9/11

[bovril]

I was skiving Sixth Form.

[Ashley]

Coming out of school hearing the twin towers had been hit by a plane.. A bit like andwhat? Thinking of Wembley. .. horrible footage when I seen it on the news.

[foxoffderby]

I was on honeymoon in the Maldives, was surreal watching it unfold in a bar on a desert island!

Security in the airports on the way home had to be seen to be believed too, took forever.

I was on honeymoon in Mexico. 

 

For some reason I got up early and saw this breaking headline of a plane hitting one of the twin towers. I thought thats got to be a domestic small plane which has got into trouble and cannot possibly be a commercial air liner. 

 

I watched the 2nd plane hit twin towers live on CNN and I thought thats it WW3 is going to break out now. I had read about Pearl Harbour but there  is no way America would get attacked again. 

 

I wanted to go home, but I'm on the other side of the world. 

 

Then their was the attack on the Pentagon, my new wife wanted to go to the beech but I couldn't keep my eyes off the telly.

 

Your right about airport security. Some of the looks I got from people on the plane... I had grown a goatee and had quite a tan. Every time I went to the loo it felt like people  were saying keep an eye on him make sure he doesn't go anywhere near the cockpit!!

 

I would have to say in my lifetime that event is the most shocking thing I have ever seen. It changed my life and for many around the world in many different ways.

[Jimothy]

I'd just got home from college. I had one hour long lesson on a Tuesday, and this was one Tuesday where I decided to head home rather than hang around. Got home, and stuck the TV on, just as the BBC newsflash was starting. At first the screen was just blank and I thought the TV was broken, then it began and I just sat there all afternoon watching it unfold. Horrendous day.

[The Blur]

I found out while being at school and we were allowed to watch it on the TV.  Few days later my mum has to sit me and my sister down and told us that she is cancelling our surprise trip to Disneyland Florida because of what has happened. So I have a personal grudge against Obama Bin Laden for ruining my childhood fantasy!  

 

When I was travelling the world in 2011 (on tenth anniversary of 9/11), at the end of it, I have grew a huge beard so I was bit paranoid flying to LA from Fiji to change flights to London at the end of my travels, it did not helped that my girlfriend has put several shampoo bottles in my personal bag which got discovered at the security and the fact that due to the time difference, I also 'lived' through the day twice. In the end, it was ok and my mates got more hassle by the security than I did. 

[Ghost Troop]

The irony is that the Saudi's will come to regret their support for this odious group, for it has no real religous or idealistic aims other than control and power, its a gangster group masquerading as a fundamentalist army. The house of Saud rules by fear and intimidation, if the thugs feel like it they may bite the hand that feeds them.The thing that really hurts is that it will inevitably be the sons and husbands of the west that will have to kill it, there is no stomach in the arab world, Jordan excepted, to take them on. Like it or not our fight in the middle east is not at an end.

[Ghost Troop]

The irony is that the Saudi's will come to regret their support for this odious group, for it has no real religous or idealistic aims other than control and power, its a gangster group masquerading as a fundamentalist army. The house of Saud rules by fear and intimidation, if the thugs feel like it they may bite the hand that feeds them.The thing that really hurts is that it will inevitably be the sons and husbands of the west that will have to kill it, there is no stomach in the arab world, Jordan excepted, to take them on. Like it or not our fight in the middle east is not at an end.

apologies wrong thread should be WWW 111 this time etc,

[DB11]

I found out while being at school and we were allowed to watch it on the TV.  Few days later my mum has to sit me and my sister down and told us that she is cancelling our surprise trip to Disneyland Florida because of what has happened. So I have a personal grudge against Obama Bin Laden for ruining my childhood fantasy!  

 

When I was travelling the world in 2011 (on tenth anniversary of 9/11), at the end of it, I have grew a huge beard so I was bit paranoid flying to LA from Fiji to change flights to London at the end of my travels, it did not helped that my girlfriend has put several shampoo bottles in my personal bag which got discovered at the security and the fact that due to the time difference, I also 'lived' through the day twice. In the end, it was ok and my mates got more hassle by the security than I did. 

