A: I'll start.
A: ICH1
A: ANFANG1A*
A: anfang
A: I was fixing things in the basement.
A: ICH1
A: FRÜHER1*
A: ICH1
A: REPARIEREN1
A: KELLER1
A: keller
A: REPARIEREN1
A: That I remember.
A: FRÜHER1*
A: früher
A: weiß
A: WISSEN2B
A: ICH1
A: I worked on a wooden box for my son's room.
A: MASS2B^
A: holz
A: REPARIEREN1
A: [MG]
A: SOHN1
A: sohn
A: ZIMMER1A
A: zimmer
A: ICH1
A: REPARIEREN1
A: I then got a message; my cell phone went on and I looked at it and read:
A: HANDY2
A: handy
A: SCHICKEN4A*
A: DRÜCKEN-MIT-DAUMEN1^*
A: ICH1
A: HALTEN-HANDY1B
A: "Something bad happened, turn on the TV.
A: SCHLIMM3B*
A: schlimm
A: FERNSEHER1B*
A: fernseh
A: SCHAUEN1*
A: schau mal
A: All skyscrapers crashed down."
A: ALLE1A
A: alle
A: HOCHHAUS1*
A: hochhaus
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: I looked at my cell phone and thought:
A: ICH1
A: HALTEN-HANDY1B
A: [MG]
A: ||SAGEN1*
A: “I guess it's boring anyway.” A deaf guy I knew sent it to me.
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: ||SOWIESO1*
A: {so}wie{so}
A: ||LANGEWEILE1*
A: langweilig
A: ||TAUBSTUMM1*
A: taub
A: ||BESCHEID1A*
A: ||$GEST^
A: So I left my tools, went upstairs and turned the TV on.
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: [MG]
A: ||ICH1
A: REPARIEREN1*
A: AB8
A: ab
A: TREPPE2^*
A: fernsehen
A: NEIN3B^*
A: ICH1
A: FERNBEDIENUNG1*
A: I saw images of an airplane, normally flying through the sky.
A: ||FLUGZEUG2A*
A: WISSEN2B
A: weißt du
A: SAUBER1*
A: sauber
A: TURM1*
A: [MG]
A: ||FLUGZEUG2A*
A: I thought there could have been an accident by coincidence or something, and I didn't really think about it any further.
A: ICH1
A: FERNBEDIENUNG1*
A: ||FLUGZEUG2A*
A: ||ZUFALL1*
A: zufall
A: ||$GEST^
A: unfall
A: ||UNFALL5
A: ||FLUGZEUG2F
A: ||$GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: [MG]
A: I switched to the second channel and it showed the same images.
A: ||$NUM-ORD1:2d
A: zweite
A: ||NÄCHSTE1*
A: programm
A: FERNBEDIENUNG1*
A: ||DASSELBE1
A: selbe
A: It was the same with the next channel and the next and the next.
A: ||AUCH1A*
A: auch auch auch auch
A: It really caught my attention, so I stopped thinking about my tools and tried to understand what was going on.
A: ICH1
A: FASZINIEREND3*
A: [MG]
A: SITZEN1A
A: REPARIEREN1
A: EGAL-SEIN1A
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: FERNBEDIENUNG1*
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: [MG]
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: [MG]
A: First, I only saw a single airplane, but when I saw the second one I already thought this was an attack.
A: $GEST^
A: [MG]
A: ERSTES-MAL3A
A: erstmal
A: noch mal
A: NOCHMAL2A*
A: $PROD*
A: ||BEDEUTUNG1*
A: bedeuten
A: anschlag
A: ||ANSCHLAG1
A: ||$GEST^
A: Man, was I shocked!
A: SCHRECK1*
A: erschrocken
A: SEHR7^
A: [MG]
B: It was bad.
B: SCHLIMM3A*
B: schlimm
B: I also did/ Am I supposed to tell something, too or just him?
B: ICH1
B: AUCH1A
B: auch
B: DAMALS1*
B: ICH1
B: auch
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: NEIN2B
B: [MG]
B: $INDEX1
A: You, too.
A: DU1
A: du
C: Says B can add something if she likes.
A: $INDEX2
A: Please.
B: I had just delivered my second baby.
B: ICH1
B: GEBURT1B
B: BABY1*
B: baby
B: $NUM-ORD1:2
B: zweite
B: BABY1*
A: You had just delivered a baby?
A: BABY1*
A: baby
B: Yes, I had the baby in May.
B: MAI5B
B: mai
A: DU1
B: GEBURT1B
B: The baby was three months old, and I was breast-feeding.
B: [MG]
B: GENAU4
B: ICH1*
B: MONAT1*
B: drei monat
B: STILLEN1*
B: stillen
B: So, I sat there and saw these images on TV.
B: ICH2
B: SITZEN1A*
B: EINBLENDUNG2*
B: ICH1
B: FERNBEDIENUNG1*
B: When I switched channels, it was on the other channels as well, and I started wondering why that was.
B: VORKOMMEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: WUNDERN1*
B: ICH1
B: I asked myself if it really happened and then slowly realized it did.
B: VORKOMMEN1^*
B: WIRKLICH2
B: WIRKLICH2*
B: KLAR1A*
B: klar
B: I immediately contacted a friend and asked her if she had seen the terrible happenings, too.
B: ICH2
B: FREUND1*
B: freund
B: ICH2
B: BESCHEID1A*
B: WIRKLICH2*
B: SCHLIMM3A*
B: schlimm
B: SEHEN1
A: Yes, it was extreme.
A: SEHR7^
A: [MG]
B: Imagine working in a skyscraper.
B: HIRN1A^
B: vorstell
B: WENN1
B: wenn
B: HOCHHAUS2
B: hochhaus
B: TIPPEN3
B: You look out the window and see a tiny airplane far away and just go on working.
B: ||KLEIN9*
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^
B: TIPPEN3
B: Then you look out of the window once more, and you can see the airplane getting bigger and bigger and coming closer and closer.
B: ZOOM1^*
A: Heavy.
