.com/flash911.html

[VOA]

The NYT is looking to exploit horror and tragedy. If they were "sensitive" to vicitm
g=fmailies then the NYT would NOT have demanded these transcrips be made public.

While the motives of the NYT are probably very base, this may be a case of
"the law of unintended consequences".

I suspect that the NYT staff probably doesn't like the idea of the collateral effects of
their work: remind average Joes and Joesephines why we are still and must
remain constant in the war on terror...
AND
provide more documentary evidence which will thwart any attempt by the revisionist
twits at The Smithsonian at warping history when they do 9-11 retrospectives.

I gulped when I heard these transcripts were being released.
I really respect anyone who is against such a release.
But I think that in the long run...it's will have an important impact.
(and I'm sure if I'd lost someone on 9-11, my view would be about 180 degrees
re-oriented).

[Mr. Silverback]

Forgive this vanity, is there somewhere you can buy a copy of the actual coverage as it happend that day. Not some documentary, the actual live feed of what was aired, preferably FoxNews.

It's not complete from start to finish, but CBS released a book/DVD combo called What We Saw which is just awesome, especially the DVD. For instance, you get to see the moment that the second plane hit while Bryant Gumbel was talking to a caller and he couldn't see the feed, so he has to go by her description. Most of it is from that day, the rest is 48 Hours and 60 Minutes pieces from the weeks immediately afterward. A couple of columns reprinted in the book have a sentence or two of the "Uh-oh, how is a dip like Dubya going to handle this" crap, but otherwise lib content is virtually zero; it's all either "just the facts" or "just the facts with a solid dose of patriotism." The Wall Street Journal article on the events at the United and American Airlines emergency response centers is worth the price of admission all by itself, IMHO.

If you get it, two tips:

1. Watch the DVD, then read the book.

2. Keep Kleenex nearby, especially during the piece on the kids who lost their dads and the one about the FDNY Pipe and Drum Corps.

[chicagolady]

Thanks for the Thanks! I pray I never have to either.
But I also count Illinios a hot spot. I do not know about other places, but would you believe the northside of Chicago, from the looks of businesses and arabic writing on their storefronts, We are another arab, Islamic stronghold.

[upchuck]

Thanks for posting this kat. We need to be reminded and often.

I urge every one to buy this DVD^. It has, to my knowledge, the only video taken inside the north tower with the first-responding firefighters as well as the only video of the first plane crashing into the north tower.

The fact this account exists has to be providence. Two brothers were making a documentary about the NYCFD. They just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

Everybody should watch this DVD. It is an incredible account of that Tuesday morning. A great way to "Never, forget!"

[2rightsleftcoast]

I'm with you. I am filled with rage to this day.
I am upset with all the media , including Fox, saying today that they will be careful and not get to grusome with details of the attack, worrying about the release of transcripts etc., I think it is all PC BS, I will never forget and the weak media is too afraid to show us the real deal because they are so sensitive to Islam IMHO. God forbid we should get mad at the peaceful Muslims, who by the way have never said anything but "we are being profiled!!!" Religion of Peace my A##.

[Moose4]

Some companies did have a disaster plan. Morgan Stanley's head of security, Rick Rescorla--a veteran of the 1965 Ia Drang Valley battle immortalized in "We Were Soldiers"--had a plan in place since the 1993 WTC bombing. When the first tower got hit, Rescorla didn't wait, he executed the plan immediately, and the Morgan Stanley employees knew what to do and did it. And as a result, Morgan Stanley got a lot of their people out safely. But, sadly, not Rescorla himself.

In the end I'm not sure how much difference having a plan or not would've made, though. If you didn't evacuate the second tower when the first one got hit, then it all came down to where you were, in either tower. Below the impact points, you almost certainly made it out OK. Above the impact points, you didn't. Simple.

The Port Authority people, I guess, didn't want people evacuating the second tower to keep congestion down so people in the first tower could get out? Or maybe so they wouldn't get hit by falling debris? Who knows.

By the way, thanks for your service as a 911 operator. You're made of tough stuff to do that job and do it well!

}:-)4

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...After the World Trade Center Bombing in 1993 it was RICK RESCORLA & and his long time Army Buddy DAN HILL who immediately
tracked down the blind Muslim Cleric of the Brooklyn Mosque who masterminded that Bombing and then turned him in to Authorities.

...Ever since then the CLINTONS have used RICK and DAN's Terrorist-Fighting Example as their own, telling us that they themselves were not soft on Terrorism during the 1990's ...when they were.

WHY did the CLINTONS support our Terrorist Enemy HO CHI MINH agaisnt US during the Vietnam War..?

WHY did the CLINTONS refuse to bring OSAMA bin LADEN here when offered to them 3 times during the 1990's..?

WHY aren't more of us getting the picture here..?

[windchime]

BTT

[TheRightGuy]

A Chicagoland, double check your business diaster plan BUMP!

Find a strongly supported interior wall.
Sit with your back against the wall.
Pull up your knees against your chest.
Place your head between your knees.
Fold your hands behind your head.
Lean forward and kiss your ass goodbye.

[new cruelty]

Thanks for posting that link, Incorrigible.

[chicagolady]

Thanks Moose4,

I believe if people at least have a plan they have something to work with instead of feeling totally helpless and a sitting duck.
Let's face it, some of us are pro-active and have good survival skills. Others don't have the brains God gave them and could not find their way out of a paper bag...those are the folks who need some direction, and rightfully so. You need some disaster evacuation information.
As it turned out lots of folks put their lives in the hands of those who never dealt with a disaster before...it was ill fated information,
Besides, the sad fact is the Police Dept and New York City can be sued for wrongful death. THEY are the ones who told them to stay put.

As a 911 operator how can I tell you what to do when you are right there and have first hand knowledge of what's cooking, I can only guess.

[chicagolady]

You stole my favorite saying! Adios Amigo.

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

I won't forget either. I was in NYC a week and a half ago. Count me in as another FReeper who visited Ground Zero.