Mid-Morning Art Thread: 25 Years Later

Falling Man
Richard Drew

It is an iconic photograph, and one that encapsulates the horror of September 11th and the 2,977 people who were murdered that day by Islam. And I use the word "murdered" very carefully. This man did not commit suicide in the conventional sense. He was presented with two awful choices, and I believe that he chose the option that gave him control over his death.

If you would like to read Kris's commentary about this photograph, here it is.

But there are other images that may be becoming more important: those that represent the West's response to the 1,400 year old war against it conducted by Islam.

This is Gaza, soon after the Arab savages rampaged through the Israeli border communities. This was the beginning of the Israeli response to Islamic barbarism, and it is an image that may need to be repeated thousands of times across the world by a united West if we are to defend 21st century Western civilization against the 7th century.

And...this is not to denigrate the man in the photo above; he made an awful choice, and I respect him for it, and pray that he is at peace. But remembering and solemnity and sadness should be only a part of our response, and a cold fury, as seen in the second photo must be included.

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at September 11, 2026 09:30 AM (Bep7s)

2 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 11, 2026 09:31 AM (NSrIQ)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 11, 2026 09:32 AM (NcvvS)

4 It's probably already been said today, but

Islam delenda est.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 11, 2026 09:33 AM (lNdj6)

5 I will NEVER forget.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 09:33 AM (l3cgK)

6 Well said CBD. Our fury will deliver the justice Islam has earned.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 11, 2026 09:33 AM (xxMK8)

7 Fucking goatrapers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 11, 2026 09:33 AM (NSrIQ)

8 Very appropriate CBD . Thx
Never forget.
Eff the muzzies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 11, 2026 09:34 AM (N2HNb)

9 and I will NEVER forgive.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)

10 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

11 I hate today......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:35 AM (ccf/V)

12 Then, there's the image of the two plunging to their deaths, seemingly holding hands........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:36 AM (ccf/V)

13 Ugh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 11, 2026 09:37 AM (9txJW)

14 The problem In survival against Islam is that our Fearless leaders will Not let us solve the problem. They tell us they are going to kill us, but we should not defend ourselves. And prosecute us if we do defend ourselves.

Posted by: Kafiroon at September 11, 2026 09:37 AM (VyFya)

15 I was wondering what you would choose to commemorate this day. Completely appropriate. Thanks.

Posted by: Tuna at September 11, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

16 This is Gaza, soon after the Arab savages rampaged through the Israeli border communities.

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Needs more mushroom and green glass.

Posted by: ShainS at September 11, 2026 09:37 AM (QbCrG)

17 11 I hate today......
Posted by: Sponge at September 11, 2026 09:35 AM

Likewise.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 11, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

18 Thanks, CBD. Chilling photo,captured perfectly. He was not the only one. There very first of the 343 NYFD to be killed that day were hit by falling people in the Plaza.

Posted by: Honor And Remember at September 11, 2026 09:38 AM (Fn+3X)

19 Today may just be a Xanax kinda day since drinking on the job is discouraged.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 11, 2026 09:38 AM (9txJW)

20 Who would have guessed the followers of a death cult started by a rapacious bloodthirsty demon-possessed pedophile would war against decency and goodness around the world for all time?

Islam is inherently evil.

Posted by: Minuteman at September 11, 2026 09:39 AM (47/pr)

21 Reuters, The Guardian, and the New York Times chose today to publish accusations Israel is deliberately targeting "innocent" Gazans for "killing on an industrial scale", in reviewing a propaganda film, called "Naza", being shown in a Venice film festival.

There is no evil too deep or dark for these propagandists.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 11, 2026 09:40 AM (uJ3I2)

22 It is an iconic photograph, and one that encapsulates the horror of September 11th and the 2,977 people who were murdered that day by Islam. And I use the word "murdered" very carefully. This man did not commit suicide in the conventional sense. He was presented with two awful choices, and I believe that he chose the option that gave him control over his death.

I have to believe this, in my own head just to make it 'better,' that those that made the decision to NOT die in a fiery torture and take that leap was that they felt they would black out from fear or some other form of unconsciousness and they would never really know when they hit the ground.

It is impossible for me to fathom what they were going through..... I do believe that God knew and understood their decision and showed them tremendous mercy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)

23 The photographer took many photos of many jumpers. He helped identify someone’s wife. The husband knew what his wife was wearing and was able to identify it was her. Her body was never identified or recovered. And seeing that photo gave him closure.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 11, 2026 09:42 AM (2BUGt)

24 Elton John owns a copy of that photograph, along with others from that day. He is an avid photography collector, and has may from 9/11 because he understands the importance of remembering/recording that day.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 11, 2026 09:42 AM (rOKnE)

25 and I will NEVER forgive.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)

The Lord compels me to forgive. I will beg him for mercy on my soul when the eventual shooting starts, for I have no doubt islham will bring more war to our shores.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:42 AM (ccf/V)

26 I was working with an auditor from one of the big 5 firms a couple of years after 9/11. She was there - downtown NYC. As she described that day, watching people dive out of the towers, her facial expression changed. It went blank. Through that whole conversation. It was haunting, and I recall that conversation even today. I sure hope she found peace with those memories.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 11, 2026 09:43 AM (N39Ws)

