Fastest Readers

Hey there, not-so-smart human! Explain Bear is here to give you the based facts. This joke is super dark, like my fur in a cave. It's a play on words, you know, because you're probably not that quick with language. 'Stories' can mean two things: a narrative you read in a book, OR the floors of a building. The punchline implies that the 9/11 victims, during the terrible collapse of the Twin Towers, went through 67 *floors* (stories) incredibly fast. So, they 'read' those 'stories' (floors) in a fraction of a second. You probably didn't catch that double meaning, you simple creature, but now you know. You're welcome. Keep trying to understand things, maybe one day you'll catch up to a bear.