imagine how different and chaotic that evacuation would’ve looked if this happened in a day with social media and modern cellphones.
@scooterlibbie
4 ай бұрын
If that happened today half the crowd would be trans and the other half would be nazis
@kristinesharp6286
4 ай бұрын
People were calling each other.
@Fantastic_Stranger
4 ай бұрын
@@kristinesharp6286 That's true, but they might've meant people would've been tweeting, snapping, posting on Instagram about it etc.
@sreyasdesai4865
3 ай бұрын
cell phones were just modernizing then social network just came few years afterwards
@kristinesharp6286
3 ай бұрын
@@sreyasdesai4865 people were using them to call everyone and their mother. It’s a phone before it’s a computer.
@jasonrhodes7047
4 ай бұрын
I was in 8th grade social studies at that moment. The principal came over the intercom and said "all teaches turn on your TV I repeat all teachers turn on your tv." Life changed from there.
@John-pt4xv
4 ай бұрын
Nice
@John-pt4xv
4 ай бұрын
We’re people excited?..
@brianbeach3024
4 ай бұрын
I was in 5th grade Social Studies when the Vice Principal came in and turned on the TV in a rush. He was going classroom to classroom to do this.
@scooterlibbie
4 ай бұрын
Sounds like a terrible principle
@Flipper86
3 ай бұрын
I was teaching in an elementary school. A couple kids came to school saying something happened in New York. Our kids went to specials first thing so my teaching team watched the news after they left and saw the towers fall. Our principal told us not to say anything. He made an announcement later in the day about the terrorist attack. I don’t remember what he said, but I remember trying to explain how large the twin towers were to my 5th graders.
@carlosyamara
4 ай бұрын
My wife and I were there that morning, we were on the train that goes around the park. We knew nothing about what happened, just that the park was closing, it’s sad to think how innocent we were back then that we never even worried about why they were closing. We actually were going to get on the monorail to go to Epcot, but of course that was also closed. When we got to our hotel, Wilderness Lodge , we were greeted by a cast member welcoming us home. We were told by a couple we were riding with in the elevator, but they thought that a bomb had gone off in New York. We were definitely not prepared for the images we saw on TV. RIP, to all who lost their lives that day, and prayers to the survivors and family members.
@sammylane21
4 ай бұрын
The fallout from that day was and still is flabbergasting. Lots of survivors including First Responders came up with Cancer due to the toxic chemicals from the plastic and fuel.
@nickmaestro
4 ай бұрын
I always wonder about 9/11 perspectives and vantage points. How some people were either vacationing, performing brain surgery, or sleeping. Only to be hit with horror hours later and just trying to process it all. Just thinking, is this a dream? This is some kind of sick joke. I just remember being in 9th grade watching the event live on TV thinking, “Wait a second, we’re the United States. Nobody messes with us.” Talk about a shattered world view. Thanks for sharing.
@nuschlerclark895
4 ай бұрын
In today’s world of iPhones and social media EVERYONE would have been aware of WTC bombing!
@MissLauraSquared
3 ай бұрын
Out of curiosity, did Disney reimburse you for your park tickets since they had to evacuate?
@CoverBrazilian
3 ай бұрын
Obviously a very hard time to be alive during all of that. I just wanted to say that, as a guy in my 20’s, I do envy you for having lived your adult life during a time with no tech and social media. Back during a time where people actually interacted with each other and were just more…. Human. Obviously life wasn’t perfect, but I remember it being very very different (in a good way). Obviously 9/11 was a horrible tragedy, and I’m obviously not including that during the “good old days” rant lol. Hope that goes without saying.
@tempoticandmeepstar7584
4 ай бұрын
Crazy to think that the baby in the video is around 24-25 years old now Edit: 23-24 years old, I think I learned my lesson people 🤣
@heatherhays7613
4 ай бұрын
23 or 24. My daughter was born in 1/01. She is 23.
@tempoticandmeepstar7584
4 ай бұрын
@@heatherhays7613 Oh, I thought the baby might have been a little older than a year old. I could be wrong though.
@swanlove2002
4 ай бұрын
Crazy to think that baby is 1-2 years older than me now. 😭
@rs-oz9jk
4 ай бұрын
This year he would be 24.
@sherrykrikava947
4 ай бұрын
23. He’s 23
@gissneric
5 ай бұрын
Everyone was confused cause there was no social media back then so they would not have any real time info of what's happening. I like it better that way cause there's no panic.
@ytzpilot
5 ай бұрын
Real time information is better, especially for us that live in an earthquake, tsunami and volcano region in the Pacific
@gissneric
5 ай бұрын
@@ytzpilot Yeah but with so much misinformation and fake news happening, this would be better. They all would get their sources of news from one reputable source instead of hundreds.
@apfelbasket
5 ай бұрын
Yeah, I miss the days before people had relationships with their devices too!
@UrSammich
5 ай бұрын
From a witness account I saw in another video apparently there was some panic as people feared the parks would be hit next and back then the only way to know was if someone called you. Living in California I guess we were lucky as Disneyland probably never opened that day since when we found out it was about 6am western time zone. I was just getting up for school. The only people at the parks at that hour would have been the staff. One of the rare times the parks stayed closed. None the less, I'm glad that back then they closed early for safety reasons. I feel bad for all the families who spent money to go, but it could have been much worse. I do think if it happened today it would be a chaotic scene.
@ojaftertoothpaste7174
5 ай бұрын
People in WV panicked on 9/11 idk where you were
@elevatingthemidwest2379
5 ай бұрын
2:19 “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, due to unforeseen circumstances, the Magic Kingdom is now closed. Please follow the directions of a Magic Kingdom host or hostess. Plan A”
@JeffreyMason-e3k
5 ай бұрын
During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Magic Kingdom was closed for about 12 months.
@turbinatearc7478
5 ай бұрын
They need a better alerting system. Like, they need to install Federal Signal Modulators around the theme park areas, ESPN, and Disney Springs; and 2001s around the general resort areas, including the hotels.
@elevatingthemidwest2379
5 ай бұрын
@@JeffreyMason-e3k The parks actually reopened in July of 2020 with COVID-19 measures and reduced availability of experiences and entertainment (for instance there were no fireworks until a year later)
@mzaf300
5 ай бұрын
Plan A is full MK evac out the main gate. Plan B is partial evac of an area of the park. Plan C is rapid evac of the full park, everyone is dropped into the tunnel system, and it's used if a tornado is approaching. I'm not aware of any other MK evac plans.
@elevatingthemidwest2379
5 ай бұрын
@@mzaf300 if i'm not mistaken Disneyland had to do something like a plan B from the Fantasmic fire
@amanor409
4 ай бұрын
I was working at the Magic Kingdom that morning. We all knew what happened but didn’t say a word about it to anybody. We just closed all the queues and got the park cleared rather quickly after we closed around 11:30 am. Park was cleared an hour later.
@jadevr
3 ай бұрын
As you should have done in that manner. Tons of respect for yourself and all those working that day, for keeping things orderly and calm, especially during such a tragic period in our nation.
@serifgroup
2 ай бұрын
I remember thinking that everyone who worked there that day did an excellent job. It's like the staff had trained and prepared for it. Pretty smooth considering the circumstances.