27 Isn't CBD even worried that this Art Thread will provoke anti-muslim backlash?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 11, 2026 09:44 AM (wpRMV)

28 *types*

*deletes*

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 11, 2026 09:45 AM (dK+Kv)

29 Wakes up
Sees the calendar.
Slips to my knees and offers up a prayer.
Let us never forget. Let is always be vigilant. Let us always be ready.
Bless you all fellow Hordemates.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 11, 2026 09:45 AM (2WIwB)

30 Isn't CBD even worried that this Art Thread will provoke anti-muslim backlash?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 11, 2026 09:44 AM (wpRMV)

His 1911 has no f*cks to give.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:45 AM (ccf/V)

31 Anti muslim backlash?

I’m offended they think I care.

Posted by: nurse ratched at September 11, 2026 09:46 AM (FdWkT)

32 Meh. Some people did some things.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at September 11, 2026 09:46 AM (wpRMV)

33 Posted by: nurse ratched at September 11, 2026 09:46 AM (FdWkT)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:46 AM (ccf/V)

34 One of my friends on the east coast was the first to tell me about the jumpers. This was a couple days after 9/11, and I called just to make sure she was OK. She said the national networks were sanitizing the feed, but the local stations had shown live, unedited feeds and you could see the bodies falling.

Posted by: PabloD at September 11, 2026 09:47 AM (B7yLN)

35 Posted by: Ilhan Omar at September 11, 2026 09:46 AM (wpRMV)

Style guide says it's '11han 0mar.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:47 AM (ccf/V)

36 25 and I will NEVER forgive.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 09:34 AM (l3cgK)

The Lord compels me to forgive. I will beg him for mercy on my soul when the eventual shooting starts, for I have no doubt islham will bring more war to our shores.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:42 AM (ccf/V)

The LORD does not compel you to forgive those who are unrepentant. I will not forgive Bin Laden. I will not forgive any of the hijackers. You will never be able to convince me they were sorry for the evil they committed; on the contrary, they celebrated it until their deaths.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 09:47 AM (l3cgK)

37 [Elton John] owns the biggest collection of 9/11 photographs in the world, some 2,000 in all, ranging from images made by amateur snappers on the ground to work by Magnum photojournalists. “I have The Falling Man [by Richard Drew],” he says, quietly. “It is one of the most beautiful and powerful and upsetting images ever. One side of the building in darkness, one side in light and this man falling in that perfect straight line, head first, out of the tower. It is the most beautiful photograph of the most painful, horrible thing. This is the power of photography, the dichotomy between tragedy and beauty. It makes you think about the thin line between death and life.”

Posted by: Lizzy at September 11, 2026 09:47 AM (rOKnE)

38 There really is no difference between the nazis and the moslems. They dress differently and speak a different language but whenever you see a moslem or moslems simply picture them in brownshirts and swastika armbands as they are one and the same. The US government and media lie about it because they do not want to admit it and face the hard choice of eliminating them. So there is endless wars and "islam is a peaceful religion" nonsense.

Posted by: Zombie Amin al-Husseini at September 11, 2026 09:47 AM (cCXR+)

39 Isn't CBD even worried that this Art Thread will provoke anti-muslim backlash?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 11, 2026 09:44 AM (wpRMV)

I look forward to it.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 09:47 AM (k5CNB)

40 22 It is impossible for me to fathom what they were going through..... I do believe that God knew and understood their decision and showed them tremendous mercy.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:40 AM (ccf/V)

If you want to get a sense of what they were facing, listen to the last phone call to 911 from Kevin Cosgrove, who worked at AON. It’s heartbreaking to say the least, especially when he says I’m too young to die. It’s on YouTube.

Posted by: TxAnn at September 11, 2026 09:48 AM (SjAWL)

41 If I may, I'd like to remind everyone of something else.
September 12th.
Although it's been 25 years, one of my strongest memories was the overwhelming overnight change in the American culture.
I'm talking about the single word "prayer."
Suddenly, it was EVERYWHERE.
Media outlets who would ordinarily never mention such a thing used the word constantly. Newspapers (remember those?) printed it in headlines. You were forwarded emails about it. Businesses used the word in marquee sugns.
It lasted maybe a week, but suddenly and everywhere it was acceptable to mention prayer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 11, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

42 If you want to get a sense of what they were facing, listen to the last phone call to 911 from Kevin Cosgrove, who worked at AON. It’s heartbreaking to say the least, especially when he says I’m too young to die. It’s on YouTube.
Posted by: TxAnn at September 11, 2026 09:48 AM (SjAWL)

I'll pass.......today, my head is f*cked up enough........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:49 AM (ccf/V)

43 *marquee signs.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 11, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

44 just as the medium, brushes and whether canvas, wood, paper, glass or metal, i'm curious to know the equipment, settings, film type or simulation etc.
i'm sure it's out there.

