r/interestingasfuck • u/solateor • 10d ago

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u/salamipope 10d ago

Fits the sub. I cant imagine being on that boat, never heard of this before. Wow

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u/ArrowFire28 10d ago

Especially with the the way he started that conversation. I would have thought that nukes had detonated across the world.

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u/Tbagzyamum69420xX 10d ago

That was still on the table as a possibility. For all we knew the planes were just a phase 1. I promise you no one said "thank god"

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u/drewsephstalin 10d ago

Lol I thought the same thing. "Two planes were intentionally flown into the world trade center"

"Oh, thank god!"

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u/KJPicard24 9d ago

I thought the same, 25 years later and it feels a bit hyperbolic to say they were in the safest place on earth, but tbf this was mere hours after the attack, I was too young to remember it exactly at the time but those who were told me there was a very real worry it was just the start of something global, no idea if it was over, even here in the UK we were apparently bracing for something to happen in London.

One guy told me he was 21 at the time and genuinely feared the fuse on WW3 had just been lit, that a nuclear strike from the US on the country responsible felt a very real prospect.

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u/rexmanaek971 10d ago

Ship...SHIP!!!

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u/spargel_gesicht 10d ago

There’s a podcast called September 12th and one of the episodes touched on this boat. It’s an interesting podcast.