B: Then, all of a sudden, there is this huge dangerously looking airplane approaching you.
A: SEHR7^
A: [MG]
B: FLUGZEUG1*
B: [MG]
A: When the plane crashed into the facade, it got 1000 degrees hot, I mean Celsius, 1000 degrees Celsius.
A: $INDEX1*
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: $NUM-TAUSENDER1:1
A: tausend
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: GRAD1A
A: grad
A: HEISS2
A: heiß
A: $ALPHA1:C
A: celsius
A: $NUM-TAUSENDER1:1
A: tausend
A: GRAD1A
A: grad
A: HEISS1
A: heiß
A: Everything melted because of the crash.
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
B: The plane/ The plane crashed into the building and it started to burn.
B: $PROD*
A: PLATT1A^*
A: [MG] schmelz
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: ||$PROD*
B: $INDEX1*||$PROD*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: It flew into the building and it melted.
A: $PROD*
A: PLATT1A^*
A: [MG] schmelz
B: The upper part of the building didn't break down; the towers remained normal.
B: $PROD*
B: NORMAL1
B: normal
B: They didn't fall to the side, either.
B: $PROD*
A: Luckily/ Luckily/
B: It burned and burned, and the roofs got a little crooked.
A: $INDEX1*
B: $PROD*
A: GLÜCK1*
A: glück glück
B: $PROD*
B: schief
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: GLÜCK1
A: glück glück
B: Then they crashed down bolt upright.
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
A: Luckily/ Luckily/
A: GLÜCK1
A: glück glück
A: It was a lucky coincidence that they crashed down that straight.
B: Extremely straight down.
A: ZUFALL1^*
B: SAUBER1*
B: sauber
A: GLÜCK1
A: glück
B: HOCHHAUS2*
B: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: Luckily they crashed down like this and not forward.
B: Then, up there/
B: DANN1A
B: dann
A: GLÜCK1
A: glück
A: $PROD*
B: OBEN1^
A: ALS3*
A: als
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: That would have been worse.
A: SCHLIMM3B*
A: noch schlimmer
A: They would have crashed down on other houses, and those on others.
B: Yes, really/
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
B: DIESE2*
B: [MG]
B: WIE4A*
B: wie
A: Unbelievable how many houses would have been crushed down.
B: w{ahr}
A: WIE-VIEL5*||$PROD*
A: wie viel
B: STIMMT1^*
B: WAHR1*
A: ||$PROD*
A: [MG]
B: $INDEX1*
A: WIE-VIEL5*
A: wie viel
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
B: For movies they make up a whole lot of stuff and add it to the story.
B: FILM1
B: film
B: $INDEX1*
B: FILM1
B: film
B: DAZU1^*
B: [MG]
B: KAMERA1*
B: BEREICH1A^*
B: But this is how it truly happened here.
B: $INDEX1*
B: wahr
B: WAHR2
A: Movies are often fiction.
B: $GEST^
A: $INDEX1*
A: OFT1B
A: oft
A: film
A: FILM1*
B: That's the way it is in movies.
A: $INDEX1*
B: film
B: FILM3
A: VORSTELLUNG1A*
A: But here it really happened.
A: WIRKLICH2*
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: I was surprised, though, at how straight the towers were sinking downwards.
B: $GEST-NM-KOPFNICKEN1^*
A: $ORAL^
A: aber
A: WENN1
A: GUT1^*
A: $PROD*
A: aber
A: WUNDERN1
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
A: This straight collapse just by chance? How is that possible?
A: $PROD*
A: ||WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
A: wie
A: zufall
A: ||VIEL1A^
A: ||PLATT2^*
A: ||WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
A: wie
A: ||$PROD*
A: WUNDERN1
B: What do you mean?
B: was meinst du
B: WAS-MEINUNG2
B: DU1*
A: Why did the towers collapse that straight? Was it really a coincidence?
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: ||SAUBER1*
A: sauber
A: zufall
A: ZUFALL4
A: ||$INDEX1
A: zufall
A: ||ZUFALL1*
B: It's the statics of the towers.
A: ALLE1A
A: ||PLATT2^*
B: $PROD*
B: ||$INDEX1*
A: ||$INDEX1*
B: $PROD*
B: statik
A: Only about 2000 people have died, so it could have been worse.
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: $NUM-TAUSENDER1:2
A: zwei tausend
A: VERLUST1A
A: verlust
A: SCHLIMM3A*
A: nicht schlimm
A: If the towers had fallen sideways, maybe more would have died.
A: WENN1
A: wenn
A: $PROD*
A: MEHR1
A: mehr
A: SEHR6
A: [MG]
B: They collapsed straight and not to the side due the technology, the architecture of the building.
A: $GEST-OFF^
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: TECHNIK1
B: technik
B: ZEICHEN1^*
B: archi{tektur}
A: They couldn't imagine it before, though.
B: $PROD*
A: NICHT3B*
A: nicht
A: EIGEN1B
A: eigen
A: vorstellen
A: VORSTELLUNG1A*
A: NICHT3B*
A: $INDEX1*
A: When they planned building these towers, they didn't know they had to take certain things into account due to future happenings.
A: bau
A: PLAN2
A: BAU1
A: DENKEN1B
A: WEGEN2A
A: wegen
A: They didn't, and they couldn't imagine it back then.
A: NICHT3B*
A: EIGEN1B*
A: eigen
A: VORSTELLUNG1A*
A: $INDEX1*
A: [MG]
A: They build it and that was that.
A: BAU1
A: bau
A: ||ENDE1^
A: How were they supposed to calculate how it would be to have planes crashing into the buildings?
A: AUSGERECHNET2*
A: aus{rechnen}
A: FLUGZEUGEINSCHLAG1^
A: $INDEX1*
A: AUSGERECHNET2*
A: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
A: wie
A: $INDEX1*
B: I thought the same thing.
B: aber glaub nicht
B: ICH1
B: SORGEN-SICH1A^*
B: Normally, when a plane crashes into the upper part of the building, it crooks, but it doesn't fall over.
