Where were you when you heard about 9/11??.......... - General Discussion

MsSocialist · 19-05-2007, 09:26

My mum always remembers where she was when she first heard that JFK had been shot, and it got me thinking that in my lifetime the biggest 'where were you when...' moment probably was when I heard about september the 11th. So i thought i'd be interesting to see how many other people remember where they were. I'll start:

9/11: I was 15 years old doing work experience for 2 weeks in HMV, in the stockroom, when it came on the radio and everyone stopped what they were doing and listened. I didnt really understand what was going on until i got home and saw it on the news.

blueblade · 19-05-2007, 09:29

This question has been asked on here a few times before.

I was actually at home on leave from work that week, and co-incidentally watching News 24, as the story broke. When the first plane crashed into the twin towers, I thought it was an accident. Only when the second one went in, did it become obvious that it was terrorism.

snork · 19-05-2007, 09:32

I was at working in a shop at the time. My partner texted me to say that 2 planes had just flown into the Twin Towers. I texted him back saying "what's the punchline?", as i expected it to be some kind of joke. Unfortunately it wasn't.

Touché Rupert · 19-05-2007, 09:36

just finished my first day at college, we had a half day.

Walking home and my mate across the road shouted me to come see the TV, that someone had crashed into the Towers. When we saw the second one hit, we just sat in silence for ages watching.

J6ngo1977 · 19-05-2007, 09:37

Great thread

I was second day training in my new job. It's like people say 'what where you doing when JFK was killed'. It is my era I will never forget, It changed the world. George ****** Bush and Tony Blair are who they are due to that event. AS black as my heart is I cryed on that day.

ValLambert · 19-05-2007, 09:37

Lying on the couch watching Neighbours. Went for a pee and came back to the live cast. For a horrible moment I thought it was a trailer for some awful disaster movie. I spent the rest of the afternoon in tears.

ninteen · 19-05-2007, 09:37

walking home from school, i heard a mum explaining it to her little boy in a shopping centre. i didnt think much of it till i got home and saw the tv.

dorydaryl · 19-05-2007, 09:46

Just returned home early afternoon from attending promotional event and college. Was cleaning out my guinea pigs in earshot of the telly, which I'd just flicked on. Was stunned at what was unfolding and spent the rest of the day in front of the box. It was like everything had gone into slow motion as bit by bit the news came in. For a good few hours, nobody was sure just how many planes had been hijacked, where they were going and where they were going to hit next. The footage is etched on my brain forever, as it will be for anyone who witnessed it. Seems like yesterday, it's so vivid. I can just remember the distress in one reporter's voice as they realised people were jumping...that was the part that brought me to tears... and when the cameras homed in on people who were stuck up there, waving rags.

ddogg · 19-05-2007, 09:48

sore it on CNN before I had to go of to school

gunneruk · 19-05-2007, 09:49

I think I managed to get back home, and was thinking it's a bit early for Independence Day to be on (seeing as it was in the afternoon).

liamhere · 19-05-2007, 09:50

on a forklift truck.....working at MG Rover longbridge

had a radio in my truck

told people what was going on...

nobody belived me...till they put the telly on.

19-05-2007, 09:55

I was heavily pregnant aslepp in bed when a friend phoned to tell me as soon as the news broke. I got up and put the tv on then spent the afternoon watching as the rest of the events unfolded.
I remember telling Mr AS1 when he got in from work. He had heard something, but just thought it was a small plane had hit the WTC by accident. He was quite shocked when he looked at the Tv.

jon8769 · 19-05-2007, 10:02

I was at a NCT mums meeting. My son was 3 months old. Lots of mums clutching babies glued to the TV. It was a bit surreal to say the least.

♣ Moya · 19-05-2007, 10:03

I was sat in the car waiting for my child to come out of school, listening to 5Live when I heard about it.
As soon as we got home I turned on the TV.

I remember JFK's assassination vividly.
My mother came out to the garage where I was helping my step-father and said, "Peter, Kennedy has been shot!"

Cstar2229 · 19-05-2007, 10:06

Also in Edinburgh

Was just about to watch a movie on Sky Movies and the news flashed across the screen.

Switched to the news and rung my OH and parents to tell them about it. Our son was at school and told him when he came home.

We had just come back from being up those towers 6 weeks earlier - it was chilling

I wasn't born when Kennedy was assassinated.

TDHM · 19-05-2007, 10:07

In 7 WTC controlling everything from Bheind the scenes.

Or seriously, in Edinburgh.

Deathwarmedup · 19-05-2007, 10:09

I was on a day off from work and idly flicking through the TV channels when I saw the news flash on channel 4. I was glued to my set for the rest of that day. Probably most horrific thing I've seen. You see so many movie images of New York being destroyed it was hard to think it was real.

misha06 · 19-05-2007, 10:11

On top of a lift on the 15th Floor of a lift shaft, I heard someone come out of there flat to tell their neighbour. Good job I had a harness on I nearly fell of the top

Dissonance · 19-05-2007, 10:14

I was getting off the school coach, and was stood underneath one of the speakers which was playing our local station. I couldn't really hear much, what I heard sounded like it was an accident. It wasn't till I got home five or so minutes later that I realised the severity of it...