 

Was that not a huge overreaction by your mum? I'd be pissed off at her!

 

If I recall rightly (same as post-London 7/7), people were saying that they were going to defy the terrorists and continue using that method of transport

[Webbo]

Was that not a huge overreaction by your mum? I'd be pissed off at her!

 

If I recall rightly (same as post-London 7/7), people were saying that they were going to defy the terrorists and continue using that method of transport

All flights to and from America were cancelled for weeks.

[filbertway]

Few days later my mum has to sit me and my sister down and told us that she is cancelling our surprise trip to Disneyland Florida because of what has happened. So I have a personal grudge against Obama Bin Laden for ruining my childhood fantasy!  

 

 

Why did she tell you if it was a surprise? That seems cruel.

[GLC]

I was told at school and I remember going home to find my mum talking to my neighbour about it.

When I sat down and watched the news, I sort of became obsessed by it, I needed to know all the details and I'm the same today.

I've seen loads of documentaries about it, I can't wait to go to New York to visit the museum

[MikeyT]

I'd been at a mates house in the morning and when I got home, he rang me to say terrorists were attacking America. I thought he was messing about, so I turned on tele and couldn't believe what I was seeing. 

All those poor, poor people. 

[JIMMYWILLIS]

Driving back from ikea and no talk on radio 1 just music and quite bland stuff.

Popped into asda on way back and there was a very weird atmosphere in there but we still didn't know what went on. Back in the car Chris moyles described what was happening and played more music... At home watching sky it was surreal when you saw the second plane fly in

[Vardinhio]

Was on way to play tennis and some lad said a plane had flew in to a building in Amercia. He was a bullshitter so thought he was talking rubbish. How suprised was I when I got home...

[Brizzle Fox]

Was my 30th birthday. Went out for dinner with friends in the evening to a lovely restaurant but can't remember anything about it. Weirdest atmosphere ever. Everyone in shock

[AmericanScott]

Wow, where to start? I was 12 years old and living in NY at the time. I remember the day perfectly. It was a nice sunny day and I was on the way to school (just started 7th grade). Just before lunch time, the school announcements started calling loads of different kids down to the reception area. It started with 2 or 3 at a time and quickly turned into a dozen at a time. My classmates were all leaving and everyone was thinking "wtf is going on? Why is everyone going home?"

 

After lunch, we got instructed to go straight to our homerooms (tutor group) and our teacher shut all the blinds so we couldn't see outside. She just said a terrible event has taken place and everyone's parents/guardians are coming to take you all home. We were pretty scared at this point. 

 

My name finally got called out and I went downstairs. There was hundreds of parents and students crying and looking distressed. My friend's father came to pick me and his daughter up who was in the grade below and the first thing he said to me was "Scott, we're at war". He was a soldier in Vietnam so I just thought he was being a little crazy.

 

We left the school building, the sky was covered in a huge plume of smoke. The image of seeing this plume of darkness on the way home was terrifying. That cloud of smoke was visible over our area for a few weeks from what I recall. 

 

The rest of the day was surreal. We had to rush to the supermarkets to buy bottled water because rumours started going around that terrorists have also poisoned the tap water. Everyone on the street was just stood outside with each other crying and consoling one another. My Dad was working in the borough of Queens and he watched it all unfold from his work place's rooftop. He wasn't able to get home for 3 days because the city was in lockdown. 

 

For the rest of my life, I'll never forget that day and the weeks after. Everything changed. It was the scariest day of my life but I can't imagine what those poor people inside the planes and towers must've been going through. 

[cambridgefox]

Wow, where to start? I was 12 years old and living in NY at the time. I remember the day perfectly. It was a nice sunny day and I was on the way to school (just started 7th grade). Just before lunch time, the school announcements started calling loads of different kids down to the reception area. It started with 2 or 3 at a time and quickly turned into a dozen at a time. My classmates were all leaving and everyone was thinking "wtf is going on? Why is everyone going home?"