@amanor409
2 ай бұрын
@@serifgroup thank you. We do train for emergencies but nothing like that.
@MateLeob
2 ай бұрын
@@serifgrouppretty crazy to think people were still smiling after they evacuated the park Only to realize what happened a few moments later These people were stuck in the dream world Where everything was still 90’s and the world made sense and they were thinking about what’s gonna be on tv when i get home or where i am gonna head for next while everyone in america and around the world shifted to something completely different where they aren’t sure if they were gonna wake up tomorrow finding themselves in the midst of world war 3 or what’s the next day gonna be like, where they wish it was all a bad fever dream It’s good to be oblivious sometimes
@TheLauratkd
2 ай бұрын
@@amanor409 I remember hearing everyone was evacuated out of fear it was their next target ☹️
@f.frederickskitty2910
4 ай бұрын
Look how polite everyone is. No one screaming about their rights as Americans to stay at the park.
@DebbiesWorld
3 ай бұрын
Yes, people were more dignified just 23 years ago
@pattyamato8758
3 ай бұрын
Of course, this was pre-trumpism
@grahamapol3185
3 ай бұрын
Pre-Trump, pre-social media, and in this clip the last few hours of pre-9/11 Americans. Before any of that eroded our sense of empathy.
@prometheustv6558
3 ай бұрын
Everyone understood why
@KP-ej7gc
3 ай бұрын
@@pattyamato8758pre-wokeism
@martingargaro4855
5 ай бұрын
It is so eerie to think that just four minutes after this video opened up, the Pentagon got hit
@jlbraswell5961
5 ай бұрын
The Pentagon was hit by AA77 at 9:37 am. Not 9:33 am.
@Tha90sKid
5 ай бұрын
@@jlbraswell5961 That's exactly what he said, 4 mins after the start of the video is 9:37
@LowTide941
5 ай бұрын
@@jlbraswell5961crazy how you don’t pay attention
@kennethstegall1075
4 ай бұрын
You guys realize California is 3 hours behind the east coast right?
@michaelfritts7464
4 ай бұрын
@@kennethstegall1075 this is the magic kingdom, orlando fl. not disneyland ca
@Captain-Cosmo
5 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. I was there with my 4-year old daughter. Lots of photos, but no video. We were having breakfast in Cinderella's castle when my mother called to tell me about the first airplane hitting the towers. I normally would not have had my phone with me in those days, but my father's health was not good and I wanted to be assessable. She called shortly afterwards to tell me about the second plane, and it was clear something was up. I wasn't surprised when the park closed. The video here captures effectively how all of the "sound" in the park was turned off.... no music, etc. Having worked at the parks myself in the late 80s, I recognized the instructions given to the cast members. I thought Disney handled the exit very well. We were staying in a Disney hotel and stuck around for almost another week. Hurricane Gabriel, which hit Florida just a couple of days later, really finished clearing people out, and it felt as if we had the parks to ourselves. The 11th at the Magic Kingdom, however, was truly an unusual and unforgettable day.
@serifgroup
5 ай бұрын
We had just rode the Dumbo ride and went to eat lunch nearby when we were told to leave after paying for our food, but not ever getting our food.
@edgarh252
5 ай бұрын
Your comment seems familiar have you commented your story on other similar videos?
@Captain-Cosmo
5 ай бұрын
@@edgarh252 Yes :)
@Wilts73
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@xocomaox
4 ай бұрын
@@serifgroupdid you get your money back for the park admission?
@jptang1701
4 ай бұрын
9/11/2001--------------The day our future was robbed from us. The day the timeline was skewed into this dark reality/timeline we all know now and hate. If you lived in the time before this day, you know how optimistic, hopeful, and achievable things were.
@RiqueFresco
4 ай бұрын
Why does this comment hurt so much? It can only be because it’s so true.
@johnblaze2665
4 ай бұрын
So true 😢
@gregsouls2666
4 ай бұрын
2012 and social media had more of a negative impact than this.
@chumon1992
4 ай бұрын
@gregsouls2666 social media existed fine for decades before the television News media decided that a collection of random people's opinions could count as a news story for them to push hate with.
@jflsdknf
4 ай бұрын
100% truth
@kengalbraith1319
Ай бұрын
We were at EPCOT. We went into a show (? Food Rocks). When we came out, the Land building was empty except for employees. They calmly told us to exit the park. When we got out, busses were waiting. That night, some of the characters were at the hotel. There were movies and arts and crafts for the kids. Disney handled the whole thing so professionally. They told us we could stay longer for $25 a night (there was no one coming in). The parks re-opened the next day (first time I had a bag checked). Again, hats off to Disney.
@serifgroup
Ай бұрын
@@kengalbraith1319 I agree about the way they handled it.
@Graphics_Card
16 күн бұрын
Definitely
@MrLyosea
5 ай бұрын
2:14 Guys shirt is eerie here
@LowTide941
5 ай бұрын
Wow eerie is right
@daremaster5254
5 ай бұрын
@@rsmith8434maybe a shooting?
@fecardona
5 ай бұрын
Very interesting
@gwaring
5 ай бұрын
@@rsmith8434I think its those killed in Libya under Obama's watch.
@dvdgway
4 ай бұрын
@@rsmith8434That's what I want to know, the camera panned by it too quickly to make anything out
@searchanddiscover
4 ай бұрын
I was 12 and I noticed parents all of sudden picking up kids and knew something was happening. Later learned at home and my brain couldn’t really comprehend or understand the full weight. I can only imagine what it must have been like for adults going into the happiest place on earth and leaving to a new dark crueler world.
@UncleTony2
2 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure I was fishing with my dad at that moment
@jamiebarringer7935
2 ай бұрын
I was in study hall when it happened. It was even on the TV on silent during history class. But I had no idea it was more than just a movie trailer till that afternoon when I got picked up randomly.
@KylesBigPig
Ай бұрын
I was 11. I was in gym class when they came over the intercom and cancelled everything. I thought it was strange because it was a dry, sunny day. I didn't know what happened until I got out of school that day.
@lgarcia67
4 ай бұрын
I was at work. My boss at the time was a Vietnam veteran. He was actually in special ops in Vietnam for two years and was medically evacuated. When that came up he started to had flash backs. He would say things “I’ve been there and smelled it, I cannot believe this is happening again and now this close, we need to get cover…”
@southernoregoncatmom6519
29 күн бұрын
Poor man!😢
@paulalaurie7935
4 ай бұрын
I worked in a hospital in the UK and someone told me that the World Trade Centre had been hit. We put the television's on and the BBC were broadcasting all day. We never did any work except look at all the news reports. 😢
@TerryTheNewsGirl
4 ай бұрын
I was working in UGC. I saw the reports on a TV in the staff room when I got to work. I had work regardless, but I didn't want to. I was very quiet for the rest of the day.
@pandasanding7036
2 ай бұрын
No work in a hospital?? Bet your patients loved you for that
@paulalaurie7935
2 ай бұрын
@@pandasanding7036 I was not on the wards.