B: HOCHHAUS2*
B: ||FLUGZEUG2A*
B: $PROD*
B: schief
A: It normally falls over.
B: NORMAL1
B: normal
A: NORMALERWEISE1*
A: normal{er}weise
B: $PROD*
A: $PROD*
B: NICHT3A*
B: nicht
B: Also the upper part doesn't just crash down.
B: NORMAL1*
B: normal
A: ||NORMALERWEISE1*
A: normal{er}weise
B: $PROD*
B: Instead, I think it just collapses.
B: OBEN1*
B: AUTOMATISCH2A*
B: automatisch
B: $PROD*
B: PLATT1A^*
B: [MG]
B: They told the people to get out.
B: LEUTE2
B: leute
B: SCHICKEN1
B: [MG]
B: Many were sent out.
B: VIEL1A*
B: viel
B: LEUTE2
B: SCHICKEN1
B: [MG]
B: A helicopter came quickly, but people in the upper part of the building were stuck.
B: SCHNELL2
B: schnell
A: They were dead then anyway.
B: HUBSCHRAUBER2
A: VERSCHWUNDEN1A
A: [MG]
B: OBEN1
B: LASSEN2A^*
B: [MG]
A: VERSCHWUNDEN1A
A: [MG]
B: They all jumped.
A: NIEDRIG1B^*
B: SPRINGEN2*
B: springen springen springen
A: VERSCHWUNDEN1A*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: What did it help to jump?
A: SPRINGEN2
A: $GEST^
A: The helicopter couldn't get them.
A: HUBSCHRAUBER2
A: hubschrauber
A: ABHOLEN1*
A: abholen
A: KANN1*
A: $GEST^
A: They were stuck.
A: LASSEN2A^*
A: [MG]
A: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
A: In the lower part you could still use the stairs.
A: $PROD*
A: unten
A: JA1A*
A: ja
A: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1^*
A: [MG]
A: But in the upper part, well.
A: OBEN1^*
B: The attack was planned to happen on September 11.
B: $INDEX1*
A: $GEST-NM-SCHULTERZUCKEN1^
B: UNTEN1*
B: unten
B: anschlag
B: ANSCHLAG1
B: $INDEX1*
B: ABMACHEN1*
B: $NUM-TEEN2B:1d
B: elfte
B: SEPTEMBER2A
B: september
B: Exactly on the eleventh, two people were supposed to fly into the towers, each into one.
B: GENAU1*
B: [MG]
B: WÜNSCHEN1A*
B: wunsch
B: DIESE2
B: $NUM-TEEN2B:1d
B: elfte
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2
B: zwei
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
B: ein
B: $NUM-EINER1A:1d*
B: ein
B: $NUM-EINER1A:2
B: zwei
B: HOCHHAUS3*
B: It was carefully planned who had to fly into which one.
B: PLAN2
B: ||FLUGZEUG2F
B: [MG]
B: ||FLUGZEUG2A*
B: [MG]
B: They said, “I want to commit suicide; I am fully committed to my goal.”
B: SAGEN1
B: sag aber
B: SELBST1B^*
B: ICH1
B: ich
B: WOLLEN2
B: will
B: SELBSTMORD2*
B: selbstmord
B: ERNST1A
B: ernst
B: ZIEL4*
B: ziel
B: How about the other way round?
B: UM1A
B: um
B: Can you imagine committing suicide?
B: SELBST1A*
B: selbst
B: KANN1
B: kann
B: SELBSTMORD2
B: selbstmord
B: To fly a plane directly towards a house facade with increased speed?
B: FLUGZEUG1*
B: [MG]
B: PILOT1^*
B: [MG]
B: ||NAHE4*
A: In case we fight, I'd also fly against a wall; I don't care.
B: And others, others/
B: DANN1A
B: da{nn}
A: BEIDE2A*
A: STREITEN1A*
B: ANDERS2
B: andere
B: ||$INDEX1
A: wort
A: WORT1
B: ANDERS1
A: ICH1
A: $PROD*
B: ANDERS1
B: anders
A: GLEICHGÜLTIG1
A: [MG]
A: ICH1
B: It's connected to their faith, though.
B: $INDEX1
B: glauben
B: GLAUBEN2A
B: ISLAM1^
A: Yes, that's right.
A: LASSEN1^*
A: [MG]
B: They want the war for their God.
A: $INDEX1*
B: KRIEG1A
B: krieg
B: $GEST^
B: They are glad if there is a war, because that way they can praise him.
B: WENN1
B: wenn
B: KRIEG1A
B: krieg
B: FROH1
B: froh
B: $GEST^
B: It's their faith.
B: SONDERBAR1
B: [MG]
B: GLAUBEN2A*
B: glauben
B: GLAUBEN3
B: GEHÖREN1^*
A: So true!
A: SEHR7^*
A: [MG]
C: Asks A what he'd feel like being in the upper part of the building.
A: Yes, I know that. Right, I could imagine that I/
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: weiß
A: WISSEN2B
A: ICH1
A: WENN1
A: STIMMT1A
A: stimmt
B: Would you jump or what would you do?
A: VORSTELLUNG1A*
A: vorstellen
B: SPRINGEN2
A: ICH1
A: machen
B: $INDEX2
B: oder was
A: Yes, I'd jump. Why?
A: SPRINGEN2
B: You'd be dead then.
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: TOD2
B: tot
A: So what?
A: MUSS1A
A: muss
B: $INDEX2
A: $GEST-ZUSTIMMUNG1^
A: [MG]
A: That doesn't matter.
B: Wouldn't you even try to fight for your life?
B: VERSUCHEN2
B: versuch
A: EGAL3*
A: aber egal
B: DEIN1
B: dein
B: LEBEN1C
B: leben
B: KAMPF2
B: kämpfen
B: $INDEX2
A: How should I be standing on the ground if the heat is coming from down below?
A: STEHEN1*
A: AUF3^*
A: [MG]
A: HEISS2*
A: zu heiß
A: $INDEX1*
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: I wouldn't be able to stand still.
