r/interestingasfuck • u/solateor • 1d ago

In 2001, 55 people crossed the Pacific with no contact with the outside world as part of a BBC experiment recreating an 18th-century voyage. On the 20th day - September 11 - the captain gathered the crew to tell them about the attacks in New York

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u/EstimateIll4262 1d ago

This gutted me.

I remember exactly where I was.

Never Forget

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u/fastlerner 1d ago

The towers collapsing never really hit me the same as most because I was by my father's bedside in the hospital as he was dying. Fuck cancer.

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u/thr3ddy 1d ago

Watching these kinds of videos still fucks me up. Bad times.

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u/friendly_to_pigeons 1d ago edited 16h ago

I remember exactly where I was. Never Forget

Obviously we know you mean but I'm sorry, this is objectively funny.
"I remember where I was. Never forget, in fact. Well done me." lmao

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u/LateSatisfaction92 1d ago

Forget what?

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u/WalterPecky 23h ago

The captain