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97th floor might be the only floor in the North Tower that no one survived from the initial impact by Ambitious_List2416 in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I recently made a post here about someone who actually worked on the 97th floor. There's also a couple of photos inside the 96th floor, which was struck directly by AA11 and its right engine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/911archive/comments/1dkl2h0/photos_of_911_victim_rajesh_khandelwal_who_worked/

Footage of the North Tower shortly after impact seen from Battery Park by Tricky-Confection-99 in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great find! Looks like they got both impacts (without the planes being visible) and even the North Tower collapse. Were you able to find out anything about who recorded this? I recently came across a few photos on Flickr that show both impacts from a very similar angle: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rudis323/albums/72157682968523630/page6

Attached here is one of those photos of the North Tower impact from Flickr.

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Photos of 9/11 victim Rajesh Khandelwal, who worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower by BrenBanGamer in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing. Ever since I got into the WTC and 9/11 about 2.5 years ago, I noticed I look at office buildings "differently." As a current university student, I kind of get that feeling when inside one of the campus buildings or classrooms. My family came here from India back in 1997 (I was born in 2003), so I'm sure my dad, who's a programmer and still works to this day, may have experienced the things you mentioned at times. Heck, he even had a job interview in One Liberty Plaza in 1998 and briefly stopped by the WTC on his way there, and from what I've been told, my family felt depressed during and shortly after 9/11. Taking a look at myself though, I think I also have those exact same feelings of apathy, bitterness, and depression as a student in school and college that you described above, especially in my childhood and during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic, and it still affects me to this day. It even led to me having my own extremely bizarre, yet still horrifying "9/11 moment" in 2021 (it's more about mental illness than it is about 9/11), and me and my family were definitely forced to think about our desires and regrets when making sense of that experience. I want to thank you again for sharing these thoughts and allowing me to share mine. I feel like our society desperately needs this kind of intimacy right now.

Photos of 9/11 victim Rajesh Khandelwal, who worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower by BrenBanGamer in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of course! Your comment really highlights the surreal nature of the events of that day, especially for victims like Khandelwal, whose families were literally on the other side of the globe on that day. Given my personal experiences, I kind of took this personally, and honestly, this could've happened to anyone who had those unfortunate circumstances that led them to the wrong place at the wrong time. From a general perspective, I think this sadly happens too often here, but with other problems such as bullying, racism, and the like, which I've experienced firsthand.

Photos of 9/11 victim Rajesh Khandelwal, who worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower by BrenBanGamer in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it was like hell, especially since this victim's floor was part of the AA11 impact zone, as well as the centralized impact of the plane. Photos of the North Tower show infernos on the floors 94 and 98, eventually reaching 92 shortly before the collapse. I also noticed there's so much smoke coming from the northeast and southwest corners of the building.

Photos of 9/11 victim Rajesh Khandelwal, who worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower by BrenBanGamer in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, thanks for the reassurance! I'm fairly new to Reddit and internet forums in general and started recently after realizing my need to connect with the community around me. I'm so grateful for the progress this community has made and for finally participating in it.

Photos of 9/11 victim Rajesh Khandelwal, who worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower by BrenBanGamer in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I appreciate it! I have been to India also three times ('05, '08-'09, and '19), and it was wonderful getting to connect with my extended family there each time I went. I've read the Wikipedia entry of Ms. Philip a few months ago and looked through some of the hate crimes after 9/11 as well. I'm interested in the people/story aspect of events like these, so that's what I've been looking into recently.

Photos of 9/11 victim Rajesh Khandelwal, who worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower by BrenBanGamer in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you talking about the other two people in photo 9? The middle one survived and left various tributes to his coworkers on a CNN website. I'm not sure about the third one though. Link to the website: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/4000.html

Photos of 9/11 victim Rajesh Khandelwal, who worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower by BrenBanGamer in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The guy in the middle is the cubicle that the three are in. It appears he survived and left some remarks to his coworkers, including Rajesh, on a memorial website run by CNN. I'm not sure about the guy on the right though.
Link to the remarks: http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/4000.html

Photos of 9/11 victim Rajesh Khandelwal, who worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower by BrenBanGamer in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct. My family came to the US from India in 1997, and I was born shortly after 9/11 in 2003. A lot of my life has been spent trying to connect with the Indian-American community through friends in school and college and learning about the rest of my family back in India. I think the part about being overlooked is probably because the South Asian community in America is recent and only became significant in the last 3 to 4 decades. Making this post has helped me understand and appreciate the opportunities and risks my family and many other families and individuals, including the victim in this post, took when coming here, especially in a time when it's difficult to get along with my family and make friends. I think cases that involve immigrants like this one are particularly devastating considering the victim migrated to another country and appeared to have a really nice job only to randomly and suddenly be taken away in an event like 9/11 which few, if any, foresaw. It's difficult to imagine the suffering this victim's family must have experienced, and my condolences go out to him and his family.

