9/11 Life Under Attack

[chrissa1]

Is anybody watching this? I remember watching it live when we came home from the office, at lunch time, we were horrified.

[royfromaus]

Still horific.

[chrissa1]

I remember getting back to the office and not being able to use the internet as the Whole world was logged on!!!

[zebo]

There was something on National Geographic earlier in the week, Inside 9/11, and it showed a lot of things I'd not seen before, very shocking and still upsetting. It concentrated on the emergency services and showed briefings of a large groupppp of fire fighters in the lobby of one of the Towers, saying that none of that group survived.

[chrissa1]

Such brave men!!

[zebo]

I recall driving home from work and cars were pulling over to listen as the second plane hit.
A few years ago we were in Jackson Hole and talking to an American who had been on a motorbike tour of the UK when it happened and he was telling us of their sense of helplessness, the following day he and a lot of aimless Americans were watching the Changing of the Guard and the band played The Star Spangled Banner. He said it was something he would never forget, it brought a lot of them together and he always bought Britons a drink.

[chrissa1]

Very interesting, zebo.

[Barsel]

The programme that is on at the moment on BBC1 called 9/11 Inside the Presidents War Room was interesting, you can watch on iPlayer if you're interested.
I found it quiet disturbing how a lot of people didn't pass on important info that day, but it was all new to them.
When I watched it last week I was wondering what if it happened now with Biden was in charge?

[Barsel]

and not was.

[Barsel]

or even and not with!

[Toorak]

This is a programme about the aftermath (on BBC recently) I found it very moving

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000z95y/surviving-911

[sanmac]

I will always remember that photo of a man who had jumped from one of the towers falling feet first in an erect position and holding onto his tie so that it wouldn't flare up.

[sanmac]

I mean, what in hell what was going through his mind in all that time he took to fall?

[LadyCG]

It has got no less horrific in the two decades since it happened. The horror of that day will never diminish.

Whilst the most unthinkable atrocity was unfolding, ordinary men, women and children on the other side of the world were dancing and cheering in the streets and burning the American flag in a grotesque act of barbaric revelry whilst the civilised world looked on in horror.

The victims of 9/11 and the wickedness inflicted upon humanity in those attacks will never be forgotten.

[emmie]

i too watched it live as i was at home on that day, I phoned Mr Em in his office and told him to turn on the tv. Horrific and mind numbing, as to what one was witnessing, i still see those who jumped -

[DTCwordfan]

I was over here for a global sales meeting in Chester, having come in on the Friday for my goddaughter's 18th birthday party in London, then up to Manchester to pick up two colleagues who flew in - we had a golf match versus our ad agencies on the Sunday at the Portal.

I too watched it at lunch time and everything stopped for 90 minutes or so. Two of my staff were due to be in the Windows of the World for a conference and, in true company tradition of being late, they were saved by still being in the NY Metro and escaped that way. A client company with whom I was closely associated were also spared - they were in the North Tower and, fortuitously so, had a meeting with the DoE (White House) and the Thursday before had moved it off site, the only two in to the office being the Pres and his sec. What saved the life of thousands was that the NY schools went back that day and many stayed at home for that extra bit of time to see little Johnny and Mary off to their new schools...It's reckoned that if the attack had been a day later, the death toll could have approached 8000.

However it also hit home over there as though I knew of no one directly who died in the incident, over the next month, there were a number of friends/contacts who had lost a family member.....

[naomi24]

I watched it live too. My husband lost quite a number of friends and colleagues in the attack. I visited the fire station local to the WTC afterwards. Their memorials to colleagues lost on that terrible day were heartbreaking.

[emmie]

some years ago a b/f and i had dinner at the WTC - seems strange to think it's not there anymore.

[carolegif]

I remember coming back from lunch at work and the receptionists called me over and said that there had been a terrible disaster in NY. As I went over to look at her screen, the second plane hit and said “That is no accident! Not two planes!”. on going up to the office we then watched the whole horrific scenario play out. The boss’s PA was American. After watching for a few minutes she couldn’t bear to watch anymore and went home.

[SparklyKid]

We were coming back from a holiday when it came on the news.

I like this tribute.

[Ken4155]

I had just done a bit of shopping and was passing a friends house. His front door was open and he called me in to watch the horror as it unfolded. I watched the 2nd tower get hit at his house, then went home to watch the rest of the live footage.
While it was indeed an horrific act, it did serve to bring home the level of intelligence and organisation of Al Qaeda. After 9/11, no-one was under any illusion as to what they were capable of.