A: ICH1
A: HÜPFEN2A*
A: [MG]
A: You'd have to patter back and forth, because it would simply be too hot.
A: fuß
A: FUSS2*
A: $PROD*
A: ||HEISS2
A: zu heiß
A: The heat rises, you know.
A: ||AUF3^*
A: $GEST^
A: It's too hot then, you see?
A: HEISS2
A: heiß
A: BEGREIFEN1^*
A: [MG]
A: The floor is getting too hot.
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: boden
A: HEISS2
A: heiß
A: The windows are hot.
A: FENSTER6
A: fenster
A: $PROD*
A: HEISS2
A: zu heiß
A: The heat rises, so you have to jump.
A: AUF3^*
A: MUSS1A
A: muss
A: SPRINGEN1*
A: The cool air is helping.
A: HELFEN1*
A: helfen
A: kühl
A: KÜHL1
B: But for example, some/
A: SPRINGEN2*
B: BEISPIEL1^*
B: EINIGE1
B: einige
A: But it's true, you fall deep then.
A: WAHR2
A: wahr
A: WENIGER-WERDEN3B^*
A: [MG]
B: Can please focus for a moment here.
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: Some people who ran downstairs during the alarm as fast as they could, made it and survived.
A: $GEST^
A: But/
B: EINIGE1
B: einige
B: SCHON1B
B: schon
B: LEBEN1C
B: überleben
B: IN1
B: LAUFEN3
B: [MG]
B: SPIRALE1^*
B: [MG]
B: NIEDRIG1A^*
B: $INDEX1*
B: LAUFEN3
B: [MG]
B: SCHAFFEN1A*
B: schaffen
B: LEBEN1C
B: überleben
B: With victims/
B: MIT1A*
B: mit
A: No, no. The ones in the lower part made it.
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: UNTEN1*||$PROD*
A: unten
B: opfer
B: OPFER5
B: $GEST^
A: $INDEX1*
A: UNTEN1*
A: unten
A: It's impossible to get down from up there/
B: If you have to fight.
A: ABER1*
A: aber
B: $INDEX1*
A: OBEN1*
A: oben
B: WENN1
B: wenn
B: DU1
B: du
A: UNTEN1*
B: MUSS1A
B: muss
B: KAMPF2
B: kämpfen
A: KANN1*
A: [MG]
A: Half of the building is like a grill.
A: SCHON1A*
A: schon
A: GRILLEN1A*
A: grill
A: HALB3*
A: hälfte
A: Half of the building is like a grill.
A: SCHON1A*
A: schon
A: GRILLEN1A*
A: grill
A: HALB3*
A: hälfte
A: NICHT1*
A: It's impossible to get down; it's like on a grill.
A: IN1*
A: KANN1*
A: GRILLEN1A*
A: grill
A: $INDEX2*
A: It's so hot; you can't stand still; you have to go upstairs.
A: HÜPFEN2A*
A: HEISS2
A: heiß
A: SPRINGEN1*
A: All people in the upper half went up, and all people in the lower half went down.
A: ALLE1A*
A: OBEN1*
A: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1^*
A: oben[MG]
A: HALB1A*
A: halb
A: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1*
A: $GEST^
B: It was only important to survive.
C: Asks A how he would react in such a situation and if he'd have a plan.
B: DENKEN1B*
B: denk
B: WICHTIG1*
B: wichtig
B: LEBEN1A*
B: leben
A: Yes, that was really intense.
A: WIRKLICH2*
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1*
A: SEHR7^
A: $INDEX1*
A: SEHR6
A: [MG]
A: When you're in shock, you lose control and can't think straight anymore.
A: WENN1
A: wenn
A: $INDEX1
A: SCHOCK2A*
A: schock
A: KONTROLLE1
A: kontrolle
A: VERLIEREN1*
A: verloren
A: DENKEN1B
A: $GEST^
B: Yes, that's true, right?
A: When you're in shock/ Now you can make plans.
B: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: schock
A: WENN1
B: $INDEX1*
B: [MG]
A: SCHOCK2A
A: $INDEX1
A: PLAN2
A: plan
A: AUFZÄHLEN1A
A: If something really happens, do I say then, “One moment, please, I've made a plan and I know now what to do”?
A: WIRKLICH2*
B: You can't plan such a reaction, though.
B: NICHT1^*
A: ||KOMMEN2
A: komm
B: PLAN2*
B: plan
A: PLAN2
A: plan
A: ||STOPP1*
A: [MG]
B: ORGANISIEREN2A^
B: reaktion
A: ||WISSEN2A*
A: ||KANN1
A: ||ICH1
A: ||AUFZÄHLEN1C
A: $GEST-NM^
A: [MG]
A: No, the situation happens and in an instance everything's over. And that's it.
A: SEKUNDE1A*
A: [MG]
A: AUS-ZU1^*
A: [MG]
A: FERTIG1A
A: $GEST^
B: I'd like to add something, did you / Did you see that on TV?
B: $INDEX1
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
B: DU1
A: I don't know/
B: SEHEN1*
B: sehen
A: WISSEN2B
A: weiß
B: FORMAT1^
B: fernseh
A: NICHT-MEHR1B
A: nicht mehr
B: DU1
A: $INDEX1*
B: People ran into restaurants or shops in a food court in panic and immediately closed the doors behind them.
B: LAUFEN3
B: [MG]
B: SCHNELL2
B: schnell
B: REIN-HINEIN2*
B: RESTAURANT1
B: restaurant
B: ESSEN1*
B: essen
B: geschäft
B: GESCHÄFT-HANDEL1*
B: GESCHÄFT-ORT1*
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: REIN-HINEIN2*
B: [MG]
B: ||TÜR-ZU1*
B: zu
B: $PROD*
B: In that moment, a massive blast wave made of dust approached them.
B: AUSBREITEN2^
B: [MG]
B: STAUB1A*
B: staub
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: When they opened the door again, everything was full of dust.
