EERIE footage posted online claims to show several ghosts of 9/11 victims at Ground Zero.
Tuesday marks 17 years since Islamic extremists flew planes into New York’s Twin Towers, the Pentagon in Washington DC, and Pennsylvania, killing almost 3,000 people in what was the worst terrorist attack on US soil. Since the September 11 attacks, millions of people have visited Ground Zero to pay their respects to those who lost their lives. But some believe they have chillingly captured the victims’ ghosts on film. One clip posted online claims to show semi-transparent images floating amid the rubble as crews tackled the debris in the aftermath. It's claimed one of these was a large, white presence who would rise up from behind the rubble, then float softly away.
PA TERROR: The Twin Towers were bought down by two planes in 2001
First responders on the scene have also documented paranormal activity at the site. An officer of the NYPD, Sergeant Frank Marra, reported he saw the ghost of an African American woman who was dressed in the white uniform of a WWII Red Cross worker. At first, he’d thought the woman who carried a tray of sandwiches was a volunteer but then he noticed that she disappeared when approached. He saw the ghost several times while he was on duty there and detailed the sightings in his book, Hallowed Ground. And Joe Lani, a NYPD officer for 20 years, was also a witness to many inexplicable happenings following 9/11.
Youtube EERY: One Ground Zero visitor believes this is a ghost of a fireman
Getty ICONIC: The rubble after the Twin Towers came down on September 11
Youtube CAPTURED? One Youtube user claims this 'ethereal being' floats in the sky above the debris
He told US media he was driving to the landfill site where debris was dumped when he saw a man walking around the debris field in the middle of the night. He pulled up to investigate, but the spectre vanished before his eyes. Joe said: “I knew what I was looking at. It was a victim of 9/11, and it was a spirit of a male.” Psychic Marie St Claire said she was forced to end a vision of the towers early because it was so horrific. She wrote on her blog Underworld Tales: “I connected to the scene at the World Trade Center. I immediately saw myself looking into the cabin of an airliner. The passengers who faced me were drenched in an odd white light. Everything seemed white.
"Expressionless, they stared at me as if stunned. Next various scenes of chaos filled my vision in rapid succession as if the entire tragedy was being played before my eyes in mere seconds. I saw the towers, smoke, fire, people running, rescuers and police moving to and fro, and then scenes of people jumping from the towers. “The vision was unbearable. Overwhelming. Intense horror and despair filled me. I couldn’t look any more so I snapped out it. My answer is yes…I had a strong sense that there are many spirits that aren’t at rest where the Twin Towers once stood, which isn’t surprising. In places where there has been excruciating anguish and trauma, there’s always a great deal of paranormal activity. We can only pray that these many souls come to terms with the tragedy and eventually find their way home.” In 2016, a clip taken from a documentary on the September 11 terror atrocities claimed to show a mysterious object floating away from Ground Zero. Eagle-eyed uploader rhysmon wrote: "I recently saw this documentary on 9/11 and noticed these very peculiar, moving, ethereal, whisp like lights floating above the wreckage of the Twin Towers. "Thought it was very strange and couldn't decide if it was a play of light or something more spiritual."
Getty PARANORMAL: Several emergency responders claimed to see ghosts in the rubble
Youtube SPOOKY: Some believe the light at the top of this tribute is an angel
“It was traumatic” Psychic Many others have had odd paranormal experiences associated with the 9/11 tragedy. Back where the Twin Towers once stood, a sparkling new tower was built called the “Freedom Tower” or officially, the One World Trade Center. The Freedom Tower, which is the tallest building in the United States, opened on November 3, 2014. The September 11 Museum, and two fountain pool memorials with engravings of the victims’ names were erected in the World Trade Center Complex to honour the victims. Ever since, people have reported hearing a mysterious hum or moan come from the area as if thousands of souls are calling. Whether there’s a physical reason for the heart-wrenching sound or if spirits are reaching out, no one knows.
Perhaps it hails from the Freedom Tower whom some swear is haunted. Several clips online claim if you’re on floors 93 to 99 between midnight and 3am there is a horrific apparition of a ghost plane crashing into the building. Before the Freedom Tower was built, the Millennium Hilton Hotel overlooked the ground zero site. Many hotel visitors reported ghostly activity. One visitor swore that he felt like a crowd of people were in his room, and he couldn’t sleep there. Other guests complained to the staff that they had nightmares of 9/11 victims pressing against the windows. Due to all of the complaints, the staff avoided renting rooms that had a view of Ground Zero.
PA REMEMBERED: This memorial lies at Ground Zero in New York
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Philippe Petit’s legacy will forever be linked to the Twin Towers; the buildings the aerialist walked a high-wire between.
Seventeen years on from the terrorist attack that led to the destruction of the towers, Petit has spoken about his daredevil stunt in relation to the catastrophic event.
Over the course of several months in 1974, Petit – who was the subject of the documentary Man on Wire – became obsessed with the Twin Towers and their architecture, hoping to learn everything about them.
“I would call them ‘my towers’ because I was – day and night – learning from them and getting information and blueprints and articles to get to know the towers,” he told Inside Edition.
“After all those years and months of studying them for my illegal walk, of course they were ‘my towers’ and that’s how my friends would refer to them.”
Petit successfully got a wire between the structures on the 7 August that year and walked between them eight times. Despite police officers calling for him to get down, he only stopped when it started to rain.
Looking back now, Petit and his co-conspirators no longer call them “my towers”.