@bwktlcn
4 ай бұрын
I remember walking over to our church from work and the priest having a mass for the dead. They were thinking there could be as many as 30,000 dead, because as many as 80,000 people were in the towers on any given day. I was 36 years old, and dug my teddy bear out of my cedar chest and curled up with Merry Bear like a child and cried for all of the people who were never going to get to go home. It would have been so weird to be at Disney on that terrible day.
@reyandbenfan4life236
2 ай бұрын
You are one of the few people I've seen that said that in the very beginning, the estimated dead was that high. I was watching it live at home (I was 24 years old) and I kept saying out loud "tens of thousands just died. Tens of thousands" I hate to say this and I CERTAINLY don't mean it in any kind of disrespectful way but it's a miracle that ONLY 3k-4k died. (I can't remember exactly but I know it's 3000 something) In light of how many people were in the WTC, not to mention on the street below when it fell, it's such a small number. Yet, so so many. So many died that day. 24 years later and it still boggles my mind.
@alicekarberg4738
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this! My husband and I were also in MK with our (then) 4 children who were aged 18 mos. thru 13 at the time. It was my 40th birthday! I had been sitting and waiting with the little ones while my husband took the older kids on Big Thunder Mtn. Railroad. Then when they got off the ride I went to get in line for my turn, but the Cast Member at the ride entrance told us that they were closing "due to unforseen circumstances beyond our control" and that we had to leave the park. I asked her what was going on and she just said her obviously scripted line, "go back to your hotel and turn on the national news". We had NO idea what was going on! We were making our way with the crowd out to the parking lot to get our car and I heard a guy talking on his cell phone (not everyone had them then) and I heard him tell his wife that planes had crashed into the twin towers and they had both collapsed. We went back to our hotel (Villas at the Disney Institute - gone now, Saratoga Springs is there now) and then that evening we had a dinner reservation at a restaurant in the Dolphin hotel. Thankfully even though the parks were closed, the restaurants in the hotels were still open, but I'll never forget how eerily quiet and empty the hotel and restaurant were.
@serifgroup
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. It's good to hear other people's experience of the Magic Kingdom that day. It was a perfect weather day for the park unfortunately the hurricane coming in (as well as the national tragedy) made the whole week a very disappointing vacation.
@alicekarberg4738
4 ай бұрын
@@serifgroup Oh yes! I remember the hurricane as well - Gabriella was her name I believe! We went back to MK that morning despite all the rain and wind. My umbrella turned inside-out from the wind when we got out of the car and we wrapped the stroller with rain ponchos, lol. That morning, we were in the Tomorrowland area and they called for a minute of silence over the intercom. We stood there in the rain and everyone was totally silent. I remember thinking I could've thrown a rock in Tomorrowland and not hit anyone, it was so empty. Very somber, and absolutely the lowest crowd Disney vacation I've ever had by far.
@judithdomangue9995
4 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your story. I was living overseas at the time and have never wondered or heard about what happened at WDW that day. I am wondering if Disney provided refunds?
@scooterlibbie
4 ай бұрын
Do you remember what you had for dinner at the restaurant?
@rebeccabamford5505
5 ай бұрын
I was on my honeymoon in the Poconos in Pennsylvania. Got married September 8. So pretty close to New York As soon as we saw the news, the place just emptied out. I live about 50 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Not that far from Shanksville, PA, where the plane went down in the field. My husband and I spent most of that day in front of the tv,until we forced ourselves to leave the room and go do a few things. Awful day.
@heidimelendez5623
4 ай бұрын
Such a dark day. These people are acting reasonably to the emptying of Disney.
@TerryTheNewsGirl
4 ай бұрын
It happened at around 9am, so how come it took them untill midday to empty the park?
@Lizfan2
4 ай бұрын
@@TerryTheNewsGirlProbably because there were so many people and they didn’t want to cause a panic.
@hollum1648
4 ай бұрын
@@TerryTheNewsGirl The event was considered to be isolated to NYC until 9:37 with the Pentagon, and the news probably didn’t reach Disney’s decision makers until a bit after that due to the infancy of the internet, and then they had to decide whether to evacuate, which evac plan to use, and then communicate those instructions to thousands of employees (via beepers), who then had to actually implement the evacuation of tens of thousands of people
@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398
3 ай бұрын
@@TerryTheNewsGirl This looks like the park in Anaheim, CA. which is two hours behind New York.
@elevatingthemidwest2379
2 ай бұрын
@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 This was at Walt Disney World in Florida. Because Disneyland is in Pacific time, it wasn’t open for the day yet when the situation unfolded and they were able to make the call to not open the park at all that day.
@MissLauraSquared
3 ай бұрын
I remember listening to a podcast several months ago and the host made a point in general that before smartphones, people would complete disconnect from the rest of the world when they went to WDW. I feel like this is a perfect example of that.
@bren3347
5 ай бұрын
...Meanwhile in New York City, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania 😢 I remember being in high school and just hearing the bell ring for all us students just to get up and watch the events unfold in the next classroom that had a TV while we and all the faculty watched in horror
@NoPowerintheVerse
4 ай бұрын
I was in high school, but on the west coast, so the towers had already been hit when we got to school. The whole day was spent going from class to class and just watching the news in silence.
@bren3347
4 ай бұрын
@@NoPowerintheVerse yes absolutely the same thing I experienced in my high school! I'm in the central side of the states and remember getting out of my 1st period class (which was gym and had no TV in the room) so around 8:30ish (which was 9:30ish NY time) I had a friend come up to me immediately in passing period asking me "did you see what happened to the World Trade Center?..." Second period started and we started watching a video in a US history class instead of watching what was actually happening to US in the moment--- That's when a teacher opened our door and said "the Pentagon has been hit" and we all went in panic mode as the teacher finally went back to the live footage
@Marylandbrony
Ай бұрын
Nothing happened in Philadelphia, unless you are somehow mixing it up with Shanksville.
@bren3347
Ай бұрын
@@Marylandbrony correction: Pennsylvania - Flight United 93
@RutabegaNG
3 ай бұрын
With that size of a crowd, it's good that they were able to get everybody out safely and quietly. I can only imagine the panic that would have ensued if everyone knew what had happened. Unusual day. Where I was the only planes we saw in the sky were a couple of fighters escorting Air Force One on the way to another safe location.
@JeremiahsFiles
5 ай бұрын
I heard that two little girls who were onboard United 175 with their parents on that tragic day were going to Los Angeles & were going to go to Disneyland, but these poor kids never had the chance, the plane they were on hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center. I feel sorry for these kids & their parents, & I also feel sorry for Mickey & all his friends at Disneyland who will never have the chance to meet these kids.
@tonkgottagame
5 ай бұрын
How would you know?
@RaychAgent4EVa
5 ай бұрын
@@tonkgottagame Some of the victims' families provided some background on who they were and where they were going. Some of the children on the planes were on their way to Disneyland (as one of the planes was supposed to be heading for LA), including Christine Lee Hanson and Juliana McCourt, likely the two little girls he's referencing.
