11 septembre : Un jour dans l'Histoire

At 62-years of age there's a few defining events in American History I've witnessed. Even the death of a beloved president pales in comparison to the carnage of 9/11. Being a witness to both with my earliest, and amazingly, quite clear recollection being that I was watching TV on the day President Kennedy was assassinated (actually telling my mother who was doing housework that President Kennedy had been shot to her disbelief). I can say this is America's darkest day in my lifetime and maybe entire history.

The above being said I say to all: never forget. This very well-done documentary may be the best memorial to never forgetting as well as seeing the courage of those on the front line. I cannot say enough superlatives about this series. It is important history and a very important part of keeping the memory of it for future generations. See this. You will be moved to the point of tears I feel almost certain.

I have never seen a documentary with this much detail and human stories. It is very intense and upsetting. You really must decide if you can handle it before you watch. If you do watch, you better have a comedy ready right after. It does not show gore and carnage but witnesses hold nothing back describing what they saw.

You'll definitely want to hug your loved ones after this. I think most people will want to be a kinder human after watching this.

No matter your age on this day, this needs to be watched. It's difficult, uncomfortable and yet reminds you that there are humans that actually care for others without giving a thought for themselves. It's the best and the most honest compilation of the events. I'f you don't cry at any time while watching this then you aren't human.

And this is of every documentary out there no matter what it was about. Very well told in "real time" from the survivors of ground zero, many if not all I've never seen in another 9/11 documentary. The raw footage was scary, sad, intense but also heroic, inspiring, and educational. Finally a documentary that focuses on the entire day. Not just New York (albeit that was the hardest impact). I've never This brought a whole new light on that day 20 years ago.

The darkest chapter of the modern history that most of us have lived through... For me it was an up-close traumatized experience... watching this reminds me of how fortunate we were to escape this by a whisker...our team brunch at the Windows in the World, the most unusual traffic jam on that beautiful September morning, watching the south tower being hit, the objects that we thought were debris falling from sky were actually people, watching both the towers crumbled, the clouds of smoke, ashes, calling hospitals to track down our colleague, going back to the ground zero after few days, escorted by FBI and NYPD to retrieve some sensitive data from our office on 32nd floor at 1 Liberty Plaza (the one right across with NASDAQ exchange located in lower floors and after 9/11 was used as morgue) and watching the aftermath, the smell, the horrific memories,.. it's been 20 years but every 9/11 even today brings back those nightmarish memories , still find it difficult sometimes to absorb the carnage..

A MUST watch if you can handle it ..