MM Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 will be 7 years ago. im sure we can all remember what we were doing when it happened. i was stood outside Martin Dawes in birkenhead, waitng for the wife to do her shopping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billett Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) it's flown by, can still remember watching it live.... tuned into CH4 9/11 Hotel at the moment Edited September 10, 2008 by Billett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Martin i was fitting heating for a local hooker no joke Will stick in my mind for a long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr W Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 That's crazy how can 7 years have passed so quickly. I was finishing my final professional exam in London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imperfection Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Very sad.Time has gone so fast. I was comming back from Ipswich at the time when it was reported on Radio 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbithunter2008 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 That's scary 7 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 very sad indeed,i can remember watching the news flashes when i got home from work.i just sat there stunned not believing what i was watching.i never watched as much news in one day.i hope and prey i never see the likes of it again and that was on tv.i would nt have wanted to have been there on that day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Martin i was fitting heating for a local hooker no joke Will stick in my mind for a long time Which bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 hahahahah, how do you know she was local? first thing i did, was get home and call my in laws. with all the lines being tied up, you think the worst. they live miles away in florida, but my father in law in a new yorker. i sat and cried like a baby that night. ******** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ME Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 it amazes me that it has been 7 years. i still look at the footage in dis-belief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billett Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 has anyone here been before, or after? I have yet to visit NY but it's one of my plans. I would like to see and pay my respect to those there that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGH OCATANE HITMAN Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I was 12 and still in high school, i remember hearing the cleaners say somthing about it when i was walking out after a detention then got home and saw it on every chanel on tv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myzeneye Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 i was fitting a boiler as usual... heard it on the radio... 1st report was a bit sketchy, then sadly, as each report came in and the radio show stopped and became a full blown news report i realised how serious it was.... when i got home and stuck sky news on i was horrified..... hope nothing like it happens again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I was 12 and still in high school, i remember hearing the cleaners say somthing about it when i was walking out after a detention then got home and saw it on every chanel on tv i woke up from a rubbish night shift to see this on the tv was shocking , i was glued to the tele for most of the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevitree Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I was sat at home watching fox kids when it switched with a news flash to fox news ....... I was working as a milkman at the time, the following morning was strange (couldnt spell eerie), Couldnt put my finger on it to start with, then stopped for usual cuppa T about 3am, on hill over looking city and realised how quiet it was. Realised that there was no planes flying and the silence.......... well it will live with me always the images and the silence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) I was at school and my art teacher walked by and she said World war 3 is about to start I said why and she said America is under attack. And as I turned on the telly at school the 2nd plane hit the other tower. Phoned up my Uncle and Auntie in New York they lived 20 miles away from the towers and they said they could see the smoke from there house. May we remember. Edited September 10, 2008 by dustyfox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lee Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 It was my daughters 2nd birthday. We had a huge party planned with all the relatives coming round. Kind of a poor birthday party for her once someone mentioned what had happened and the tv went on. A very sad day. She's 9 tomorrow and again, relatives will be coming round and I just know the conversation will turn to this tragic event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I watched it on the plasmas at a Regus at Liverpool St Station surrounded by Yanks who worked in the financial sector and who couldn't work out if it was a media stunt / prank. I remember that everyone left London and Canary Wharf almost immediately fearing more co-ordinated attacks. I had been to the top of the twin towers and been in the below ground shopping complex. It's the scale that lost on the telly - they were F-off landmark buildings with a mini Lakeside underneath them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay222 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 i remember watching the news through a window on the third floor of a big house whilst i was supposed to be cleaning the windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 has anyone here been before, or after? I have yet to visit NY but it's one of my plans. I would like to see and pay my respect to those there that day. I have been to New York a good few times before but not after, been up the Twin Towers and the Empire State etc. I hear it has changed beyond all recognition, not only because of 9/11 but the tidying up that happened before. A friend of mine from Jersey keeps trying to get me to go over, and I will again sometime. My parents have a picture of us on the Circleline with the Twin Towers still being built in the background - how scary is that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeylove Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 I was erecting balconies on a tall building in Enfield when one of the residents shouted out of the window what was happening, they were terrified that their building would be next, we went to the roof to watch canary wharf but obviously nothing happened but we did notice a lot of fighter planes overflying London. I have since visited ground zero whilst in NY, the size of the hole has to be seen to be believed its more like a quarry. Everyone you speak to there has a story to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagsy Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 I was helping with a charity do for BGC (formerly Canter Fitzgerald) today - they had a hell of a time on 9/11. Place was crawling with A & B list celebs and even more 'has beens' in support of various charities. Good to see people doing their bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poontang Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Was working just outside Barcelona at the time. Went straight to the nearest bar to watch it on tv, the whole place was silent, as people watched in disbelief. Except for the barman, who had an obvious dislike of Americans, and everytime they showed the planes hitting the towers he would ring a bell and shout OLE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 Interesting to see how, once the Americans had been "hit" at home, albeit on a larger scale than had been the case in mainland UK for all those years before, financial support from the Yanks for the IRA dried up almost overnight. Perhaps some good came from it after all. Nick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPARKIE Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 i was on hols in magaluf it was my first time abroad.i remember walking down the strip and all the tellys were on the same channels we thought it was just a film everyone wanted to watch we only realised when we went into a bar for a beer what had happened. i tell ya it was scarey getting onto a plane about 3 days later.....police everywhere with machine guns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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