Posted by: cmeat at September 11, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

45 and yes, I'm NOT a very good Christian.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 09:51 AM (l3cgK)

46 Media outlets who would ordinarily never mention such a thing used the word constantly. Newspapers (remember those?) printed it in headlines. You were forwarded emails about it. Businesses used the word in marquee sugns.
It lasted maybe a week, but suddenly and everywhere it was acceptable to mention prayer.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 11, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

And today, the left uses "thoughts an prayers" as a mock to those who believe in one true God.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:51 AM (ccf/V)

47 In many past years will still get sucked in videos and shows about 9/11, better to see it than forget it

Posted by: Skip at September 11, 2026 09:51 AM (XBsgk)

48 In a Franpsycho administration Mecca would have been glassed by sundown on September 11, 2001.

Any reaction and Riyadh would have been glassed by sundown September 12, 2001.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 11, 2026 09:52 AM (RIvkX)

49 and yes, I'm NOT a very good Christian.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 09:51 AM (l3cgK)

A lot of us aren't.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:52 AM (ccf/V)

50 She said the national networks were sanitizing the feed, but the local stations had shown live, unedited feeds and you could see the bodies falling.

Posted by: PabloD at September 11, 2026 09:47 AM (B7yLN)

I was watching on a local feed and saw plenty.

My little town is less than 20 miles from the World Trade Center, and several hundred feet higher. We could see (and smell) the smoke for many days afterward.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 09:52 AM (k5CNB)

51 The only think wrong with that picture of Gaza is that there are still buildings standing in the background...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 11, 2026 09:52 AM (1VZmA)

52 And so on...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 11, 2026 09:52 AM (RIvkX)

53 I gotta admit--having a hard time concentrating on other things today.

I was just a college student living in a tiny studio apartment back then.

I spent 9/11/01 and the rest of that week glued to the television.

Then I somehow found Robert Spencer's invaluable blogs "Jihad Watch" and "Dhimmi Watch" and found out everything I needed to know about the evil that is Islam.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 11, 2026 09:53 AM (FZ29D)

54 28 yeah, me too.

Posted by: cmeat at September 11, 2026 09:54 AM (Bep7s)

55 I know there are some people that claim that suicide is a mortal sin and you are damned for it but I can't see God condemning a person like the one in the photo.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 11, 2026 09:54 AM (RjOoY)

56 Forgiveness:

Matthew 6:14-15 (NKJV) records Jesus’ words: “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:55 AM (ccf/V)

57 The only think wrong with that picture of Gaza is that there are still buildings standing in the background...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 11, 2026 09:52 AM (1VZmA)

The photo was taken in late October 2023. The destruction today is orders of magnitude greater. And I use the word "greater" to describe both the comprehensiveness and the quality of the result.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 09:55 AM (k5CNB)

58 Look on YouTube for raw videos. They show the jumpers. They show the chaos surrounding the area. All the sirens all the people in shock, fire fighters with a look of holy fuck I may not come back out alive, the debris, all of it.

The media sanitized all of it. Just some planes hit some buildings for unknown reasons. Move along nothing to see here.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 11, 2026 09:55 AM (2BUGt)

59 >>I was watching on a local feed and saw plenty.

My little town is less than 20 miles from the World Trade Center, and several hundred feet higher. We could see (and smell) the smoke for many days afterward.

Ugh.
I was in a high rise (18th floor) in Arlington, VA, facing DC. Couldn't see the pentagon, as it was blocked by the hill withing Arlington Cemetery, but watched the billowing smoke, the helicopters airlifting out victims, and heard the endless activity of police cars, ambulances, racing around all day long.
Sat on the couch watching DC, wondering if I would see another plane hit or bomb go off.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 11, 2026 09:56 AM (rOKnE)

60 Those jumpers didn’t commit suicide. They were murdered.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 11, 2026 09:56 AM (2BUGt)

61 The LORD does not compel you to forgive those who are unrepentant. I will not forgive Bin Laden. I will not forgive any of the hijackers. You will never be able to convince me they were sorry for the evil they committed; on the contrary, they celebrated it until their deaths.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 09:47 AM (l3cgK)

I believe this is sound theology. After all, scripture makes it quite clear that God does not forgive anyone who doesn’t repent. Isaiah 1:18, 1 John 1:9… NT and OT alike!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 11, 2026 09:56 AM (uTFcg)

62 Falling man did NOT commit suicide. He was murdered along with all the other victims of 9/11

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 11, 2026 09:57 AM (uTFcg)

63 The photo shows an instant in time for one man. It is a powerful picture.

Yet it does not come close to giving the full story. Video of people falling from the upper floors of the North Tower is horrific and heartbreaking to watch. All of them were tumbling, many with arms and legs flailing. It is painful for me to watch their final moments on Earth. If you want to see some of the sheer horror of the Twin Towers attacks, seek out video of people falling from the upper floors of the North Tower.

Little of that is in US-produced news and documentary videos. Because of our culture of not wanting to see terrible deaths and the remains of the dead. You can see several videos of people falling from the North Tower, and a view of some of the broken bodies, in this utube copy of a BBC 2006 docu-drama titled 'Flight 11." Near the finish. May they rest in peace.

https://youtu.be/BUjeUwoeEn4

Posted by: Gref at September 11, 2026 09:59 AM (5rh/l)

64
I know there are some people that claim that suicide is a mortal sin and you are damned for it but I can't see God condemning a person like the one in the photo.
Posted by: NR Pax at September 11, 2026 09:54 AM (RjOoY)

_________

"If suicide is committed with the intention of setting an example, especially to the young, it also takes on the gravity of scandal. Voluntary co-operation in suicide is contrary to the moral law.