@mlqdybugggs1471
4 ай бұрын
@@tonkgottagame😢😮😮😅
@jacobjohnson8686
4 ай бұрын
@@RaychAgent4EVaThe story of Juliana McCourt's family is tragically amazing. Her mother, Ruth, and Ruth's best friend, Paige, were going to a seminar in LA together, and the trip would end in a visit to Disney for Juliana's enjoyment. Ruth & her daughter boarded United 175, while Paige boarded American 11, both bound for LA. Meanwhile, Ruth's brother (her other best friend), Ron Clifford, got up and dressed for a big-deal meeting that day. He put on a suit with a yellow tie and matching pocket handkerchief, meant to stand out, according to Ruth's recommendations. He planned to come home early to celebrate his daughter's birthday. He soon got a call asking to switch the meeting's location from the Mariott to the World Trade Center. He said yes. He walked into the building, marveling at the architecture with a professional eye, and shortly after, an explosion shook the building. Unbeknownst to him, a plane carrying his sister's best friend (with whom he spent every New Year's) had just crashed above him. He also did not know that his sister and niece were on another plane -- he believed them to be in LA already. As others evacuated, he stayed in the lobby to tend to a badly burned woman. Overhead, the rumble of a jet engine shook the building again. United 175, carrying Ruth & Juliana, crashed into the other tower. Ron got the woman to her feet and they fled. He got her to paramedics, and went to call his wife and sister to let them know he was okay. Ruth did not answer. Ron returned home and soon got a call from his brother-in-law, who had driven all 3 to the airport that morning, asking if Ron had heard from them. This was his first realization that they may have been on the planes. When the passenger lists were released, it was confirmed. Ron went to visit Jennianne, the burned woman he had tried to save, who was unlikely to make it. He left his now-stained yellow tie as a token of their ordeal. He learned while listening to the radio that she passed a few months later. Needless to say, he suffered a massive ordeal and struggled to cope with everything. However, with time and therapy his condition did improve, and he founded a non-profit called the Juliana Fund, which promotes tolerance and understanding in children. --- Source: Book excerpt from IrishCentral website, article titled "Irish Brother & Sister Torn Apart in Tragedy of (..)" Also interviews with Ron Clifford in National Geographic documentaries. --- _(Redacted the article title as YT keeps auto-hiding innocent comments about some subjects.)_
@nika4843
4 ай бұрын
Disneyland sucks anyway.
@susanacres5177
5 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing my whole family was there at the Grand Floridian. It was a scary time.
@jesnickstafford6104
5 ай бұрын
I was a character greeter (College Program cast member) at the Grand Floridian that night when the characters were sent to the resorts to entertain the guests. That'd be wild if I was in any of your families' pictures with the characters.
@susanacres5177
5 ай бұрын
@@jesnickstafford6104 I will look through and see if we have any character photos. I can remember tearing up when the characters came, because it was the first comforting thing we had seen all day. I don’t know if you remember, but a hurricane was also moving in to the area, and we had horrible rain and wind. We were stuck at Disney for 7 extra days, because we couldn’t get a rental car.
@Kari2025
4 ай бұрын
I’m surprised they were still allowing people to ride at 9:33am. Both towers had been hit by then, and the pentagon had been hit. What a day to choose to go! Who knew what was to happen.
@abigailgrace_930
4 ай бұрын
the pentagon was hit at 9:37 so there was still 4 minutes
@Kari2025
4 ай бұрын
@@abigailgrace_930 Oh you’re right!
@reyandbenfan4life236
2 ай бұрын
You have to realize, news didn't travel as fast as it does now. Also, idk if you were alive or old enough to remember, it wasn't declared a terrorist attack for some time. I distinctly remember it was quite a while before it was considered that there may be other targets. First all air traffic landed but a few planes did NOT respond. Ofc, one was the 4th plane but there were others that also didn't respond. It took some time for those decisions to be made, for the government to realize that WDW might be targeted. That's why it took so long. I've no doubt that now there's huge plans set in place for WDW and probably someone staying aware of any possible threats. I can imagine that today, with smart phones and the internet, people would probably start leaving on their own or the park would close almost immediately. This world and the world on 9/10/2001 are two different worlds. I remember thinking that day "everything just changed" I hate how I underestimated that.
@uselessinformation1988
Ай бұрын
Wouldn't they have found out about it that evening or something?
@thedreadedsyntholbaby763
17 күн бұрын
Id be pissed I paid my tickets, I dont care about something that doesnt even affect me hurr durr
@riggs20
4 ай бұрын
I was at work when we heard about the plane hitting the first tower. We all thought it was a terrible accident. Then we heard about the second tower and there was some confusion. We didn’t have TVs at work, so we really didn’t know what they meant. A second plane? Then the Pentagon was hit. I turned to my friend and said, “Wow. It’s like we’re being attacked.” That’s how innocent we all were. We thought we were safe in this country. Like all the world’s chaos couldn’t touch us at home. The towers collapsing were like watching our innocence as a country come crashing down.
@RailzProdTeam
21 күн бұрын
Note: A few people didn’t know why people were leaving the park since they didn’t have their cellular device on while some did, and the reason people left the park was because Walt Disney World, is a big target, because it gets multiple people every single year.
@serifgroup
21 күн бұрын
You’re exactly right. Many didn’t know that day.
@LilTobyStaR408
3 ай бұрын
I was there in Nov 2001 for a planned family vacation. I had been a frequent flyer my whole life and let me tell you, flying 2 months after 9/11 was an entirely different and scary experience, I’ll never forget it.
@CassieJones-pn1rp
4 ай бұрын
My daughter was only 7 months old. I remember being so frightened for her! Thanks for sharing 😢
@jlbraswell5961
5 ай бұрын
10:32 am was 4 minutes after the WTC North Tower collapsed at 10:28 am, 33 minutes after the WTC South Tower collapsed at 9:59am, and 29 minutes after UA93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 10:03 am, and 55 minutes after AA77 crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37 am.
@woodlander9634
4 ай бұрын
My daughter’s birth dad was on UA93
@helenlesley9509
4 ай бұрын
It's crazy to think about I was born October 23, 2000, because I was only a baby. Just like the baby in this video. I was so small, innocent and unaware with what was happening in our world. Both my parent's are military vets. And my father had to run multiple missions in the navy, before, during and especially after 9/11. There six of us kids in the family. My twin sister and I are the youngest. My older siblings still remember everything that happened that day, just like everyone else. My family remember what they wore, where they were and how they felt. This tragedy hits me so hard and deeply. I've been watching all videos based on 9/11. From real time footage, to survivor stories, News alerts, the family and friends who lost loved ones that day. As well as watched the Howard Stern Radio Show when 9/11 happened on the air. It such a horrific event, that not only changed America, but countries all around us. May those who perished in 9/11 rest in peace. What a sad and unforgiving day in American History.
@jessicagreenfield6584
3 ай бұрын
I was born on October 14th 2000 so I don't remember it at all as well until school taught me about it. I'm sure all of my family was upset that day. It's truly a tragic event
@kristingallo2158
3 ай бұрын
I was born Oct 23
@hollum1648
4 ай бұрын
I started working there 9 years later - can’t imagine how scary it must have been to execute a park evac like that, knowing you’re potentially a target but holding it together for the guests
@Josh-xh9qn
5 ай бұрын
This is difficult to imagine, you and your family are at the happiest place in the world having the time of your life and you probably don't hear about the attack until end of day. Sets a dark tone to what was suppose to be a great vacation
@apfelbasket
5 ай бұрын
Just because it was before people had relationships with hand held devices doesn't mean there was no media. The resorts had live t.v., Radio & phones!!
