9/11 - What were you doing?

[MarkWaldorf]

What were you doing when you found out about 9/11?

I was getting ready for school, when my nan told me to come in the kitchen. I saw the TV and they were talking about two towers coming down and people dieing. I was in shock. I didnt understand about Terroism then, so I figured it was just an accident.

You guys?

(Sorry if anyone is offended, Im curious)

[Princess]

My brother's birthday is on 9/11 and I asked why we weren't going out for dinner and my dad told me what had happened. I was in school all day so didn't find out for ages. I can't beleive it has been 5 years :sad:

[MarkWaldorf]

Oh :sad: I didnt want to go in, from what I remember. Then when I did, we just spoke about it.

[Lauren]

Was in school, I'd had a good day and I came home to tell my mum my grades but she kept telling me to be quiet while she watched the news. So I sat down to watch it and watched the second tower go down. Then watched it for about 5 days straight, watching all the coverage. I was about 10 or 11, but I remember hearing about all the people dying, and it was my first experience of terrorism at that age.

At the time, I didn't understand what could compel someone to do something to horrific. :sad:

[Chrizzle]

I was at school.
I came home, and saw news had taken over
But I didnt understand it, so I got in a strop cos CITV wasnt on.
Im so angry with myself now lol.

I got told details later, and understood

[MarkWaldorf]

Yeah. I remember more people talking about it after all the details were uncovered. It was on the news for weeks.

[BigSister]

I was walking home from school and i had a funny feeling something was going to happen but thought i was annoyed cos my grandma aunty uncle and 3 cousins had gone to Florida that day my mum told me and i said will they be ok and she said yeah but when we came home we rang up flights and said they were diverted to Canada iand I just watched tv all day
I had same gut feeling for 7/7 too

[MarkWaldorf]

Yeah, I remember they kept replaying the tower going down. And the Aeroplane flying past.

[Lauren]

I've still never quite got used to seeing that plane go into the towers, and I must have seen it 100+ times. It just looks so surreal.

[MarkWaldorf]

I know. Its amazing how the plane destroyed what it did. What shocked me was that the plane came back for the next tower.

[LittleMissC]

Seriously, it must have been horrible. Having to decide whether to burn to death or jump.... :puzzled:

[sol]

It was the first day back at school in Year 8 for me, and I just remember coming home and my parents were watching the news and I just saw the pictures of the towers with loads of smoke pouring out of the top of them.

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by Flame
Seriously, it must have been horrible. Having to decide whether to burn to death or jump.... :puzzled:

If you mean the tower, most made their way out anyway

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by sol
It was the first day back at school in Year 8 for me, and I just remember coming home and my parents were watching the news and I just saw the pictures of the towers with loads of smoke pouring out of the top of them.

Yeah, that was pretty much the clip they showed. I was in year 5 at the time.

[LittleMissC]

Originally posted by Markus
Originally posted by Flame
Seriously, it must have been horrible. Having to decide whether to burn to death or jump.... :puzzled:

If you mean the tower, most made their way out anyway

But the people in the top floor and everything couldn't :sad:

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by Flame
Originally posted by Markus
Originally posted by Flame
Seriously, it must have been horrible. Having to decide whether to burn to death or jump.... :puzzled:

If you mean the tower, most made their way out anyway

But the people in the top floor and everything couldn't :sad:

I know, but there was the mystery with the falling man remember.

[Lauren]

There was quite a lot of "fallers" - what a horrible decision to have to make.

[MarkWaldorf]

It was. Did anyone watch the programme with the falling man? No one knew him at all. There was the whole mystery.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Markus
It was. Did anyone watch the programme with the falling man? No one knew him at all. There was the whole mystery.

Yeah I watched that. :sad: He may not be remembered by name, but at least he has a legacy.

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by LaurenFah
Originally posted by Markus
It was. Did anyone watch the programme with the falling man? No one knew him at all. There was the whole mystery.

Yeah I watched that. :sad: He may not be remembered by name, but at least he has a legacy.

Thats true :sad:

[Corkie]

was in year 4 and my teacher was just about to read us a story, mrs purdy (depty head) came in and said "Sarah Jane the twins towers in new york have fallen" her answer "oh my god!" we didnt know what was going on

[Corkie]

Originally posted by Chrizzle
I was at school.
I came home, and saw news had taken over
But I didnt understand it, so I got in a strop cos CITV wasnt on.
Im so angry with myself now lol.

I got told details later, and understood

dont worry my bro did that when princess diania died i think

[Siouxsie]

i was walking home from work and felt sick

[Dan_]

I was at school,in geography.We had just been set a piece of homework to do on disasters and someone said I dunno what to write about and the teacher said well hopefully something will crop up and then I got home and started doing the homework on the computer, researching about the concorde crash and then my mum came in with my dinner and I put the TV on to see the news, I didn't understand what had happend at first.

[SiMoN!]

i was on holiday and went for something to eat and wated the news

but then when i was comeing bk home there was a mad man shouting USA on the way to the airport

so that made we well scared

[Siouxsie]

It is so scarey

[Sophii3x]

I was in school and my headmistress came in and told us
i didnt understand it at the time, but when i got home
i was really selfish and i was moaning about the news being on instead of my kids programmes

I was only about 10 or 11 at the time but now i understand what happend on 9/11 now and it's really upsetting :(

And also the attack on the London Underground was sad :(

[JakeyBoy]

I was listening to the radio, heard about a plane hitting a building and laughed along with the radio people because they thought it was a joke or just some small shitty plane. Then, I turned on the TV and watched live as the second tower went down. The screams of the people gave me nightmares for the next few weeks, and then I found out about terrorism and then I became so angry by what was happening. I was an angry little 10 year old...

[Bells]

I was on the way home from school, and for a change both my parents were there, and my parents had already heard about it; they were discussing it in the car. I didn't know what they were talking about until I got home and my mum switched the TV on straightaway - and I basically watched the news and what exactly happened completely horrorstruck!

[MarkWaldorf]

Didn't anyone mention it at school for you lot? I watched it before going to school

[Lil-Lindz]

I was a school and when I got home it was all over the news, I was like OMG!
Then I was watching it for hours

[JakeyBoy]

When I went to school my teacher told us not to worry too much but that didn't help, it happened at 1:30am our time so we all saw it live and we all pretty much worried

[Lil-Lindz]

Aww, I didnt know about it until i got home where my grandma was watching it on tv

[MarkWaldorf]

It was on the news around 8:45am, thats the time I left for school

[JakeyBoy]

But, and I know this may sound slightly bad, but after however many weeks it was of it always on it kinda lost it's meaning and I just didn't care anymore

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by JakeyBoy
But, and I know this may sound slightly bad, but after however many weeks it was of it always on it kinda lost it's meaning and I just didn't care anymore

Lol It went on for months becuase they started to uncover the terroism things. Its still on today anyway so I dont think its something people can get over, if you get what Im saying.

[JakeyBoy]

Yeah, and now that Melbourne is being targeted I'm really scared

[MarkWaldorf]

:shocked: Really. All I know is that apparently it might happen again becuase of that Bin Laden video thats been released.

[Lil-Lindz]

Im gonna be nervous travelling in october, im going on holiday
But I wont worry about it too much

[Arneldo]

I was at home, sitting in my kitchen doing my homework and watching the news with my Nanny at the time.

[JakeyBoy]

Originally posted by Markus
:shocked: Really. All I know is that apparently it might happen again becuase of that Bin Laden video thats been released.

We got some threats and next year them G8 leaders are comin' over here so it's kinda like the setting of the London Bombings (sorry to bring that up if it effects anyone here) so I'm staying away from all modes of transport

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by JakeyBoy
Originally posted by Markus
:shocked: Really. All I know is that apparently it might happen again becuase of that Bin Laden video thats been released.

