Author Topic: 9/11 (Read 63213 times)

junior soprano · « **on:** September 2, 2011, 09:43:13 am »

Where were you when the planes hit the towers?

Sir Harvest Fields · « **Reply #1 on:** September 2, 2011, 09:47:01 am »

Watching on the news. In another house after ours had burnt to the ground.

PeterJM · « **Reply #2 on:** September 2, 2011, 09:54:14 am »

In work in Norris Green.Never believed it when a girl we worked with came in an told us then switched the news on and there it was.

greenone · « **Reply #3 on:** September 2, 2011, 09:55:03 am »

at work, first I knew was when I got in my car after work, it was moments before the 2nd tower fell. Radio was tuned to 5 live anyway, it took 2 or 3 minutes to work out wtf they were talking about

NatD · « **Reply #4 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:01:18 am »

At Manchester Airport waiting to see a Contractor. Heard it break on Five Live just before the 2nd plane hit. Phoned my mate immediately as we had only been there the year before. The initial reports were that a small plane had hit the first tower.

Had the meeting with my customer and during it his phone kept on ringing as his Mrs worked for an American Bank here in the UK and kept on updating us.

Will never forget that day or where I was.

mulfella · « **Reply #5 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:02:26 am »

In work - the demo suite they had there had a projection screen and they left the live coverage running on that. Some knobs virtually had popcorn.

Then went to Boavista in the evening. Can hardly remember the game.

rusty-la · « **Reply #6 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:03:40 am »

This is the 'Kennedy' moment of our generation.

I was on a Sales Floor in Manchester with a couple of hundred people on the phones.

Slowly a hush descended across the room as people began to register what was happening.

It was eerie listening to the silence of what was always a bustling loud atmosphere. I'll never forget it

Gromit · « **Reply #7 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:04:37 am »

At McNasty's in town, they had the radio playing on the speakers. Me and 4 flatmates had just walked over from the JMU freshers day.

Red_Mist · « **Reply #8 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:07:09 am »

It was definately one of those, 'you'll never forget where you were' moments.

Driving on the M1 motorway for me. Left work early in London & we were on our way up to Anfield for the Boavista match. Got a text telling us to turn on the news on the radio. Listening to the reporter as the second tower collapsed was surreal. Made the blood run cold to be honest.

Very subdued atmosphere at the match & fairly low attendance if I remember right.

Roady · « **Reply #9 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:28:05 am »

in a government building in my old work in London.Armed security in the building within half an hour of it breaking. Talk of evacuation etc which never materialised.Will never forget where i was that day.All of us sitting around a tv set in total silence.

PattoLFC · « **Reply #10 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:30:25 am »

I got back from school with it on tele, didn't really understand how important it was really at the time because i was 7-8 years old. Was shit scared to go on a plane for years afterwards though.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #11 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:32:03 am »

Is this thread a special birthday present for Alan?

I was in work watching on my PC before heading off to the Boavista game.

Tom_B · « **Reply #12 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:32:59 am »

Was in school, in a Maths lesson. For some reason no one at school really decided to tell us what was going on, so I only had sketchy info from my mate via text.

Got home about 3 and my mum had it on the telly. Watched it for the rest of the night shocked.

Chivasino · « **Reply #13 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:39:49 am »

Driving up to Anfield for the Boavista game, listening to it on the Radio.

Welshred · « **Reply #14 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:40:37 am »

Was on a bus on the way home from school when I heard about it. Was wondering what was going on because even in a small town in south Wales the police were swarming about with a very visible presence. Got home and my dad had it on tv and just sat there glued to the screen for hours, saw both the towers collapse, it was very surreal.

rednich85 · « **Reply #15 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:42:49 am »

I was walking home from school and I walked into the shop on my way home, in the shop there were like 4 or 5 people crowded round a litttle tele watching shit happening.

I went home and sat watching with the rest of my family.

Mad that its nearly 10 years.