B: ||TÜR-AUF1A
B: AUSBREITEN3^
A: That would be flat as well, though.
A: $INDEX1
A: PLATT1A
A: [MG]
A: You know, there was that one tower.
A: DU1
A: WISSEN2B
A: DU1
A: $PROD*
A: But there were actually two.
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2
A: zwei
A: $PROD*
A: You'd see the plane crashing into the first tower while you are in the other tower next to it and could only watch it happen.
A: DU1||$PROD*
A: du
A: $PROD*||$PROD*
A: DU1||$PROD*
A: du
A: NEBEN1A||$PROD*
A: DU1
A: SCHAUEN1
A: schauen
A: FENSTER1*
A: [MG]
B: No, I'd be long gone.
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
A: “What? Here, as well?” you'd think.
A: auch
A: AUCH3A
B: ICH1
A: ICH1
B: WEGGEHEN1*
A: And then you'd see the plane appearing and couldn't believe it.
A: KOMMEN2
B: No.
B: NEIN2A
A: ICH1
B: NEIN2B
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: DU1*
A: $GEST^
B: But when the one tower crashed down - do you remember how many minutes were between that one and the second tower?
B: $ORAL^
B: aber
B: $PROD*
B: PLATT1A^*||$PROD*
B: [MG]
B: WIE-LANGE1A
B: wie lange
B: MINUTE2*
B: minute
B: BEIDE1^*||$PROD*
A: 40 minutes.
B: An hour?
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:4*
A: [MG]
B: STUNDE2B*
B: ein stunde
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:4*
A: vierzig
B: STUNDE2B*
B: ein stunde
A: One hour, 40/45 minutes more or less.
A: STUNDE2A*
A: ein stunde
B: Less than an hour?
B: UNTER1B*
B: unter
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:4*
A: vierzig
B: STUNDE2B*
B: ein stunde
A: MINUTE1*
A: minute
B: Really?
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:4*
A: vierzig
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
A: UNGEFÄHR1
A: ungefähr
B: If already/ If it's already obvious that such a tower will crash down, you'd have to get out of the building before it happens.
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:4*
A: vierzig
B: ICH2
B: WENN1*
B: wenn
B: schon
B: SCHON1A
A: UNGEFÄHR2*
A: ungefähr
B: ICH2
A: fünf{und}vierzig
A: $NUM-EINER1A:5
A: $NUM-EINER1B:4
B: HOCHHAUS3*
B: ALLE2D^
B: schon
B: SICHER1
B: sicher
B: ICH1
B: KOMMEN1*
B: komm
B: $PROD*
B: MUSS1A*
B: muss
B: ICH1
B: WEGGEHEN1
B: No matter if it's your actual working time; you have to get out of there.
B: ARBEITEN2*
B: arbeiten
A: But/
A: DU1
B: ZEIT1*
A: $GEST-NM-KOPFSCHÜTTELN1^
B: egal
B: EGAL3*
B: ICH1*
A: But still everyone around is watching while the plane is crashing into the tower.
B: SOFORT5*
A: AUCH3A
A: auch
B: VOR1A*
B: vor
A: TROTZDEM2A
A: trotzdem
B: ICH1
A: $INDEX1*
B: DRAUSSEN1
B: draußen
A: TROTZDEM2A*
A: trotzdem trotzdem
A: ||$PROD*
A: TROTZDEM2B||$PROD*
A: trozdem
A: $INDEX1*||$PROD*
A: $PROD*||$PROD*
A: TROTZDEM2A||$PROD*
A: trozdem
A: ||$PROD*
A: alle
A: SCHAUEN2*
A: schauen
A: $GEST^
A: They don't think about the possibility of something happening to them, as well, or to the others around.
A: WISSEN2B
A: weiß
A: KOMMEN1*
A: komm
A: $INDEX1*
A: oder
A: WISSEN2B
A: [MG]
A: $GEST^
B: It's so typical how people always get curious.
A: Everyone's staring fascinated at the fire; it looked like a grill.
B: $GEST^
B: auch
A: SCHAUEN2
A: alle
B: $PROD*
A: FASZINIEREND2
A: [MG]
A: WIE4A*
A: wie
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
A: FEUER1A
A: feuer
B: FASZINIEREND2
B: [MG]
A: FASZINIEREND2
A: [MG]
A: WIE4A*
A: wie
A: GRILLEN1B
A: grill
B: TYPISCH1
B: typisch
A: SCHAUEN1
A: schauen
A: It's really true.
A: WIRKLICH2*
A: aber wirklich
A: Secondly, I can imagine there were some people who noticed others escaping.
A: $NUM-ORD1:2
A: zweite
A: DENKEN1B
A: VORSTELLUNG1A*
A: vorstellen
A: $INDEX1*||$PROD*
A: $NUM-ORD1:2||$PROD*
A: zweite
A: $INDEX1||$PROD*
A: WISSEN2B
A: weiß
A: HALB1A*
A: halb
A: SCHON1B
A: schon
A: SPÜREN1*
A: [MG]
A: WEGLAUFEN1B*
A: [MG]
A: They had escaped already.
A: UNTEN1
A: schon
A: VIEL1A
B: Of course.
B: $GEST-OFF^*
B: [MG]
A: SCHON1A
B: KLAR1A*
B: klar
A: AB2^
A: Others were just watching the accident and were shocked as suddenly the second plane arrived.
B: KLAR1A*
B: klar
A: EINIGE1
A: $INDEX1
A: $GEST-ABWINKEN1^*
A: [MG]
A: OBEN1
A: $INDEX1*
A: $PROD*
A: unfall
A: SCHAUEN1
A: schau
A: FENSTER1^*
A: ICH1
A: WISSEN2A*
A: weiß
A: Then people came out of the building one after another until all of them streamed out.
A: $NUM-EINER1A:3d*
A: drei
A: $NUM-EINER1A:4
A: vier
A: $NUM-EINER1A:5
A: fünf
A: ALLE1A
A: alle
A: FLUCHT1B*
A: [MG]
A: MEHR3
A: mehr mehr mehr
A: SCHNELL1A*
A: schnell
A: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1^*
A: [MG]
C: Interrupts and asks A what the situation would be like for her if she'd be in the upper part of the building.