We got some threats and next year them G8 leaders are comin' over here so it's kinda like the setting of the London Bombings (sorry to bring that up if it effects anyone here) so I'm staying away from all modes of transport

I need to use transport so if anything happens, Im screwed.

[Lil-Lindz]

Wow thanks everyone, im going on holiday on october the 8th and now im cr@ppin myself Lol
Well if they do thry anything i hope they get caugh cause if they dont then im ********* Lol

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by Lil-Lindz
Wow thanks everyone, Im going on holiday on october the 8th and now Im cr@ppin myself Lol
Well if they do thry anything i hope they get caugh cause if they dont then Im ********* Lol

You'll be fine. Im just worried becuase this video could mean something

[Lil-Lindz]

Yea
Im not gonna fret bout it too much, it will be on my mind though.

[JakeyBoy]

Are we talking about that video where it shows the terrorists training before 9/11?

[Bells]

Well, we'd already arranged our trip, so the week after it happened it was half term and we'd arranged to go to New York to meet my family! People thought we were insane going on a plane to New York after all that happened, but life goes on, and it did seem unlikely it'd happen again. So when I was there, I got to see the ruins and everything..

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by JakeyBoy
Are we talking about that video where it shows the terrorists training before 9/11?

Yeah

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by ice_maiden02
Well, we'd already arranged our trip, so the week after it happened it was half term and we'd arranged to go to New York to meet my family! People thought we were insane going on a plane to New York after all that happened, but life goes on, and it did seem unlikely it'd happen again. So when I was there, I got to see the ruins and everything..

:shocked: Omg. What as it like?

[JakeyBoy]

Originally posted by Markus
Originally posted by JakeyBoy
Are we talking about that video where it shows the terrorists training before 9/11?

Yeah

Ooo that made me just wanna smash his face in. He has that kind face, the evil hatred kind that you just wanna hit

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by JakeyBoy
Originally posted by Markus
Originally posted by JakeyBoy
Are we talking about that video where it shows the terrorists training before 9/11?

Yeah

Ooo that made me just want to smash his face in. He has that kind face, the evil hatred kind that you just want to hit

Lol I know. No one knows if hes still around though.

[Rory]

I missed the bus.

So that morning, I decided to watch the Today Show on NBC. I was watching it, as it happened.

:(

Must've been around 2:00 for you british, right?

[Bells]

:shocked: Omg. What as it like? [/quote]

It was horrible, rubble and smoke everywhere.....lots of policemen, firemen, ambulances etc. Basically we were only a couple of feet away from where the twin towers WOULD have been....and it was just a complete mess. It made me feel sad too, because it was my first time to New York so I never knew what the Twin Towers actually were like....but from that spot I could imagine what they would've been like...:sad:

It was well depressing! And it made me feel really annoyed, like, there are enough problems in the world, why add to it in such a way?

Oh and no we weren't told about it in school I don't think. We were for the London 7/7 bombs though - some of my friends heard it on the radio in Textiles, and everyone went mental - especially me, because my dad was in London!

[Rory]

Originally posted by ice_maiden02
:shocked: Omg. What as it like?

It was horrible, rubble and smoke everywhere.....lots of policemen, firemen, ambulances etc. Basically we were only a couple of feet away from where the twin towers WOULD have been....and it was just a complete mess. It made me feel sad too, because it was my first time to New York so I never knew what the Twin Towers actually were like....but from that spot I could imagine what they would've been like...:sad:

It was well depressing! And it made me feel really annoyed, like, there are enough problems in the world, why add to it in such a way?

Oh and no we weren't told about it in school I don't think. We were for the London 7/7 bombs though - some of my friends heard it on the radio in Textiles, and everyone went mental - especially me, because my dad was in London! [/quote]
Surprisingly, the London 7/7 wasn't huge news over here.

I remember that my mom was in London on vacation with one of her friends on that day. :sad:

[MarkWaldorf]

Originally posted by Rory
I missed the bus.

