Where were you when <insert tragedy> happened?

Mike 1972 · 11-09-2011 10:55AM

Orando Broom wrote: »

Everyone in Ireland was on their way out the door for mass when they heard Diana died.

Errrr you do realise this is AH -an internet board mainly frequented mainly by communists, homosexuals and even protestants ????

chughes · 11-09-2011 02:40PM

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Errrr you do realise this is AH -an internet board mainly frequented mainly by communists, homosexuals and even protestants ????

Mike, you left athiests off your list. I hope you're not discriminating against us

Reamer Fanny · 11-09-2011 02:46PM

cyberhog wrote: »

When events like 9/11 are discussed in the media people are always asked where they were at the time of the event. Whether someone was climbing Mount Everest or at home sitting on the bog what is the interest in knowing where other people were at the time a tragic event occurred?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9PwWkV4HQ4

Mike 1972 · 11-09-2011 02:46PM

chughes wrote: »

Mike, you left athiests off your list. I hope you're not discriminating against us

Protestant Atheists ?

The worst kind :pac:

Shiroki · 11-09-2011 02:47PM

Was at a friends party in the Leisure Plex. Seen the second tower being hit live. Scary sheet

Axwell · 11-09-2011 02:56PM

For 9/11 I was in NYC staying in the Roosevelt Hotel about 3.5 miles away from the WTC. I had been in Myrtle Beach for the summer and when I was there we had a Tornado, the first one in 54 years and I thought that was going to be the most eventful thing of the summer. Went up to NYC for a few days before planning to come home. I was supposed to go to the WTC or the Statue of Liberty on the morning of 9/11 doing the tourist thing having visited the Empire Estate building the day before. Some friends I was with went for dinner with some others they were meeting on the night of the 10th in the restaraunt that was at the top of one of the towers. Myself and my mate went to the pub instead to watch a match and ended up having a few too many as you do.

The morning of 9/11 we were all too tired and hungover to be thinking of getting up early to go anywhere. The phone rang and it was one of the girls mothers in a panic to see were we all ok and to turn on the tv as we were oblivious to what was going on. Then the phone lines went down as they shut them all off in big emergencies and you can only make 911 calls so all our parents were still at home panicing and wondering were we ok. Our hotel was right beside Grand Central Station where there was also bomb threats being called in for along with other spots around the city. So we left and went to Central Park for the day which was full of people with the same idea. It was a very surreal few days to say the least seeing NYC in the aftermath and being so quiet and in shock compared to the manic busy city it usually is.

Cypher_sounds · 11-09-2011 03:08PM

I remember it well. I was in a restaurant in Marbella in Spain and everyone was glued to the small t.v screen in the corner, at first i thought it was just a football match everyone was interested in but soon realized something serious had happened hearing everyone gasp and took a look at the t.v. Terrible viewing at the WTC, can only imagine how horrific it was for the families of everyone involved.

Where were you when <insert tragedy> happened?

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