Documentaries you've seen you still think about to this day

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I saw a 9/11 documentary years ago and one story really stuck with me but unfortunatly I can't remember the names of the people involved. I've googled them a few times but can't find the story again so I don't mean any disrespect at all by giving them codenames or forgetting which tower they were in.


Worker #1 and Worker #2 were making their way down the stairwell from a floor fairly close to the impact zone, both were men. They met someone who had badly injured legs and couldn't walk by himself so they decided to help him down, each under one of his arms. They got to a low floor number (less than 10, I think maybe floor 3 or 5) and the injured man needed to take a break. He collapsed and told the workers to leave without him but they refused. Five minutes passed and he still couldn't get up. Worker #1 took Worker #2 to the side and said that they couldn't stay anymore and urgently needed to leave. Worker #2 refused and said he would wait only five more minutes and then leave. Worker #1 left and started moving quickly out of the tower. About 90 seconds after he got clear from the site it collapsed and the two other men died.


I don't think Worker #1 did anything wrong - depending on the tower he had been helping this man downstairs for 50 -90ish minutes and, even if the injured man had been able to start moving again, he was going so slowly all three would have died. I really hope he doesn't suffer from survivor's guilt but I wouldn't be surprised. It must be such an awful situation to know that you left someone behind, even though you had to do so to survive.
 
I was just randomly remembering Josie Cunningham, she of bragging she'd abort her baby to go on Big Brother and scheming to sell tickets to a live online birth fame - and the documentary she did about being the most hated woman in Britain in the mid 2010s. It fascinated me that anyone would choose to live this way but I found her "manager" worse than her, the way he kept it all going. Then she popped up again defending her "work" as a "pay pig" - someone who can charge men money to humilate them I think - and just felt the media should stop fuelling her via appearances on Loose Women and such.

In all I found her a very sad figure and can only hope that she's calmed down since I've heard heard about her in ages.
 
50sGirl said:
Is this the series where the mum was always screeching “Emily!” at the top of her voice? 😄
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Yes! And the dad Simon is always asking everyone want they want to eat 😁 they were having so many struggles with the teenager Emily, this is making me seriously worried for my son being a teen even though he’s only 3 🙈 Watching it again now though I find it crazy the 19 year old and 17 year old daughters had to share a tiny bedroom!
 
Speaking of 9/11 I've just remembered watching a documentary about Tania Head - a Harvard and Stanford graduate and employee of Merrill Lynch who was one of only 19 people to survive from above the point of impact in the South Tower, was rescued by Welles Crowther and had lost her fiancé in the attacks. She went on to lead the survivor's network from 2003-2007, meet many politicans and gave tours of the memorial site.


The only problem was... it was all a lie. She never went to Harvard or Stanford, was never employed by Merill Lynch, was actually in Spain on 9/11 and had picked a random victim to portray as her dead fiancé. As the lies unravelled she banned actual survivors from the support group, then faked her own suicide and moved back to Spain.


The one I watched was on channel four back in 2008 and called The 9/11 Faker but it isn't online - there's a few other documentaries about her on youtube though.
 
It’s been on Netflix a while, I think but I’ve only just seen it recently. Don’t F*ck with Cats. I still can’t get over the idea of this small group of people tracking down this criminal on the internet and the detail.

AnderbeauJohnson said:
Speaking of 9/11 I've just remembered watching a documentary about Tania Head - a Harvard and Stanford graduate and employee of Merrill Lynch who was one of only 19 people to survive from above the point of impact in the South Tower, was rescued by Welles Crowther and had lost her fiancé in the attacks. She went on to lead the survivor's network from 2003-2007, meet many politicans and gave tours of the memorial site.


The only problem was... it was all a lie. She never went to Harvard or Stanford, was never employed by Merill Lynch, was actually in Spain on 9/11 and had picked a random victim to portray as her dead fiancé. As the lies unravelled she banned actual survivors from the support group, then faked her own suicide and moved back to Spain.


The one I watched was on channel four back in 2008 and called The 9/11 Faker but it isn't online - there's a few other documentaries about her on youtube though.
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I watched a documentary about this woman on U Tube called The Woman Who Wasn’t There. Well worth a watch and amazing on how far some people will go for attention and fame
 
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Libbylulu said:
It’s been on Netflix a while, I think but I’ve only just seen it recently. Don’t F*ck with Cats. I still can’t get over the idea of this small group of people tracking down this criminal on the internet and the detail.
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I loved that one, it was so gripping!

Similarly, Abducted in Plain Sight. About the little girl who was groomed and abducted by her neighbour. She went through a horrific time but every couple of scenes there was a “what the duck!” moment
 
Lulu Goss said:
I loved that one, it was so gripping!

Similarly, Abducted in Plain Sight. About the little girl who was groomed and abducted by her neighbour. She went through a horrific time but every couple of scenes there was a “what the duck!” moment
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How unbelievable was that plain sight one!!!!! I mean that poor girl, seriously she knew no better, but their parents!! The actual parents!
 
AnderbeauJohnson said:
Speaking of 9/11 I've just remembered watching a documentary about Tania Head - a Harvard and Stanford graduate and employee of Merrill Lynch who was one of only 19 people to survive from above the point of impact in the South Tower, was rescued by Welles Crowther and had lost her fiancé in the attacks. She went on to lead the survivor's network from 2003-2007, meet many politicans and gave tours of the memorial site.


The only problem was... it was all a lie. She never went to Harvard or Stanford, was never employed by Merill Lynch, was actually in Spain on 9/11 and had picked a random victim to portray as her dead fiancé. As the lies unravelled she banned actual survivors from the support group, then faked her own suicide and moved back to Spain.