"Grave psychological disturbances, anguish, or grave fear of hardship, suffering, or torture can diminish the responsibility of the one committing suicide.

"We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for salutary repentance. The Church prays for persons who have taken their own lives."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 11, 2026 09:59 AM (eRlcH)

65 Thank you for linking Kris' 2019 commentary. Then and now, thoughtfully and beautifully done.

I also appreciate the photo and your commentary, in part, of "Israeli response to Islamic barbarism" in Gaza "that may need to be repeated thousands of times across the world by a united West if we are to defend 21st century Western civilization against the 7th century."
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As posted back on The Morning Report, in part -
Facebook, 6 News WOWT
16h
25 years after 9/11, the Shanksville community honors the heroism of Flight 93's passengers and crew.

Looking back and forward with a theme, "The Next Generation."

At some point they/we have to hand it off to the next generation.
--
Again, today is the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

Shana Tova!

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 11, 2026 09:59 AM (NFX2v)

66 Falling man did NOT commit suicide. He was murdered along with all the other victims of 9/11
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 11, 2026 09:57 AM (uTFcg)
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Agreed.

Mohammed (*spit*) may as well have been standing behind falling man, throwing him out the window.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 11, 2026 10:00 AM (FZ29D)

67 I can't see God condemning a person like the one in the photo.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 11, 2026 09:54 AM (RjOoY)

Suicide is forbidden in Judaism, but I think you are correct.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 10:00 AM (k5CNB)

68 I will harshly chastise anyone who uses the phrase "tragic events of September 11th." They were no such thing.
They were acts of war.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at September 11, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

69 "We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for salutary repentance. The Church prays for persons who have taken their own lives."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 11, 2026 09:59 AM (eRlcH)

As usual...reality is a bit more nuanced than the talking points.

Thanks for this.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 10:01 AM (k5CNB)

70 Shana Tova!
Posted by: L - No nic... at September 11, 2026

Aldo Nova!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 11, 2026 10:02 AM (NSrIQ)

71 I can't see God condemning a person like the one in the photo.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 11, 2026 09:54 AM (RjOoY)

Suicide is forbidden in Judaism, but I think you are correct.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 10:00 AM (k5CNB)

Death was imminent. They simply chose the form of the destructor. I believe God understood their plight and gave tremendous mercy on their souls.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 10:02 AM (ccf/V)

72
What happened to the comments?

Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2026 10:04 AM (iJfKG)

73 51 "buildings"

Posted by: cmeat at September 11, 2026 10:04 AM (Bep7s)

74 67 I can't see God condemning a person like the one in the photo.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 11, 2026 09:54 AM (RjOoY)

Suicide is forbidden in Judaism, but I think you are correct.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 10:00 AM (k5CNB)

He was dead if he stayed, was dead if he leapt. The difference was the amount of pain and suffering each option gave him.

I believe there was only ONE person who actually survived the fall of the buildings from near the top floors...most every bone in his body broken...organs damaged.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 10:04 AM (l3cgK)

75 When I see the falling man. I think of him as the old world I loved, the one I loved and can never get back to. Innocence lost.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 11, 2026 10:06 AM (UJfh6)

76 Aldo Nova!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 11, 2026 10:02 AM (NSrIQ)

Heh. Thanks. Needed a laugh.

With that said.........

https://youtu.be/DXxPZ2agCFs

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 10:06 AM (ccf/V)

77 Death was imminent. They simply chose the form of the destructor. I believe God understood their plight and gave tremendous mercy on their souls.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 10:02 AM (ccf/V)
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A buddy of mine is a coroner. He sees death on a regular basis.

He says that he's seen bodies of people who were dying of agonizing conditions, yet when their time came, the only expression on their face was ultimate peace, as though the Lord came down and took it all away just before they passed.

I believe He could have given those people trapped in the Two Towers that same peace, knowing they had no other way out for them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 11, 2026 10:06 AM (FZ29D)

78

My 9/11 story is kind of weird because I was literally seeing it unfold through another's eyes.

At the time, I was performing an early morning root canal on a patient. We had a Tv in the ceiling for patients to watch and earphones for them to hear.
I was working on his tooth when his eyes suddenly popped open in alarm.

"Are you okay?" I said.

And he pointed a shaking finger at the ceiling.

The first plane had hit the Towers.

Well, I had to finish my job. I couldn't leave the poor guy half done, so I continued with the root canal.

Suddenly, his eyes popped open again and his head jerked in alarm and terror. He jabbed a finger at the ceiling. The second plane had struck the Towers.

It was clear we were under attack, but I had to continue because the root canal was a difficult one.
So, I just told him, "Please don't move around. If something happens, just let me know."

i finished the root canal but every once in a while he'd look at my eyes and point to the ceiling.

I finished the root canal in a reasonable amount of time...around the time it was clear that those poor people started jumping from the buildings.

