September 11, 2001 is part of the reason I feel sorry for young people under age 30. You've never known a world prior to September 11, 2001 in New York. Just a few weeks prior to that, I flew on a plane. No metal detectors, no TSA, no taking off shoes and belts, and I had weed in my bag. And there weren't cameras everywhere you went. The world was much more free before 9/11 and internet. But I digress.
Suicide is so taboo in our country (USA) that, as much as 9/11 is "always remember" and "we will never forget" whatever crap every year, the media never talks about the jumpers. Some estimates say a few hundred people and maybe up to 1,000 people jumped from the Twin Towers that day instead of sitting up there cooking to death in 1,500 degree Fahrenheit heat. There's that infamous photo of the two people holding hands who jumped from one of the buildings. Looks like their legs are on fire. Link here.
All the jumpers knew they were going to die one way or the other. It's quicker to just jump instead of torture, waiting for yourself to burn alive into a rotisserie chicken. Self-immolation (burning yourself to death) is a suicide method in Asia. But f* that. That's the worst method possible IMO. I would have jumped too. This isn't even technically suicide. Everyone in those top floors was going to die when the buildings came down, or they were going to burn to death, or they could jump. I salute the jumpers. The craziest part is that the jump was from such a high point, that it took 13 to 15 seconds for them to hit the ground. They had 15 seconds to think about death. And these are people who were just living their regular days a few moments prior to that. There are photos out there of their remains when they hit the ground or a car or building. Basically like a dead bug on a windshield.
I first learned about the jumpers from a MySpace post way back when. And everyone was calling the jumpers cowards. So sad and pathetic that these fake entitled people would even say that. Would you have jumped or waited to burn to death, believing somehow you would be rescued?
Here's some video of people jumping when the buildings were still burning and standing.
Suicide is so taboo in our country (USA) that, as much as 9/11 is "always remember" and "we will never forget" whatever crap every year, the media never talks about the jumpers. Some estimates say a few hundred people and maybe up to 1,000 people jumped from the Twin Towers that day instead of sitting up there cooking to death in 1,500 degree Fahrenheit heat. There's that infamous photo of the two people holding hands who jumped from one of the buildings. Looks like their legs are on fire. Link here.
All the jumpers knew they were going to die one way or the other. It's quicker to just jump instead of torture, waiting for yourself to burn alive into a rotisserie chicken. Self-immolation (burning yourself to death) is a suicide method in Asia. But f* that. That's the worst method possible IMO. I would have jumped too. This isn't even technically suicide. Everyone in those top floors was going to die when the buildings came down, or they were going to burn to death, or they could jump. I salute the jumpers. The craziest part is that the jump was from such a high point, that it took 13 to 15 seconds for them to hit the ground. They had 15 seconds to think about death. And these are people who were just living their regular days a few moments prior to that. There are photos out there of their remains when they hit the ground or a car or building. Basically like a dead bug on a windshield.
I first learned about the jumpers from a MySpace post way back when. And everyone was calling the jumpers cowards. So sad and pathetic that these fake entitled people would even say that. Would you have jumped or waited to burn to death, believing somehow you would be rescued?
Here's some video of people jumping when the buildings were still burning and standing.
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