September 11th - 8 Years On..

[Iceman]

Weird to think that this was 8 years ago, thought I'd make a thread to discuss it.

Anyone remember what they were doing when they found out about the attacks????

[Locke.]

Playing heads and vols in the street, came in for a drink and saw it on the news.

[Novo]

I was in year 7

watching it at my friends house before getting a lift to school

[Iceman]

I came home from School on lunch break and my Sister was freaking out saying the world was ending......2 people went back in after lunch that day.....

[Jayson]

I remember I was ill that day, so I stayed at home and watched it on the news.

Was a sad day.

[MrGaryy]

I was at home for some reason, woke up at like 11 went down and saw my mum watching it on the news, freaking out as my sister was in San Francisco at the time.

[Iceman]

I was at home for some reason, woke up at like 11 went down and saw my mum watching it on the news, freaking out as my sister was in San Francisco at the time.

I hate when a relative or friend is somewhere when something terrible happens....

My brother has photos of him on top of the Twin Towers 2 months to the date before it happened, really weird to look at knowing all them people died...:sad:

[GypsyGoth]

My main memory of that day is the relief at the fact that the Statue of Liberty wasn't damaged, not sure why, I guess I was young at the time and the towers didn't mean much then.

I have since realise the tragedy of the occasion.

[King Gizzard]

I was at home for some reason, woke up at like 11 went down and saw my mum watching it on the news, freaking out as my sister was in San Francisco at the time.

I hate when a relative or friend is somewhere when something terrible happens....

My brother has photos of him on top of the Twin Towers 2 months to the date before it happened, really weird to look at knowing all them people died...:sad:

my bro was in london the day of the tube bombings, and he uses them daily, we were scared shitless



but yeah, i came home from school at the normal time and heard it on the radio on the way home (which makes me realise the school didnt let us know! bastards)

[Iceman]

I was at home for some reason, woke up at like 11 went down and saw my mum watching it on the news, freaking out as my sister was in San Francisco at the time.

I hate when a relative or friend is somewhere when something terrible happens....

My brother has photos of him on top of the Twin Towers 2 months to the date before it happened, really weird to look at knowing all them people died...:sad:

my bro was in london the day of the tube bombings, and he uses them daily, we were scared shitless



but yeah, i came home from school at the normal time and heard it on the radio on the way home (which makes me realise the school didnt let us know! b******s)

Our school had tv's in every room and my mate who did go back in after lucnh said all classes were cancelled and they just put the news on.....

[BBUK4LYFE]

I remember that day like it was yesterday.

Honestly I'm shocked that its 8 years already.

I remember seeing ground zero, it was pitch black.

Sad day.

Also its crazy that Osama Bin Laden is still out there free somewhere.

[Iceman]

I remember that day like it was yesterday.

Honestly I'm shocked that its 8 years already.

I remember seeing ground zero, it was pitch black.

Sad day.

Also its crazy that Osama Bin Laden is still out there free somewhere.

It's not crazy it's disgusting he's still out there, scum of the earth......

[King Gizzard]

hmm i firmly believe its a huge conspiracy and it was the governments idea..but osama still is one vile evil human that needs to be caught and die a slow death, along with mugabe

[MrGaryy]

My sister's ex boyfriend was on a plane from New York when it happened. He didn't find out anything until he got home like 12 hours later, his mum was going apeshit at home.

and this guy in my history class, was immigrating from Russia to England when it happened and it was announced on the plane as they landed.

[30stone]

I dont know why duno if i was ill or somthing but i was off school i think watching it on tv.


Am watching it now the show from the other day..
its terrible.

[Iceman]

I've watched loads of shows over the past week, it's still shocking to watch.....

[xDramatick]

I was at school, I remember us being told but I didn't think that much of it at first [I never was one for world news as a child, regardless of how tragic] and then being really confused when I got home and one of my favourite shows wasn't on TV that night and my parents had to explain to me why.

[GhettoSuperstar]

Yeah - its my birthday

[Captain.Remy]

Second day of High School, I was 11. I went back from school and then I watched it on TV, I thought it was a movie but it actually wasn't.

[charmingmissc]

i got a news alert on my computer.

i spent the rest of the day watching sky news,

as time goes on, i find it harder to watch or read anything about it.

i could not watch voices from the towers, a programme about peoples last phone calls.

if you want to take your own life...fine

but leave other people alone.

[Jackie]

RIP to all the people that were killed that day,and also my heart goes out to all the relatives,friends,lovers,and children that are sadly remembering this awfull day.

[Captain.Remy]

My cousin was in NY city at that moment because she went to see Michael Jackson live. She still can't describe what she felt when the towers fell. To her it was another world, she ran ran and ran in the streets and she managed to hide from the smoke.

[Mark]

What does the site look like at the moment? Are they far in the rebuilding process?

