15 years ago - 9/11 - where were you
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As per the title. I remember it vividly. Working in my first job as a lettings negotiator. Pulled up to a viewing and the news came on. I sat in the car (mk5 escort) listening whilst the people I was supposed to be meeting just looked at me. When I eventually got out and told them they sort of just shrugged it off.
Went back to the office and told them all (nobody else knew at this point) so we pulled it up on the only pc with Internet in the office. We all crowded round and watched over and over the plane crashing on dial up, jumping from frame to frame.
Can't quite believe that was 15 years ago already. I was only 18. Wish I could go back.
Where were you?
Went back to the office and told them all (nobody else knew at this point) so we pulled it up on the only pc with Internet in the office. We all crowded round and watched over and over the plane crashing on dial up, jumping from frame to frame.
Can't quite believe that was 15 years ago already. I was only 18. Wish I could go back.
Where were you?
Edited by S10GTA on Sunday 11th September 09:56
Sitting at work when someone said a plane had gone into a skyscraper in New York.
Initially we assumed like everyone else it would be a small plane and a pilot lost in fog or had a heart attack or whatever kind of thing can cause a small plane to crash into a skyscraper, because it had to be a small plane because it couldn't be anything else, and you just can't not see that you're about to fly into a skyscraper so it had to be fog or something like that.
Once it became apparent that someone else was going on we lashed up a TV in our conference room and sat watching in morbid fascination like a lot of other folks I guess.
Initially we assumed like everyone else it would be a small plane and a pilot lost in fog or had a heart attack or whatever kind of thing can cause a small plane to crash into a skyscraper, because it had to be a small plane because it couldn't be anything else, and you just can't not see that you're about to fly into a skyscraper so it had to be fog or something like that.
Once it became apparent that someone else was going on we lashed up a TV in our conference room and sat watching in morbid fascination like a lot of other folks I guess.
I was working from home and my boss called me and told me to turn the telly on.
We were having our garden landscaped at the time and I called the workmen in to view it as well, four of us watched in silence except from when the first tower collapsed, then there was a group"st" comment made followed by more silence.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
We were having our garden landscaped at the time and I called the workmen in to view it as well, four of us watched in silence except from when the first tower collapsed, then there was a group"st" comment made followed by more silence.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
I'd just finished a day at primary school - I was a week from turning 11. A mates mum had picked me and a mate up, and we were going to his grandma's house. When we got there, the news was on. My mate and I were in complete shock.
Even though we were so young, we realised the severity of what happened. It's a memory that is vividly imprinted in my mind - same as everyone, really. We watched the news for a while, watching it all unfold. When the towers came down there was a very sombre mood in the room.
I just couldn't understand why. Horrific.
Even though we were so young, we realised the severity of what happened. It's a memory that is vividly imprinted in my mind - same as everyone, really. We watched the news for a while, watching it all unfold. When the towers came down there was a very sombre mood in the room.
I just couldn't understand why. Horrific.
Had a lie in that day , got up , switched the TV on to see film of one of the Towers collapsing with no commentary. I vividly recall saying to my ex "Funny time of day to be showing a disaster movie" .
After a brief period came the jaw dropping realisation, of the real situation. Not the sort of thing to forget in a hurry.
After a brief period came the jaw dropping realisation, of the real situation. Not the sort of thing to forget in a hurry.
Hosenbugler said:
Had a lie in that day , got up , switched the TV on to see film of one of the Towers collapsing with no commentary. I vividly recall saying to my ex "Funny time of day to be showing a disaster movie" .
After a brief period came the jaw dropping realisation, of the real situation. Not the sort of thing to forget in a hurry.
You'd slept in until 3pm?After a brief period came the jaw dropping realisation, of the real situation. Not the sort of thing to forget in a hurry.
S10GTA said:
AnotherClarkey said:
On a flight from Boston to Dallas. Landed in Detroit from where I flew home 5 days later. I spent the whole time airside with my fellow displaced passengers - the atmosphere was extraordinary.
Stay in touch with any?Oakey said:
Hosenbugler said:
Had a lie in that day , got up , switched the TV on to see film of one of the Towers collapsing with no commentary. I vividly recall saying to my ex "Funny time of day to be showing a disaster movie" .
After a brief period came the jaw dropping realisation, of the real situation. Not the sort of thing to forget in a hurry.
You'd slept in until 3pm?After a brief period came the jaw dropping realisation, of the real situation. Not the sort of thing to forget in a hurry.
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