11th September 2001. what was you doing?
 

11th September 2001. Where were you on this fateful day? and do you remember what you was doing? I was at home feeding my son he was only 6 month old then now hes 5 and a half , cant believe 5 years passed already, it still send shivers down my spine!:(

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On my way to work when it was broadcast on the radio. Then the net was jammed as people were looking for more info and wathing what happened on Real Player. Not a day to forget.

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I was sat with my friend on her bed as she was bed bound due to 2 broken legs we watched it all happen in horror. Such a shame.

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Watching sky news in absolute horror, while one at school & other at nursery

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Blimey just seen ad for new film about the world trade centre:eek:

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I was at work in a huge meeting and a few colleagues burst into the room, more or less, shouting 'turn the tv on' as the meeting room was the only room on that floor with a tv. As more and more events started to unfold the room got fuller.

Set off home and Chris already had the Tv on and was watching it all - think we watched for most of the evening. It was all very alarming at the time - still is, I suppose.

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i came back from an interview from new look for an assistant managers position *which i didnt get*

came home and i honestly thought it was a movie the plane had hit the first tower and the 2nd plane hit as i sat down watchin bbc news 24

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i was in the accrington asda watching employees running around pretending to be airoplanes crashing :mad:

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correction i was at work when the crashes occured and then went shopping at asda

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I was in an English lesson and the teacher didn't turn up for 45minutes, during the actual crash. Then i learnt about it when someone said 'theres people jumping out of buildings', I thought he was a loony till I got to my grandmas..

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Boy, what a morning that was! My wife had call me to put the tele on. First thought just an accident, then saw the second plane hit. Then all heck was breaking out over the media. Then the pentagon was hit and it became a bit more personal (had friends working in there).

The rest of the day was both a dream and a nightmare. Must admit I had the adrenaline flowing. Kinda went into battle mode as far as food and water supplies, gas for the vehicles and the generator, chicken feed, and even plenty of bullets and shells for the guns.

After a while, kinda slowed down watching the damage, rumors, interviews, and remembered the Bible verse: Be still and know that I am God! I found great comfort through my Faith!

Brian

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I was changing out of my uniform (moorhead) when my brother started banging on the door saying "quick look at the tv". I watched Sky news for about an hour then went off to Mosque. Some of the kids in the mosque hadnt seen the news. so whoever did watch it ended up explaining what they had seen.

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Preparing a casserole in the kitchen listening to the radio, when a newsflash came on. Turned on the TV and saw the 2nd plane crash. It was unbelievable. Needless to say the casserole didn't get eaten that night.

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:eek: really?! why???

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was driving into work , heard on NPR that there had been an accident involving a plane in NYC, the next report said a second plane had crashed , it was an early start that day had people coming in to work pre-shift "overtime" , got to work opened the plant up , put coffee on and turned on the small TV the receptionist used for her soap operas , unbelievable ....then folks started coming in , they started watching it .......all in silence , when the towers came down , no-one could believe it , how could this happen ,after reports of the 3rd and 4th planes came in everyone was just in shock and waiting ...........
I remember that since no work was getting done and the phones were silent we decided to close for the day and sent everyone home , but I still had to pay the "overtime" for the guys who came in early

9/11 was scarier to me than the Loma Prieta/Bay Area earthquake in 89 when I was gassing up my truck and the overhead powerlines started popping and dropping

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Didnt know anything about it till i went up to pick my niece up from school. We had my cousin and his wife visiting us from ireland so the radio was turned off. Everybody was talking about it up at the school so picked her up and came straight home and turned tv on mum shouted at me to turn it off just in time to see people jumping out of the tower and then the 2nd one crashed. My niece went playing in the garden while we sat and watched it.

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Me too, watching Kay Burley on sky news,,,,,,

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was at my nieces on pc but had tv in background couldnt quite believe what i was seeing my heart went out to all those people that day and will never forget it

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I was at work when my other half rang me and told me a plane had gone into the pentagon... everyone quickly hit the net as no one had heard anything in the office before then...believe me no more work got done that day!!!

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Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee
Kinda went into battle mode as far as food and water supplies, gas for the vehicles and the generator, chicken feed, and even plenty of bullets and shells for the guns.

Cause we really had no idea what was going on. It was already the start of something big and couldn't be sure what may be next. The news was carrying on about hidden terror cells and such. Better safe than sorry.

We live just outside of Washington, D.C. (~60 miles). They had tried to put a ban on all flying but it took awhile for them to close down all the smaller airports. I guess just the fear of the unknown and protecting the homested.

It wasn't like I was dressed up in fatigues down in a bunker or anything. Just like being prepared for a big snow storm or hurricane.

Did I answer the ? okay Mani?

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Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee
Kinda went into battle mode as far as food and water supplies, gas for the vehicles and the generator, chicken feed, and even plenty of bullets and shells for the guns.

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We were travelling over the Tamar bridge, from Plymouth into Cornwall, and decided to put the car radio on. The first plane had just hit and Brian immediately thought it might be terrorists. We raced home and watched Sky news for hours.

I remember that we felt the need for company around nine in the evening and wandered down to the local. It was packed with shell shocked folk feeling the same as we did.

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was driving from stockport with car radio on, thought i'd got wrong station on and was listening to a story at first, then it began to dawn on me this horror was real and happening, went to me daughters and put telly on and must have sat there stunned for a few hours, a friend and his wife had flown out last evening to new york and allsorts was going through me head, luckily as i later discovered they changed planes at new york a couple of hours before it happened.:(

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I was exactly where I am now in Denia, Spain on the beach with my friend .. her husband picked us up in the afternoon and said the whole world is crumbling and in cricise, course being in a holiday mood like, just laughed it off, 'til we turned on the telly back at base and realised the seriousness of the situation.

Would you think I was a terrible person that when I realised it was just an incident centrelised in New York rather than the whole world, that I felt a little momentary light relief ?:(

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lancyorkyankee - yeah i guess it was different to each person - us watchin it in the uk came up wiht different emotions etc to those barely 60 miles away. i remember the news here kept going on about how there was reports of 2-4 more planes "missing" etc and i was foning up my brother who's in london making sure he got outta the city just in case etc then at hte same time i was fonin florida - a good mate of mine works in NY and i wanted to know if she was ok so i was speaking to her mom and she was.

i do recall in the news that there was a HUGE amount of panic buyin at that time as no one knew for sure how severe the attack was going to be.

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Your not a terrible person for thinking that way. I imagine that's probably just a somewhat normal human response.

However, you may be a terrible person for rubbing it in that your sitting on the beach in Spain while we are not!;)

Brian:p

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I was doing a weekly bake in the kitchen when my grandchild came to my house and said "nan have you not heard the news..." knowing the telly is never on through the day in our house (I listen to the king when baking and doing house chores) he said the twin towers have been attacked by terrorists (not knowing anything for sure just a childs enthusiasm) my immediate thought was it is his overactive imagination surely I would have seen chaos in the streets if this was true, but he was surely right about one thing the towers had been attacked and my shock was seing this happening on tv and as said in an earlier thread I was releaved that this was'nt a world attack having been a child through WWII it brought back alot of memories that had been hidden deep for many years by all born at the time, the rations ect I went to the country during WWII to live with my Uncle Rueben and Aunt Betty but missed my parents dearly and would not wish another war like that on any generation. Alot of women in Accrington lost Husbands, sons (both) and it was a very depressing time for everyone and this sadness lingered for alot of years after and still does for some of us.