Where were you on September 11th 2001?

R0ot · 11-09-2005 04:02AM

i was in school maths class i think, terrible thing, but it didnt justify going after a few smaller countries and blowing the **** outta them

Munurty · 11-09-2005 04:25AM

Ok i have a good one.

I was trying out for my school's junior hockey team and i tweaked a muscle in my arse . I went to the school nurse and while i was standing there with my shorts pulled down she was my massaging deep heat into my ass she says isn't it terrible whats goin on in America. So i said what the way the markets took a big down turn yesterday (i think they did) So then she goes on about the whole thing this was probably at about 4.30

Thats a true story believe it or not (even if i am a little drunk right now :eek: )

I didn't make the team either. What a bummer. lol

Healio · 11-09-2005 04:44AM

I was on a student exchange in germany, got home from my work experience at around 2 german time, flicking throught the channels i came across euronews, and saw tower 1 on fire/smoking, reports said private plane crashes into WTC. After a while, the host family's dad asked did i want to go shopping with him i said yeah sure why not. Got down the shopping centre, went into the sports department of Kardstadt(sp?) it was on all the telly's, (we and the rest of the shop/country/world) then saw the second plane crash in live. My hosts-dad said we should just go home and watch, glued to the tv we watched it til the towers came down, i remember falling asleep, and waking up to a video of the day with some enya song on it, with all the events and speechs, it was a bit of a tear jerker, but i kept them in.

Bamboozled · 11-09-2005 05:31AM

I was just after moving into a new place in a new county and was having an asthma attack. The TV was on in the sitting room and I could see it from the bedroom where I was having the attack. I was in so much shock that I didnt even turn on the TV in the bedroom but continued to watch the one in the sitting room from the bedroom.

EL_Loco · 11-09-2005 05:44AM

I was on a train going over the williamsburg bridge with a terrific/horrific view of the second plane sweeping in and crashing into the second tower. being a few minutes late for the work the first tower was already on fire at the time so the whole train was looking in that direction anyway. quite a day ensued. I doubt I'll be forgetting it unless I lose my marbles further down the line. I'll have to stick it in the memoirs.

jesus_thats_gre · 11-09-2005 06:28AM

Was in the poster shop on Liffet St opposite the side entrance to Marks and Spencers in Jervis Street with my then GF.. Saw it on TV as it happened and didn;t actually believe it. We thought it was a movie or some GGI or something..

honru · 11-09-2005 06:50AM

First time I was told, the immediate thing that came to my head was wondering what the World Trade Center was! Don't think I could've comprehend my teacher's shock though (didn't like the man anyway), I hardly thought that two simple plane crashes (didn't think they were actual airlines) could possibly shake the world. It was only when I arrived home and switched on the news that I saw that this was on a totally different scale.

Ravage1616 · 11-09-2005 08:11AM

Was in school and the teacher came in late and told us what happened!
Went home for lunch and just remember watching sky news!!

Hobbes · 11-09-2005 08:22AM

I was in US, logged into work checking stuff when I saw the smoke on TV, then the presenter saying "As you can see we are live..." then the second plane flew in. Pretty unreal. Stayed home all day and relayed it to people in work who for quite a while thought I was taking the piss up until the pentagon was hit.

BuffyBot · 11-09-2005 10:59AM

I was at home, just having finished my lunch and getting ready to go to work for an evening shift. I heard the news that a plane had crashed into the WTC and thought "that's odd" but I assumed it was only a light aircraft. Then I heard a second one had crashed and I kind of thought "That's just unlucky" (again, thinking it was another light aircraft". I got to work at 3 and nearly the whole office was crowded into my sectionb watching our TV and it was only when I saw the pictures it really hit home that this was major.

Draupnir · 11-09-2005 11:18AM

It was the day after my debs, so I was still tuxedo'd up and dying with a hangover. Was watchign tv in my girlfriend's house when I flicked onto Sky news, about 2 minutes before plane two hit. They couldnt drag me away from the screen all day and BlackTie got their tux back late.

rainglow · 11-09-2005 11:32AM

In New York on Broad Street, about 8 blocks south of the towers. Saw the second plane hit, building evacuated, ran for my life from the tidal wave of ash and debris that came crashing down the steet between the skyscrapers. Walked with thousands of other people in a dense fog of ash with bits of charred paper falling from the sky, trying to get to the bridges and get off the island. Saw the second tower fall with my own eyes just as we neared the Brooklyn bridge. I still shiver every time I think about it and I can remember the rumbling, thunderous noise the tower made as it fell- I had gotten off my train in the WTC about 45 minutes before the first plane hit.

thejovialhost · 11-09-2005 11:35AM

Was in CSPE class until our teacher came in and told us what happened, we didn't believe it at first but then we went up to our 'cinema' to watch it on the big screen. Everybody was speechless. We didn't leave at that time (2pm), we had to wait until 4 to go home

Chong · 11-09-2005 11:35AM

I had just come from college to find my dad watching this , I couldnt believe it.

johnny_ultimate · 11-09-2005 11:40AM

In school. I remember specifically my Irish teacher coming in and telling us all. No one really knew what was going on though till we went home and turned on the news....