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On the 11 September 2001, the high-wire artist was sitting in his New York apartment, unaware of what was going on as he did not have a television. Only when a friend called to say “Philippe, your towers are being destroyed!” did he go outside to look at the destruction.
“I looked at the sky because I knew there was a plane involved and it was a magnificent day and I knew — my intuition was this is not an airplane accident — it was something else,” he said. “So I ran to my friends at the top of the hill and I sat in front of the television like millions of other people and I saw my towers being attacked and destroyed and taking with them thousands of lives.
“So [I decided] from that day I will stop saying ‘my towers’ — I will say ‘our towers.’”
Petit adds that he’s often asked how he felt watching the towers collapse: “How can I answer that question when on the other side of that event you have thousands of lives that were lost? You cannot compare losing a marvel of architecture and losing human lives.”
STARTLING images have revealed how shell-shocked President George W Bush reacted to the horror of 9/11 in the moments and days after the worst terrorist attack on US soil.
In a collection of harrowing pictures released on the 17th anniversary of the atrocity, the-then President can be seen making a panicked phone call at the exact moment the second plane hit the Twin Towers.
23 President George W Bush is briefed on events in an empty classroom in Florida
Exactly 17 years ago today the United States of America was rocked by the devastating terrorist attacks masterminded by Osama Bin Laden that killed 2,996 people and left a further 6,000 injured.
Hijackers took over the American Airlines Flight 11 and crashed the plane into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre at 8.46am.
Just over 15 minutes later a second plane, United Airlines Flight 175, was crashed by hijackers into the WTC’s South Tower.
A third plane was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon less than an hour later.
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 The President standing behind his desk on Air Force One watches TV as he flies to Louisiana
Reuters 23 The President visited the site of the World Trade Centre and some of the firefighters who helped rescue trapped people
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 George W Bush also visited the Pentagon where a third plane crashed into the building
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 A troubled-looking president looks out of the window of Air Force One
Clip from Fahrenheit 9/11 showing moment President George W Bush is told of the attack on World Trade Centre during school visit
Getty Images - Getty 23 The first plane was crashed into the North Tower with a second hitting the South Tower some 15 minutes later
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 Bush met with firefighters and the families of victims of the attacks
National Archives photo 23 Bush is seen discussing events with aides in the aftermath of the attacks
Passengers were able to prevent a fourth plane from being taken over and hitting its intended target with the flight eventually crash-landing in a Pennsylvania field.
Images from the George W Bush Presidential Library and Museum reveal how the Republican leader handled the situation that rocked the world.
The President had been visiting the Emma E Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, Florida and was taking part in a reading lesson when he was informed of the attacks by an aide.
He was then rushed into an empty classroom as he was briefed on the unfolding tragedy.
Reuters 23 The moment The President is told of the attack on the World Trade Centre
ITV 23 Bush confers with the White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card on Air Force One
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 The President anxiously talks on the phone while on Air Force One
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 Bush consoles a family member who lost a loved one in the terror attacks
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 George W Bush meets with some of the firefighters at the site of the World Trade Centre
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 The President talks on the phone in the aftermath of 9/11
Chilling never-before-seen images capture George W Bush's horrified but calm reaction after being told about the 9/11 attacks
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 George W Bush talks on the phone on Air Force One while his aides discuss events
In one telling image he is pictured in close up aboard Air Force One as he flies from Florida to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana with a troubled-looking Bush taking phone calls from his advisers.
Once he had arrived in Louisiana, Bush gave a press conference where he vowed the US would “hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts.”
In the extensive collection there are also images of Bush in the following days, including a poignant visit to the site of the World Trade Centre where he met with some of the hero firefighters that rescued people from the burning buildings.
He is also seen embracing family members who lost loved ones in the attacks as well as visiting the Islamic Centre in Washington, DC.
National Archives photo 23 Then Vice President Dick Cheney confers with the President
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 Bush's Air Force One flight from Florida was escorted by the US Air Force
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 Images released by the George W Bush Library also show the devastation caused
National Archives photo 23 Colin Powell, the former US National Security Adviser, is updated on events
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 George W Bush attends a memorial service with his father, mother and Bill Clinton
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 Firefighters and soldiers drape a Stars and Stripes over the Pentagon
Incredible footage from 9/11 filmed by students as the second plane hits the World Trade Center and they realise it is a terrorist attack
George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum 23 The newly released images show the destruction caused to the Pentagon
AFP 23 The site of the WTC is now a memorial for those who died in the attacks
Former President George W Bush makes emotional speech at 9/11 service
President Donald Trump is marking the anniversary by visiting the Pennsylvania field that became a 9/11 memorial.
Trump and his wife, Melania, are expected to take part in the remembrance service in Shanksville.
The site marks where the California-bound plane crashed and all the 40 passengers and crew were killed.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said: "Certainly the focus will be on remembering that horrific day and remembering the lives that were lost, and certainly honoring the individuals who were not only lost that day, but also put their lives of the line to help in that process."
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Trump observed the solemn anniversary for the first time as president last year.
He and the first lady led a moment of silence at the White House accompanied by aides and administration officials at the exact time that hijackers flew the first of two airplanes into the World Trade Centre's Twin Towers.
The president also participated in the Pentagon's September 11 observance last year.
Vice President Mike Pence will represent the administration there on Tuesday.
The American flag is unfurled at the Pentagon to commemorate the 9/11 anniversary
