We were all Americans that day

The 11th of September was a day that changed the American history. People from all over Europe, and probably other continents looked at America as a country full of happiness and joy. Fear, danger and terrorism were words we never would have felt a sense of belonging to the fantasyland over on the other side of the world, until the date of 9/11/2001.

Tony Benetatos had just started as a firefighter and the Naudet brothers wanted to make a film about the new firefighter in New York City Fire Department. Because of this idea, the remaining firefighters, survivors and people all over the world have gotten to see how it was like working the day the tragedy occurred. 

The firefighters was called out for a gas-leak and as they were about to check for anything serious something else took their attention away. Never did planes fly over New York City, why was it doing it today? Jules Naudet, who did the filming at this moment pointed the camera towards the airplane and in the documentary we can see how the plain is heading to the first tower, and crashes into it.

               Here is the north tower right after the first crash

It didn't take many seconds before the firefighters who were checking the gas-leak jumped into their trucks and drove as fast as they could towards the World Trade Center. When they arrived the met up in the lobby, more and more firefighters were coming in while the employees in the tower were coming out. Jules continued to film through all the drama and you can see all the peoples pain, ignorance and fear. It was like nothing else.

While the crowd of firefighters continued to grew in the lobby of the first tower, another plain sound was heard. The faces hardens while a loud boom comes from right above their head. People were screaming, running and yelling. Everyone was in panic. The second tower was also hit.

         This is a few seconds before the second plain hit the south tower

All the reactions, feelings and emotions are live and real. This is a movie like no other. As a watcher of the movie from an other country then America this move makes me understand how they felt much better than just seeing those serious TV-reporters. It breaks my heart to see all the pain in their faces. A lot of good lives were taken away from the United States, but as a Norwegian it is not easy to exclude the episode we had i Norway this summer. I feel that this tragedy is just as big as in Norway, because that is were my heart is, but the different is the amount of people dying. I feel sorry for everyone who had to have something to do with both things.

The movie is worth seeing, I learned a lot about both how the firefighters handled the situation, the peoples reaction and got to feel the situation on another level than before. Everyone should she it. If you want to read more about the movie, read at IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312318/

Live everyday as best you can, a tragedy can harm you any minute.