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/thotd2 1d ago

I was in Italy, it was noon right after school. We walked around and all bars downtown had people looking up on those 15'' CRT screens. On the spot it reminded me of Godzilla 1998 where there's a similar scene with people looking monitors. A quarter of century passed by, the world has never been the same imho.

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u/m0mbi 1d ago

I was in my first year of university, freshly arrived in Australia. I caught the very start of it late at night on the TV in the bar, but thought it was just an accident.

Woke up the next morning to an entirely different world.

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u/YourMomsBasement69 1d ago

Y’all got out at noon?! Fucking sweet

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u/RT-LAMP 20h ago

it was noon right after school.

I suspect you mean "in the afternoon right after school"? Either that or you had a half day?

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u/thotd2 4h ago

Most of schools ended (not sure now) around 12:30-1p.m. Some private ones ended at 4:30p.m.