9/11 memories,where were you.

[tueartsboots]

I'd thrown a sicky, turned tv on as the first reports came through. Worked for a computer brokers in Alty at the time so if I'd been at work would've been on the phone to someone close to the impact zone. Sad day. Quite a few people I did business with lost people and companies folded

 

[shadygiz]

just landed back from faliraki that morning, dumped the bags at the missus's house and switched on the TV to see it all happening

 

[masterwig]

Mesmerised in front of the TV for hours. Breaking news stories like that fascinate me and we all knew it was an era defining piece of history being made. Incredible scenes.

 

[Pie]

I was in school, you can't prove otherwise.

 

[Tueartsoverhead kick]

i was at work and listening to it on the radio in the office and when i realised the significance of what was happening i walked down to the canteen where there was a tv, could hardly get in the door with everyone staring at the tv in silence.

 

[HelloCity]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yx9NRX37SM[/youtube]

 

[Freestyler]

I really can't remember, but now you've mentioned it, it's annoying me, got me thinking now.

I'll ask my dad tomorrow, he might know :)

 

[pink ice]

Was ten years old in my last year of primary school. I always thought it was in the morning but i think it was the afternoon. We were in class and were totall oblivious to what had happened with the first plane. Then our headteacher came into our class because his office was next to ours, and told our teacher "the other ones been hit. It can't be an accident!" The teacher then told us what happened and turned the radio on and we were listening to everything on the radio. When the bell rang i legged it home and told my mum, she hadn't had the tv on and i was traumatised when i saw it. I thought it was going to be WW3 and i couldn't sleep for nights.

And I always remember the minute silence that was held at our school. Someone got the giggles and the teacher went mad at him, i've never seen someone so mad before. He had close links to New York so it hit him hard. The poor kid was dragged around to every class to apologise.

 

[scowy68]

I was working 12 hour days,a bloke who's now retired told me in the afternoon.Remember it being a beautiful day, and when i got home the wife had it on the news.

 

[mcfcinprague]

I was working in Kidsgrove (Stoke) on the UK/Irish part of a global system implementation. Most of the support people were Canadian or American.


One of the Americans picked up on what was going on and it soon spread around the project team, followed by the American's getting on the internet and frantically trying to phone home to make sure their nearest and dearest were OK.

Very upsetting and a strange situation to be in.

They all went home within 48 hours to be with their families.

What I noticed more than anything that evening, driving back up the M6 to Warrington, was how slowly and carefully the traffic was moving, very eerire. I wish the traffic was always like that, but not for that reason.