B: If I myself/
A: SEHR7^
A: [MG]
B: WENN1
B: wenn
B: SELBST1A
B: selbst
A: It's supposed to be like a shock.
A: SOLL1*
A: soll
C: Asks if it would really be possible to stay calm and prudently jump.
A: SCHOCK2B
A: schock
A: It must be shocking.
A: SOLL1
A: SCHOCK2B
A: schock
B: You'd be panicking.
B: ZITTERN1^*
B: [MG]
B: WEINEN2*
B: [MG]
B: You'd cry and scream and scream.
B: SCHREI1A*
A: I'd always have to think back to this, my whole life.
A: ALLE2A^
A: für immer
A: ALLE2A^
A: für immer
B: ICH1*
A: DENKEN1B
A: [MG]
B: WEINEN2
B: I'd cry and yell to get me out of here.
B: BESCHEID1A*
A: ALLE2A^
A: für immer
B: ICH1
B: BRAUCHEN1*
B: brauchen
B: DRAUSSEN1*
B: draußen
B: ICH1
B: The shock would turn into anxiety and we'd scream, “I have to get out of here, fast!”
B: AUFREGEN1*
B: [MG]
B: SCHON1A*
B: schon
B: mehr
B: ICH1*
B: MEHR3
B: AUFREGEN1*
B: [MG]
B: WINKEN1^*
B: [MG]
B: ICH1
B: SCHNELL2^*
B: bald
B: DRAUSSEN1
B: draußen
B: SCHNELL2
B: schnell
B: There'd be no time for talking, for calm conversations.
B: DU1*
B: GEBÄRDEN1A*
B: [MG]
B: ZEIT1*
B: keine zeit
B: UNTERHALTUNG1*
B: unterhalten
B: NEIN3B^*
B: ICH1
B: ZEIT1*
B: zeit
B: It matters more to get out of there.
B: ICH1
B: VORRANG1
B: vor
B: ICH1
B: DRAUSSEN1
B: draußen
B: It's about my life.
B: MEIN1*
B: mein
B: LEBEN1C
B: leben
A: Right.
A: STIMMT1A
A: stimmt
B: You'll scream then automatically.
A: It's the shock.
B: SCHREI1A*
B: [MG]
A: SCHOCK5
A: schock
A: ACHTUNG1A^*
A: You can really get shocked because of a tower building.
A: SCHOCK5
A: schock
B: SOWIESO1*
B: sowieso
A: HOCHHAUS3*
A: When asked to work in the 30th floor again, I'd say no.
A: noch mal
A: NOCHMAL2B*
A: DANACH1A^
A: BÜRO2*
A: büro
A: NOCHMAL2A*
A: noch mal
A: $NUM-ZEHNER2A:3d
A: dreißig
A: STOCKWERK1
A: stock
A: ICH1*
A: ich
A: I'd think about another plane crashing in.
A: WISSEN2B^
A: ICH1
A: NOCHMAL2B
A: noch mal
A: FLUGZEUG1
A: flugzeug
A: KOMMEN2
A: komm
A: No. I'd rather work in a normal house then.
A: ICH1
B: Think about it/
A: HAUS1A
A: haus
B: $INDEX1
B: [MG]
B: WISSEN2A^
B: überleg mal
A: ICH1
B: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: UNTEN1
A: FERTIG1A
A: I'd have my peace there.
A: RUHE1
A: ruhe
A: ICH1
A: I'd be safe there.
A: sicher
A: SICHER2*
A: ICH1
B: There are these buildings where you can shop at the first floor.
A: UNTEN1
B: ZU9
B: zum beispiel
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: UNTEN1
B: unten
B: ICH1
B: ARBEITEN3*
B: EINKAUFEN1
B: einkauf
B: IN1
B: in
B: There are several levels for shops and in the upper part of the building there are offices.
B: EINKAUFEN1
B: einkauf
B: $PROD*
B: [MG]
B: SCHMAL1A^
B: OBEN1
B: oben
B: BÜRO1
B: büro
B: VON-BIS2^*
B: Many people hustle around the shopping area.
B: IN1
B: einkauf
B: SCHMAL1A^*
B: EINKAUFEN1*
B: BEREICH1A
B: WIMMELN1*
B: If a plane crashes in such a building, it must be a terrible bang.
B: WENN1
B: wenn
B: ||FLUGZEUG2A*
B: flugzeug
B: HÖREN2*
B: KNALL1^*
B: [MG]
B: One hears/
B: LAUT1C^
A: No, no. If a plane crashes in, you hear just a short hollow sound.
A: LEISE1
A: lei{se}
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
B: Well, I think you hear a loud bang.
A: HÖREN2*
A: [MG]
B: HÖREN2*
B: [MG]
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
B: KNALL1^
B: [MG]
B: You feel it, too.
B: ICH1*
B: GEFÜHL3*
B: [MG]
C: Asks about what one could do when being in the lower part of the building.
A: You just try to survive. You escape to survive.
A: ||ZIEL4
A: ziel
A: nur
A: NUR2A*
A: ICH1
A: LEBEN1A*
A: leben
A: ICH1
A: FLUCHT1A
A: [MG]
C: Asks how to escape.
A: überleben
A: LEBEN1A*
B: $INDEX2
B: Exactly.
B: ja
A: ICH1
A: FLUCHT1A
A: You run as fast as you can; I don't know whereto.
A: LAUFEN3
A: laufen
A: wohin
A: WOHIN1
A: ICH1
A: weiß nicht
A: WISSEN2B
A: NICHT1
A: I don't know.
A: NICHT1
A: weiß nicht
A: WISSEN2B
A: NICHT1
A: You just run, you run down the stairs.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: LAUFEN3
A: laufen
A: TREPPE2*
A: [MG]
A: You don't know whether you'll survive.