... and of course the day it was on, as mentioned in another thread...

19-05-2007, 10:14

I was in work on my lunch and a colleague told me and I couldnt believe it.

sean_brom · 19-05-2007, 10:16

I was off sixthform that day and i was watching it at a freinds house. Pretty horrible to be honest. Although my mates mum was a bit wierd and did not have a clue what the twin towers were.

Dissonance · 19-05-2007, 10:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by sean_brom

... my mates mum was a bit wierd and did not have a clue what the twin towers were.

To be fair, neither did I until they were no more...

toogoodfortv · 19-05-2007, 10:28

i was 14 and at hockey practice with the older girls at school (because i was so good and all that lol) ...the teacher came over got us into a group and told us, then we were allowed to leave. when she told us i didn't really know what the twin towers were...then got home and watched the news all day as it unfolded, i got home in time to see the second tower get hit live...it was soo awful

i then realised that the twin towers were those big buildings in the 'Friends' opening credits and in Home Alone 2

19-05-2007, 10:31

I was on my way to Glasgow's Sherrif Court. Stopped off in a corner shop to get some cigs. It was an Pakistani run shop and a very sombre old gentleman pointed to it on a TV he had on in a little side room. The first tower had only just collapsed. A young man came running down excited from the upstairs flat shouting that the tower had collapsed, he seemed quite happy about it. The older chap gave him a right earful.
After court I went home and was glued to the news for the rest of the day.

lemoncurd · 19-05-2007, 10:34

In the office. They had it on the TV downstairs, but I was a bit too busy that day, so had to catch up in the evening.

19-05-2007, 09:26	#1
MsSocialist Banned User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Shire. Posts: 495	Where were you when you heard about 9/11??.......... My mum always remembers where she was when she first heard that JFK had been shot, and it got me thinking that in my lifetime the biggest 'where were you when...' moment probably was when I heard about september the 11th. So i thought i'd be interesting to see how many other people remember where they were. I'll start: 9/11: I was 15 years old doing work experience for 2 weeks in HMV, in the stockroom, when it came on the radio and everyone stopped what they were doing and listened. I didnt really understand what was going on until i got home and saw it on the news.

19-05-2007, 09:37	#7
ninteen Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,662	walking home from school, i heard a mum explaining it to her little boy in a shopping centre. i didnt think much of it till i got home and saw the tv. Last edited by ninteen : 19-05-2007 at 09:39. Reason: grammar

19-05-2007, 09:29	#2
blueblade Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Gender: Male Location: Chelmsford, Essex Services: Sky HD, VM broadband Posts: 37,388	This question has been asked on here a few times before. I was actually at home on leave from work that week, and co-incidentally watching News 24, as the story broke. When the first plane crashed into the twin towers, I thought it was an accident. Only when the second one went in, did it become obvious that it was terrorism.

19-05-2007, 09:32	#3
snork Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 531	I was at working in a shop at the time. My partner texted me to say that 2 planes had just flown into the Twin Towers. I texted him back saying "what's the punchline?", as i expected it to be some kind of joke. Unfortunately it wasn't.

19-05-2007, 09:36	#4
Touché Rupert Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Leeds Services: Sky + HD, X-Box 360 Elite, BT 8MB, Apple TV ! Posts: 1,209	just finished my first day at college, we had a half day. Walking home and my mate across the road shouted me to come see the TV, that someone had crashed into the Towers. When we saw the second one hit, we just sat in silence for ages watching.

19-05-2007, 09:37	#5
J6ngo1977 Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,462	Great thread I was second day training in my new job. It's like people say 'what where you doing when JFK was killed'. It is my era I will never forget, It changed the world. George ****** Bush and Tony Blair are who they are due to that event. AS black as my heart is I cryed on that day.

19-05-2007, 09:37	#6
ValLambert Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 9,750	Lying on the couch watching Neighbours. Went for a pee and came back to the live cast. For a horrible moment I thought it was a trailer for some awful disaster movie. I spent the rest of the afternoon in tears.

19-05-2007, 09:46	#8
dorydaryl Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pracataaaaaaaaan!!!! Services: Hay-looooo, ees it me you lookin' foooouuuur? Posts: 4,493 Blog Entries: 1	Just returned home early afternoon from attending promotional event and college. Was cleaning out my guinea pigs in earshot of the telly, which I'd just flicked on. Was stunned at what was unfolding and spent the rest of the day in front of the box. It was like everything had gone into slow motion as bit by bit the news came in. For a good few hours, nobody was sure just how many planes had been hijacked, where they were going and where they were going to hit next. The footage is etched on my brain forever, as it will be for anyone who witnessed it. Seems like yesterday, it's so vivid. I can just remember the distress in one reporter's voice as they realised people were jumping...that was the part that brought me to tears... and when the cameras homed in on people who were stuck up there, waving rags.