We closed the office for the day and went home.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 11, 2026 10:07 AM (iJfKG)

79 The Lord compels me to forgive. I will beg him for mercy on my soul when the eventual shooting starts, for I have no doubt islham will bring more war to our shores.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 09:42 AM (ccf/V)

My brother from a different mother.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 11, 2026 10:07 AM (N39Ws)

80 Shana Tova!

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 11, 2026 09:59 AM (NFX2v)

!שָׁנָה טוֹבָה

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 10:08 AM (k5CNB)

81 My brother from a different mother.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 11, 2026 10:07 AM (N39Ws)

*brohug*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 10:08 AM (ccf/V)

82 80 Shana Tova!

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 11, 2026 09:59 AM (NFX2v)

!שָׁנָה טוֹבָה

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 10:08 AM (k5CNB)

Are dildos Kosher?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 10:09 AM (l3cgK)

83
Are dildos Kosher?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 10:09 AM (l3cgK)

This is about me, isn't it.......

Posted by: The WNBA at September 11, 2026 10:09 AM (ccf/V)

84 There is nothing I can add to the evaluation of the photo and what makes it so effective. But, like photos of the liberated Nazi concentration camps, it is impossible to separate the story from the image and the emotions it invokes. Such a simple image that still raises feelings of horror, grief, rage, and determination.

After meeting up with Mrs. JTB that day, which had been in doubt for a few terrifying hours, much of the next week passed in a blur with little time for emotion. We assisted in logistics for rescue, later recovery, efforts at the Pentagon.

Posted by: JTB at September 11, 2026 10:10 AM (yTvNw)

85 One salutary effect of this terrorist attack was to open the eyes of some of us.

I was peripherally aware of Islam's goals, but 9/11 slammed them home.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 10:11 AM (k5CNB)

86 He was dead if he stayed, was dead if he leapt. The difference was the amount of pain and suffering each option gave him.

See also Masada. "We can get captured and Look On The Bright Side Of Life... or..."

Posted by: 88C+u at September 11, 2026 10:12 AM (88C+u)

87 Thank you, CBD for this

Posted by: redridinghood at September 11, 2026 10:13 AM (NpAcC)

88 Islam attacked us and the West's response was allow an invasion of Europe and America of a bunch of inbred, psychotic religious fanatics who hate us. Great strategy, guys. Just great.

Posted by: Sharkman at September 11, 2026 10:13 AM (rFJ7v)

89 Wikipedia, The Falling Man

Background, in part

"On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, four passenger airplanes were commandeered by 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists after takeoff. Two of these hijacked airliners, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were intentionally crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center complex in New York City, killing or trapping well over 1,300 people above the 91st floor of the North Tower and more than 600 above the 76th floor of the South.

That morning, an estimated 200 people were witnessed falling from the upper levels of the burning skyscrapers.[7][8] All but three came from the North Tower, where considerably more people were confined to a much smaller number of floors. Most of the people who fell from the World Trade Center deliberately jumped to their deaths to escape the smoke, flames, and extreme heat, in some places, estimated at over 2,000 °F (1,090 °C). A smaller percentage of the falling deaths were accidents caused by people losing their grip or being knocked off-balance near window ledges, or attempting to climb down to a lower

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Posted by: L - No nic... at September 11, 2026 10:13 AM (NFX2v)

90 floor below the fire. Officials could not recover or identify the remains of those forced out of the towers due to the
conditions on the ground near the base of the building at the time, prior to their collapse. The New York City medical examiner's office said it does not classify them as "jumpers," explaining that a "jumper" is defined as someone who "goes to the office in the morning knowing that they will commit suicide," adding that the victims who fell from the towers did not want to die but "were forced out by the smoke and flames or blown out."[8] The medical examiner's office listed manner of death as homicide for all deaths associated with the 9/11 attacks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at September 11, 2026 10:13 AM (NFX2v)

91 I don't recall the day of the week 9/11 happened, but it's the day after my wife's birthday. 25 years ago we were still in bed when her sister called. We'd taken the day off, planned on going to the beach. We were living in California... Mountain View and had only been there 4 months.

Turned on the TV and forgot all about the beach.

Not sure quite how to say this, but things in Silicon Valley continued as normal for most of that day. It really wasn't until the government shut down the air space and flights were grounded did anyone really take note. That night was particularly eerie.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 11, 2026 10:13 AM (2Cry5)

92 Thank you CBD. Never sugarcoat it - the truth will always be the truth:

"Truth is not whatever you want it to be, it is what it is. You must bend to its power or live a lie"

- Musashi Miyamoto

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at September 11, 2026 10:15 AM (VkY89)

93
I was peripherally aware of Islam's goals, but 9/11 slammed them home.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 10:11 AM (k5CNB)

In my early adult years, having been raised Catholic, going through classes and receiving Communion and all, I still had questions and doubts. I remember heated discussions with my mother, a largely devout Catholic, about God and allah (PissBUH) and who was right or wrong in their faith.

While this time in my life was a bit of a struggle and my faith was poor, islham started attacking. I learned what a 'suicide bomber' was........I was exposed to what islham was and what it was willing to do.

My God is the one TRUE God and islham is a steaming pile of Devil shit. I owe it no quarter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 10:16 AM (ccf/V)

94 There really is no difference between the nazis and the moslems. They dress differently and speak a different language but whenever you see a moslem or moslems simply picture them in brownshirts and swastika armbands as they are one and the same.

