Where were you 9/11 2001?

[mudskipper]

Driving home. Finished work at 2:30 in those days. Heard it on the radio - briefly assumed there was some major air traffic control failure.

Irony was, just the day before, we'd finished putting together one of those Puzz 3D things of New York. Remember thinking I'd have to take the top off the towers before I realised just how serious it was.

(Bloody hell - $399 on Amazon - I've still got it in the loft!)

[gingerjedi]

I went to Oktoberfest a couple of weeks after, I remember some yank guy in one of the tents going on about his Bush family connections which I didn't pay much attention to until he started flashing the cash, there must have been 100+ people dining and drinking on his wallet that night.

We were a bit peeved at the gloomy atmosphere though, we were all looking forward to rubbing in the recent 5-1 drubbing our boys had just inflicted on Jerry in that very town only a few weeks before, gutted to have that overshadowed but understandable I suppose.

[Gonzo]

Later that day there was talk of a plane heading for Canary Wharf, and I must admit I was slightly nervous walking home, half expecting bits of flaming jumbo jet to rain down on me at any moment.

There were press photographers camped at Cartier Circle for a couple of days waiting to take pictures of it happening.

[Pogle]

I was blissfully unaware anything had happened til about 7.30 in the evening.
It was Pogle Jnrs 1st birthday and we spent it at Chester zoo.

[realityhack]

Benched at the time, and at home when the now-Mrs-RH phoned me from work in a US stockbrokers next to the US embassy to tell me about the first impact.

Switched the TV on as I was on the phone to her, and while we were talking, watched the second plane/tower impact live. Remember flicking through loads of channels and the footage being across most of Sky TV.

Her perspective: The trading floor was buzzing as normal, and the huge plasma TV was showing a live Bloomberg-type interview with the Twin Towers as a backdrop, they saw the first plane impact, then there was a general feeling of uncertainty on the floor, and much phone conversation with colleagues in the US. Apparently, when the second plane struck, there was just a moment's hesitation by the traders - then a huge flurry of stock-shifting as they realised the implications... until the building (and the nearby embassy) was evacuated about 15 mins later.

Went into town and picked her up in a taxi and brought her back, where we spent a good portion of the rest of the day in disbelief.

[SupremeSpod]

Working in Glasgow for a non-US telco. Office joker mentioned that a plane had hit the WTC. I said "go on then, what's the punchline?". His weasily mate said "No really, it has!".

I wandered into the Boardroom, put the TV on just as the second plane hit. I sat for a couple of minutes and then took the decision to let everyone in my team go home with the statement "Nobody knows what's going to happen next, you may want to go home and spend
some time with your families."

Anyway, I'd realised that the Sceptics had just been dealt a bloody nose and wondered what the hell Bush was going to do.

The BBC website was crap! Some posts were made on CUK, I wonder if the archive is still around...

[shaunbhoy]

I thought the tester was joking when he said the tower had collapsed.

Didn't become any clearer when he said it was as a result of a 757 having exploded within it either I suppose?

[Mich the Tester]

Working for a ´consultancy´ at the Dutch ministry of Agriculture. In other words, bringing in a high daily rate to pay for someone else´s Benz.

Suddenly all the news sites went really slow, bbc´s text version was readable. Someone switched on a TV in a conference room and we saw the pictures.

Family business lost a good business contact in the towers; I'd never met them, but an entire company of 6 people was obliterated in one go.

[Scrag Meister]

Streamed all afternoon

At the time I was working for a large News and Financial information company.

Spent the whole afternoon awe struck, watching streaming new feeds on my PC, saw the second plane crash live into the WTC, saw them collapse.

Saw footage again over the weekend, brings back memories. I think my employer at the time lost 6 or so employees who happened to be visiting clients in the towers.

[PRC1964]

At the time I was working for a large News and Financial information company.

Spent the whole afternoon awe struck, watching streaming new feeds on my PC, saw the second plane crash live into the WTC, saw them collapse.

Saw footage again over the weekend, brings back memories. I think my employer at the time lost 6 or so employees who happened to be visiting clients in the towers.

So was I. It was also broadcast on a large screen in the downstairs lobby. I remember a huddle of people watching it all from outside through the windows.

A few days later most of the office walked up to St Pauls where there was a memorial service being held.