Where were you on September 11th 2001?

Da Shins Kelly

I was only 10 at the time, so I'd just come home from school. I didn't really realise the full implications of what had happened at that time, but I remember standing in the living room with my parents and brother, and everyone just staring at the television when the second plane crashed, and my dad just going, "Jesus f*cking Christ". It's kinda strange seeing footage of it now, it's kinda like I'm recalling a dream rather than an actual memory when I think of it.

littlefriend

Had just woken up beside my boss after my leaving party from work :eek:

Cheap Thrills!

I was at work, I remember the internet going t1ts up.

Archeron

In work, eating a hot chicken roll for lunch from the local deli.
It was a mental busy day in the sales office that day, and then the phones just went dead at about five to two and virtually nobody rang for the rest of the day. That was a very strange day indeed, even driving home, you could see the look of shock on peoples faces as they queued to get on the M50.

I remember that night I went to the gym, and while on the cross trainer, sky news was basically showing the collapse and the plane hitting the tower on repeat. I just kept thinking to myself "stop f*cking showing it OVER AND OVER again" while the old man on the machine beside me said "looks the worlds gonna end" in such a matter of fact way.

alwaysadub

I was in work. Originally i had this image of a small little Cesna hitting the twin towers and bouncing off it. But when we discovered what'd happened we all legged it into the office and got Sky News on the net and watched from there till i went home and didn't move from the telly for the rest of the night.
My cousin was working in a bar close by, but she was away that day. Didn't know it at the time though.

mikemac

In Galway, searching for college accomadation, was in a B&B at the time

Watching Sky News
They said the first plane was an accident and similar happened in New York back in the 40's or 50's with a bomber plane.

Saw the second plane go in live.
Sure was no accident!

peanuthead

I was in bed after the debs. Alone.

iamthe43

In McGarrigles, O'Connell st, Co. Sligo, drinking

spurious

At work. One of my brothers rang another brother in NYC to see was he OK and we knew more about what had happened than they did.

How Soon Is Now

Was in school in tech graphics class remember teacher coming into us saying hear plane just hit the twin towers. I at the time had no idea of the twin towers in new york jumped up and said real loud ''Plane crashed into Wembley?!!''

I don't understand why people always ask this

Leeg17

Sittin with dad watchin it in the living room with Supermacs Scuttermacs

iamthe43

bluewolf wrote: »

I don't understand why people always ask this

Because you more than likely can remember.

can you remember where you were on 9/10?

Royal Irish

In the conspiracy forum pointing the finger while wearing a tin foil hat so Jim Corr couldnt read my mind.

unknown13

I heard about it when I was on the Sidelines of a Primary School Gaelic Match.

ronaneire

bluewolf wrote: »

I don't understand why people always ask this

Curiosity maybe

I was in Chichen Itza Mehico

iamthe43

iamthe43 wrote: »

Because you more than likely can remember.

can you remember where you were on 9/10?

I can just about remember, but why would anyone care? Does anyone care where I was on the 10th of September?

OutlawPete

Trying to calm my Dad down as he had just been treated like crap by a consultant in Beaumont hospital.

He arrived home, walked in and slammed it door shut, mumbled something to himself about how doctor's were some men, getting paid a fortune and yet couldn't pay a bit of interest to his pain symptoms.

He grabbed the Dogs lead and said he was gonna take him for a walk.

I said: "Dad, some plane or something smashed into a building in New York".

He said: "I couldn't give a fuck if the whole place fell down".

Fair enough so :pac:

Hill St Blue

Speaking of Wembley, I was in London doing a stint of gigs with a band in Wembley. I had the day off so went in to Oxford St to browse around the shops. I heard it over the radio in a bookshop and then spent a few hours in a pub watching it on the box.

starbelgrade

bluewolf wrote: »

I can just about remember, but why would anyone care? Does anyone care where I was on the 10th of September?

No. I don't care where you were on the 11th either, but don't take it personally - I don't care where anybody was on either date.

unknown13

Looking back. 9/11 is probably one of the most important days in the World because the amount of things that have changed since then has been ridiculous.

coffeelover

I was only 7 at the time and I remember coming home from school and mam was watching it on TV. Seems so long ago!

SadieSue

I was in work when I heard about it. One of the part-time accountants came into my office and was explaining what was happening. I didn't get to see it on the news till the evening time.

starbelgrade

unknown13 wrote: »

Looking back. 9/11 is probably one of the most important days in the World because the amount of things that have changed since then has been ridiculous.

Many things have changed since then, but relatively very few as a direct result of 9/11.

Mike 1972

On 11/9/2001 I was at work. We laughed at the initial radio reports of a plane hitting the WTC as we assumed it was a small single person aircraft piloted by an idiot. Once the details of what was happening became clearer no work was carried out for the rest of the day. everyone was surfing the news sites.

On the way home I engaged in some panic buying of petrol. To my suprise there didnt seem to be much sign of anyone else doing likewise. I conciously avoided turning on the TV that night (have a certain distaste for disaster porn) confined myself to radio and the interweb (the Daily Rotten proved to be one of the finest news sources in the days which followed with a suprisingly low quoitent of disaster porn).

Next day an Iraqui guy was at our canteen table feeling the need to apoligise for what had unfolded. Later discovered he had been terrified going into work that morning thinking he was going to be lynched or something

unknown13 wrote: »

Looking back. 9/11 is probably one of the most important days in the World because the amount of things that have changed since then has been ridiculous.

Er Pearl Harbour, Normandy Landings, Wall St Crash, Berlin wall opening, Iranian revolution, Establishment of Israel, Establishment of OPEC, Bombing of Hiroshima..........

Gummy Panda

Ordering a pc from compustore. It was a decent pc for the time.