19-05-2007, 09:48	#9
ddogg Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Gender: Male Location: North Shore,New Zealand Services: ibook G4 1.33 GHz Posts: 1,249 Blog Entries: 3	sore it on CNN before I had to go of to school

19-05-2007, 09:49	#10
gunneruk Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,946	I think I managed to get back home, and was thinking it's a bit early for Independence Day to be on (seeing as it was in the afternoon).

19-05-2007, 09:50	#11
liamhere Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: birmingham U.K Services: APPLE OS X,FREEVIEW, SKY HD, 8MG 02 BB,SONY BRAVIA KDL40S3000 SKY ASA Posts: 1,614	on a forklift truck.....working at MG Rover longbridge had a radio in my truck told people what was going on... nobody belived me...till they put the telly on.

19-05-2007, 09:55	#12
AS1 Posts: n/a	I was heavily pregnant aslepp in bed when a friend phoned to tell me as soon as the news broke. I got up and put the tv on then spent the afternoon watching as the rest of the events unfolded. I remember telling Mr AS1 when he got in from work. He had heard something, but just thought it was a small plane had hit the WTC by accident. He was quite shocked when he looked at the Tv.

19-05-2007, 10:02	#13
jon8769 Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Gender: Female Location: The Sticks Posts: 6,518	I was at a NCT mums meeting. My son was 3 months old. Lots of mums clutching babies glued to the TV. It was a bit surreal to say the least.

19-05-2007, 10:03	#14
♣ Moya Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 22,575	I was sat in the car waiting for my child to come out of school, listening to 5Live when I heard about it. As soon as we got home I turned on the TV. I remember JFK's assassination vividly. My mother came out to the garage where I was helping my step-father and said, "Peter, Kennedy has been shot!"

19-05-2007, 10:06	#15
Cstar2229 Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Southern England Services: VM Cable TV & Broadband Posts: 22,322	Also in Edinburgh Was just about to watch a movie on Sky Movies and the news flashed across the screen. Switched to the news and rung my OH and parents to tell them about it. Our son was at school and told him when he came home. We had just come back from being up those towers 6 weeks earlier - it was chilling I wasn't born when Kennedy was assassinated.

19-05-2007, 10:07	#16
TDHM Banned User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 762	In 7 WTC controlling everything from Bheind the scenes. Or seriously, in Edinburgh.

19-05-2007, 10:09	#17
Deathwarmedup Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Dover, Kent Services: Television & wireless Posts: 5,077	I was on a day off from work and idly flicking through the TV channels when I saw the news flash on channel 4. I was glued to my set for the rest of that day. Probably most horrific thing I've seen. You see so many movie images of New York being destroyed it was hard to think it was real.

19-05-2007, 10:11	#18
misha06 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cambridge Services: Sky Digital, Freeview Posts: 1,282	On top of a lift on the 15th Floor of a lift shaft, I heard someone come out of there flat to tell their neighbour. Good job I had a harness on I nearly fell of the top

19-05-2007, 10:14	#19
Dissonance Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Devon UK Posts: 1,449	I was getting off the school coach, and was stood underneath one of the speakers which was playing our local station. I couldn't really hear much, what I heard sounded like it was an accident. It wasn't till I got home five or so minutes later that I realised the severity of it... ... and of course the day it was on, as mentioned in another thread...

19-05-2007, 10:14	#20
Eternal Life Posts: n/a	I was in work on my lunch and a colleague told me and I couldnt believe it.

19-05-2007, 10:16	#21
sean_brom Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Derby Posts: 1,184	I was off sixthform that day and i was watching it at a freinds house. Pretty horrible to be honest. Although my mates mum was a bit wierd and did not have a clue what the twin towers were.

19-05-2007, 10:28	#23
toogoodfortv Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Norn iron :) Services: The Cheeky Crew :) Posts: 2,559	i was 14 and at hockey practice with the older girls at school (because i was so good and all that lol) ...the teacher came over got us into a group and told us, then we were allowed to leave. when she told us i didn't really know what the twin towers were...then got home and watched the news all day as it unfolded, i got home in time to see the second tower get hit live...it was soo awful i then realised that the twin towers were those big buildings in the 'Friends' opening credits and in Home Alone 2

19-05-2007, 10:31	#24
sprenger Posts: n/a	I was on my way to Glasgow's Sherrif Court. Stopped off in a corner shop to get some cigs. It was an Pakistani run shop and a very sombre old gentleman pointed to it on a TV he had on in a little side room. The first tower had only just collapsed. A young man came running down excited from the upstairs flat shouting that the tower had collapsed, he seemed quite happy about it. The older chap gave him a right earful. After court I went home and was glued to the news for the rest of the day.

19-05-2007, 10:34	#25
lemoncurd Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Gender: Male Location: Bristol Services: Freeview (Fusion FVRT200 DVR); BeUnlimited 8Mb Posts: 23,340 Blog Entries: 1	In the office. They had it on the TV downstairs, but I was a bit too busy that day, so had to catch up in the evening.