PhlegmJehst · « **Reply #16 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:47:05 am »

i was working but for some reason, can't remember why, i didnt find out about any of it till i got home at about 4pm, and my girlfriend at the time phoned me and said have you seen the news etc, just gobsmacked at what i was watching, like watching a film at first....went out to play 5 a side later on in the evening, remember my mate mentioning a bloke called bin Laden, the name never registered at all, strange to think how notorious the name would turn out to be....visited ground zero in 2008, the sense of death is overwhelming, just a really strange feeling i got standing there, had a walk down an adjacent street and looked back as to where the towers would of stood, the sense of size really hit me, can't imagine what it would of been like on the day itself...

Crosby Nick · « **Reply #17 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:53:46 am »

In Sydney - flicking through the channels as it was late evening. Saw a couple of the news channels were showing the first tower with smoke and speculating what had happened so we stopped and watched it. Saw the 2nd plane hit as it happened. Completely surreal experience.

The next morning I went to an internet cafe to check emails as I had a mate who was working in New York for a year. Had an email from him describing the scene from his office window (he was working about 20 blocks further north) and was worried about his mates, some of whom worked near the World Trade Center. Thankfully they were all fine but I remember his email vividly to this day.

nicholasanthony · « **Reply #18 on:** September 2, 2011, 10:57:44 am »

Sleeping. Only found out after waking up and finding my cartoons weren't on.

SP · « **Reply #19 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:07:43 am »

Working in the city of London. Trying to follow it on the web as it unfolded - all the news sites were overloaded. It was terrifying as there was a palpable feeling that London was next. No one knew what was going on. The tube was scary...

It felt different. I have been working in London when the IRA let bombs off. This was much much scarier.

jaffod · « **Reply #20 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:14:52 am »

Quote from: Sir Harvest Fields on September 2, 2011, 09:47:01 am

Watching on the news. In another house after ours had burnt to the ground.

Fucking hell mate, never knew Bin Laden targeted you as well.

I was in work but we weren't allowed radios so just got info off a bloke who had one stashed away somewhere.
My abiding memory of the day was getting home and putting the coverage on on the telly and then my Mrs telling me to turn over because Neighbours was starting.

gazzalfc · « **Reply #21 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:18:05 am »

Was at school. Stayed late after school to finish of my DT assignment. My mum came to pick me up, told me and said to me

'The world is going to change forever now'

Then sat in front of the tv for the rest of the night. Was really too young to understand what she meant by those words but I understand now.

The world did change that day. 10 years on you cant really put it into words. It truly was a global event. Everyone in the developed world saw it happen live and in their living room

bahrainexpat · « **Reply #22 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:18:51 am »

I was in Orkney, but that day I was due to fly back to the Middle East. I had gone back to Orkney to wrap up the sale of a house that I had bought when I was working up there. I got up in the morning, and went for a very long walk on one of the beaches, as I knew this would be the last time I saw Orkney.

I drove to Kirkwall airport in the afternoon, without listening to the radio, and bowled up to the BA desk...my flight was Kirkwall- Aberdeen- Heathrow, and then on to Bahrain the following day. The guy on the desk knew me (everyone knew everyone in Orkney), and told me that Aberdeen would not be a problem, but he doubted that I would get to Heathrow that night. When I asked him why, he looked at me like I was retarded, and just gestured at an adjoining office where there was a tv. I can still remember the horror I felt when I saw those planes hitting the towers.

junior soprano · « **Reply #23 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:19:50 am »

Just started work myself, 2-10 shift so had too wait to get home that night too see the news. Must have set up to 4 in the morning flicking between news channels

StevenLFC · « **Reply #24 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:25:33 am »

I was on the bus back to school following a PE lesson. Teacher came on the bus and told us, to be honest I never knew much about the WTC before then so the magnitude didn't really hit me until I got hone & watched the news. Even now, watching those towers collapse makes my blood run cold. It's horrible to think how many lives were lost as them buildings came crashing down.

Gojedo · « **Reply #25 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:36:12 am »

Got home from whatever it was we were doing, decided to switch on the TV to BBC and watched the second plane hit the 2nd tower behind the reporter who was reporting the first hit. Sat transfixed for the next 12 hours. Unbelievable.