Fago!

Coming home from primary school. I thought the news were playing clips of some awesome action movie.

Gordon Gecko

Was in 6th class when the principal, whose son was living in New York at the time, announced it over the intercom and got home by the time the first tower imploded.

brummytom

I was 8, swimming in the local pool with my class. Teaching assistant was listening to the radio out in the reception, she came in and whispered something to our teacher. We were told there'd been an 'accident' in America, and we all had to stop and say a Hail Mary; I remember it vividly.


I came home and tried to find some kids telly (we mustn't have had sky/cable at the time), every channel was just replaying the same images over and over; we just sat their and watched all night.

Wertz

Working in a v. nice house doing the steelwork on a staircase...listened to most of it happening on the radio with Colin Murray and Edith Bowman from about 2pm onwards...there was no TV in the house (still under construction) so me and the other guy with me had to picture it in our heads...I nearly fell off the ladder when they announced the second plane hitting and then the pentagon strike.
We knocked off early that day...I remember thinking on the way home that we'd probably see a nuclear strike as the outcome of this. Went home then and watched it on the TV till about 1 in the morning< I think I just got in the door as the 2nd tower fell...

Pompey Magnus

I was attending a public recitation of a book, "My Pet Goat", some inconsiderate chap in a suit came in and interrupted the narrator but after a few minutes to compose himself he managed to get back on track and finish the piece for us. Thats professionalism for you!

RICARDO1982

I was on the dart coming back from FAS. Got home to see the news on every station..

My name is URL

I was in the process of having a tooth filled when the second plane hit.. I lost the tooth a few months later

SirLemonhead

bluewolf wrote: »

I don't understand why people always ask this

It might have changed since last year!

stanley1

in bed, turned on tv, thought I was watching a movie.

unknown13

stanley1 wrote: »

in bed, turned on tv, thought I was watching a movie.

*when was this movie released*
*flicks channel*
*same movie, must be advertising*
*flicks channel again*
*HOLY SHÍT*

Frisbee

I was in school and I remember a tacher from another class coming in and telling us. Spent most of the night watching it on telly as we'd all gotten off homework which I was chuffed with at the time.

changes

I was at work and ran into the office next door to tell them what was happening. They just looked at me like i was a bit mad, then when everyone realised how crazy and massive it was we were all around the radio listening in shock.

sink

iamthe43 wrote: »

can you remember where you were on 9/10?

I can, I was burying my Grandad.

Was in 6th year and we went on a geography trip to some seaside village in Galway that day. I was working on a project for leaving cert, can't remember exactly what now, but I was with a group of mates reading an ordinance survey map on the beach when and old lady came up to us and told us America had been attacked and that New York and Washington had been destroyed. We just thought she was crazy but decided to check it out. We went into the nearest pub and watched the second tower collapse. We spent the rest of the day glued to the telly.

Nodster

We we're due to fly to San Fran on the 14th for our funnymoon, needless to say we cancelled until the following year.

Columbia

I was outside raking up leaves after my father trimming the hedges, when my mother called the house from work and yelled "THE WHITEHOUSE HAS BEEN BOMBED!!"

She's never been a knowledgeable or worldly person.

rainbow kirby

Was in 6th year in school and had just been at a memorial service in the school for a girl who had been killed over the summer in a car crash. Heard about the first plane when I was in my friend's mother's car on the way home, saw the second plane on Sky News when I got home.

Riddle101

was in 6th class when it happened. Came home from school and my mam said that two planes had crashed into the world trade center. I said, ok without really showing much concern, and went up to change out of my uniform and pretty much didn't care. later on as I was watching the whole thing on the news in my friends house, I started to cop on at just what happened and became more sympathetic to the whole situation. So much so that I didn't turn off the news at all that night until I went to bed, even though it was just showing the same scenes as it had earlier that day.

It was then when I got a real taste of what reality was like, and ever since then I have always kept track of the news and make it a habit of reading up on things to learn about the world. Bit sappy really, but that's how I was and am.

The Paws

I was in New York 2 days before this happened! I was due to go home on 12th but decided to head home on 9th instead - mainly to give myself more time before heading back to work!!
It was at work I found out about this sad event and everyone said you are so so so lucky to be able to "get" home.

Funny thing is - I got stranded when I was in Rome for a mini break this year!!!!

moonpurple

was in car on n11 listening to todayfm running sky news commentary, myself and driver heard that world trade centre which we had both been up

was gone... could not take it in..stunned:eek:

Mister men

What's with the 9/11 obsession?

WesternNight

I was 16, my mother picked me up from school and said something about a plane and twin towers. Hadn't a notion what she was on about. Didn't know what on earth the World Trade Centre was. Got home, turned on the TV and sat with my mouth hanging open for quite some time as my brain tried to catch up with what my eyes were seeing.

I didn't even come close to appreciating what was actually happening until much later.

WesternNight

Mister men wrote: »

What's with the 9/11 obsession?

9th anniversary next Saturday, the documentaries are being shown again all this week so it's on people's minds. Hardly an obsession.

E.T.

Mister men wrote: »

What's with the 9/11 obsession?

It's a defining moment of the last 10 years for people all over the world. IMHO.

sdanseo

Was in first year in school, heard chitter chatter among others about the world trade centre and kindof subconsciously knew something was up...then when I got to the train station, almost home I asked my Mam and I remember thinking it was the twin towers in Kuala Lumpur. I was quickly corrected.

mysons

I was in work but on September 11 2000 my wife,2 sons and I were standing on the top floor of the World Trade Centre looking down at the scene through the glass floor at the windows.
Our eldest lad was very nervous as he did not and still does not like heights and I remember saying not to worry as they did not build buildings like this for them to fall down.