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Originally posted by: tweaker
You're right about it being an immensely traumatic experience--again, I can't imagine what it was like, but I've seen many people who lived through 9/11 (and also the invasion of Normandy, in the case of Saving Private Ryan) say that they couldn't handle watching footage of it, simply because it was an experience that was incredibly traumatic and horrifying. To be there when something like that happens...that would definitely change you. Those sorts of emotions are incredibly delicate, and that's why I mentioned above that I was so gratified that several people that had gone through it were actually interested in seeing this little project--it actually caught me by surprise.
As far as the use of the phrase "hide away," I was specifically referring to hiding away the evidence of what happened (i.e. video, etc). I have a feeling that many people have tapes of national or local newcasts of what happened, but don't want to make themselves known because they feel odd about it (see Zombie84's post for an example of this), maybe ghoulish in some way, or they think that that footage should just be allowed to fade away. I just don't think that should be the case, but I'm trying very hard to be respectful to people that lived through 9/11. In fact, if you look at the thread I have about this in the Myspleen forums, somebody (apparently joking) said that their mother died in 9/11, how dare I do this, etc, and I pretty much went into full retreat, until they admitted the joke.
So please be aware that I have nothing but sympathy for the people who were in NYC on that day, or who lost family/friends in the attacks.
You're right about it being an immensely traumatic experience--again, I can't imagine what it was like, but I've seen many people who lived through 9/11 (and also the invasion of Normandy, in the case of Saving Private Ryan) say that they couldn't handle watching footage of it, simply because it was an experience that was incredibly traumatic and horrifying. To be there when something like that happens...that would definitely change you. Those sorts of emotions are incredibly delicate, and that's why I mentioned above that I was so gratified that several people that had gone through it were actually interested in seeing this little project--it actually caught me by surprise.
As far as the use of the phrase "hide away," I was specifically referring to hiding away the evidence of what happened (i.e. video, etc). I have a feeling that many people have tapes of national or local newcasts of what happened, but don't want to make themselves known because they feel odd about it (see Zombie84's post for an example of this), maybe ghoulish in some way, or they think that that footage should just be allowed to fade away. I just don't think that should be the case, but I'm trying very hard to be respectful to people that lived through 9/11. In fact, if you look at the thread I have about this in the Myspleen forums, somebody (apparently joking) said that their mother died in 9/11, how dare I do this, etc, and I pretty much went into full retreat, until they admitted the joke.
So please be aware that I have nothing but sympathy for the people who were in NYC on that day, or who lost family/friends in the attacks.
I beg your pardon if I sounded harsh.
On the point of hiding away evidence and such I could not agree with you more. And again I think it's important that you and hopefully others put together a project such as this.
And again, if anybody has better footage in better quality than is available at Youtube, please send it my way. I am fortunate enough to have the first post-9/11 broadcast of the Daily Show, and Jon Stewart gave a hell of a speech at the beginning of that show. I'll definitely be including that in a future DVD.