9/11 anniversary, where were you when it happened and was it a conspiracy?

Robbing Boney's post.

A tsunami washed away 250,000 people in Thailand and Bangladesh and Indonesia?
It was Stephen's Day, wasn't it? My family had rented out some cabins in County Galway, which had no access to TV or radio, so we didn't hear about it the next day. At home with the folks, trying to get through to my brother who was christmasing in Indonesia. Got hold of him the next day

Another tsunami washed away 15,000 people in Japan?
I was in my rented accommodation and was watching it in my then-housemate's bedroom, both being shocked by what was happening on-screen.
At work. I rang my dad to find out where in SE asia the brother was at that time. He was in N.Z.

An assault on Fallujah killed 40,000 Iraqis?
Don't know what day that was, so can't tell you. your figures are waaaaaaaaaay off

Estimates of Civilians killed vary from 1400 killed in both battles to 2000.
FWIW, I would have been at work for both battles.

Any other day in Afghanistan ...who knows how many?
Dunno, but do you know the answer without looking it up on the news or on Google.

Brevick slaughtered a load of kids?
Oh, this I know. I was at remember this one, I was at my family home and was amazed to hear there had been a bombing there, then in complete shock when I read about what it had lead to.

At work, trying to follow it on Sky news.

7/7?
At my family home again. One of the first things I did is text a then-friend of mine who was living in London at the time, just to make sure they were OK.

At work, but sent a cousin who lived in London at the time an FB message hoping he was ok. His reply was an almost carbon copy of a mail from a cousin on the other side of the family after the American Airlines jet crashed in Queens in November 2001. "London (Queens) is a big place, I'm fine but thanks for the concern"

Saudi tanks moved into Bahrain and destroyed anyone who wanted to say something?
Dunno when that happened. But probably in bed? Dunno that one. When was it?

Diana died?
Don't know, but I remember going to the shop when her funeral was on and being annoyed by how much coverage it was getting across loads of channels. I was young and wanted to watch cartoons.
At work, it was a sunday morning and i got shot down by the hot girl who worked in the newsagents i used stop into on the way to work. There was always a bit of flirting going on but when i suggested a drink she sad no.... ah well.

aaabbbb wrote: »

I was 8 and in third class. I distinctly remember coming home from school , lying down on the sitting room floor with the tv on front of me and doing the "Today's/My news" portion of my homework on one of those special handwriting manuscript copies. I was learning how to do joint up writing in school and hadn't quite mastered how to do so yet so it was taking me ages to write down what was happening on the tv screen. I also remember my Dad who has now passed away standing over me explaining what the twin towers were and what was going on. I recognised even at that young age that what I was watching was quite significant, a part of history and was quite grievous and moving. I was fascinated by the whole thing really.

So then you would probably never remember getting on a plane without having to take off your shoes and belt and also being allowed to bring a bottle of cola with you.

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

Genuine question here- for all the talk of airport security, how much vetting is done of pilots cleared to fly into major US cities? In theory it would not be an impossible scenario for a plant/ someone who had been turned working for an airline from one of the usual suspect nations to knock out his co pilot and change route from JFK to Manhattan. In fact it somewhat happened before when an Egyptian pilot flying off New York most likely deliberately crashed his jet into the sea whilst reciting a prayer. AQ would have little moral problem with sacrificing a plane full of mainly muslim civilians. As far as I recall jets only patrol the New York skyline at times of high alert, so what measures do they have? Or even what measures do they have to mentally vet US pilots?

I think that the Egyptian Airliner lost power/control due to external communication signalling fcuking up its instrumentation. The terrified pilot was most likely reciting his last prayers as he plunged to his death.

Anyone on here who uses Netflix should watch Zeitgeist, skip past part 1 as its all bible conspiracy shít, but part 2 is all about the 9/11 conspiracies.

MonaPizza wrote: »

So then you would probably never remember getting on a plane without having to take off your shoes and belt and also being allowed to bring a bottle of cola with you.

Please I've been flying since I was a few months old , *you know jetsetting celtic tiger cub and all that of course I do !

The bringing bottles with you is only fairly recent and I've only ever had to take off my shoes once and that was just after 9/11 going through London.

I do always remember having to remove any metal items from my person and put them on the tray to go through the scanner. So that part of your assumption is correct

*My mother was just really lazy and just didn't fancy sitting in the car for hours to go see the in-laws :pac: