Rare video of the collapse of The World Trade Center North Tower and the rescue of New Yorkers from lower Manhattan on September 11th, 2001.

President Barack Obama said that while al-Qaeda will “keep trying to hit us again” the U.S. is better prepared for a terrorist attack ten years after the Sept. 11 anniversary than ever before.

“Ten years ago, ordinary Americans showed us the true meaning of courage when they rushed up those stairwells, into those flames, into that cockpit,” Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. “In the decade since, a new generation has stepped forward to serve and keep us safe.”

The president said the U.S. will “remain vigilant” and “no matter what comes our way, as a resilient nation, we will carry on.”

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Video from 9/11 - Escape from office in World Trade Center South Tower. From inside the World Trade Center to 195 Broadway to New Jersey Riverfront. The video was actually from a tiny camera attached to a Casio Pocket PC (with somewhat limited memory) from the uploader's colleague. That is all the footage he had. Filmed by Peter on his Casio Pocket PC. In Memory of Randy.

Total chaos... RIP to all those who passed away. Including sme 300+ Firemen that gave their lives to help others.

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Newly-released video, in time for the 10-year anniversary, shows smoke rising minutes after United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

On CNN Sunday night, anchor Susan Hendricks introduced a piece of video from a now-deceased witness who videotaped the aftermath of heroic Flight 93 from about 15 miles away. His family has apparently just made the video available now.

The short clip features the anonymous videographer’s narration of the events that occurred before he turned on his camera. According to Hendricks, the tape is believed to be the first to show the immediate aftermath of the United Airlines Flight 93 crash, the fourth plane to go down on 9/11 after passengers fought back against the hijackers, preventing them from crashing it into their likely targets, the US Capitol or the White House.

I bet that was a pretty unnerving experience for this guy. To see the attack on the World Trade Center on TV, hear about the attack on the Pentagon, and to see something similar just ouside his own back yard... a very sad day.

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