@susanacres5177
5 ай бұрын
We saw the second plane on tv from our hotel room at the Grand Floridian, so we were aware. You could hear our hotel neighbors on both sides yelling oh my god! Through the walls of the room. I can remember it like it was yesterday.
@xocomaox
4 ай бұрын
@@apfelbasketthey're acting like it was the early 1900s 😅
@rightlyso8507
4 ай бұрын
It was warm that day. Outside, by a cousin's house. His wife call us in to check out the news report on what had just happened. We then saw the second plane hit. Driving home, we saw loads of firetrucks coming from Long Island, heading to Manhattan. Had to go to post office, while outside talking to the manager, we saw the first building come down. The manager broke into tears. Once home, my cousin called and told me that it had been another cousin's second day at work. This at the Trade Center. I'd forgotten his mother telling me, the Thursday before, how excited the kid ("kid" - a year younger than me) was to start working there that upcoming week. It turned out that he was in the second Tower hit, the first to collapse. But, other than being totally shell-shocked he was physically OK. Very quiet that day too, in this NYC suburb. Very odd seeing fighter jets overhead - we're not far from JFK airport. The phone never stopped ringing. My cousin's new job didn't have his phone #, and the only name in the phone book, same as his, was mine. My then girlfriend's father was a retired on disability FDNY member, living in Florida. He came up and stood with us for three weeks. He spent almost all that time going to funerals/memorial services for his fellow firemen. Sad days.
@KiKi-tf8rv
Ай бұрын
For those wondering if the news traveled slowly because of the lack of social media, it didn’t. Most people had cell phones and internet in 2001, but most people also watched the morning news every day or had the radio on during their commute. Most people saw or heard it happen in real time. I called my coworkers to come up with an emergency work plan for the day, assuming they’d all heard the news. They all had. TV and radio news was our link to instant news. We were tied to that pretty much the way people are tied to social media today.
@TheLauratkd
5 ай бұрын
I remember I went to Disney World just over 1 ½ months before 9/11. I was 6 years old and I remember my dad's former coworker and his family went to Disney World on the week of 9/11 and they were scheduled to leave the day of 9/12. I also remember feeling extremely jealous that my dad's coworkers' family got to spend more time at Disney World. They did NOT, I learned much later they were stuck at Orlando International Airport for two days; then they could finally come home. The kids in there were traumatized but didn't know why until much later. I'm 29 now and 9/11 is a day you will never forget and I remember it as it were yesterday. Even as a Canadian, (I don't live near Gander but it still upsets me a great deal that George D. Bush's speech writers never thanked us because they "forgot".) I'm still very thankful for Obama thanking Gander and I finally get to see Come From Away in the next few months (November 2024) 🍁
@tman3311
3 ай бұрын
I was at Epcot that morning when they told everyone the park was closed. We found a cast member on the way out and asked why and they did tell us the Twin Towers were hit and fell. We didn't believe it, got to our rental car in the parking lot and listened on the radio, stunned. I remember there was traffic everywhere trying to get back to our resort. We watched news coverage on the TV when we got back. After tearful calls to family (we hadn't told anyone we were flying down from Connecticut for a quick trip!) we went to the pool and it was mobbed, everything else was closed. We were supposed to fly home the 12th, had to drive our small Chrysler convertible to Rhode Island to get our car since that was where we flew out of. We drove by NYC on our way home and there was still smoke rising from the collapse
@ADensmore26
3 ай бұрын
My mom was working at Disney at the time as apart of the front desk. She remembers it so vividly
@KBFAN1
3 ай бұрын
Only being 15 years old I don’t know what life was like before that horrific day, all I know is fear spreading across the country and war starting. It’s horrible how life changed on that day, all I know is no one can bring up 9/11 in front of my aunt without seeing her cry, she always cries when something reminds her of that day. Rest in loving peace to all who lost their lives on that horrible day ❤️💐🫡
@margaretsgirl
Ай бұрын
I was supposed to be there 3 days later for my delayed honemoon. My ex was in a military school in D.C., and we had gotten married on Memorial Day weekend. The plan was to go to Disney immediately after his graduation. Instead, he went to Ground Zero to help and shortly after that, to Afghanistan. I see this video, and it takes me back to a very painful era of life.
@koolaid33
4 ай бұрын
Crazy to think how we were all so scared of the attacks, and most people didn't even live in the USA. I was born a few years after 9/11, but from what I've heard of my parents, they were both watching the news when they heard the story and watched it on TV. It sent all of southern Ontario (Canada) into panic, Toronto was essentially shutdown in worries they may fly a plane there, the parliament building was evacuated, all jobs let people go early, it was literally chaos and we were across the border. It's scary how the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks literally shut down the entire world.
@nwauntie64
4 ай бұрын
My kids were at Disneyland with their grandparents... took forever to get home with the airlines all grounded, and no more car rentals. My uncle was headed to NYC for a business meeting, flight was rerouted to Canada. Saddest day for America in my lifetime.
@tomascanevaro4292
3 ай бұрын
What year where you born?
@sirich7751
Ай бұрын
As September rolls around each year I remember the chaos I saw and narrowly escaped. I was scheduled for a 9:00 AM mtg on floor 101 or 104 in the South tower for AAON. It was absolutely surreal and quite frankly could not be understood unless you were there. Thankfully I was a little early and did not even enter the complex. Saw the second tower get hit. You could feel the heat from the fireball on ground level. This American will never forget.
@Whatorwellsaid21
4 ай бұрын
I was born and raised in Cuba. On that day, I was released early from school, I was in 3rd grade. I went home and the communist media was playing the images on tv. My grandma who lived in New Jersey called us and told us more. That day changed every corner of the world.
@ceooflonelinessinc.267
4 ай бұрын
U stilll live in cuba?
@alexredfield1943
4 ай бұрын
Well, the footage was shown everywhere. We don't really say that "the capitalist media" played footage of anything, it's just the media
@RyanMiddleton_the_Rhino
4 ай бұрын
I was working in a call center (help desk for internet and computers). I came in after the first plane hit. "Wow!" I said, then went to work taking a few calls. Suddenly the calls stopped except for a few calls. It was dead slow at work, so we tried to get on the news websites to see what was happening. The websites were so slammed that they did Denial of Service which shut down the servers of the news websites. They were not ready for such a large volume of viewers. The only updates the call center got were from customers calling in for help. All we could do was play video games. The next day jets were flying so close to the ground that I could see the pilots.
@ChristianKrogh-Denmark
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this video. Sadly, I went down a rabbit-hole on 9/11 yesterday, and now this video came up in my feed. I was wondering; On that day, how did Disney announce to the people in the parks, that they were shutting down for the day? Did you guys KNOW what had happened in New York, when escorted out of the park? I'm just having a hard time believing, that Disney would ever announce over giant speakers; "Due to a horrific TERRORISM-act in New York, Magic Kingdom is closing for today. Bye, bye now"...?