The one I watched was on channel four back in 2008 and called The 9/11 Faker but it isn't online - there's a few other documentaries about her on youtube though.
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Just watched the 9/11 Faker on YouTube. Thanks!
 
I used to watch documentaries with my mum on tv when I was quite young and I loved it haha.

One that I watched (sorry if it’s been mentioned) that I always think about is the one called ‘The Girl Who Never Ate’ and it was about a 7 year old little girl called Tia McCarthy who just wouldn’t eat and had never eaten in her life! She was born with oesophageal atresia (when the stomach and oesophagus aren’t connected properly). She got it repaired as a newborn and there should have been no lasting side effects of the condition and she should have been able to eat and live her life without any problems. They did tests to make sure she could swallow etc and they always came back fine so there was no physical reason as to why she didn’t eat. It wasn’t that she couldn’t eat, it was that she didn’t eat. She was fitted with a gastrostomy feeding tube as a young child! An article I was just reading says that she apparently had ‘perception disorder and autistic tendencies’ but that there was ‘no medical reason why Tia couldn’t eat food’. At the time health care professionals were completely baffled by her and had no idea what was ‘wrong’ with her... sounds to me like she had some serious sensory issues that weren’t being properly addressed and treated sensitivity. Apparently she never ate, ever! So I just wonder what her mother did when introducing solids... did she just not do it?

The family ended up going to Austria to some specialist unit to try and get her to eat. The way they approached it was to starve her for 3 weeks!!!! which would basically FORCE her to eat which is a horrible way to get a child with sensory issues to eat. It didn’t work and she just started to get thinner and thinner. I mean of course it didn’t work, it was a horrible way to introduce food to a child with obvious sensory issues. Like I said, I don’t think they were even focusing on the sensory issues stuff or if they were, it was not being managed effectively.... maybe it wasn’t well understood back then?

In the doc she started licking foods and sipping water. I always wondered if her sensory issues were addressed properly and if she started eating. I just googled her and searched her Instagram. She says she’s better now but she doesn’t look well... she was such a beautiful little girl. Perhaps not having proper nutrition when she was growing has affected her growth and body changes (although she looks to have grown very tall).

This photo is from 2014 - she was 15
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Sweetcorn said:
I used to watch documentaries with my mum on tv when I was quite young and I loved it haha.

One that I watched (sorry if it’s been mentioned) that I always think about is the one called ‘The Girl Who Never Ate’ and it was about a 7 year old little girl called Tia McCarthy who just wouldn’t eat and had never eaten in her life! She was born with oesophageal atresia (when the stomach and oesophagus aren’t connected properly). She got it repaired as a newborn and there should have been no lasting side effects of the condition and she should have been able to eat and live her life without any problems. They did tests to make sure she could swallow etc and they always came back fine so there was no physical reason as to why she didn’t eat. It wasn’t that she couldn’t eat, it was that she didn’t eat. She was fitted with a gastrostomy feeding tube as a young child! An article I was just reading says that she apparently had ‘perception disorder and autistic tendencies’ but that there was ‘no medical reason why Tia couldn’t eat food’. At the time health care professionals were completely baffled by her and had no idea what was ‘wrong’ with her... sounds to me like she had some serious sensory issues that weren’t being properly addressed and treated sensitivity. Apparently she never ate, ever! So I just wonder what her mother did when introducing solids... did she just not do it?

The family ended up going to Austria to some specialist unit to try and get her to eat. The way they approached it was to starve her for 3 weeks!!!! which would basically FORCE her to eat which is a horrible way to get a child with sensory issues to eat. It didn’t work and she just started to get thinner and thinner. I mean of course it didn’t work, it was a horrible way to introduce food to a child with obvious sensory issues. Like I said, I don’t think they were even focusing on the sensory issues stuff or if they were, it was not being managed effectively.... maybe it wasn’t well understood back then?

In the doc she started licking foods and sipping water. I always wondered if her sensory issues were addressed properly and if she started eating. I just googled her and searched her Instagram. She says she’s better now but she doesn’t look well... she was such a beautiful little girl. Perhaps not having proper nutrition when she was growing has affected her growth and body changes (although she looks to have grown very tall).

This photo is from 2014 - she was 15
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I wonder if these days she'd be diagnosed with ARFID (Avoident/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). The condition has links with autism but is a stand alone diagnosis also.
 
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I wonder if these days she'd be diagnosed with ARFID (Avoident/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). The condition has links with autism but is a stand alone diagnosis also.
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not a documentary but Bee Wilson has a really interesting book about food called How We Learn to Eat which includes quite a lot about this and the treatment of it in children, I had never heard of it before (never had children and honestly would have always viewed this as being "fussy" so it was a fascinating read) would really recommend
 
emm said:
not a documentary but Bee Wilson has a really interesting book about food called How We Learn to Eat which includes quite a lot about this and the treatment of it in children, I had never heard of it before (never had children and honestly would have always viewed this as being "fussy" so it was a fascinating read) would really recommend
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Thanks, I'll have a look at it. My niece is diagnosed with it so I'm interested in learning more about it.
 
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Chateau Marmont said:
I was just randomly remembering Josie Cunningham, she of bragging she'd abort her baby to go on Big Brother and scheming to sell tickets to a live online birth fame - and the documentary she did about being the most hated woman in Britain in the mid 2010s. It fascinated me that anyone would choose to live this way but I found her "manager" worse than her, the way he kept it all going. Then she popped up again defending her "work" as a "pay pig" - someone who can charge men money to humilate them I think - and just felt the media should stop fuelling her via appearances on Loose Women and such.

In all I found her a very sad figure and can only hope that she's calmed down since I've heard heard about her in ages.
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I remember watching this - she was so utterly fame hungry she would literally say/do ANYTHING and her agent was even more hideous. Completely setting her up to be absolutely vilified and was clearly out for his %
 
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