It's generally covered up by our alleged education system but Hitler got the idea for the final solution from the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. So yes, Islam caused the Holocaust too.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 11, 2026 10:16 AM (2ocoG)

95 Willowed from the Morning Report-
380 255 The hijackers were all living in America with long expired Visas.

They would even get pulled over say, by cops for speeding or whatever. Nothing can be done you see. Just let ‘em go about their business.

Flight lessons? Not concerned about landing. Report suspicious characters to federal law enforcement.

Nothing to worry about. I’m sure it’s fine.
Posted by: Common Tater at September 11, 2026 08:56 AM (60d+e)
Just take a look at all these alien truck drivers on our highways. What building, bridge, power plant,,,,,or group of people,,,will they run over when they get the signal?
Posted by: Eromero at September 11, 2026 10:13 AM (LHPAg)

Posted by: Eromero at September 11, 2026 10:16 AM (LHPAg)

96 Color me surprised that Wikipedia could admit that it was a terrorist attack without cultural context.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 11, 2026 10:16 AM (RjOoY)

97 @68 -- Agree; 9/11 wasn't a "tragedy," it was a grotesque atrocity.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 11, 2026 10:16 AM (/jglT)

98 94 There really is no difference between the nazis and the moslems. They dress differently and speak a different language but whenever you see a moslem or moslems simply picture them in brownshirts and swastika armbands as they are one and the same.

It's generally covered up by our alleged education system but Hitler got the idea for the final solution from the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. So yes, Islam caused the Holocaust too.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 11, 2026 10:16 AM (2ocoG)

Yes, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the one-balled failed painter interacted quite a bit...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 10:17 AM (l3cgK)

99 Never forget, never forgive.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at September 11, 2026 10:17 AM (xcxpd)

100 Triumph - Fight The Good Fight

https://youtu.be/Xevc7-7Tk-Q

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 11, 2026 10:17 AM (dK+Kv)

101 I know there are some people that claim that suicide is a mortal sin and you are damned for it but I can't see God condemning a person like the one in the photo.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 11, 2026 09:54 AM (RjOoY

I don't believe in a God that condemns people for suicide. That ain't no God I believe in. There is only one mortal sin and that is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Doesn't mean my God doesn't damn the unrepentant, He definitely does.

Posted by: ... at September 11, 2026 10:17 AM (QjdCt)

102 I was exposed to what islham was and what it was willing to do.

I was fortunate that the Catholic school I went to in 8th grade talked about the Crusades being a response to Islamic aggression.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 11, 2026 10:18 AM (RjOoY)

103 About a week after the attacks, I was on a bus heading to Aberdeen Proving Grounds for AIT.

The bus passed the DC area, and smoke was still lingering over the Pentagon.

Every soldier on that bus was looking forward to some serious payback.

I like to think that for the most part, we did.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 11, 2026 10:18 AM (Ir9wW)

104 Fuck the monsters that forced that man to make that choice.

Fuck them to the eternal hell they deserve.

Posted by: ballistic at September 11, 2026 10:18 AM (oqH4h)

105 101 I know there are some people that claim that suicide is a mortal sin and you are damned for it but I can't see God condemning a person like the one in the photo.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 11, 2026 09:54 AM (RjOoY

I don't believe in a God that condemns people for suicide. That ain't no God I believe in. There is only one mortal sin and that is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. Doesn't mean my God doesn't damn the unrepentant, He definitely does.

Posted by: ... at September 11, 2026 10:17 AM (QjdCt)

self-sacrifice is also not a sin...dying to protect others.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 10:18 AM (l3cgK)

106 Flight lessons? Not concerned about landing. Report suspicious characters to federal law enforcement.

And of course it *was* reported to federal law enforcement and the local FBI was told to stand down by DC.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 11, 2026 10:18 AM (2ocoG)

107 @68 -- Agree; 9/11 wasn't a "tragedy," it was a grotesque atrocity.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at September 11, 2026 10:16 AM (/jglT)

The tragedy is that we had a poor man for the times (W), who didn't have the spine to stand up and do what needed to be done.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 11, 2026 10:19 AM (dK+Kv)

108 It's generally covered up by our alleged education system but Hitler got the idea for the final solution from the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. So yes, Islam caused the Holocaust too.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 11, 2026 10:16 AM (2ocoG)

I'm guessing they didn't have to twist his arm too much

Posted by: ... at September 11, 2026 10:19 AM (QjdCt)

109 Triumph - Fight The Good Fight

https://youtu.be/Xevc7-7Tk-Q

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 11, 2026 10:17 AM (dK+Kv)

Canadian......HA!

They should go tour their home country and play that song over and over.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 10:19 AM (ccf/V)

110 I am both sad and angry today.... Angry because after 25 years we are still at war with this scourge...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 11, 2026 10:19 AM (+gK6I)

111 102 I was exposed to what islham was and what it was willing to do.

