What is the most disturbing sound in the world?
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. . .here are my thoughts.
What is the most disturbing sound in the world?
I’m generally not that emotional of a person. But if you want to elicit moisture to escape my eye and crawl down my cheek, you have two surefire methods: a congratulatory scene post-space launch, or 9/11 footage. Two vast extremes of emotion—each with the same reaction. The day of this post marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Where has the time gone?! A 6-episode documentary, 9/11: One Day in America, ran earlier this month on National Geographic. It contains extensive real-time video, creating an entirely new understanding of the terror and devastation of that September day. I highly recommend watching that documentary, or one of the numerous other 9/11-related programs recently released. In 9/11: One Day in America, numerous witnesses of the collapsing towers describe the sounds they remember as floor after floor crush down on the one below it in rapid succession—110 floors gone in only 10 seconds. The words of each survivor differ slightly, but convey the same feeling of disbelief and fear. The only sound more disturbing than that of the South Tower collapsing, is that same sound repeating 29 minutes later.
One more comment. If you ever have the opportunity to go to New York, visit the memorial sight. We did a tour of the outside which also includes a pass for the inside museum. Very interesting and sad at the same time. We were there with two friends who were a retired Army lieutenant colonel and a major both of them were at the Pentagon that terrible day. They had a hard time going through the museum and seeing all those they knew that died that day.
I’d like to go to NYC sometime and hit a lot of the museums there, especially the 9/11 one.
I agree with you.
The other thing is a crying child who is ill or abused or just sad
I remember that day like it was yesterday. Couldn’t agree with you more, that sound is beyond comprehension. The only other disturbing sound was the cry’s by those who lost loved ones that day.