September 12, 2011

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  • I would have inhaled the smoke and try to become unconscious while masturbating or sexing a janitor.

  • what the heck kind of question is that?  you’re dead either way.

  • Jumped. Pears are lighter than air, though, so I’d have been ok. 

  • I honestly don’t know what I would do in this situation. I mean, it would be easy to pick a decision..but to actually be suffocating from the smoke, unable to find an exit to safety. To stare down and see the long fall down…I can’t imagine or even think of what I would do. 

  • Shit. I think you’ve stumped me. I can’t imagine doing either…

  • I could have never jumped. I would rather have the smoke take me out. 

  • I can’t know unless i’m in that situation.  I would hope i’d face the fire.

  • I have know idea.If you are refering to it thinking it would be considered suicide,I don’t think it would be at all.On the floors where the planes hit,I don’t imagine any of them could have lived anyway.It’s one of those situations you just can’t know til it happens

  • I’m thinking that it must have been really hot for them to jump.

    may they rest in peace

  • Dunno. Probably wouldn’t have jumped, though. There’s no chance of surviving that, and the look down…? Would have completely erased any courageous thoughts I had. 

  • Whew. No idea. That’s a hard one. Really hard one. I feel so horrible for those people. 

  • I don’t think I would have jumped, though I would be incredibly scared of the alternative. My faith lies in Christ, but to die in such a way would be difficult to say the least. I hope every soul lost that day is resting peacefully now. Praying for comfort and solace for all the families involved in this tragic act of terrorism.

  • i couldn’t face a fire… If I saw a fire and no way out I’d jump. 

  • Death by burning freaks me out but so does jumping off some ridiculously high floor.  I don’t know, probably jump.

  • I don’t know.  I can’t imagine ever being in such a situation.  

  • Hellz to the yeah jump! Die with glory!

  • I don’t know. I probably would have jumped. I’m thinking you’d probably die before hitting the ground. That, and I have an actual fear of dying by fire.

  • I think I would face the fire in all honesty. 

  • If I was absolutely sure I was going to die either way, I would have jumped. For me, personally, there would probably be something peaceful about the trip down, and from that kind of height the death would be instant. Much better than drawn out suffering by dying from smoke or fire (or trampling, or crushed by falling debris). 

  • jump – fire is just horrendous

  • I imagine I’d jump. It would be instinctive. If I saw fire, and falling debris, and no way out? You go towards the clearer air. I hear you die before you hit the ground, though, if you jump from an especially high place.

  • I’d probably stay in the fire. Hopefully I’d die of CO2 poisoning before I was burned alive.

  • I would have continued to fight to find a way out. Giving up is not an option. BUT, I know the chances were very slim. My heart still goes out, the images of the jumpers makes me so upset.

  • I would love to believe that I would’ve jumped only for the simple reasoning that I could spread my wings and go out on my own terms. 

  • That is an extreme dilemma.

  • I would hope to die of air pollution before actually being burned alive. I don’t think I’d have the balls to jump but I’ve heard that burning to death is the worst possible way to die. Your nerve endings get destroyed soon enough so even though you don’t feel pain, your heart is the last thing to burn. At least if you jump you’re dead on contact.

  • I wish you would step back from that ledge, my friend…

  • I like to think I would have blasted the window out, and used the helium balloon I kept for just such an occasion to save myself and, if possible, a couple of other people.

    If I had no exit strategy, even a seemingly crazy one, there is no way I would  work at such heights.

  • Kind of a trick question because I would never work in such a tall building, but I suppose jump.

  • Depends on the floor (top floors=NO WAY, bottom floors- if the exit was blocked)… I’d try with odds probably against me to get out and on my way confessing and praying. I make it out (unlikely but hopefully) or I die by fire, debris falling on me, or smoke inhalation. 

    If I even had the thought I’d look down and think… “nope. not working for me.” 

  • id rather die of smoke/fire. I’m terribly afraid of heights, I wouldn’t have been able to do jump. Though, I’d be dead either way… I’d just rather suffocate.

  • I’d have to jump. I couldn’t handle the fire. 

  • Neither, but I probably will pray (for my life) for the first time in my life.

  • if’n I was in a situation like that, which I probably wouldn’t if’n it were my choice…it would be a split second thought…wouldn’t know til I faced it…

  • I’m inclined to say I would jump. Then again, I’m saying this from the safety of my bedroom, where I’m sitting comfortably and reading blogs on a Sunday night. In the actual situation, I have no idea what I’d do. I might refrain from jumping if I’m still holding onto hope that I can get out of there alive, even if that hope is just denial. I think I would die in the fire, trying in vain to survive. Maybe as I’m dying, I’d wish that I had jumped instead. Or maybe I’d be in too much pain to think about anything, or I’d be thinking about my loved ones or how much I don’t want to die. It’s terrible to think about. And it’s terrible to know that that’s probably how a lot of people went.