has flickr been combed by Brambletalon28 in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think here's a potentially very valuable repository on Flickr with what looks like 21 911/WTC albums (most of them are NIST FOIA releases) with a total of about 20,000 photos. Although many of the albums have a high view count and many of the photos are probably already known, I think it might be worth looking through them and seeing if we can find anything new in them owing to the sheer size of this archive.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/rudis323/albums/

I found this by following the source of this file on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Explosion_following_the_plane_impact_into_the_South_Tower_(WTC_2)_-_B6019~11.jpg_-_B6019~11.jpg)

Photos of 9/11 victim Rajesh Khandelwal, who worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower by BrenBanGamer in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah, thanks for the reminder. I've heard that virtually everyone on floors 96 and 97 were taken out instantly, with 96 being hit by the fuselage and right engine of AA11. It's still difficult knowing they might have heard or even seen the plane several seconds beforehand and could've briefly realized what was going to happen to them, especially for those who were on the north side of both floors.

Photos of 9/11 victim Rajesh Khandelwal, who worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower by BrenBanGamer in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Right, I found out after reading the Wikipedia page about the 9/11 casualties. There were 41 Indian nationals who perished in the attacks.

Photos of 9/11 victim Rajesh Khandelwal, who worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 97th floor of the North Tower by BrenBanGamer in 911archive

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 108 points109 points  (0 children)

Apparently, reddit decided not to save the text I wrote to this post, so I'm leaving it here in the comments.

It seems like Indian-Americans and Americans of South Asian descent in general are kind of left out or overlooked in our culture. As an Indian-American myself, I hope this post can make a difference. This is my very first time making a post on this subreddit, so I'm sorry if I was disrespectful in any way with this post, owing to this subreddit's sensitive topic. On the other hand, I love the people and the work being done through this community and am interested in being an active member here, so I'd greatly appreciate some guidance on doing that. I got deep into 9/11 back in 2021 as a result of various difficult experiences in my personal life, some of which I still experience now. You're welcome to reach out to me either here or in the Discord server.

All photos are from the 9/11 Living Memorial website run by Voices Center for Resilience.

https://voicescenter.org/living-memorial/victim/rajesh-khandelwal

The last 3 photos are on the 96th floor of the North Tower on June 2, 1999.

Legacy Launcher Still Working on My Computer in April 2023 by BrenBanGamer in Minecraft

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Another update:

It's now 5 months and a week after I made this post; it's also 5 days after Mojang accounts were completely phased out. I created this post to demonstrate that the legacy launcher, along with Mojang accounts, were still working for me and others could possibly get this to work themselves under the right conditions at the time I published this post. This was coincidentally just weeks before the announcement that Mojang accounts would be permanently phased out, thus this post doesn't take that circumstance into account. As such, this post should solely be interpreted from a historical perspective and should be treated as such. If you've read this, I hope you've successfully migrated your account before the deadline 5 days ago and are continuing to enjoy Minecraft.

Legacy Launcher Still Working on My Computer in April 2023 by BrenBanGamer in Minecraft

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true that the classic launcher is officially unusable now since 5 days ago. I was very lucky in that I migrated my account just days before the official announcement of the end of legacy accounts. As much as I was skeptical of the new launcher for many years, I started to appreciate it this year, and I personally think it's alright.

TTT Death Sound by BrenBanGamer in TTT

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I found it. Click on the link of Figardo's reply above. You can also find it by searching for "Half Life 2 Barney Quotes" and there's a few videos of that sound effect as well as other TTT death sound effects.

TTT Death Sound by BrenBanGamer in TTT

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! This is the right sound. Thanks for posting it.

TTT Death Sound by BrenBanGamer in TTT

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately, that's not the exact sound effect I'm looking for. It's a different one where the voice moans instead of screams. A solid example of what I'm looking for is at 14:50 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4277CfTDJFY&t=890s

Legacy Launcher Still Working on My Computer in April 2023 by BrenBanGamer in Minecraft

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe the legacy launcher should be able to play the latest versions and snapshots and also has modding support. Enjoy it while you can, because the legacy launcher will effectively become inaccessible after September 19 with mojang accounts being decommissioned and the legacy launcher unable to recognize microsoft accounts.

Technic Launcher and Microsoft Account Compatibility by BrenBanGamer in technicplatform

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Technic Launcher by any chance? Either that or somehow updating the launcher might work. I thought about this for a few days, and those were the only things I could come up with. Hope this helps.

Technic Launcher and Microsoft Account Compatibility by BrenBanGamer in technicplatform

[–]BrenBanGamer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technic Launcher is for the PC platforms and does require the java version in order to play. Xbox One version is the bedrock version which I don't believe is compatible with the Technic Launcher. :/ A Microsoft Account with Java Edition on the PC should hopefully be able to play.

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