That famous photo from 9-11 of the man who jumped...........

That was hard to read. I remember that documentary that was referenced in the article. The one made by the French brothers. I broke down multiple times watching, and vividly remember the sounds of people falling down.

Thank you for posting; that was a hard read, but an interesting one.

I have a friend who was there who has PTSD from the falling people. It definitely seems to be the worst aspect for many of the folks who were there.

Yes I remember that documentary. It was the sound and knowing what that sound was. I will never forget that and I was not there. I can't imagine how it was for the people who were there.

That's the part of the documentary that I remember most vividly, that sound. I didn't know they had edited out more of the sounds because they were so frequent   .

Interesting article. I remember watching that documentary. I'll admit I found the one family's reaction odd. I can't imagine being upset with my loved one if I found out they had jumped. I would be upset that they were in such a horrible situation that they felt that was the best option as opposed to burning to death. What a horrible choice to have to make. But not at them because I felt like they didn't fight to come home.

That documentary by the French Brothers is the most compelling and horrifying thing I have ever seen.
I cannot even fathom how awful it must have been that people felt it was a better option to jump.

My heart and prayers go out to everyone who lost someone on 9/11.

I opened the link and there are no pictures in the article at all (I opened in Chrome). 

ETA: I just opened the link in IE instead of Chrome and the photos are showing now. (Not that I particularly wanted to see them, I was just curious as to why they weren't showing for me.)

I don't know if I can click on the link. We arrived that weekend. There were still people wandering around with lost looks on their faces. We were making our way to the hotel. We had pre arranged plans. All I say about that night is we had talked to a women who was still looking for her husband. I just remembered we talked to her for quite some time and hugged her. It was me, my Dh, my mom, and my youngest sister. We all hugged her. I always wondered what happened to her. we also talked to one of the officers, They were standing on a street corner almost every corner. I haven't brought myself to watch the 9/11 tributes although I've wanted to. I'm not sure.

I believe you're right, I didn't see your post come up until I had posted mine, I guess it took me 17 min to read the article and write my thoughts.

beliefs are strong and many hold them as truths. If you believe what your religion says, I could see wanting to claim and make sure your lives one didn't die without salvation (and that comes from someone that does not claim any faith).

I read the entire article. I was so struck by the humanity of the photo when it first appeared that I put it on a layout I did about it. I wanted that someday whoever was looking at my scrapbooks would know that Sept 11 was about the loss of real, living people.

I feel sad that he's not identified, because he died that day. I cannot understand the rejection of the fact that people jumped - as though there is shame in jumping for some of them. But I have not lost anyone like that so I don't know how I would feel.

We are 16 years out from that day, and children in high school have no memory of it. For them it is history and happened before they were even born in many cases. They are a generation removed from that day.

i've probably shared this before

my cousins are, and were, part of FDNY

jimmy is a dispatcher - and was on duty that morning - he's actually a part of a nat geo show about the voices of 9/11
john is a paramedic - who worked that day and the months afterwards

both have told me about the things that didn't make the national headlines

the first responders and those that survived and those that witnessed such horror carry such a heavy burden for the rest of us

I actually made the conscious choice to let my nearly 9-y.o. son see this picture yesterday. He (and a ton of his friends) are fascinated by disasters, natural and manmade. Explosions are cool in their world. I've tried to explain that while the science may be interesting, and the results awe-inspiring, real people are impacted by these things. But just giving numbers and information is not necessarily of any real impact to a kid. He was watching a bit about 9/11 yesterday (with my supervision), and it dawned on me that maybe he needed to see this. I think I was right - it seemed to be something that connected him to the horror and reality of it. It wouldn't be appropriate for every kid by any means, but I think for my kid, it was the right thing to see at the right time. It's an awful, awful moment (among many, of course) captured that really humanized this event for him.

Of all the horrors of that day, the one burned in my memory is of the people jumping. That picture will be with me forever.