So that morning, I decided to watch the Today Show on NBC. I was watching it, as it happened.

:(

Must've been around 2:00 for you british, right?

Yeah

[Aflamo]

I had just finished school and on the way home I went into a filling station and everyone was watching the tv.. I didn't really take much of it untill I came home and saw the whole thing .

[JakeyBoy]

I just remembered that it was September 12 here when it happened

[tropical_sunset]

Because I work in the travel industry, I remember it having a massive effect at work. On the day itself Iwas driving to have my car fixed, and it was on the news in the garage, and thats where I saw one plane go into the wtc. Next day at work, we were so quiet, took ages to pick up again. It was terrible and I dont think they'll ever get over it, was such a huge attack. :sad:

[Sophii3x]

Originally posted by JakeyBoy
I just remembered that it was September 12 here when it happened

oh yea lol, your a day in front of us lol :spin2:

[Nicola]

I remember on the day of 9/11 I went to meet my bloke for lunch in his work's canteen and I saw the pictures of it on the news as they had the TV on in there.

[Crystal-Rose]

i had been in school all day, saw it on the news when i got home i was only 10 at the time though.

[Blowout]

I got home from School and my Mum showed me it on TV.

I went to New York last year and visited Ground Zero (where the Twin Towers once stood), the atmosphere there is so weird, but expected of course. Although because it's New York there's noise everywhere there's this weird silence. And over the road there's a Fire Station that has a display of damaged walkie talkies and helmets used by Fire Men who went into the buildings.

[emz438]

I don't really remember much about it, just my mum and dad talking about it and stuff, I was only about 8 and really didn't understand what was going on - now I do, and obviously for the London bombings (7/7) I did as well ... everyone in my class went mental, we spent all our third period watching the news, people were crying and ringing their parents to check they were ok, my friend's dad was in the train afterwards ... ugh THAT was horrible. Not that 9/11 wasn't! 9/11 was way worse - but it's just 7/7 in London effected me more.

[Lil-Lindz]

I couldnt believe it when I got home
I was well shocked

[Bubs]

I was on my way home from school on the bus and heard these men talking about planes crashing in NY but didn't really take much notice at the time. Then when I got home my dad was there and showed me it on the news. I just remember sitting and watching for what must have been hours I couldn't believe it.

[JakeyBoy]

They were showing news stories of it and I didn't know and all I hear is that "New York gets hit by a plane" and I thought "Oh god, not again!"

Has anyone seen Fahrenheit 9/11? That made me think about heaps of stuff

[Mike]

I had just come home from school to switch on the TV and see it all happening, it was truly shocking thats for sure, watching those people jumping out windows made me feel so upset, the day will be remembered for many years.

[J.C.]

I was watching the news as they were speculating on what it was all about, and then the second plane came in and sadly it was then obvious.
It was the most shocking thing i have ever seen, and I have been around a while!! What a total massacre of good decent people, I am still v. sad about it and feel upset for so so many families.

[lily.]

I was at home all day with my 2 children. My youngest was just a baby at the time, and I hadn't been out that day at all. The TV was on, but it was the kids channels mostly, and I hadn't really been watching anyway. My husband was at work, and he came home around 8pm and said "put the news channel on.. the WTC has been attacked".

I put the channel on, and stood fixated. I felt like I was watching "Independance Day" or some big-budget SPFX movie. I couldn't believe it. The images I seen sent shivers up and down my spine, and even now, 5 years on, I find it moving to watch. Nobody I knew personally was affected by it, but I just find an attack on this scale so hard to take in.

I watched the documentary about the falling man, and found it fascinating and incredibly tragic. You can't imagine what went through the minds of those who jumped. I watched some of the news coverage yesterday. The fact that it took 3 and a half hours to read out the names of the dead is quite remarkable. I don't think US citizens will ever get over it to be honest. I hope it's the biggest disaster in my lifetime. I hope there is never another on this scale.

Fahrenheit 9/11 is on tonight. I might watch it.