[Tom]

What does the site look like at the moment? Are they far in the rebuilding process?

7 World Trade Center has been completely rebuilt (the smaller one that noone really cares about) and the site of the main towers looked like this in July, so no they aren't really that far

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/World_Trade_Center_Site_200907.jpg/800px-World_Trade_Center_Site_200907.jpg

[\PJ/]

I was at school then when i got home i saw it.

[Vicky.]

I was at school...my school told us nothing at all about it, went home at 3pm and saw it on the news. My mother was disgusted that the school didnt even acknowledge it.

[30stone]

I was at home for some reason, woke up at like 11 went down and saw my mum watching it on the news, freaking out as my sister was in San Francisco at the time.

I hate when a relative or friend is somewhere when something terrible happens....

My brother has photos of him on top of the Twin Towers 2 months to the date before it happened, really weird to look at knowing all them people died...:sad:

my bro was in london the day of the tube bombings, and he uses them daily, we were scared shitless





My Auntie and uncle were in london on the 7/7 aswell, used a tube and bus.
I was on a school trip to legoland..

And R.I.P all that died in both incidents.

[Tom]

I was at school...my school told us nothing at all about it, went home at 3pm and saw it on the news. My mother was disgusted that the school didnt even acknowledge it.

We got told "there have been a few plane crashes but its not around here so nothing to worry about"

[30stone]

I was at school...my school told us nothing at all about it, went home at 3pm and saw it on the news. My mother was disgusted that the school didnt even acknowledge it.

We got told "there have been a few plane crashes but its not around here so nothing to worry about"



Thats just a little understated, and harsh. lol.

[Vicky.]

I was at school...my school told us nothing at all about it, went home at 3pm and saw it on the news. My mother was disgusted that the school didnt even acknowledge it.

We got told "there have been a few plane crashes but its not around here so nothing to worry about"



We got told nothing.

We even had to protest to do the 2 minute silence or whatever it was. The headteacher didnt want us to miss out on lessons :bored:

[NettoSuperstar!]

I was in my bedroom getting ready for work and my mate texted me to put telly on...It were mental

[30stone]

Did not realise..

Loads of people like firemen who were the first at the site, have died from cancer and asbestos poisoning and that.

Feel sorry for them, just trying to help.

Around 100 ground zero recovery workers have died of cancer, with a further 600 hundred diagnosed with the disease.

Thats terrible.

I wonder if anyone was killed by the initial debris from the plane.

[andyman]

I got in from work at around 12.30pm (night driver with a late shift), maybe bit later, i sat down with a brew and switched sky news on... Shocker!

At the time only one tower was hit and nobody know 100% how, but then... '*****ING HELL!' Live on tv million saw the 2nd plane hit the other tower..

Then all panic on the streets, reports of other attacks... And the towers fell to add to the death toll.

[xDramatick]

Did not realise..

Loads of people like firemen who were the first at the site, have died from cancer and asbestos poisoning and that.

Feel sorry for them, just trying to help.

Around 100 ground zero recovery workers have died of cancer, with a further 600 hundred diagnosed with the disease.

Thats terrible.

I wonder if anyone was killed by the initial debris from the plane.

not to mention when you consider the people who:
- could've been in the floors above where the plane hit.
- the people who jumped from the towers.
- the people on the plane (I remember reading the body of an air hostess with her hands tied behind her back was found intact)
- anyone who could've been stuck in a lift not knowing what was going on.

ugh i hate thinking about this, so upsetting.

[Nicky.]

No idea, I was 7... I didn't even realise how bad it was...

I must've came in from school and it was on the news, although I remember watching the news in school once, but I can't remember what that was for... :\

[ButterflyGirl]

sitting at home right next to the tv ,watching in utter disbelief, i still get upset now if i see the attacks on television :sad:

[Christina]

I came home from school and me and my family were watching it, think i was in year 5?? RIP to all those who died :(

[Josy]

I was doing my housework with sky news on when the first plane hit and i was shocked, my bf and i watched the news all day after that, i was 19 when it happened.

[Shaun]

I was leaving school and people were crowding around classroom television sets, I didn't really see what had happened but then heard about it on the radio on the way home - got home and saw them collapse.

[*mazedsalv**]

Back from school (I was 8) was feeling abit ill, saw my Mum watching it on the news.

I heard somewhere that is was the most watched thing on TV in History (espcially for a piece of news), Im sure i read that 4b people were watching it (2/3 of the world).

[*mazedsalv**]

What i dont get is that the first plane hit towards the higher bit of the building, wouldnt the people in the middle of the tower and the lower end have felt it and tried escaping, or didnt they feel it?

The 2nd plane hit the South Tower around 2/3 up so in risk of killing more people as there were more people above the point where the plane crashed.