 

After lunch, we got instructed to go straight to our homerooms (tutor group) and our teacher shut all the blinds so we couldn't see outside. She just said a terrible event has taken place and everyone's parents/guardians are coming to take you all home. We were pretty scared at this point. 

 

My name finally got called out and I went downstairs. There was hundreds of parents and students crying and looking distressed. My friend's father came to pick me and his daughter up who was in the grade below and the first thing he said to me was "Scott, we're at war". He was a soldier in Vietnam so I just thought he was being a little crazy.

 

We left the school building, the sky was covered in a huge plume of smoke. The image of seeing this plume of darkness on the way home was terrifying. That cloud of smoke was visible over our area for a few weeks from what I recall. 

 

The rest of the day was surreal. We had to rush to the supermarkets to buy bottled water because rumours started going around that terrorists have also poisoned the tap water. Everyone on the street was just stood outside with each other crying and consoling one another. My Dad was working in the borough of Queens and he watched it all unfold from his work place's rooftop. He wasn't able to get home for 3 days because the city was in lockdown. 

 

For the rest of my life, I'll never forget that day and the weeks after. Everything changed. It was the scariest day of my life but I can't imagine what those poor people inside the planes and towers must've been going through.

wow,terrifying but an amazing story,Cousin was living in Manhattan at the time( yep loaded) now Brooklyn,but if makes my hairs stand on end when I think of what people witnessed,I've got another friend who works for Virgin and was shopping when it happened,if i remember she couldn't get hold of her parents to tell them she was ok.

[separator]

I was living in Shepherds Bush at the time, had the day off work. Planes for Heathrow were flying over much lower and turning onto the final approach because central London airspace had been closed. A bit nerve wracking. My mum worked with somebody who was in the foyer of one of the buildings when one of the planes hit, though I never found this out until years later.  

[MozeyCo]

What gets me everytime is the people jumping to stop from melting...

[The Blur]

Why did she tell you if it was a surprise? That seems cruel.

 

 

I worked it out for myself and asked her so she has to admit the surprise. 

[Steven]

FBI accused of whitewashing Saudi Arabian involvement in 9/11 after quashing report about Florida family who mysteriously fled US two weeks before attack

• Al-Hijji family left cars and food behind when they fled in August 2001
• FBI agent's report said family of Saudi advisor had 'many connections' to hijackers, some of whom were said to have visited the house
• Agency now says report 'poorly written' and 'unsubstantiated'
• 9/11 Review Commission accepted FBI verdict, did not interview agent 
• Congress document redacted by Bush administration pointed 'very strong finger' at financing from Saudi Arabia 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3035921/FBI-accused-whitewashing-Saudi-Arabian-involvement-9-11-quashing-report-Florida-family-mysteriously-fled-two-weeks-attack.html

[Webbo]

FBI accused of whitewashing Saudi Arabian involvement in 9/11 after quashing report about Florida family who mysteriously fled US two weeks before attack

• Al-Hijji family left cars and food behind when they fled in August 2001
• FBI agent's report said family of Saudi advisor had 'many connections' to hijackers, some of whom were said to have visited the house
• Agency now says report 'poorly written' and 'unsubstantiated'
• 9/11 Review Commission accepted FBI verdict, did not interview agent 
• Congress document redacted by Bush administration pointed 'very strong finger' at financing from Saudi Arabia 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3035921/FBI-accused-whitewashing-Saudi-Arabian-involvement-9-11-quashing-report-Florida-family-mysteriously-fled-two-weeks-attack.html

 

I thought the CIA did it?

[Alf Bentley]

I thought the CIA did it?

 

Nah! It was Colonel Mossad with the girder-melting superpowers in the Windows on the World restaurant.

 

A scary moment, even from afar. I turned on the TV, saw the news coverage and, of course, at first nobody knew what scale this was all on. So, I remember calling my parents in London, telling them to stay out of the centre in case similar attacks followed against major London landmarks.

[sphericalfox]

I thought the CIA did it?

 

They organised it, the Saudi's paid for it. Duh!

[Guest Bilo]

IT WAS DA JOOZ HERP DERP