@serifgroup
Жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly… and for some reason it’s still quite vivid… the announcement repeated every 30 or so seconds “due to unforeseen circumstances, the Magic Kingdom is now closed. Please make your way to the exits. Plan A” followed by some sort of emergency sound. On the way into the park, we had heard some sort of radio thing about a plane in New York but since we were trying to tune out, we decided to turn it off. My father was trying to stay connected at work, and spoke with someone who had told him about the planes. Smart phones weren’t a big thing then so information was limited to who we could talk to. It’s kind of strange being far from home when all the airports are shut down, and that very same week a hurricane was coming in over Orlando.
@serifgroup
Жыл бұрын
I would also say that Disney park employees were extremely professional and well trained. Many characters were near the exits trying to cheer people up.
@ChristianKrogh-Denmark
Жыл бұрын
@@serifgroup Thank you for that answer :-) And yes, I can only imagine how weird that all must’ve been for you guys as well. May everyone who lost their lives that day rest in peace. Thanks again for your reply, and video! Surreal to see, even for someone like me, who wasn’t even there in DW on that day.
@randomguy7624
5 ай бұрын
@@serifgroupyou can actually hear that at the end of the video when y’all were walking oit
@iloveowls90
5 ай бұрын
@@randomguy7624yeah you can! 2:25 is when you hear it!
@kyleschwartz2501
3 ай бұрын
I remember being there on that day as a kid. I was 8 at the time, and once they announced the Magic Kingdom was closing early everyone was confused. We talked to a security cast member all he said was “when you get to your room just turn on the tv.” I’ll forget his face when he said that. It was a very concerned, and sad face. 😞
@AbandonedMines11
3 ай бұрын
I was taking college classes in San Diego that morning. I remember our professor kept us in class although a TV was turned on in the room. The volume was turned down. Sometime shortly after that, he let us go home. I remember driving on the freeway past the San Diego International Airport, and it was closed. Very eerie to look over there and see no planes taxiing, taking off, or landing. I remember there were two giant X’s standing upright on the runway that were lit up with red lights indicating that the airport and runway were closed.
@DanielaBodoh
2 ай бұрын
My mom was pregnant with me that day (I was born 3 months later). She wondered what kind of world she would be bringing her baby into. This world can be so cruel sometimes.
@Gtasplayer
2 ай бұрын
Same
@MaddysinLeigh
2 ай бұрын
I was 7 and I still remember that day. My mom and sister were sick and I was pissed that my sister got to stay home from school but I had to go. At one point the office called my classroom asking for my sister to be released for early dismissal, but there was no one with in my class with that name. When they called back they asked for me and I laughed standing up saying that they had called for my sister by mistake. I skipped up to the office thinking my parents changed their minds on letting me stay home. Then I got to the office and by the look on my dad’s face I could tell something was wrong. The office had the news on and I saw a building with smoke coming out it.
@lauriivey7801
4 ай бұрын
Back before every person was connected via cell phone ... in the days when you didn't know information until you got to a place with a TV or radio ... back before the whole world changed
@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398
3 ай бұрын
The TV news did a bang-up job at it. At the coffee shop, everyone kept asking if we had a TV because they said an airplane had hit the World Trade Center. Later we heard the Pentagon was on fire and also a car bomb had exploded, and that all air planes were grounded but still there was a plane in the air that nobody knew it's whereabouts.
@lauriivey7801
3 ай бұрын
@@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 I was at work, no TV or radio, I finally got a short phone call from a family member (not allowed personal calls), but I got few details. I had to wait until I got home from work to get a full picture of it.
@suzyq4982
4 ай бұрын
I must be one of the few who didn’t find out till the afternoon. I was so busy didn’t look at the news all day . A passing person told me a plane has crashed and bout 50 people had died .. I went home turned on the tv and was in total shock .
@nika4843
4 ай бұрын
Me too. I worked in a loud factory and an announcement was made over the intercom, but of course, I couldn't hear much. Got in my car to pick up some lunch and heard on the radio that a plane had "crashed" in NY, but was still not comprehending the magnitude. It wasn't until I got home that afternoon and turned on the TV that I really figured it out. I stayed glued to that TV for days.
@suzyq4982
4 ай бұрын
@@nika4843 yeah very shocking - I feel like it changed the world as we know it for basically forever ..
@chuumon95
4 ай бұрын
So weird to think that while it was the best day for these people who were having fun, it was a terrible one for people several states above them and the last for hundreds of other.
@johnblaze2665
4 ай бұрын
Thousands of others*
@baronvg
3 ай бұрын
KZitem is definitely good for archiving footage like this. It’s like that one video of the people who just happened to be filming their get together when the news broke that Princess Diana died.
@ManChan-w5p
4 ай бұрын
I was in Alphabet city when I heard the first plane outside my window September 11, 2001 8:46am. Had to get ready for work at Macy's Herald Square. Now I'm 50 miles west of Disneyworld on i4 exit 32.
@April_ONeil
4 ай бұрын
Lakeland?
@ManChan-w5p
4 ай бұрын
@@April_ONeil Bingo you're geographically sound.
@April_ONeil
4 ай бұрын
@@ManChan-w5p My parents have a place in that area as well.
@mtnstpt
Ай бұрын
I was NYPD on September 11th,2001- I had a buddy I worked with IN MK when this Happened, He went Back to his Hotel spoke with a Manager told him He was NYPD , They helped him with a Rental Car , he drove back was with us on the following Saturday. He had amazing stories of WDW
@jlbraswell5961
5 ай бұрын
9:33 am was 1/2 an hour after the WTC South Tower was hit by UA175 at 9:03 am, and 4 minutes before AA77 crashed into the Pentagon at 9:37am. 9:33 am was also 1/2 an hour before UA93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania at 10:03am.
@gmt921
4 ай бұрын
When this video started President Bush had just addressed the nation in Sarasota, about 100 miles away from WDW.
@cm6995
3 ай бұрын
Me and my brother were getting ready for school. I was in 9th grade and he was in 11th grade. I didn't understand the magnitude of what had just happened. The day everything changed, to this day.
@nicoles.7126
3 ай бұрын
I was in high school when this happened. It didn't occur to me until now that they would have to close down the Disney Parks and evacuate, because they weren't sure if the parks would be targeted or not. That is such a sad thought.
@th3thrilld3m0n
Күн бұрын
Walt Disney World is "the most magical place on Earth" while Disneyland's tagline is "the happiest place on earth."
@stevarino1989
5 ай бұрын
It’s just so eerie how the world was forever changing and people were totally unaware, excitedly waiting in line for Splash Mountain or Space Mountain. A time before the Internet became available at our fingertips 24/7. Yes people had cellular phones but not everybody but that’s definitely how word spread throughout the park that morning. I definitely would’ve been very upset/confused if we had to suddenly leave and we didn’t know what the fuck was happening. We were just there a few weeks ago.
@play-fool
4 ай бұрын
I was just scrolling along thinking how little people understand now if they didn't live through it that news just did not go lightning fast around the world... If you wanted someone to see something on the television, on the news, right now, you needed to call them and make sure that they were seeing it because they probably weren't unless they were sitting in front of the TV already. I remember the phone calls back and forth as we sat in front of the television that morning... it gives me the strangest feeling. nostalgia for the Before times, even when this instance of it is terrible.