What really upsets me are the people that didnt know what was going on (maybe towards the lower end) and realised what was happening just as the tower was coplased so it was too late to escape.

Also on the Phone Call documentary there was a story of a man who went into work for 5 MINUTES to pack up his desk as he was leaving his job there and moving somewhere else and he died there, how horrible is that!! He just went in there to pack up his things and get another job!

[Iceman]

US Coastguard has opened fire on a boat in the Pontac river in Washington DC.

The river is closed off today because of the anniversary of 9/11......

I hope this isn't a terrorist attack....:shocked::shocked::shocked::shocked:

[Iceman]

That was a training excersise.

I'm sorry but this just shows why the world percieves Americans as being dumb.

Who in their right minds decides to have a training excercise moments before President Obama drives past a bridge........


Oh and the fact it's 9/11, somebody needs to be fired.....

[Ramsay]

Saw it on the news in the morning
i was like wtf
went to school
teacher told us what happened and we were sent home

[Sophii3x]

I was 10 and I was in school. The headteacher came into the class and said that two planes crashed into the world trade centre in America. Despite not knowing what the world trade centre was I renember being so shocked and upset. I got home and saw what happened on the news. Later on I got a phonecall from my cousin saying that her dad and brothers were safe.. they were in New York, they were going to go up the tower that morning at about half 8ish, but went the night before instead.. they saw the whole attacks from their hotel room.

I can't believe it's been 8 years though. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families who lost their loved ones on that day.

[bluehill]

the goverment soo had an involment in the attacks they know everything which goes on soo no one can tell me tey had no links or info regarding the attacks it was a profit making scheme the owner of the world trade centers brought them for 15 million then got insurance for anything which could go wrong in the summer 3 months before it happend then the attack happend he got 7 billion a nice return if u ask me and he can rebulid his nice lil buliding to make more money, oh and world trade centre number 7 had soo much info regarding frad of major bussness and that collapsed too when it didnt get hit. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[bluehill]

oh i was in yr 6 when it happend

[Lauren]

I'd come back from school and was trying to show my mum that I had got a merit award and she was ignoring me watching the TV.

[bettiepage]

I remember I was at my friends after school, and it was on the news.

I took no notice at all :sad:

I was 11.

[bettiepage]

Saw it on the news in the morning
i was like wtf
went to school
teacher told us what happened and we were sent home

Why were you sent home :shocked:

[bronaaaa]

After school, mum had it on the news when I came in.
We had a two minute silence in school, I can't remember when, it might've been the day it happened but if it was I didn't understand that was what it was for. I was only 7

[Lewis.]

I was only 6 so I don't remember much. I remember reading the paper

[Beastie]

I was 12. I remember coming home from school and my mum had it on the news. Can't believe it was that long ago.

[CiaraD]

I was like 6, I came home from school and mum and dad was watching it on T.V. I didn't get why everyone was so serious.

[*mazedsalv**]

I was 10 and I was in school. The headteacher came into the class and said that two planes crashed into the world trade centre in America. Despite not knowing what the world trade centre was I renember being so shocked and upset. I got home and saw what happened on the news. Later on I got a phonecall from my cousin saying that her dad and brothers were safe.. they were in New York, they were going to go up the tower that morning at about half 8ish, but went the night before instead.. they saw the whole attacks from their hotel room.

I can't believe it's been 8 years though. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families who lost their loved ones on that day.



Woah! :shocked:
So they planned to go up at 8:30am (around 20 mins before the first plane hit) but decided last minute to go the night before... ! Its things like that which really creep me out, its so lucky, I bet they were thinking how lucky they were when they saw it on TV that they werent in the building.

The poor people that were in that building, have no idea how they were feeling. The calls from the tower doc made me realise how some people were just so calm about it. One of the quotes that really upset me was when someone said calmly "I cant get down, the stairs are blocked, but Im convinced that I will be safe, I assure you Mum i am safe" (then the situation gets worse)...,..." but If im not, say to my kids how much I love them and I love you too Mum, dont ever forget that, I will see you soon"

It was horible to watch, I was crying!

[Brad.]

I was 5 at the time and i didnt really know what was happening, so i didnt really care too much but then i saw the 2nd plane hit the south tower and i was shocked..

[Twilight]

I was only 5 so I just Thought it was a movie but now its really upseting when you watch the stuff on tv about it:sad:

[BigSister]

I was 15 and I was at school and my cousins aunty uncle and gran had gone to florida that day and they had to be diverted to canada but i thought they would be ok and when i got home it was on sky news all day and all i remember is not being able to concentrate in school

[Princess]

It was my brother's birthday and I remember coming home from school and my dad just saying we weren't going out for dinner cos people would think we were celebrating. I remember being shocked when I saw it on the news.

[bronaaaa]

The show on more4 atm is so sad :sad: