[Strictly Jake]

I was 11 I was in primary school. Im pretty sure the teachers hadnt learned of the news at that point. I didnt seem to remember there being and odd atmosphere or anything among them. Then again I was 11 so probably didnt take notice. Also its not something primary school teachers would probably talk to their class about. Although I think we did have someone talking about it to us the next day not sure. Anyway the point I did learn about it was in the car when my mum was on her way to pick my sisters up as it was all over the radio, didnt really understand what it was about though. It hit me when i got home and watched on the news a plane hitting a big building. Thats all it was to me at the time as I was young didnt even know what the twin towers were or what terrorism was but I knew it was very bad even at that age and it did upset me to see people crying about what happened. When I was about 13, two years later thats probably the first time I realised just how evil the situation was and the true devastation of what did happen

[Strictly Jake]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

A very disturbing thought I've just had;

if it happened today, most people wouldn't be particularly shocked.

Oh my word your actually very correct. Man thats so upsetting!

[hijaxers]

I was sat in front of tv having my hair bleached watching all the live reports , it was so awful i think we we all silent in disbelief , as we were watching a 'friend' arrived and his reaction was unreal (i'm not going to say what he said or how he reacted as it would stir up a real hornets nest in here)

I never spoke to him again.

Those images always bring back the feeling of emptiness it left us all with that day.

[Cal.]

Too young to remember it but I was in Fuerteventura and my mam said it was really scary coming home through the airports afterwards

[Nicky91]

i was 9 back then, and i can only remember we heard it before i went to school


since i was so young i didn't really know what was going on, until my mom explained it better to me, and we were all shocked in our family


so yeah yesterday i had my few moments of silence to remember the victims of this awful tragedy

[Toy Soldier]

Originally Posted by hijaxers

I was sat in front of tv having my hair bleached watching all the live reports , it was so awful i think we we all silent in disbelief , as we were watching a 'friend' arrived and his reaction was unreal (i'm not going to say what he said or how he reacted as it would stir up a real hornets nest in here)

I never spoke to him again.

Those images always bring back the feeling of emptiness it left us all with that day.

Oh the kid who came into my maths class announcing that it had happened was laughing and saying "yaaasss I hate Americans". But, to be fair, I don't think anyone realised the scale of what had happened at that point (both towers were still standing and the second hadn't been hit)... I doubt he was still laughing about it after that. Although, he wasn't bothered that at the very least a plane full of people / a few floors of the building had been destroyed .

[Nicky91]

and also i saw on Nat Geo, that there was this Pakistani kid, who was in school one week before 9/11 and he saw the twin towers, and he told his teacher, next week they will be gone

i had chills over my body when i heard that from just a kid


idk if anyone else had seen that documentary inside 9/11 on Nat Geo

[Strictly Jake]

Been watching footage back of it. A cnn clip on YouTube which starts near where the second plane hit. Took a couple of mins to realise that a plane had hit they thought the explosion was from the first plane still. Then when they realised it was plane they were discussing what kind of plane it was and took quite a while discussing if it was a navigation system gone wrong. Whether the twin towers or planes had some kind of malfunctioning problem making planes crash into the towers. They had an expert tell them that it wasnt anywhere near a flight path and was a very clear day so pilots wouldn't have needed navigational help. Took quite a while to identify it was a deliberate attack. Shows how times have changed really people were pretty innocent to terrosim it was hard to identify. Now terrorism is at the forefront of people's minds in these kind of situations. If it happened today they would have identified what happened straight away

I then went on to watch a bit later when people were jumping and then the first tower fell then the next. I still am in disbelief at the whole situation. Im sure everyone thought the world would never regain normality after that which it hasnt. We just carry on our daily routines but we should never forget

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by ShakeyJake10

Been watching footage back of it. A cnn clip on YouTube which starts near where the second plane hit. Took a couple of mins to realise that a plane had hit they thought the explosion was from the first plane still. Then when they realised it was plane they were discussing what kind of plane it was and took quite a while discussing if it was a navigation system gone wrong. Whether the twin towers or planes had some kind of malfunctioning problem making planes crash into the towers. They had an expert tell them that it wasnt anywhere near a flight path and was a very clear day so pilots wouldn't have needed navigational help. Took quite a while to identify it was a deliberate attack. Shows how times have changed really people were pretty innocent to terrosim it was hard to identify. Now terrorism is at the forefront of people's minds in these kind of situations. If it happened today they would have identified what happened straight away

I then went on to watch a bit later when people were jumping and then the first tower fell then the next. I still am in disbelief at the whole situation. Im sure everyone thought the world would never regain normality after that which it hasnt. We just carry on our daily routines but we should never forget

yes i agree, but also when you look at airport CCTV footage, which was shown at Inside 9/11, knives were visible on the scan from the Luggage but they were allowed to go through customs without problems


and also this attack was planned 10 years before, by a man with nickname of KSM and his nephew and a friend of his nephew

Police in the phillippines had actually discovered the 9/11 plans when smoke alarm went off in the terrorists their apartment, but they did nothing with this information


you can really see how clumsy authorities were back then and how it has improved now, also being more difficult to get into the cockpit of an airplane


it was a preventable tragedy sadly, every expert on that show Inside 9/11 agrees with that


so yeah Jakey we should never forget this had happened, also to prevent this from happening again

[LeatherTrumpet]

i remember flying not too long after the incident and it was not nice

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

i remember flying not too long after the incident and it was not nice

My brother had just started on long haul flights and was in LA when it happened. He was grounded for days and then said when they did fly back it was the weirdest flight ever - every passenger was silent for virtually the whole journey (obviously he was locked in the flight deck but the cabin crew told the pilots)

[Amy Jade]

Probably watching disney channel

But I have a vivid memory of being in primary school and they showed a video about it in remembrance in assembly and loads of parents kicked off about it

[Livia]

I was 21, and strangely... knew more then than I do now. How'd that work...?

[Niamh.]

Yes, I was in the car with my brother on the way back to work after lunch, i remember them calling out a plane had hit one of the Towers and thinking ****, then a few minutes later them saying a second plane had hit the other tower and I though ah this is a joke or something. Scary

[Livia]

I remember hearing that the World Trade Centre had been hit and I was worried for a friend of mine who was temping in the World Trade Centre in London. I thought I'd have probably heard it from where I lived... so I switched on the TV... it was hard to believe what was happening and the scale of it.

[LaLaLand]

I highly recommend that people watch “9/11: 102 Minutes That Changed America”.

Probably the most terrifying thing I have ever seen. It’s 102 minutes of amateur footage from people with cameras in and around the WTC, across NYC, over the river etc and it starts with the first plane hitting the first tower and ends after both towers have collapsed. It doesn’t miss a second f time in those 102 minutes and when you’re watching it you’re just in total disbelief that this actually happened.

It’s like the most terrifying horror movie you’ve ever seen.

[hijaxers]

Originally Posted by Jonnii

I highly recommend that people watch “9/11: 102 Minutes that’s changed America”. Probably the most terrifying thing I have ever seen. It’s 102 minutes of amateur footage from people with camera in and around the WTC, across NYC, over the river etc and it starts with the first plane hitting the first tower and ends after both towers have collapsed. It doesn’t miss a second f time in those 102 minutes and when you’re watching it you’re just in total disbelief that this actually happened. It’s like the most terrifying horror movie you’ve ever seen.

Yes i've watched more than once the reality of what was happening down on the streets was horrifying .

[LaLaLand]

18 years ago today.

[Moniqua]

ah was FOOKIN nawt born

[LaLaLand]

Originally Posted by Moniqua

ah was FOOKIN nawt born

Lucky you in some ways, it was absolutely terrible. 11 year old me watched on in horror on live TV as 2000+ people died. Horrific.

[Calderyon]

Saw it happen live on TV.

[Nicky91]

Youtube video

beautiful piece of music, perfect to remember this horrible day for america

[Kazanne]

I was at home with my friend having a cuppa,we saw the first plane go in and I thought it was an accident,then the second went through, I knew then it was a terrorist attack and it all seemed very surreal ,as I saw the lady of the family I worked as a nanny for in NY on TV ,she worked at St Vincents hospital and she was in the street just looking at the carnage,it was then on TV all day and most of the coming weeks,very sad day and a turning point in the world I think.

[parmnion]

At work..

I remember The 7 July 2005 and have a better story for that.

[Dogeatdog]

I was 7 at the time and remember coming home from school and seeing it on TV. I always remember this time pretty well since my Nan was in a coma when this happened and she sadly passed on later in the month.