I was fortunate that the Catholic school I went to in 8th grade talked about the Crusades being a response to Islamic aggression.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 11, 2026 10:18 AM (RjOoY)

It's unfortunate that quite a few soldiers who were headed to the Holy Land killed Jews along the way. The Jews were caught between two forces that didn't like them very much.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 10:20 AM (l3cgK)

112 Can't remember the columnist's name now, but he wrote in a column trying to describe what the parents of a small child on Plane 2 were probably doing- trying to play down their own fears, telling her they would get to Disneyworld, everything would be alright-
"And then she was fire. And then she was ash."

Posted by: sal at September 11, 2026 10:20 AM (f+FmA)

113 85 One salutary effect of this terrorist attack was to open the eyes of some of us.

I was peripherally aware of Islam's goals, but 9/11 slammed them home.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 10:11 AM (k5CNB)

The book, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11," 2007, by Lawrence Wright, should be required reading for every high school junior or senior in the US. Sadly, few nowadays will have the attention span and open mind to comprehend it and get more than a chapter or two into it.

If you want a solid history of Al Qaeda, bin Laden, the planning of the attacks, and the failure by US counter-terrorism agencies to stop the attackers, I cannot recommend this book strongly enough.

Posted by: Gref at September 11, 2026 10:21 AM (5rh/l)

114 I still think Bill Maher is a rat piece of shit for calling the terrorists "brave".

Fuck him in the ass with barbed wire BC llast I checked it doesn't take "bravery" to slash a 5 foot 2 100 pound stewardess throat with a boxcutter. Fucking leftard faggot fucks. The things they worship.

Posted by: ... at September 11, 2026 10:21 AM (QjdCt)

115 Not sure quite how to say this, but things in Silicon Valley continued as normal for most of that day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 11, 2026 10:13 AM (2Cry5)

I went to San Francisco for a wedding in October 2001, and I was shocked by how little people seemed to care.

I remember driving up to Sonoma after the wedding and being amazed at how few homes were flying American flags. In my little town in NJ, almost every town had a flag, and the stores were sold out.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 11, 2026 10:21 AM (k5CNB)

116 I am both sad and angry today.... Angry because after 25 years we are still at war with this scourge...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 11, 2026 10:19 AM (+gK6I)
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Some of us tried to fight them over there, so we wouldn't have to fight them over here.

Of course, that plan went right out the window when we elected them into office.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 11, 2026 10:22 AM (Ir9wW)

117 God bless the hoard...let us pray as a nation for repentance and to deliver us from our enemies.

Posted by: Cray Cray at September 11, 2026 10:22 AM (+1LeE)

118 110 I am both sad and angry today.... Angry because after 25 years we are still at war with this scourge...
Posted by: It's me donna at September 11, 2026 10:19 AM (+gK6I)
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We've been at war with this scourge since the p3do prophet started his "religion" of violence, conquest, and rape. Not being at war with it anymore would involve levels of killing that nobody in today's world is willing to countenance.

Posted by: ballistic at September 11, 2026 10:22 AM (oqH4h)

119 Triumph - Lay it on the Line

https://youtu.be/wAbxkKbR-r4

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 11, 2026 10:22 AM (dK+Kv)

120 I am both sad and angry today.... Angry because after 25 years we are still at war with this scourge...

Posted by: It's me donna at September 11, 2026 10:19 AM (+gK6I)

Because no one in power will actually admit what the problem is and address accordingly.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 10:22 AM (ccf/V)

121 Does the Horde have a Hoard?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 10:23 AM (l3cgK)

122 Because no one in power will actually admit what the problem is and address accordingly.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 10:22 AM (ccf/V)

Maddening isn't it ?

Posted by: It's me donna at September 11, 2026 10:23 AM (+gK6I)

123 Brit Lass knew way more about Islam that I did in 1999. Why? Because she had lived in Britain where they had actually educated people somewhat.

Posted by: ... at September 11, 2026 10:23 AM (QjdCt)

124 121 Does the Horde have a Hoard?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at September 11, 2026 10:23 AM (l3cgK)

At the bottom of a lake after a canoe accident.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at September 11, 2026 10:24 AM (N39Ws)

125 Not sure quite how to say this, but things in Silicon Valley continued as normal for most of that day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 11, 2026 10:13 AM (2Cry5)

Most everyone was dumbstruck all day. Production went on, but I wouldn't call it normal. Many enlightening conversations were had that day.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 11, 2026 10:24 AM (dK+Kv)

126
Maddening isn't it ?
Posted by: It's me donna at September 11, 2026 10:23 AM (+gK6I)

Incredibly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 11, 2026 10:24 AM (ccf/V)

127 The tragedy is that we had a poor man for the times (W), who didn't have the spine to stand up and do what needed to be done.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 11, 2026 10:19 AM (dK+Kv)
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About the best that could be said is W averted an even greater tragedy.

Al Gore's response would have been much, much worse.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 11, 2026 10:24 AM (FZ29D)

128
Imagine if on December 7, 1966, Japanese immigrants held political power in several West Coast cities and said we should be revering Emperor Hirohito.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 11, 2026 10:24 AM (eRlcH)

129 Racism! Pure f*cking racism!

"Room full of women on the Oprah show starts cheering after a doctor says that black female child murderers need to be supported too, not just the white child murderers like Lindsay Clancy.

"I want us to have the same passion for [female child murderers] who don't look like Lindsay."

