Where Were You On 9/11/01?

jumpy · 08-24-11, 11:10 PM

Sinking a pint or two in the pub.
Back when I had the money for that sort of thing

Reece · 08-24-11, 11:40 PM

I was home, and it was near midnight here when the towers collapsed, the reporter was clearly stressed, this was probably the most horrific scene I have seen unfold "as it happened", I don't mind saying I broke down, never do I want to witness anything like it again, my heart went out to all the loved ones!

Something I will never forget, damned Muslim extremists!!

BossMark · 08-24-11, 11:46 PM

On my way home from work, couldn't believe what was going on

Anthony W. · 08-25-11, 12:34 AM

My mother said my father was pulling.out of the driveway when he just stopped the car where it was, walked to the door, and said, "Turn on the news."

magic452 · 08-25-11, 12:40 AM

I had just woke up and turned on the news about 5 minutes after the first plane hit and just sat there all day watching everything.

I sometimes use to say " I think I'll watch the morning news to see if the world ended and nobody told me" I said that that day and for many in NY the world did indeed end. I haven't said that since.

Magic

Flaxpants · 08-25-11, 12:55 AM

Sitting in a restaurant in Koh Samui eating lunch. My neighbour at the time was an american, when I got back home I told him what had happened, at first he thought I must have been joking....till he turned on his TV.

Anthony W. · 08-25-11, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumpy

Sinking a pint or two in the pub.
Back when I had the money for that sort of thing

Is that a joke?

jumpy · 08-25-11, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anthony W.

Is that a joke?

Why do you ask?

Betonov · 08-25-11, 02:08 AM

Preparing my books in my room while watching a movie. It was a start of my first year at a high school. A friend of mine called me that the US was under attack. My first thought was a millitary invasion (World in Conflict anyone?) but then proceded to tell me that airplanes have struck the WTC. Turned on the TV and there it was.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 08-25-11, 03:40 AM

I was in 7th grade and I had habit of checking what have happened around the world right after coming home. I opened TV and there it was. At the time North Tower was in fire and few minutes later United 175 hit South Tower. I was quite shocked and angry. I knew that someone will pay heavy price for this but Afganistan War came as surprise to me.

Hottentot · 08-25-11, 04:12 AM

No idea. I heard about the whole thing only next day in school. Nutjobs were already fantasizing if it was the Russians who did it.

Rhodes · 08-25-11, 04:27 AM

Doing my driving exam! And listening in the radio, of course the examiner and my instructor were allways talking about what was happening. The attack, not my driving.

Anthony W. · 08-25-11, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jumpy

Why do you ask?

Because this event was our second Pearl Harbor.

16 year old German's account from a magazine I was reading at the doctor's office, "in a nation where waving its own flag was too great a show of nationalism, here we were, all dressed in red white and blue, waving flags and singing anthems"

And you said it like it was nothing

Hottentot · 08-25-11, 06:19 AM

*Gets popcorn*

AVGWarhawk · 08-25-11, 06:46 AM

Jumpys response was honest. Drinking some beers at the time. When he could afford it. Simple enough.

08-24-11, 11:10 PM	#1
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Sinking a pint or two in the pub. Back when I had the money for that sort of thing __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

08-24-11, 11:40 PM	#2
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,807 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	I was home, and it was near midnight here when the towers collapsed, the reporter was clearly stressed, this was probably the most horrific scene I have seen unfold "as it happened", I don't mind saying I broke down, never do I want to witness anything like it again, my heart went out to all the loved ones! Something I will never forget, damned Muslim extremists!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

08-24-11, 11:46 PM	#3
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	On my way home from work, couldn't believe what was going on __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

08-25-11, 12:34 AM	#4
Anthony W. Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 850 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	My mother said my father was pulling.out of the driveway when he just stopped the car where it was, walked to the door, and said, "Turn on the news." __________________ Sunken Mustangs Proud Ford Mustang owner "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" - Admiral David Farragut Run silent - run deep - keep the baffles clear - targets front and center. Private pilot and history buff

08-25-11, 12:40 AM	#5
magic452 Sea Lord Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Reno Nevada USA Posts: 1,860 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I had just woke up and turned on the news about 5 minutes after the first plane hit and just sat there all day watching everything. I sometimes use to say " I think I'll watch the morning news to see if the world ended and nobody told me" I said that that day and for many in NY the world did indeed end. I haven't said that since. Magic __________________ Reported lost 11 Feb. 1942 Signature by depthtok33l

08-25-11, 12:55 AM	#6
Flaxpants Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Koh Samui, Thailand Posts: 1,196 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Sitting in a restaurant in Koh Samui eating lunch. My neighbour at the time was an american, when I got back home I told him what had happened, at first he thought I must have been joking....till he turned on his TV.

08-25-11, 02:08 AM	#9
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Preparing my books in my room while watching a movie. It was a start of my first year at a high school. A friend of mine called me that the US was under attack. My first thought was a millitary invasion (World in Conflict anyone?) but then proceded to tell me that airplanes have struck the WTC. Turned on the TV and there it was.

08-25-11, 03:40 AM	#10
kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I was in 7th grade and I had habit of checking what have happened around the world right after coming home. I opened TV and there it was. At the time North Tower was in fire and few minutes later United 175 hit South Tower. I was quite shocked and angry. I knew that someone will pay heavy price for this but Afganistan War came as surprise to me. __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House

08-25-11, 04:12 AM	#11
Hottentot Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: My private socialist utopia of Finland Posts: 1,918 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	No idea. I heard about the whole thing only next day in school. Nutjobs were already fantasizing if it was the Russians who did it. __________________ Хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда.

08-25-11, 04:27 AM	#12
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,520 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Doing my driving exam! And listening in the radio, of course the examiner and my instructor were allways talking about what was happening. The attack, not my driving. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

08-25-11, 06:19 AM	#14
Hottentot Sea Lord Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: My private socialist utopia of Finland Posts: 1,918 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Gets popcorn __________________ Хотели как лучше, а получилось как всегда.

08-25-11, 06:46 AM	#15
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,293 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Jumpys response was honest. Drinking some beers at the time. When he could afford it. Simple enough. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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