9/11 where were you?

[manimanc]

Looking back, it’s incredible to think that the cockpit was like a tourist attraction!
The company, that I work for had already designed and manufactured a fortified Kevlar bulletproof cockpit door, up until 9/11 we didn’t have many takers, as the doors fitted were previously made of tissue paper and very often pinned open.
Post 9/11 the doors became mandatory, and we spent the next 10 years retrofitting and installing bulletproof cockpit doors,with pin code access which are now fitted on all commercial aircraft.

I went into the cockpit of a JMC 757 about 4 weeks before 9/11, I had to wait until the kids had their go but I remember it being very cramped and the pilot had his feet up literally, there didn't seem much room for manoeuvre in there.

 

[kaz7]

Don’t know. Don’t care. All these USA based news flashes irritates me like hell. Yes it was a disaster. Yes innocent people died. So did a lot more due to the tsunami in Indonesia. Heard anything from that lately?
Anyways it’s 20 years later. Life moves on. Even Ronaldo gained age. Although if you listen to MothD he had grown younger. Fecked up USA ruled world.

what the actual fuck

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Working at Microsoft. As it unfolded I was in a reception area with live TV coverage on a large screen. The entire sequence of tragic events seemed unreal - this can't be happening.

 

[urban genie]

Was walking across the road from our aquatics centre to the hotel I worked for, the gardener stopped me and said "someones bombed america" as I passed, and tbh wasn't reappy paying attention to him, went into the kitchen and with no telly or radio just went back to work, little snippets were mentioned by people arriving for work later and for a hotel with half board the service was empty.

Finished work and went to the staff block and we saw the news, but paid half attention as were tired after a shift and eager to get to the pub.

Once in the pub though we were told of the days events by those there, then it was like Fuck me and what the fuck.

Think if you were too busy too watch it live and saw it later the shock was lessened, but still wasn't any less startling and saddening

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Working at Microsoft. As it unfolded I was in a reception area with live TV coverage on a large screen. The entire sequence of tragic events seemed unreal - this can't be happening.

I remember distinctly when we got to the conference and the FAA was shutting down the airspace that we saw a Bloomberg headline that said there were 11 aircraft “unreachable” or something, where we thought this might be far, far worse.

Seeing the second plane hitting the tower and the sudden realization that this was no singular accident but an attack was an indescribable feeling of shock.

 

[Banshee]

I worked nights at the time and it wasn't unusual for me to fall asleep with the TV on. I woke up facing the TV and saw the image of the first tower. I'd use subtitles so there was no sound. Took me a minute to focus and try to understand what was happening. Just as I reached for the remote to put the sound on, the second plane hit. One of those instances of watching events unfold live and saying it couldn't possibly be happening. A stark and tragic reminder of how vulnerable air travel was.

 

[abu13]

Remember being in the office at work and hearing about this, thought nothing of it until I went home and saw it on the news.

My first thought was that the world will never be the same again.

 

[mackenzie]

At work, interviewing customers. We heard snippets but was all third hand at that point.
One customer came in and told us the two WTC buildings had collapsed, at which point my friend and colleague said shortly after he left "Is he taking the piss??"
None of us had smart phones at that time.

 

[metalblue]

Watched it in on the trading floor, we had a big TV with news on 24/7. First one I thought what a terrible accident. Our NY office at the time was in the World Trade Centre (building with dome on). Knew a few at CF.

When we lived in NJ a few years later so many of the kids round our way had lost a parent or close relative in them. Our neighbour was in them on the morning but had gotten out safe. They had an art display at ground zero path station that some of the kids had drawn that were directly impacted with messages and that on - so so moving, don’t know where display is now - hope it’s still on public display somewhere

 

[AliBobbyJ]

Either you won’t or can’t see what my point is.

I see it, which is why I still think you're a ****.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

In the Mediterranean on board HMS Fearless. Was supposed to be a routine exercise in the Med, but ended up east of the Suez for nearly 8 months.

 

[i kne albert davy]

In the Mediterranean on board HMS Fearless. Was supposed to be a routine exercise in the Med, but ended up east of the Suez for nearly 8 months.

Now there's a ship with a long and varied career.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I was in my office in Edinburgh and one of my team said that a small plane had hit the WTC. About 10 minutes later I was out in the main office and a TV screen was showing the scenes live. A group had formed watching the thing unfold. I was finding it difficult to process just what we were watching other than how seismic this was likely to be for the world. I remember watching my colleagues faces and the place was silent. Its stuck in my memory like very few other life events. So many deaths, so many people impacted directly, so much heroism.

We visited the site on a trip to New York some years later and the small memorial facility that had been set up, although the place had been cleaned up years ago the size of the hole that remained still beggared belief. It was a very sombre experience.

Best wishes to any poster on here that found yesterday particularly difficult. Thoughts and love to all those across the world that were directly impacted by that fucking awful day.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Now there's a ship with a long and varied career.

Cockroaches included :)

An old steam ship in the Middle East meant it got quite warm on board.

 

[bluemc1]

Just me and the boss working on a building job and heard first plane hit on radio, I wasn’t even sure which building the World Trade Center was, I thought it would just be a 2 seater private plane or something, then we heard about the next tower and I was pretty sure which building they were then as I could picture the skyline
I had to go builders yard and in the van driving there the radio reported another plane has been hijacked and is heading for the White House
I honestly thought world world 3 was starting

 

[Octavian]

Just me and the boss working on a building job and heard first plane hit on radio, I wasn’t even sure which building the World Trade Center was, I thought it would just be a 2 seater private plane or something, then we heard about the next tower and I was pretty sure which building they were then as I could picture the skyline
I had to go builders yard and in the van driving there the radio reported another plane has been hijacked and is heading for the White House
I honestly thought world world 3 was starting

Somewhat naive, I thought it was an attack by another country, like Pearl Harbour, it just seemed too big of an attack to hit the heart of America, for it to come from terrorists.

Obviously I was wrong but all sorts of thoughts were racing through my head.

I still can’t really get my head around it happening.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

I see it, which is why I still think you're a ****.

I'm hoping he's been banned on that very ground.

 

[Kakhaber The Great]

Either you won’t or can’t see what my point is.

If you feel the need to shoehorn Ronaldo into a thread concerning the deaths of almost 3000 people in a terrorist attack (and thousands more in the 20 years since due to toxic dust inhalation) then you have already surrendered the point, whatever it was, you were trying to make.

 

[urban genie]

I see it, which is why I still think you're a ****.

Playing devils advocate to his posts, which to be clear I disagree with

A week after I was in Singapore and as the UK and US press were dominated by it, it wasn't even news, 2 days after I was in Thaialnd, the only news on Islamic terrorism was the insurgents on the malaysian border.

To put it plainly what happens in America and europe is irrelevant in most of the world unless it directly affects them.

Europe, north American and the Middle sEast take up less than 30% of the worlds population, and tbh the other 70%are not interested in what goes on in America , europe or the middle east unless it affects them.

Though to us it seems insulting to hear apathy about terrorism towards the west in all honesty over two thirds of the world don't care as it isn't their issue.


Sounds insensitive and harsh I know and not my personal opinion on it , but taking emotion out to understand why some comment as they do

 

[mat]

Reading this thread made me want to rewatch the coverage again.

It's brought back some personal memories for a time. And fascinating to see how news reporting has changed in 20 years. Hurley Burley being factual rather than her current shock jock persona.