@terrymann1341
4 ай бұрын
I'm a Brit and that was the day this world not only changed forever but got Darker, a terrible stain on the history of Humanity. The first step on the road that has led us to planet earth 2024....
@beverlysmith6539
4 ай бұрын
9/11 affected everybody in some way! That's why we can never let anything like that happen again! 🇺🇸 God bless America!
@paulday5722
Ай бұрын
That day is etched in my memory. I was working in a factory, hearing updates from colleagues and going to the QC lab to listen to the radio when I had a few minutes. The minute I was done for the day, going home and watching the news until midnight.
@glorygracek.1841
5 ай бұрын
Before the obvious....it was so nice to see everyone present and interacting with each other. No devices really in sigh
@scooterlibbie
4 ай бұрын
That’s why everyone looks bored I guess
@pdyoung86
Күн бұрын
I was in ninth grade, sitting in history class, and none of us students knew what was happening. We initially thought there had been a bomb at the school. When they announced that we would be going home early, we were all excited. It wasn’t until I got home that I realized the gravity of the situation
@CJDiecast
5 ай бұрын
I was three going on four the next month and have no recollection of what happened that day. All I was told was that I got picked up from school early since nobody knew what was really going on and who were the next targets. My mom was on the phone with my nana for a while watching it all transpire on T.V. We were living in Port St. Lucie, Florida during that time and actually vacationed to Disney not too long after this in early 2002. We rented a plum colored Chrysler PT Cruiser to drive there. My very first trip to Disney. I don't remember what the parks' capacity was at the time but I'm sure it was light considering 9/11 was a fresh wound and still on everyone's mind still.
@plateshutoverlock
3 ай бұрын
2:10 "...host/hostess plan A" this in itself is creepy :-/ Hearing a cryptic message like this over the PA system is enough to know that something very serious is going on.
@pem1974
Ай бұрын
Those alarm bells afterwards didn't help
@artytoons3447
7 күн бұрын
In a comparison to a "Plan A" for circus goers, the circus band will start playing Stars and Stripes Forever (known as The Disaster March) as a warning to circus performers and employees that a life-threatening emergency situation like a fire has arisen and to begin an emergency response in keeping the audience calm and to start clearing everyone out of the Big Top tent.
@chamonix2602
4 ай бұрын
I was surprised that day to see all the stores on Broadway were open and business as usual.
@stewbugz5213
Ай бұрын
I had just found out I was expecting when the first plane hit. 😢 my son is 22 years old now. I’ll never forget that day for as long as I live.
@AndrewPriester
5 ай бұрын
I sure remember where I was on that horrible day
@DaveFisher-cq2dr
27 күн бұрын
me too, a lot of people all over the world remember where they were and what they were doing that day, the same with the day John F. Kennedy was killed
@alanolson6913
Ай бұрын
I was working downtown Seattle. Our supervisor told us to take our lunch break and just go home. I walked down to the local library where there was a bank of televisions on in the lobby. No one was speaking. As I walked down a few blocks to catch my bus for home, I remember how oddly quiet everyone was. Just moving along mostly in silence. Shocking day for us all.
@brickinterviewertv
5 ай бұрын
im 25 now and i would have been about 2 to 3 years old when 911 happened my cousin who was born the same day as me but just in 2001 in june would have been 2 and a half months old
@jacobzeier
5 ай бұрын
This is sad. 9/11 ended 2001 on a tragic note.
@BonaparteBardithion
4 ай бұрын
The year was only half over but it felt like there was a hard divide before and after it happened like everything before it was a different year. The tragedy caused a major shift in US cultural and political focus.
@jacobzeier
3 ай бұрын
@@BonaparteBardithion I don't know about "cultural" but definitely political. The tragedy caused a minor shift in culture and a major shift in politics. Personally, I don't care for 9/11! I hate it! It's annoyingly overhyped and is largely irrelevant now, anyway. It was in the past! 1993 and 2003 were almost identical when compared to now. I am not talking about the two years in terms of politics, science, economics, and most conspicuously technology. But that's beside the point. Viewing pre-9/11 as a utopia is ridiculous nonsense. But to give you the benefit of the doubt, the closest to 9/11 causing a "cultural shift" is, for example, the removal of the twin towers in post-9/11 media, especially that of a fictional nature. That little change could been seen as making a big difference. I don't see that as particularly meaningful. I'll also grant you that there WAS a fear of terrorism, understandably, but the worst of it only lasted at least six months right after 9/11 happened. So, I suppose to that extent, sure, 9/11 caused a "major shift in culture and caused such a hard divide between pre-9/11 and post-9/11". But in all honesty, not really.
@BonaparteBardithion
3 ай бұрын
@@jacobzeier Absolutely no one will say the US was a utopia prior to September of 2001. But I think you're downplaying just how much cultural impact the War on Terror had. The fear and paranoia of being attacked again lasted way more than 6 months, and it had as much impact on travel and events as post-lockdown Covid restrictions except that we still haven't pulled back on the changes. And though we'd had military action in the Middle East during the 90s, the Iraq War led to much more discrimination of people of Middle Eastern descent and fear of Islam in general. It went from not being on most people's radars to being an enormous boogeyman. Commie accusations carried over from the Cold War were swiftly replaced with Terrorist suspicions and pop culture fully swapped stock villains in turn. Some of this was certainly the result of politicians drumming up fears and trying to keep the momentum of anger going, but what people are afraid of can and did become entrenched in the culture of the day.
@jacobzeier
3 ай бұрын
@@BonaparteBardithion You're overestimating the legacy of 9/11 with such paranoia. What you're talking about is largely, although certainly not solely, political anyway, which I agree that 9/11 was a political issue, though not completely so, that ended an era. It is clear that your definition of "cultural" is incompatible with mine. But I don't give a damn about 9/11. It is old news that is not relevant anymore! You need to get over this fear over some crap that happened a long time ago and go away!
@user-gi8pk9uc7q
4 ай бұрын
The hijackers even wrecked everyone's day at Disney World!
@lynda74
3 ай бұрын
Wrecked everyone's day, everywhere.
@thedreadedsyntholbaby763
17 күн бұрын
@@lynda74 lol not outside america, I didnt care
@thehapagirl92
Күн бұрын
I was supposed to go to CA Adventure that day for a field trip. My school was 5 minutes from Disneyland. We never went. Thank goodness CA is hours behind and our school bus didn’t leave the campus.
@JBproductions152
6 ай бұрын
This is really incredible footage
@jojonr619
2 ай бұрын
I’m curious, did they close the park down because they were assuming it was potentially a potential target for another plane?
@darkyboode3239
5 ай бұрын
All the babies in this video are in their mid 20s now.
@serifgroup
5 ай бұрын
My son (the one in the video) is 23.
@robertjarvie6331
4 ай бұрын
And the ones in their 20s are grey now!
@jandrew1994
2 ай бұрын
Or, they could be dead.
@Mangolite
4 ай бұрын
It was my first time working the day shift and opening early morning at the new hotel in the neighboring county. When I arrived, the Reservation Manager was settling into her office when I turned on the television. Shock engulfed me as live coverage showed smoke billowing and a burning hole in the first building of the Twin Towers. My initial thought was that it must have been intentional due to the direct center of the damage. Then, as I watched in horror, another airplane flew into the second tower. Without hesitation, I picked up the phone and called the franchise owner of the hotel. They were already aware of the situation. It was a day etched into my memory forever.
