steve_b_wales Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 Twenty three years ago today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 6 minutes ago, steve_b_wales said: Twenty three years ago today! I thought you were going to mention Biden's gaffe. Doesn't seem that long ago, it was one of those moments that you remember exactly where you were when you heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKD Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 It always seems more recent on every anniversary. Part of history 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 What a sad day that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymondley Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 16 minutes ago, steve_b_wales said: Twenty three years ago today! And in those twenty three years, how many more have died, both for the cause and in the war against terrorism? And are either side any further forward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy1950 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 Strangely enough I have just put on my desk 2 dvds "Confronting the Evidence" and "Loose Change" both calling for reinvestigation of the events leading up to and the aftermath, of evidence that seemed to be supressed or ignored. A massive tragedy for so many. Thousands affected well beyond the twin towers. FB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 Despite the loss of life, the halfwits emerged from their twilight world to say the planes didn't cause the damage. Bit like those who believe the moon landings never took place. An awful event, but as Wymodley has posted - "are either side any further forward?". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbobailey Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 36 minutes ago, steve_b_wales said: Twenty three years ago today! Disgusting terrorist atrocity, sadly almost forgotten and ignored. Also, from the time of the German death and torture" camps" to present day massacre and torture of innocent Israelis, all swept away and forgotten. Closer to home, innocent lives blown away and murdered in Ulster and elsewhere in UK, gone with scant regard or care. Sad world indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 I was in Birmingham in a girlfriend's flat in Hermitage Road. The West Point flats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted September 11 Author Report Share Posted September 11 20 minutes ago, enfieldspares said: I was in Birmingham in a girlfriend's flat in Hermitage Road. The West Point flats. I had just returned from a holiday abroad. I switched on the TV and was confronted by a plane hitting the first tower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbobailey Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 24 minutes ago, enfieldspares said: I was in Birmingham in a girlfriend's flat in Hermitage Road. The West Point flats. Birmingham. The Mulberry and Tavern bombings/murders. Over 20 killed, 100 + injured. Long ignored and swept from history! Why don't we care? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 i was in a pub in winchester with my drillers...we were drilling borholes....we were at the bar and moaned to the barmaid to switch the TV over to a news channel as we were sick of low budget disaster movies the barmaid was white in semi shock and gasped "it was the news channell".......we stayed there transfixed to the tele and watched eventually both towers go down and the plane go into the 2nd one..... it was like the beginning of the end of the world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmicblue Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 I remember the day - being in the offices of a company I worked for in Reading at the time, they had a TV in reception without the sound turned on, walking past the first plane impact looked like a tragic accident, the dawning after the second plane went in that it wasn't. Back in 2012 I was in New York and visited the 9/11 memorial site, a humbling place that records the brutal waste of human life caused by unbelievably evil people distorting a religion that would never have condoned such an act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 Like others have said you can easily remember where you were on that fateful day , it was bad enough when the planes struck the twin towers , then it unfolded before your eyes when the building's collapsed and it looked like something out of a horror film . I would put this in the top five events that will stay vivid in my memory bank until my time is up , the other's could be the moon landing , Princess Diana's car crash and the funeral , the late Queens funeral and I would have to think about the last one , it could be the 53 East coast floods ( although I wasn't that old to remember that much , or the 63 worst Winter in living memory , or maybe something else . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claydodger Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 25 minutes ago, benbobailey said: Birmingham. The Mulberry and Tavern bombings/murders. Over 20 killed, 100 + injured. Long ignored and swept from history! Why don't we care? I reckon most people care, but what can we do, the world is full of hatred. On the day I was in our local timber supplier trying to pay the bill but everyone was glued to tv and not serving, on turning round to see why, I was also appalled at what I saw.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 33 minutes ago, Gordon R said: Despite the loss of life, the halfwits emerged from their twilight world to say the planes didn't cause the damage. Bit like those who believe the moon landings never took place. An awful event, but as Wymodley has posted - "are either side any further forward?". Although you talk about the doubters living in a twilight world there are still significant questions and inconsistencies that have never been answered. Fuelling the conspiracy theories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 Conspiracy theorists are never satisfied, as it would spoil their raison d'etre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy1950 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 I can still remember the various American news programmes that morning (and never shown again) interviewing the 1`st responder fire fighters and them saying (and reporting to their Chiefs via their radios) that they were hearing explosions from the upper levels and also in the lower foye/lounge areas. Well below the impact sites. Loads of questions about the whole tragic scenario which have been brushed under the carpet. My own personal view, which I wont respond to, is that it was a false flag mission to get the American public on side to go to war against Saddam. They were vehemently against it but were soon brought on side after this event and lap dog BLiar was rapidly engaged to try and help get the UN resolution that B-sh needed to go to war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B686 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 I was working on site as a hod carrier at the time and remember one of the other hod carriers Reece shouting across the site ******* hell America is being attacked think ww3 is starting. Never forget him as about half hour later he smashed about 6 of his front teeth out trying to start the diesel cement mixer with the crank handle as it kicked out right old mess his mouth was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 Hello, We all must have memories of certain events like the 9/11 , another one I remember is the 2 Undercover soldiers trying to escape the mob of people in Northern Ireland , sadly not a good ending for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benbobailey Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 1 minute ago, Flyboy1950 said: I can still remember the various American news programmes that morning (and never shown again) interviewing the 1`st responder fire fighters and them saying (and reporting to their Chiefs via their radios) that they were hearing explosions from the upper levels and also in the lower foye/lounge areas. Well below the impact sites. Loads of questions about the whole tragic scenario which have been brushed under the carpet. My own personal view, which I wont respond to, is that it was a false flag mission to get the American public on side to go to war against Saddam. They were vehemently against it but were soon brought on side after this event and lap dog BLiar was rapidly engaged to try and help get the UN resolution that B-sh needed to go to war. Wow! 1 minute ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, We all must have memories of certain events like the 9/11 , another one I remember is the 2 Undercover soldiers trying to escape the mob of people in Northern Ireland , sadly not a good ending for them Literally murdered in cold blood, by savages, live on TV. Again swept from history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 9 minutes ago, benbobailey said: Wow! Literally murdered in cold blood, by savages, live on TV. Again swept from history. Hello, Yes , Watching this and 9/11 certainly made me very sad watching, 😒 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob85 Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 I was just home from college when I saw it happen on the news, was studying building engineering and spent the next day studying how and why they fell in the manner they did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dainty duck Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 I had just come in from work and switched on the tv and thought what's a film doing on at this time ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adzyvilla Posted September 11 Report Share Posted September 11 I was in corfu with my then girlfriend dozing off a monster hangover by the pool. Kept surfacing and glancing through the bar window to the telly in the corner and seeing what seemed like an endless replay of a terrible film. Eventually went in to get a drink and asked them what they were watching only to learn the truth. It cleared my hangover pretty quickly. The rest of the holiday lost its lustre after that. I don't really remember how the airport/flight back was but I don't recall any increased security or delays although I'm sure there must have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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