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Where were you when you heard about the 9/11 attacks?
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I had delivered a lecture to some recruits and sent them for a coffee break, I wandered into the Sgt's Mess and everyone was watching sky news, the first tower was up in smoke, someone told me that a aircraft had crashed into it, I asked "was it pilot error or what"? when the second airplane smashed int the building, I turned to my friend and said "well it looks like we're at war".
where were you? what were you doing when you heard the news?
where were you? what were you doing when you heard the news?
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I had just started a new job and was in a training room with another teacher. Our head of year came in and said "come and have a look at this on CNN's webpage". They were just broadcasting the first plane crash and a reporter was live on TV on a balcony, when the second plane appeared over her shoulder. My blood went cold.
As I made my way home that evening, through Tinsley and Attercliffe in Sheffield, there were people dancing and celebrating in the streets, holding up the traffic.
As I made my way home that evening, through Tinsley and Attercliffe in Sheffield, there were people dancing and celebrating in the streets, holding up the traffic.
JL.
i was painting my living room ceiling at the time, and fell of a stall with paint kettle & brush in hand.
it took me about 4 hours to clean the paint of my Wood flooring, tho obviously with the tragic events unfolding on this day, the paint was the last of my worries.
it was just ''jaw dropping''
i still feel sick at the thought of people throwing themselves out of the towers whilst they were interviewing firemen in the building prior to the collapse of the towers ie the sound of the ''thud''.
i was painting my living room ceiling at the time, and fell of a stall with paint kettle & brush in hand.
it took me about 4 hours to clean the paint of my Wood flooring, tho obviously with the tragic events unfolding on this day, the paint was the last of my worries.
it was just ''jaw dropping''
i still feel sick at the thought of people throwing themselves out of the towers whilst they were interviewing firemen in the building prior to the collapse of the towers ie the sound of the ''thud''.
Id fallen asleep on the sofa at the begining of neighbours and thought I had been asleep on hours when I woke up and saw the first tower had been hit cos I thought Armageddon was on telly (yeah I know, Id just had a baby and brain was fried), it took me a while realise it was a breaking news thing. They were obviously feeding the pictures really quickly as there was no brekaing news thing running along the bottom.
A couple of hours later I was getting phone calls from my dad as he was in the middle of nowhere on a boat and heard from a passerby that America was being attacked. Of course his reception was so bad he thought ww3 was breaking out. HE didnt get any news till the next morning when I believe they went and bought every newspaper there was.
A couple of hours later I was getting phone calls from my dad as he was in the middle of nowhere on a boat and heard from a passerby that America was being attacked. Of course his reception was so bad he thought ww3 was breaking out. HE didnt get any news till the next morning when I believe they went and bought every newspaper there was.
And my Auntie Jean was one of the last people to stand on the viewing deck of the North Tower, on the Sunday . They were in Canada at the time of the attack and it took ages for them to get home because of the borders being closed etc.
My friend Holly was an Air Hostess for Virgin and she was mid-flight when it happened. When they landed in Los Angeles she spent 3 weeks there as Virgin put a hold on many trans Atlantic flights. She had to receive counselling before she could even step on the plane again, even to travel home. I can't imagine what it must have been like for other air personnel that day, knowing you too could have been turned into a flying bomb.
My friend Holly was an Air Hostess for Virgin and she was mid-flight when it happened. When they landed in Los Angeles she spent 3 weeks there as Virgin put a hold on many trans Atlantic flights. She had to receive counselling before she could even step on the plane again, even to travel home. I can't imagine what it must have been like for other air personnel that day, knowing you too could have been turned into a flying bomb.
I was at my brothers wedding in the Carribean, I was laying on a sun bed at the time catching some rays before the whole 'squeeze yourself into you best clothes when you have been eating all exclusive for a week'
I heard people come out of the hotel talking about it, some of the hiolday makers were american and german so they all had their thoughts on it. So I ran inside and up to my room. I had all the US channels there like CNN etc so alot of the footage I was seeing was live, is was unreal, to be in a foreign country, dehydrated from too much sun and to see all this coverage, I didn't quite believe it. I was stuck to my tv for hours, wanting to know more, wanting to know if everyone was evacuated or not.
