The Least Worst Death

Death in the Afternoon

Caitlin Doughty

Education, Society & Culture

5 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Two Manhattan tragedies, two miles and ninety years apart, that changed government policy forever. But the victims couldn't afford to step back and take this long historical view. They were caught in a horrific struggle between two paths, both leading to unimaginable death.

Warning: Discussion of suicide.

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0:00.0	This episode of Death in the Afternoon contains Frank discussions of suicide.
0:04.5	Take care of yourselves, deathlings.
0:17.1	Whoever thought that 9 a.m. was the optimal time to make a bunch of 19 year old aspiring actors stretch and jump and explore the space has never been a 19 year old aspiring actor.
0:25.0	I rounded a corner and scurried toward my university's dance studio.
0:29.0	It was so quiet. Where was everybody?
0:32.0	Halfway down the hall, I ran into Cassie.
0:35.0	I will never forget her face.
0:37.0	I will never forget her eyes.
0:40.0	Are you okay? I asked.
0:42.0	My aunt works in the towers.
0:44.6	We can't get a hold of her.
0:47.2	I was confused.
0:48.9	What are you talking about?
0:50.9	Cassie hurried on.
0:52.3	Was she crying? New York, don't you know? And she disappeared down the stairs.
0:59.0	There were only three other students in the dance studio that morning.
1:03.4	Nobody was warming up, nobody was moving.
1:06.3	Everybody was sitting on the floor.
1:08.2	I think there was a radio on?
1:10.9	Very little is clear about the next 15 minutes or so. My friends filled me in.
1:15.3	Plains had hit the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York. It was an attack.
1:20.9	People were dead. People were dying. People were making desperate decisions.
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