  • i’ve always dreamed of flying. the smoke and fire offer nothing of comfort in the way of dying. i would say a prayer and ask the lord to receive me. then i would jump out away from the building as hard as i could and take comfort in the beauty of the sky one last time. there would be no pain on impact. the mental terror would be diminished by the prayer and concentration on the sky.

  • I remember my history teacher telling us it was so hot for them up there the skin was slowly melting off. Horrifyingly painful burning, choking on smoke or instant death when I hit the floor? I would go with the last option.

  • I would have to choose the third option of life. To jump would be an admission of death, and I simply cannot accept that. I didn’t accept death as an option in 2003 when the guy threatened to kill me, and I would not have accepted it at WTC if I was there. Death is not an option, it is a defeat. I would have to find the exit and live. it is the only choice left.

  • I would have jump but incase there was a helicopter, i be saved;)

  • Disaster pornography.

  • One of my worst fears is being trapped in a room with fire that I cannot get out of. I think I would probably die of an anxiety attack before the fire got me. I would have to say that I’d rather jump. But both would be an incredibly frustrating decision to make… and I’m truly sorry for those who were forced to make the decision as well.

  • dude this isnt a good question. your basically making the most catastrophic moment in US history xanga small talk……Dan do us all a favor and write better.

  • @RestlessButterfly - so when are you actually going to show a real picture of yourself?

  • I’d try to die by getting out… or just head toward the most smoke.  I think that smoke inhalation would be easiest depending on how close to the heat I was.  What a horrible decision to make.  I wish we could have some system to rescue people in that situation.  

  • Jumped. I’m always one to take matters into my own hands.

  • all of you are sick. fortunately for you guys you can “imagine” whereas in REAL life people did. The insensitivity of this world is appalling, no wonder we got bombed. 

  • JUMP!!! Go out in stlye!!!

  • Went and sat in a corner and prayed.

  • I think I’d rather jump to my death than burn alive.

  • I would have jumped =/. Falling from that altitude would kill you before you even hit the ground, and you go unconscious before U die so u wouldn’t even feel yourself dying.

  • Today I will shower, ride on train. At the chess tournament, a beautiful woman kept watching me play, broke my concentration, I could feel my ego burning with lust, she was beautiful, very fine face. On the way home I barely made it on time to catch the train.

    I am still happy I won the tournament. All caucasians, crushed by a ghetto thug, eat that white xanga.

    Ladies! I got money… If you live in nj, hollar at me.

  • @ProudToBeAChristianFruitcake - I have a feeling that had there actually been that third option of life, many of those who died would have done everything they could to take it. Applying the idea that “death is defeat” in this situation is massively insensitive and makes me question if you’ve actually sat down and truly tried to understand what happened. Truly sorry that your life was in jeopardy from someone in 2003, but a guy threatening to kill you is much different than being trapped on the 105th floor of a blazing tower that is crumbling beneath you.

    It is so easy to sit here and speculate, and as wild as our imaginations are, there is no way to scratch the surface of comprehension of the situation. I sincerely hope they all rest in peace.

  • I would like to say I would have done what I could to accompany others who were just as desperately trapped as I, and that I would have permitted the fire to take my life. However, I have no idea how I would react in such a terrible situation. God save us all from such a trial.

  • I don’t think that I’d ever be able to make myself jump, especially since I’d be facing death either way. 

  • I’d try to pass out from the smoke foresure, while trying to escape down the stairs

  • I think I probably would have jumped.

  • As always, your questions go far beyond the measures of good taste.

  • I think my survival instinct would be too strong, I would have kept trying to get out.   Also, to me the most disturbing, sickening, upsetting part of 9/11 was seeing those people jump.   I was so young and that struck me as so horrible.   If I were there I might have thought to myself, “this is going to look really messed up,” and not done it.   I don’t blame them or anything, but the images of people like tiny little aunts raining out of the building damn near made me throw up

  • i don’t know what i would of done. psychologists say they did it because they wanted to control the way they died and i guess that was how they did it. it’s so heartbreaking!

