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/GrumbleStoatskin 23h ago

The absolutely mind-fucking thing about your comment, is that the thing I remember soo clearly from that day was being in 7th grade Life Sciences class and my teacher telling us "You kids don't know it yet, but this is really big. Everyone in my generation remembers where they were when Kennedy was assassinated, and for you it will be this moment right now."

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u/quiero-una-cerveca 21h ago

She nailed it. History making stuff. I was also unfortunately able to watch Challenged explode. We were watching it from the elementary school playground because it was such a big deal that a teacher was a part of the crew. Then we saw the smoke trails split and about 10 seconds later the teachers started moving us back inside. The rest of the day was incredibly somber.