9/11

[Nomoreheroes]

Thirty seven years ago today The Stranglers were formed.

[Abrahammer]

Driving up to The Hawthorns that afternoon and hearing it play out in the radio I had these visions in head of what it might look like. Then seeing it when I got home early hours it blew my mind. I'm still stunned when I see those planes fly into the buildings.  Those terrorist scum are the lowest of the low but they certainly planned it well.

Definitely recommend the French filmmakers documentary with the NYFD, amazing stuff.

Town put in a pretty good performance that night at WBA, lost in ET if memory serves me right

[joteddyred]

Makes me feel old with all the comments about people being at school.  I was at work and a colleague from another part of the office came.rushing over and said a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center.  At that point we all thought it was a terrible accident then we heard a second plane had hit.  I remember everyone crowding round computers watching the internet and then the internet crashed.  I rang my mum who was at home and she answered sounding quite strange and told me that a couple of minutes earlier the towers had collapsed and thousands of people were still inside. I don't think any work got done for the rest of the day and until I saw the news when I got home it was hard to envisage what had actually happened.

[matt_jada]

I was 18 and was visiting my family in Bristol at my Grandparents, think it was there anniversary, My dad and my Uncle rushed in and put the news on, we were all in shock, terrible day.
Couldnt quite believe what was happening, didnt seem real.

Funny enough i was sat in the same chair at my granparents in '97 when i switched on the telly to find out that Diana had been killed, i havent sat in that chair since 

[sonicyouth]

I was at school, just started year 11. A sunny day just like today. If it happened today (not literally Sunday) it would've got round school in no time, what with all the phones kids have now, but as it was I didn't hear about it til I got in at 3:15 pm.

Same as this. Got home about 3:30pm and turned the TV on and watched the coverage unfold in disbelief.

[hanneyred]

I was at College doing a coaching course, got a text from the girl friend saying America is under attack, didnt really believe it at the time, then I put the radio on in the car and heard it, raced home to put the tv on and sat there in shock!

The last 3 years of my life have been spent living just 10 miles from ground zero, and having the pleasure of seeing the sky line of Manhattan nearly every day for those 3 years makes me proud to call New York and New Jersey home...strangely enough, i feel it was 9/11 that actually drew me to move to the NY/NJ area...

[Ironside]

I was sat in a shitty call centre doing a shitty job when the word started going around. Finished at 4pm and went and watched the TV News for hours. Total and utter disbelief.

One minor chuckle, not long after after we were told the second plane had hit, heard the sound of a Fat Albert flying over. Bloke next to me throws himself to the floor, crawls under his desk and rolls himself into a ball. I nearly pissed myself but this of course was before saw exactly what was going on.

[Ginginho]

I remember coming out of primary school and all the mums and dads stood their discussing it. Got home and for the only time ever was glued to the news.

Thoughts go out to all of those affected by it.

That's made me feel extremely old.

I was at work, someone came past and said "You seen what's happened in New York?!"

So I spent the rest of the afternoon watching it unfold on the internet, couldn't believe it.

Oh and Happy Birthday to stfcinbmth!

[Costanza]

I was at Chippenham College with no lectures that afternoon. I watched the second plane hit on the television screens in the reception... I asked the receptionist whether that was earlier footage and her replying "no, that's another one".

[DV]

I'd just started at Swindon College - came home, was sat up in my room and my best mate (who was only next door!) rang me, which he never ever does...and just said have you got the news on. I didnt, so I switched on and was a bit like what the fuck?

Like Benny said, its bizare to think that it must have been going on for a few hours before I'd heard about it, this day and age i'd have heard/seen about it on my phone, on the tv and on the internet and possible on the internet and tv on my actual phone!

[flammableBen]

I was at school, just started year 11. A sunny day just like today. If it happened today (not literally Sunday) it would've got round school in no time, what with all the phones kids have now, but as it was I didn't hear about it til I got in at 3:15 pm.

I know news stuff is pretty instant in these modern times, but isn't 3:15pm barely 10mins after the second plane hit, and less than half an hour after the first?

[Benzel]

I know news stuff is pretty instant in these modern times, but isn't 3:15pm barely 10mins after the second plane hit, and less than half an hour after the first?

Nah pretty sure the first tower was down by that time?

[Leggett]

I was waiting for a bus from New College, my mate came and said there'd been a plane crash into the World Trade Center. Had no idea what that was until we got to town and started watching the tv's in the window of Radio Rentals. By that point the second plane had hit. Stood there and watched for a while, then carried on home. By the time I got there, both towers were down.


The first plane hit at 13:46 our time, both towers down within 102 minutes.

[Bogus Dave]

i'd just started secondary school, came home and my mums exact words were 'some planes have crashed in america'. A lot like when Diana died, all I really remember thinking at the time was annoyance that it was all over the TV. The magnitude of it didn't really hit at the time.

Bizzarely, the next day at school one of our teachers had a right paddy on, and only just stopped short of blaming us for it all

[jayohaitchenn]

I worked at RAF Lyneham. Horrible atmosphere afterwards for months.