  • 1st I would have looked for a way outta there besides jumping. If I couldn’t find an escape, if it wouldn’t be considered suicide and of course the smoke didn’t take me out I would def. jump. I would of already exhausted all my other options. If I jump yes I’d be able to see the ground before I hit it but at least I wouldn’t catch fire and burn to death. Jumping to them prob. meant a quicker and less painful way to die. I just hope they had a cell phone or something to call the ones they loved to say their goodbyes. God rest their souls.

  • in such reality people do not actually have the time to analyze everything, like some might be doing in answering this…   

  • This kind of reminds me of the game Would You Rather : p (Only a very sad version).

  • Those poor souls…..I can’t fathom jumping. I would have hoped that I would be rescued in the towers; I know it would be death if I jumped. 

  • I do not think any of us have the right answer til we are faced with this tragic situation.

  • I hope I would stay and try to help someone else in the fire until the end.

  • I honestly don’t know what I would do…I think to know what honestly went through their minds, we’d have to be in that situation ourselves.  I tend to think it was sheerly primal fear that caused them to jump from the burning buildings in desperation.  One tends to jump away from a hot stove, or gasp for air when there is no air to breathe.  Not sure if a whole lot of thought went into it as it was happening to them.  Just horrible to see, and think of.

  • Say a prayer. Jump.

    Faced with a slow and impossible-to-rescue situation? Instantaneous relief.

  • I would never be that high up to begin with.. But I guess if it were my job it’d be a little different.. I’d probably try my hardest to find a way down and die from the smoke.. There is no way I’d be able to jump, Im so afraid of heights..

  • Faced the fire. I’m too terrified of heights.

  • I would have jumped. I’ve always loved the idea of skydiving, and flying through the air. Might as well die after doing something I’ve always wanted to do.

  • That’s a tough one. I probably would have wanted to inhale the smoke and become unconscious, but maybe jumping. At least with jumping, when you hit the ground, it’s over. A quick death. I prefer that to being burned alive. I always feel so sorry for those people. As someone above me said, may they rest in peace. 

  • I’m pretty sure that’s not something you could ever really know until it actually happened.

  • Jumped but I would have been scared shitless!

  • I would jump right now – from my office 1st story window, but only because it’s such a dull day here. 

  • I don’t even know why I’d be in a building that high up.  Gives me the willies just looking at pictures of people at great heights.

  • I think there is a good chance that most of them weren’t jumpers, but were thrown out by the force of the blast.

  • They say the people fell at 150 mph on an average of 10 seconds — not enough to cause unconsciousness, but enough to cause instant death upon impact.

    I honestly have no idea. I can’t even fathom it.

  • I have a horrible fear of falling from something tall so I know I’d try the fire. I think a survival sense would have kicked in and I would have ran, climbed, burnt myself, whatever I could to get out. Even if I had been in the other building when the first one was hit I would have left or quit if I had to and I would have gotten people to go with me. No office job is worth anyones life. I can’t even imagine what those poor, innocent people experianced to make the decision to jump…RIP.

  • How can this be a blog and on Top Blogs? It’s not even a paragraph long.

  • I would probably faced the fire, and tumbled down with the rest of the building. Peace, with disturbing visions….

  • ah that fucking picture…. :(

    i would jump…i’ve always wanted to cliff dive, sky dive ect….might as well free dive before i die!

  • I’d ask whoever is next to me if they would like to jump with me, so that I’d have some comfort to hold hands and jump together

  • You ask the question as if it were a conscious deliberate thought out choice- this is not the case.

    The natural reaction is to escape from the immediately deadly danger. If one feels as if they are being burned alive, they will do whatever they can to exit that area, even if the exit is a straight drop down. One isn’t thinking about heights or falling – one is reacting to escaping from the most immediate danger.

  • the fire probably would give you hope and a chance to fight for life, but i’d probably jump, because most people who jump to commit suicide have heart attacks and die before they even hit the ground. I’d know i’d probably face no real pain jumping. but in the heat of the moment, i can’t say i’d make a logical decision.

    to me, this picture has a greater impact.

  • Hmm , probably tried to get out as safe as possible , or looked for a safe place (but I doubt there were any places like that) … but I really think it’s one of those decisions where you decide in the moment , not something you really think about . Not to bring anyone down or say something offensive but … your basically dead either way … like @karisable said .

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  • I probably would have died, trying to find another exit…I honestly don’t know what I would have done….Can’t really say for sure.

  • I don’t think that question could really be answered. One would actually have to be in the situation, before an honest answer would emerge. By then, it’s too late to answer the question.

    I hope I’m never in a similar situation.

  • I would have used my super spider powers to scale down the building before it blew up and safely reach the bottom and run away like nothing happened.

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