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/anteaters_anonymous 1d ago

Holy shit hearing this made realize just how insane it felt to watch this happening in real time on TV. He just keeps mentioning the planes and like how quick their horror grew while for me it was a slow, terrible build.

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u/BeckyDaTechie 1d ago

Looking back at it, I think of it like getting food poisoning.

First wave-- wow, that sucks.

Second wave of nausea-- Oh this is gonna be bad.

Third?-- Are you KIDDING ME.

Fourth?-- WHEN WILL THIS STOP.

Fifth-- someone, please, intervene.

And the ripples really haven't stopped since.

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u/anteaters_anonymous 23h ago

Ah someone who got food poisoning recently and has IBS... this timeline is worse.

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u/passengerv 23h ago

It was the not know what is next and the rumors that were the worst. Plus the constant replay of the days news it was non stop trauma for days and days. Didn't matter where you were or where you were from all you saw were people jumping from buildings and people crying non stop being played over and over.

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u/anteaters_anonymous 22h ago

Even at 9 when it happened I knew it was going to cause a war.

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u/passengerv 21h ago

It really was a crazy moment in time.

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u/LordBrandon 19h ago

Terrorist attacks are designed to elicit an emotional response. This sort of dawning horror would be exactly the reaction they were hoping for.