"There are women of color sitting around this country in prisons for [murdering their children]. I just wanna remind us to have the pink shirts and the energy for them as well."

https://tinyurl.com/3u2kv93s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Gird Your Loins! at September 11, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

130 Yes, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the one-balled failed painter interacted quite a bit...

All of the toxic ingredients of WW2 keep resurfacing.

The Nazis came to power as a backlash to Weimar elites who collectively decided the hot new thing was changing your gender surgically. When early experiments on adults failed, they decided that it should be done to children instead.

So WW2 = Trans madness + Marxism + Islam. Sound familiar?

Posted by: Ian S. at September 11, 2026 10:24 AM (2ocoG)

131 Morning.

Re: The Clancy Jury, apparently Mr. Holdout is black.

https://instapundit.com/822361/

Yeah, that makes sense. Black dudes aren't gonna shrink away from some nagging white bitches.

Posted by: Robert at September 11, 2026 10:25 AM (dpXJq)

132 Things could have really been fixed after 9/11 in terms of immigration policy, but we had the wrong President to take advantage of it.

Posted by: Sharpie at September 11, 2026 10:25 AM (bLOEJ)

133
Re: The Clancy Jury, apparently Mr. Holdout is black.

https://instapundit.com/822361/

Yeah, that makes sense. Black dudes aren't gonna shrink away from some nagging white bitches.
Posted by: Robert at September 11, 2026 10:25 AM (dpXJq)

God bless him whatever his color

Posted by: It's me donna at September 11, 2026 10:25 AM (+gK6I)

134 Traditionally weaker powers don't engage in things like terrorism because the stronger power, by definition, can harm them more.

But we've had this weird thing happen in the modern western world, at worst the response to terrorism is muted barely above police work only targeted at this immediately responsible and at worst we instead pay the terrorist country instead.

Its funny when Grand Fenweck comes up with this idea and much less so when the US is paying jihadi's families that are killed when attacking Americans...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 11, 2026 10:26 AM (sKqQm)

135 On 9/11/01 I was living in a van in Orange County, CA.

[Although with a good and well-paying job, still paid a mortgage for my ex in Northern CA)-- and being a workaholic with no friends -- decided there was no point to paying another $1500/month for a studio apartment simply to sleep in.]

Being a talk radio junkie, I awoke before 6:00 am that morning and immediately turned on my CCrane (Solar and Hand-Crank-powered capable) CCRadio to the local L.A. station 640 AM KFI to listen to host Bill Handel (famous for his "Handel On The Law" nationally syndicated show).

He was discussing the breaking news that a plane -- which most assumed was a Cessna or the like similar to one which had flown into the Empire State Building decades before -- had crashed into one of the WTC Twin Towers.

Driving to the gym to workout and shower before going to work, I heard him announce -- as he was likely watching a television feed -- that ANOTHER plane had just flown into the second tower. Clearly an act of Terrorism and War.

Immediately went to the work office where the entire rest of the day we all watched the coverage on the office TV.

Now 25 years on, NYC has been conquered by Islamists.

Posted by: ShainS at September 11, 2026 10:26 AM (QbCrG)

136 Of course, that plan went right out the window when we elected them into office.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 11, 2026 10:22 AM (Ir9wW)

Are we not doing phrasing

Posted by: ... at September 11, 2026 10:26 AM (QjdCt)

137 Some of the horde hoard.

Posted by: Word nerd at September 11, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)

138 Islam's end times savior, the Mahdi, has many similar characteristics as the Antichrist in Revelation. This could be an answer why the satanists in Europe and America are trying to kill us off with the immigration warfare.

Posted by: Cray Cray at September 11, 2026 10:26 AM (+1LeE)

139 An earthquake is a tragedy.

This was an act of war.

I don’t want people to be sad I want them to be angry.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 11, 2026 10:26 AM (2BUGt)

140 Some of us tried to fight them over there, so we wouldn't have to fight them over here.

Of course, that plan went right out the window when we elected them into office.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 11, 2026 10:22 AM (Ir9wW)

That's the BS of it, huh? Rhetoric.

How many died, were maimed, returned home with PTSD and killed themselves, for W's BS rhetoric?

All to put the same types in the same or better position 25 years later, then import the same here and elect them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 11, 2026 10:26 AM (dK+Kv)

141 I'm sure the Left will be completely hinged and normal about his blackness. 🍿

Posted by: ... at September 11, 2026 10:27 AM (QjdCt)

142 Re: The Clancy Jury, apparently Mr. Holdout is black.

https://instapundit.com/822361/

Yeah, that makes sense. Black dudes aren't gonna shrink away from some nagging white bitches.

That explains a lot, like why the other jurors haven't doxxed him yet.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 11, 2026 10:27 AM (2ocoG)

143 Are we not doing phrasing
Posted by: ... at September 11, 2026 10:26 AM (QjdCt)
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Oops.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 11, 2026 10:27 AM (Ir9wW)

144 141 I'm sure the Left will be completely hinged and normal about his blackness. 🍿
Posted by: ... at September 11, 2026 10:27 AM (QjdCt)

Probably why he hasn't been doxed yet

Posted by: It's me donna at September 11, 2026 10:27 AM (+gK6I)

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