Where were you when... thread (Megamerge)

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Peppapig, hope you don't mind me using your idea! I remember this somewhat more clearly than Diana's death.

I was in school when the planes hit. I was 15 and in Third Year at the time.

I remember coming home and the towers had fallen at that stage. Honest to god when I walked in the door I thought my parents were watching a film but then Mum told me no two planes had hit the WTC in New York and another the Pentagon.

I'll never forget the first time I saw the clip of the planes hitting, it gave me shivers. Still does. I also remember finding it hard to sleep that night and getting shivers when planes went over head.

Motley Crue wrote: »

OK, so this is getting a little thin, but we have to admit that having only happened just over a year ago it is actually something that resonated around the World. I personally wasn't a fan but perhaps there was something you did that day that makes you remember it.

I was in Edinburgh, working at the Edinburgh Film Festival, my Dad had called the night before to tell me to change the channel because Michael Jackson had just had a heart attack. Obviously, with the knowledge he was due to play in London, that seemed rather interesting

The next day the news was confirmed when I woke up. I spent most of the day watching television before work. When I went into work a few days later there were a few people who still hadn't heard it had happened - which baffled me because they told EVERYONE at any given opportunity - then again, it was the Edinburgh Film Festival and most of us were students.....

I worked at a radio station in Edinburgh at the time and a few weeks later we did a special tribute for him....a few songs here and there and invited people from the station to talk about how his music affected them.