A: ||ICH2
A: ob
A: ||LEBEN1A*
A: leben
A: ||NICHT1*
A: nicht
A: Time is running out until everything crashes down.
A: LAUFEN3
A: laufen
A: BIS1
A: bis
A: KOMMEN1*
A: komm
A: NOCH-NICHT2*
A: SEHR7^*
A: [MG]
A: You run until you get out, though.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: ICH2
A: LAUFEN3
A: [MG]
A: BIS1
A: bis
A: GEHEN2A*
A: $GEST^
A: You go on running. I don't know where.
A: LAUFEN3
A: WOHIN1
A: wohin
A: ICH2
A: NICHT1
A: WISSEN2B
A: NICHT1
A: You go on running until people can help you, until doctors come, and people calm you down.
A: LAUFEN3
A: BIS1
A: bis
A: HELFEN1*
A: helfen
A: KOMMEN2^*
A: helfen helfen
A: ARZT1*
A: arzt
A: KOMMEN2*
A: kommen
A: HELFEN1*
A: helfen
A: FESTHALTEN1*
A: ||BERUHIGEN3*
A: beruhigen
A: You just want to get help.
A: GEHÖREN1^*
A: DIESE2*
A: [MG]
A: HELFEN1*
A: helfen
A: UNTEN1^
A: That's it.
C: Adds an image of a situation being on top of the building.
A: ENDE7
A: ende
A: $GEST^
A: In case of being in the upper part of the building, I imagine something else, though.
A: WENN1
A: wenn
A: OBEN1*
A: o{ben}
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
B: You'd jump.
A: WENN1*
A: wenn
B: SPRINGEN2
A: OBEN1*
A: oben
A: ANDERS2
A: ander
A: VORSTELLUNG1A*
A: vorstellen
A: $GEST-OFF^*
A: leben
A: I imagine something else, yes.
A: aber
A: WISSEN2B^*
A: OBEN1
A: vorstellen
A: VOLL1A^
A: VORSTELLUNG1A*
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: Many/ Many/ Many people tried to get upstairs.
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^*
A: VIEL1A*
A: viel
A: VIEL1A
A: viel
A: $GEST-AUFMERKSAMKEIT1^
A: viel
A: VIEL1A
A: $INDEX1*
A: OBEN1*
A: VERSUCHEN2
A: versuch
A: OBEN1*
A: But there was no help from above.
A: ABER1*
A: aber
A: KOMMEN1*
A: komm komm komm
A: NICHT1
A: KOMMEN1*
A: komm
A: Helicopters didn't come, either.
A: hubschrauber
A: HUBSCHRAUBER2||$PROD*
A: $INDEX1*||$PROD*
A: NICHT1
A: auch nicht
A: NICHT1
A: [MG]
B: You'd jump.
B: MUSS1A*
B: muss
B: SPRINGEN2
B: [MG]
B: Or you'd hug someone, knowing both of you will be dead soon.
B: ODER1*
B: oder
B: UMARMEN3
B: DU1*
B: ICH1*
B: BALD2*
B: TOD2*
B: tot
B: UMARMEN3
B: [MG]
B: Or you just open the window and jump like a headshot.
B: ODER1*
B: oder
B: ÖFFNEN1A*
B: PISTOLE2^*
B: SPRINGEN2
A: Yes, you could jump together, arm in arm, why not?
A: ZUSAMMEN3A*
A: zusammen
A: UMARMEN3
B: Or going upstairs/ upstairs/ jump/
A: SPRINGEN2*
B: ODER4A
B: oder
B: SPRINGEN2
A: $GEST-OFF^*
B: TREPPE2
B: SPRINGEN2*
B: If you know that you don't have a chance, that you can't go anywhere anymore/ How do you get out?
B: WENN1
B: wenn
B: SELBST1A*
B: selbst
B: SCHON1A
B: schon
B: ICH2
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
B: WISSEN2A*
B: wissen
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
B: [MG]
B: WOHIN1*
B: wohin
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
A: I don't know.
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
B: wie wie wie
A: weiß nicht
A: WISSEN2B
A: NICHT1*
A: If you see, that the situation is like this/
A: WENN1*
A: wenn
A: SO1*
A: so
B: Or you think, “whatever”. And you go downstairs and fight your way through the people.
B: ODER4A*
B: oder
A: ICH1
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
B: EGAL3*
B: egal
B: TREPPE1*
B: [MG]
B: HEISS1*
B: heiß
B: TREPPE1*
B: [MG]
B: You try to fight.
B: VERSUCHEN2
B: versuch
B: KAMPF2
B: kämpfen
B: But I don't have a solution as to how you do it.
B: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1
B: wie
B: LÖSUNG3
B: lösung
B: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^*
B: [MG]
A: Well, I don't know.
A: $GEST-ICH-WEISS-NICHT1^
A: NICHT1*
A: nicht
A: You'd wait as long as the fire's burning.
A: ERWARTUNG1A
A: erwarten
A: $INDEX1*
A: FEUER1A^
A: UNTEN1
A: WÜNSCHEN1A*
A: wunsch
A: ALLE2A
A: alle
A: WARTEN1A
A: Or you hope for the fire department to arrive to put out the fire.
A: ODER1*
A: oder
A: WÜNSCHEN1A*
A: wunsch
A: FEUERWEHR1
A: feuerwehr
A: KOMMEN2
A: komm komm
A: WÜNSCHEN1A*
A: wunsch
A: FEUERWEHR1
A: That the firefighters come and put out the fire.
A: WÜNSCHEN1A*
A: wunsch
A: FEUERWEHR1*
A: feuerwehr
A: KOMMEN2
A: komm komm komm
A: You hope for the firefighters to try to get upstairs to the very top.
A: WÜNSCHEN1A*
A: wunsch
A: FEUERWEHR1*
A: VERSUCHEN1*
A: versuch
A: SPIRALE1^*
A: VERSUCHEN1*
A: versuch
B: Not a chance.
