a poll about the sept 11 tapes

[mrFDNY]

hi all,
the new york city fire dept has made the sept 11 tapes public.basicly the tapes are all the recordings of transmissions from the field personal that were at or responding to the trade center attacks,including 911 call's from the people trapped or injured at the twin towers.you don't hear the actual 911 calls from the towers or local area just what the dispatcher has via the 911 call taker in front of him on his computer.now i already know what's on those tapes.i was part of the field personal that day.and yes i did listen to them again and yes i did cry again.now the goverment has had those tapes for years.so allowing them to be public is just that for the public to hear them.all investagations personal has had the "tapes" for some time.
so i just don't understand why the public normal everyday people would want to hear them.i understand some have a interest in the attacks that day.but why would you want to hear such horror.maybe it's because i never had a interest to listen to them because i already know whats on them from day 1.so i would like your point of view as normal everyday people. and yes i do consider myself normal everyday people but i have already heard them live so maybe that's why i had no care if they were made public or left private.so if given a chance to hear them would you?

 

[Tjaleks]

I still cry, (even now), when I think of 9/11. I honestly don't know if I would be able to listen to them. They are such a painful reminder of what our country endured. However, some people will be able to hear the voices of loved ones in their final moments. My father retired from the fire department after 33 years of service and just thinking about the possiblity of ever losing him to something this horrific just is unbearable. I was not personally touched by this tragedy, but felt the pain and sympathize with all who lost a loved one. I believe that it was the news papers that sued for the tapes to be released,(please correct me if I am wrong). I just hope that they do not try to use any of the transcripts to start to point fingers, that has already taken place. People need to heal and not have that wound ripped open for profit. Just my opinion.

 

[hugsquared]

I agree with the above poster. I get so emotionally ripped apart when I watch these specials the networks air, I don't know that I could get through even a portion without sobbing. I don't mean crying, but sobbing. Part of my makeup of being human has me curious but I've learned the hard way to try and ignore some of that curiosity. When the video of the beheading of the journalist Pearl was available over the internet, my DH watched and told me in no uncertain terms that it would bother me to no end. I held off about 3-4 months but curiosity got the best of me. It was horrific and I cried. I'm almost crying now just thinking about it.
Its a hard question to answer, which is why I voted unsure. I don't think theres enough time in the world to heal these wounds caused by 911.

 

[Mamu]

I don't know what I personally could get out of hearing these tapes other then HEARTACHE, SORROW and ANGUISH.

 

[jellymanoffspring]

I did read the reports on AOL the other day.....
(and I thought of you Mr FDNY when I read them.....)

If I did listen I don't think I could do so for very long........just the pictures on the news the day of the tape release gave me chills and brought back my feelings from that day.......


These are not the right words because ...I have never forgotten and consider the rescuers and civilians who were there heros......
but reading those interviews just refreshed those feelings, brought them back to the surface and reinforced them......

We live just outside of NYC and because my Fathers funeral was on 9/10/01 all of my loved ones were home .....I knew where they all were ..but that day........words will never capture my feelings.......

I hope you,mr FDNY,and all of your fellow firefighters know that eventhoughfolks go on...we have not forgotten your comrades sacrifice and that yourcontinuing dedication to serving others is awesome.....

stay safe... and Thank you!!!!!
Carol in NJ

 

[Alicnwondrln]

i listened to them on msnbc
yes i cried

 

[snappy]

No, my feelings are still too raw about what happened that day.

I also think releasing them might cause some of the families pain so I would not listen to them even if I thought I could do so out of repect.

 

[Pooh67_68]

I don't know what I personally could get out of hearing these tapes other then HEARTACHE, SORROW and ANGUISH.

Exactly, so no I will not listen to them.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

listened to them ---yes i cried..

 

[trappednabox]

I couldn't make myself......I don't think I could listen to what could be the last moments of someones life

 

[diznygirl]

I don't need to hear the tapes to know that those men died heros that day, and that it was such a horrific tragedy.

I don't think I'd want to hear the tapes even if I lost someone in the towers. Just too terrible to even imagine....

 

[snoopy]

I think listening to the tapes might provide closure for some people for whatever reason, but no, I have no desire to listen to them.

 

[bdcp]

Someone apparently sued to have them released and they edited out some stuff.

 

[Charade]

I don't think I would want to listen to them. But I don't understand why a lawsuit was filed to get the city to release them to the public. As part of an investigation or lawsuit yes but not because some felt the public had the right to hear them.

 

[monarchsfan16]

I couldn't possibly listen to them. The pain is still raw, and there is no way time will ever erase it enough for me to listen to those tapes.

 

[Tinkerbelle739]

My DH and I watched the HBO special about the reporter who just happened to be filming a firehouse special on 9/11.

It was very graphic. We both cried while watching it. Am I glad I watched that special? Not sure I can answer that but I do know that I don't need or want to hear the sound of bodies hitting the lobby roof ever again. It took me a long time to get that sound out of me head and my nightmares.

 

[powellrj]

I think one of the newyork newspapers sued to have them released. I wouldn't listen to them for the same reason I didn't watch the news when DS was in Iraq. Its too close and too soon. Maybe 50 years from now I may be able to listen, but just not now.

 

[piratesmate]

No - I'd prefer not to listen. The whole thing was horrific enough at the time...it was difficult to tear myself away from the coverage....it was like I was transfixed by it. But eventually I came to my senses & just turned it off.

I was watching the news the other day when they started to play a portion of them & found myself transfixed again - momentarily - before I turned it off. I don't need to re-live that day to remember the bravery & sacrifice of the rescue workers. Neither do I need to hear the tapes to remember the pain & suffering of the victims.

Frankly, I cry just thinking about it! So I try not to...but I do remember.

 

[Traumawolves]

 

[Saffron]

No, I won't be listening or reading because I am way too sensitive. I'm still haunted by the images of the day. Another thing that haunts me is the sound of those "beeping signals", I don't know what they're called, that fire fighters have on their uniforms, that go off when they need assistance. Do you know what I'm talking about OP? I can still hear what seems like hundreds and hundreds of them from that day. While the dust was still settling, while the city and the country was still in a silent daze, all you could hear was "Beep Beep Beep". Ugh. It's too horrific.

But like snoopy, I can understand why some would want to listen to the tapes for some sort of closure. Maybe, just maybe, hopefully.