RedRabbit · « **Reply #26 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:38:47 am »

Was working in a bar in a tourist town. The bar was full of American tourists having lunch at the time and my boss rang me to tell me to turn on the TV. One woman sitting at the counter let out a scream that at the time sounded like nothing I'd heard before or since. It turned out her son worked in one of the towers. It was awful watching her as she tried to find out where he was. I never found out if he was ok as her friends took her back to the hotel hours later. I can still see her face the moment she first saw it. I don't remember much about the towers falling, saw it all later on TV when I got home, but that woman's look of pain and fear will never leave me.

Enemy · « **Reply #27 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:42:22 am »

Can't remember.

Tim · « **Reply #28 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:46:27 am »

Quote from: Tom_B on September 2, 2011, 10:32:59 am

Was in school, in a Maths lesson. For some reason no one at school really decided to tell us what was going on, so I only had sketchy info from my mate via text.

Got home about 3 and my mum had it on the telly. Watched it for the rest of the night shocked.

Pretty much exactly the same for me except I was in Physics.

Ben_ · « **Reply #29 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:47:49 am »

Doing maths homework in the lounge of my old house.

Remember my parents wouldn't let my younger sisters watch the TV.

-Nay- · « **Reply #30 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:50:11 am »

In School totally oblivious until I got home and everyone in my house was sat watching the news on TV.

Red Beret · « **Reply #31 on:** September 2, 2011, 11:54:45 am »

In work in the Bootle tax office. We didn't have external internet, televisions or radio so everything was relayed to us by phone and we sent runners to the pub which had it on their telly. The thing I remember most was how, after about an hour, the phones mostly stopped ringing except for news updates.

Ultimate Bromance · « **Reply #32 on:** September 2, 2011, 12:04:51 pm »

Quote from: nicholasanthony on September 2, 2011, 10:57:44 am

Sleeping. Only found out after waking up and finding my cartoons weren't on.

This. I can remember all the talk in school that day was where one of our classmates was, as he was on holiday in America at the time.

PhilV · « **Reply #33 on:** September 2, 2011, 12:07:10 pm »

I was in my work experience placement, we had a news nut who worked there and he always had CNN on, we all gathered around and saw the second plane hit, it was grim to say the least, it all felt so surreal!!

Was only 15 - don't really remember things clearly from that age but this moment is proper burnt into my brain, I remember exactly what work I was doing, what I was wearing, all sorts.

lachesis · « **Reply #34 on:** September 2, 2011, 12:11:58 pm »

So vivid.

I was playing this:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/X4kPDr_SC1A?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/X4kPDr_SC1A?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB</a>

on one of these:

with a user called M_A_I_D_E_N on 56k dial up - haha!

The Bill Hicks Appreciation Society · « **Reply #35 on:** September 2, 2011, 12:13:49 pm »

I'd taken a sickie off work (I was genuinely not feeling well) and was playing champ man 2001

ghost1359 · « **Reply #36 on:** September 2, 2011, 12:19:39 pm »

Walked in from school & it was on the telly, asked my mum what film she was watching lol

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #37 on:** September 2, 2011, 12:22:30 pm »

In my flat in Uni, gathered round the telly in the weird lad's room who we didn't know 'cos I'd only been there a week. Had just moved to Liverpool. Reports that the Radio City tower was next were thankfully unfounded.

rafathegaffa83 · « **Reply #38 on:** September 2, 2011, 12:23:37 pm »

In a computer lab at school doing a geography research project. I remember Yahoo! was the homepage for the computers and there was a small story about it, which made it sound like a small private plane had hit them. In the next class, teachers were taking any TVs out of the A/V areas and bringing them into their classrooms for us to watch. I think all we did that entire week was watch the news and talk about it.

S.Red please · « **Reply #39 on:** September 2, 2011, 12:36:13 pm »

Walking home from school and was told by a mate that "a plane went into a building in America". Got home and found the family gathered around the TV watching it all unfold and realised how big and serious this was.