Dinner · 11-09-2005 11:40AM

I was off sick from school. I was happily playing Settlers 3 when my Mam rang me and told me to put on the News.

Shock would be an understatment.

jonny68 · 11-09-2005 01:01PM

I was in London at the time watching it thinking "this can't really be happening" but as time went on we realised this wasn't some joke it actually really was happening,spent the whole day glued to sky news looking on is disbelief :eek:

jonny68 · 11-09-2005 01:02PM

rainglow wrote:

In New York on Broad Street, about 8 blocks south of the towers. Saw the second plane hit, building evacuated, ran for my life from the tidal wave of ash and debris that came crashing down the steet between the skyscrapers. Walked with thousands of other people in a dense fog of ash with bits of charred paper falling from the sky, trying to get to the bridges and get off the island. Saw the second tower fall with my own eyes just as we neared the Brooklyn bridge. I still shiver every time I think about it and I can remember the rumbling, thunderous noise the tower made as it fell- I had gotten off my train in the WTC about 45 minutes before the first plane hit.

Fu*k me that must have been scary mate :eek:

ferdi · 11-09-2005 01:09PM

in school in the study room. our history teacher came in amd told us. i whiped out my pocket radio walkman thingy and started to listen to rte on the headphones. i didnt really understand the implications of what i was hearing but i knew it was bad.

Irishstabber · 11-09-2005 01:12PM

I walked into my aunites house frm my school break and seen it on sky...then the second plane. went to school, came back and they had fallen down.

marshmallow · 11-09-2005 01:13PM

I was in school. I just remember coming home and sitting infront of the TV for the afternoon/eveining and watching the news. I didn't quite grasp it as I was watching it.

quarryman · 11-09-2005 01:16PM

some amount of people sick on the day, get some excercise people!

I was actually in the air over the Atlantic flying home from Canada..

forgot to ring the parents to inform them i'd made the flight etc. needless to say, they were a bit worried not hearing from me....

whiskeyman · 11-09-2005 01:19PM

I was in work at the time here in Dublin.
A colleague emailed me (who worked on a different floor that had a TV) saying there's a report of a plane just after hitting the WTC.
I just thought - "oh, some light plane in a bad accident".... then another email a few minutes later "Jesus, another one just hit... it's all over the TV".
We all went into the boardroom and watch events unfold for the rest of the day.
I remember walking home past the American College on Mount Street after work.... the mood was just surreal... students were just sitting on the window ledge of the college staring into space with an american flag beside them. Many were crying and others in just debelief.
I nipped into one of the pubs to catch an update (Sky News was on all TVs) and the atmosphere in the place was also just so morbid.
I usually got the bus home, but I remember I walked home that day (hour and a half) just thinking about what happened.

scojones · 11-09-2005 01:22PM

I was asleep in bed, and my sister woke me up screaming "AMERICA IS UNDER ATTACK!$@#", I watched the news for the rest of the day in shock.

Vokes · 11-09-2005 01:25PM

If i remember correctly though for a few brief seconds, when the 2nd plane hit the tower, the Sky News anchor thought it was just a replay of the 1st plane from a different angle....

....but then he/she noticed that the plane caused a different gaping hole :eek:

weemcd · 11-09-2005 01:28PM

Was standing at my locker at the end of the day (3:30) when someone came over to tell me his class had been listening to the attacks on the radio during his class. Didn't really believe him, me and a few mates went for a walk down the town and went past an electric shop to see the news on all the channels. Must have stood for about 15 minutes watching. Was soon home and spent the afternoon watching the news.

Prior Of Taize · 11-09-2005 01:28PM

i was in business class. i remember finding out and not really caring.

danniemcq · 11-09-2005 01:32PM

DaveMcG wrote:

Here's a few videos of the attacks. It's still horrible to watch, gives me the shivers sometimes...

The second one, 'CNN exclusive video from two different angles shows the second plane hitting the World Trade Center', is the most disturbing for me; must be the angle, or the closeness or something.

is that the one with the devils head in the smoke???

scojones · 11-09-2005 01:34PM

Devils Head in the smoke? ffs bahah.

beanyb · 11-09-2005 01:35PM

I was in school, but we had games so none of us actually heard until we finished school. I got a phone call from my mum saying she was coming to collect me instead of me getting the bus because of it. I remember standing waiting at the bottom of the road with some friends just speculating about what had happened because we hadnt actually seen any pictures.

I remember going to school the next day and sitting in my european studies class (random 4th yr class) listening to the teacher go on about how this was going to be one of those things that people remember where they were when they heard for the rest of their lives, and look, he was right!

Where were you on September 11th 2001?

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