A: SPIRALE1^*
B: AUSSICHTSLOS3A^
B: [MG]
B: $GEST^
B: [MG]
B: In case of a fire there won't be any oxygen left.
B: DU1
A: VERSUCHEN1
B: FEUER1A
B: feuer
B: SAUERSTOFF1*
B: sauerstoff
B: AUFLÖSUNG1A^
B: [MG]
B: You suffocate.
B: IN-DER-KLEMME-STECKEN2
A: No, no.
A: NEIN1A
A: nein
A: In the past, firefighters usually got into the tower buildings from the inside and then put out the fire.
A: FRÜHER1*
A: früher
A: meistens
A: MEISTENS1A
B: Yes, but if there is a fire in the house upstairs/
A: ALLE2B
A: MEISTENS1A
B: $PROD*
A: HOCHHAUS3*
A: hochhaus
B: $PROD*
B: feuer
A: MEISTENS1A
A: ||PASSIERT1*
A: passieren
B: DREHEN2A^*||$PROD*
A: ||FEUER1A*
A: feuer
A: ||FEUERWEHR1
A: feuerwehr
A: ||OBEN1
A: meistens
B: DREHEN2A^*||$PROD*
A: meistens
A: MEISTENS1A
A: ||OBEN1
A: They did so a few times.
A: MEISTENS1A
A: meistens
A: $INDEX1*
B: Yes.
B: JA2
B: ja
A: And even if a plane crashes into a building then, they know how to put the fire out.
A: FLUGZEUGEINSCHLAG1^
A: [MG]
A: $INDEX1
A: [MG]
A: WISSEN2B
A: VERSUCHEN1*
A: versuch
A: FEUERWEHR1*
A: feuerwehr
A: SCHON1B
A: schon
A: $INDEX1*
A: They put out fire from the inside before.
A: FEUERWEHR1
A: feuerwehr
A: SCHON1B
A: schon
A: $PROD*
B: It didn't work, though.
B: $GEST-OFF^
B: aber
B: HELFEN1
B: helfen
B: NICHT1*
B: nicht
A: They succeeded in getting upstairs until they noticed something was wrong and how the building started to slump.
A: OBEN1*
A: oben
A: SCHON1A
A: schon
A: OBEN1*
A: ||STIMMT1A*
A: stimmt nicht
A: ||HÖREN2*
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: So they were called back.
A: ||BESCHEID1A
A: ZURÜCK1A*
A: zurück zurück zurück zurück zurück zurück
A: And people there waited for the firefighters to come while the building kept on burning and burning.
A: OBEN1
A: NICHT6*
A: nicht
A: WARTEN1A
A: abwarten
A: OBEN1*
A: KANN1*
A: kann
A: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
A: wie
A: FEUER1A*
A: feuer
A: WIE-FRAGE-VERGLEICH1*
A: wie
A: They waited, but the firefighters were gone already.
A: ||WARTEN1A
A: warten
A: ||BIS1
A: bis
A: ||FEUERWEHR1
A: feuerwehr
A: AUFLÖSUNG1A^
A: alle
A: They waited while the building slumped more and more until it collapsed completely.
A: WARTEN1A*
A: abwarten
A: ||$PROD*
A: [MG]
A: ||ICH1
A: ||PLATT1A^*
A: [MG]
A: ||$GEST-OFF^*
A: [MG]
B: And then everything was flat.
A: ||PLATT2^*
A: [MG]
B: VERRINGERN3^
B: [MG]
A: Some didn't make it, because it was too hot.
A: EINIGE1
A: einige
A: SCHAFFEN1A*
A: schaffen nicht
A: HEISS1
A: zu heiß
A: The walls were too hot, 1000 degrees Celsius.
A: FLACH2A^*
A: mauer
A: HEISS1
A: zu heiß
A: $NUM-TAUSENDER1:1
A: tausend
A: GRAD1A
A: grad
A: The heat rose like on a grill.
A: $GEST-OFF^
A: wie
A: GRILLEN1A*
A: grillen
A: AUFSTEIGEN4^
A: [MG]
A: You can't make it then; you have to jump.
A: SCHAFFEN1A*
A: schaffen nicht
A: SPRINGEN2*
A: You go further and further up, but can't make it, and eventually you jump.
A: OBEN1*
A: oben oben
A: OBEN1*||VERSUCHEN1*
A: versuch
A: OBEN1*
A: ||SCHAFFEN-NICHT1*
A: schaffen nicht
A: SPRINGEN2
A: [MG]
A: That's it.
A: ENDE8*
A: [MG]
A: It's bad.
A: ||SCHLIMM3A*
A: schlimm
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: schlimm
A: ||SCHLIMM3B*
A: ||$INDEX1*
A: It's baffling, really. The U.S. is supposedly the safest country in the world and New York is a powerful city.
A: MERKWÜRDIG1^*
A: [MG]
A: DENKEN1B
A: amerika
A: AMERIKA1*
A: $INDEX1*
A: SICHER2
A: sicherheit
A: WELT1
A: welt
A: $INDEX1*
A: NEW-YORK1*
A: new york
A: SICHER2
A: [MG]
A: Until then, there had never been a single attack.
A: EINMAL2
A: nicht einmal
A: ANSCHLAG1
A: anschlag
A: BIS-HEUTE2
A: bis
A: NOCH4A
A: noch
A: EINMAL2*
A: nicht einmal
A: No one could ever attack the US because it is so powerful.
A: KRIEG1A
A: krieg
A: MASSE-PERSON-AKTIV1^*
A: ||AUSSICHTSLOS3A^
A: [MG]
A: ||AMERIKA4*
A: amerika
A: STARK2B
A: [MG]
A: Well, and then the towers collapsed.
A: ANTWORT1*
A: antwort
A: $NUM-EINER1A:2
A: zwei
A: $PROD*
A: [MG]
A: The U.S. got really scared, of course.
A: $GEST^
A: $INDEX1*
A: AMERIKA4*
A: amerika
A: JETZT1*
A: ERSCHÜTTERT-SEIN1
A: [MG]
A: $GEST^