@theskipper0174
2 ай бұрын
I wonder if that baby ever got taken back to Disney to experience the park?
@serifgroup
2 ай бұрын
My son (in the video) thankfully has been to Disney quite a few times.
@sandravanconant180
Ай бұрын
Watching this video is very eerie. I feel sorry for all the now adults who were in school at that time, including my 3rd grader and my kindergartener-that would have been a really weird thing to watch on tv for the younger ones, and a hard thing for the older ones. I had just dropped my two off at school. I was pregnant with my 3rd, and it was a difficult pregnancy, so I tended to go right back to bed for a couple hours when I would get back home. For some reason, I sat down and turned on the tv instead that day. The Today show was on, and Katie Couric said, "we have some breaking news: a plane has crashed into the world trade center." She and Bryant Gumble were speculating about what kind of accident happened with the plane when the 2nd one flew into the other tower. Couric said, "Oh, I don't think that was an accident. When the 3rd plane hit the Pentagon, I thought, "What is going on?" By the time 4th plane went down in PA, I was standing in front of the tv, panicking. New York and Wash DC somehow made sense to me, because they were "important" cities, but no one (outside PA) had heard of Shanksville. I was genuinely scared that the nation's airports had all been sabotaged, and that planes would start dropping out of the sky all over! Picking my kids up from school at the end of the day is just a blur for me.
@scooterlibbie
4 ай бұрын
That baby was me! I still have that onesie
@BAKER22-l4u
3 ай бұрын
BS
@Imyourpookieforever-y7b
Ай бұрын
That’s really cool! Was it your first time there?
@amyp.1269
2 ай бұрын
And everything has never been the same since that day. Look what we are still putting up with.
@susanne5803
4 ай бұрын
I was working in daycare at my kids school in Europe. A mother came in early - her face all white with huge eyes: "The World Trade Center has been hit by a plane!". We couldn't believe it. We lived in the radio shadow of the local hills and don't have TV. I called my parents who had radio reception to find out more. We have a large Muslim community in our city and within three days they were treated like they were all terrorists themselves. As a reaction they started to dress traditionally. It was like a gap opened in the middle of our neighborhoods. Later we had a program "sit with me" in public transport. I just couldn't get myself to sit beside men clearly recognizable as religious Muslims. I was too scared myself since apparently a Muslim religious school in our city had secretly educated Muslim boys and male teens to become fanatics (it was later closed). But whenever a Muslim woman would sit alone in public transport I would ask her if I could sit beside her. That way we managed several times to keep nationalist from harassing religiously dressed Muslim women. It was a very scary and terribly sad time.
@GenX6887
Ай бұрын
Man, I hate to imagine how many people who worked at the WTC or Pentagon were at Disney World on 9/11, and how they felt the moment they found out what happened later that day.
@reneerieder385
5 ай бұрын
I had my 3rd child(2nd son) on 9/24/01. That baby in the video is an adult now! :)
@serifgroup
5 ай бұрын
He is, (that’s) my son will be 24 in December
@scarlettmauner475
Ай бұрын
i've been having an existential crisis thinking i'm too old so it always helps to read stories of where people were during 9/11 since i wasn't born yet lol.
@sandy-pf9bb
Ай бұрын
You are not old. I was 5 yrs old when Kennedy was assassinated. Now that's old. Wait to have a crisis when you are old like me :)
@fatimal.7696
5 ай бұрын
2:15 that guys shirt! 😱
@serifgroup
5 ай бұрын
I never noticed that. I wonder what shirt that is looks like maybe some friends that got lost in a fire?
@-cosmicdoggo-
5 ай бұрын
crazy foreshadowing
@nanettecostanza537
5 ай бұрын
Maybe the Challenger incident? Or firemen? 😢
@AlanAvis
4 ай бұрын
They May Be Gone But Not Forgotten. WOW.
@BrendanMcClelland
3 ай бұрын
I still remember this day like it was yesterday and I remember that I was in the seventh grade in science class and the TV came on, and at first I thought it was a factory pipe with black smoke, but no it was the World Trade Center and I even remember President Bush speaking about it.
@gabrieldally6044
5 ай бұрын
Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth. Walt Disney World is the most magical place on Earth
@apfelbasket
5 ай бұрын
I've never been to Disneyland, but I'm the happiest at Walt Disney World!!
@gabrieldally6044
5 ай бұрын
@@apfelbasket you'll be happier at Disneyland. You don't know what you're missing until you go to Disneyland
@@gabrieldally6044 Been to both. Disney World is so much better. Way more to see.
@gabrieldally6044
5 ай бұрын
@@pdeXlol it's okay to lie sometimes 😊
@neko_nightstar1819
3 ай бұрын
I remember that day. I was 12 and home sick from school.
@Diggerdog2nd
4 ай бұрын
At 9:33 that morning I was working on a roof in longwood about 30 minutes from Disney World where these people are taking a video thinking they're going to have a great day with they're baby Soon after this video starts my buddy I worked with got in his truck, turned on his radio & yelled to me something in a million years I never would have guessed (they knocked over the twin towers & the Pentagon is on fire).I went home & then found out they did it with jets & there was a 4th one that crashed in a field. I thought how many more are out there? Probably like a million other people did.
@RonaldGrant-l7n
9 күн бұрын
I have been to Disney World in Orlando,Florida a lot of times and it’s very fun. During July 4 they have fireworks
@AnnieBananie-nm8yn
5 ай бұрын
Did they announce what happened? Or did they just say we need to close?
@serifgroup
5 ай бұрын
Just an announcement about closing. I’m sure many people were unaware. I remember telling some folks on the way out.
@XMizzTuraX
3 ай бұрын
The WORST part about this video that broke my heart the most was at 11:55am there's a man in front wearing a top that says gone but not forgotten and looks like soldiers or something. I can only imagine how that evacuation and the aftermath must have been like.
@nomadcowatbk
6 ай бұрын
Isn't September usually a slower period at WDW?
@philliesphan9364
6 ай бұрын
Best time to go. Ride lines are so much shorter and the weather is nice and cool
@nomadcowatbk
6 ай бұрын
maybe if you have small kids that don't have school, but they won't even remember the trip@@philliesphan9364
@serifgroup
6 ай бұрын
We went at that time because most kids were in school and thought it would be a good time to go. Unfortunately hurricane Gordon came through that same week.
@rocky.rocks1445
5 ай бұрын
@@serifgroup Hurricane Gordon was 2000, you might be thinking of Gabrielle.
@nishalimaye
5 ай бұрын
@@philliesphan9364the weather is not nice and cool then. It is very hot still and humid.
@darthbedlammasterofdueling4519
Ай бұрын
0:23 America had just been attacked.
@Gogeta659
Күн бұрын
No my grandma said to me on 9/11 the wtc got hit at 8:46 that’s why at some schools have the moment of silence for that time
@ryanmichael1298
4 ай бұрын
I was on Disney property about six months earlier.
@06Pine
3 ай бұрын
I was starting freshman year in highschool. Like first week of class. Hearing about this in my class with the old school box TVs in classroom.
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