Everyone at the hotel was in shock and the wedding was still planned to be held that same day and could not be cancelled. I was told not to mention it at the wedding so not to upset the bride, so we just went ahead with the wedding a tried to ignore what was happening around us. Which really annoyed me because the death toll was so high, trying to forget was to almost pretend those people didn't matter, thats just wrong.
I have since made a movie on Sept 11 for a Uni project it was a 'make a film in 24hrs about the subject we give you' type of thing. And well it was a good experience making it, the film was showed to my class the next day on a big cinema screen and they were all in tears, I suppose the film was a bit of a emotional rollercoster like the event really, the films now on youtube.
I heard people come out of the hotel talking about it, some of the hiolday makers were american and german so they all had their thoughts on it. So I ran inside and up to my room. I had all the US channels there like CNN etc so alot of the footage I was seeing was live, is was unreal, to be in a foreign country, dehydrated from too much sun and to see all this coverage, I didn't quite believe it. I was stuck to my tv for hours, wanting to know more, wanting to know if everyone was evacuated or not.
Everyone at the hotel was in shock and the wedding was still planned to be held that same day and could not be cancelled. I was told not to mention it at the wedding so not to upset the bride, so we just went ahead with the wedding a tried to ignore what was happening around us. Which really annoyed me because the death toll was so high, trying to forget was to almost pretend those people didn't matter, thats just wrong.
I have since made a movie on Sept 11 for a Uni project it was a 'make a film in 24hrs about the subject we give you' type of thing. And well it was a good experience making it, the film was showed to my class the next day on a big cinema screen and they were all in tears, I suppose the film was a bit of a emotional rollercoster like the event really, the films now on youtube.
I was at home, i'd booked a few days off work and was watching it live on the news, it was truly horrific sat there watching it on my own- for some reason i really really wanted to be with someone, anyone while i was happening, so I called Mr Boo and made him come home. However later in the day, I was called into work, as I was at the time working in the travel industry and you can imagine the panic and chaos this caused amongst our customers, especially those booked to travel to the States.
Know what sickened me the most though? For weeks we were inundated with calls from people asking if we were doing cheap flights to the US because of it!!!
Know what sickened me the most though? For weeks we were inundated with calls from people asking if we were doing cheap flights to the US because of it!!!
Watching it still fills me with anger and sadness, how dare they attack the west?
That was also one of times I saw a very dear friend who was dying of cancer (even though he didn't know it at the time). I was sent to train troops in battlefield First Aid then a couple of months after that was sent to Afghanistan, where I got the news that he died from a brain tumour, very sad indeed
That was also one of times I saw a very dear friend who was dying of cancer (even though he didn't know it at the time). I was sent to train troops in battlefield First Aid then a couple of months after that was sent to Afghanistan, where I got the news that he died from a brain tumour, very sad indeed
Me to 'radio' even though I must have watched it 100's time by now. My hair on the back of neck always stands on end when I see the footage of the second plane coming across the sky to crash into the second tower. And when I see the upset people at the 'missing persons' wall and the firemen comforting each other that brings a tear to my eye.
I was on my way home from taking little Pippa for some vaccinations. When I got home the phone was ringing...it was Mr P asking me if I knew anything about a plane going into a building in New York.
I replied I hadn't heard anything ~ so while he was on the phone I switched on the TV news. I saw a plane going into the tower, and told Mr P that they were showing a repeat.
I then saw that it was actually the second plane..and I had seen it live on TV.
I replied I hadn't heard anything ~ so while he was on the phone I switched on the TV news. I saw a plane going into the tower, and told Mr P that they were showing a repeat.
I then saw that it was actually the second plane..and I had seen it live on TV.
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