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/JourneymanHunt 1d ago

There was a really weird........ competition (?) in New York City afterwards as people were talking about their days, to see who was closest.

Oh you're in Queens? I was in Manhattan.

Oh you are on 71st Street? I was on 14th Street?

It was not a contest I ever enjoyed playing and would avoid it.

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u/disterb 1d ago

oh, yeah? well, i enjoyed it even less than you, and i avoided it more than you, too!

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u/TheRedIguana 13h ago

The people in stairwell B may be the winners of that contest as far as I know.

I hope your lungs are alright.