September 11th

Not heard much about it this year.

It didn't even cross my mind until I saw this thread!

I think the 10th anniversary will be a big one.

No I agree with you on the America thing. I actually wanted to go and protest about Britain going into Iraq with them but I couldn't get the Saturday off work (obviously we were still in England at this point, I wasn't going to fly back to protest!)

technically it happened on the 12th here in NZ, I remember waking up on the morning of the 12th to my radio hearing the news.

I'm with you emz, I'm almost in sympathy with the terrorists after all the going on and on about it by the US.

England was under constant attack from the IRA for over 20 years and it never got the same amount of publicity as 911.

Bush used it as an excuse to go into Iraq when it has nothing to do with the Taliban and everything to do with american greed over oil.

I was watching some docos on sky last night, could not turn it off, after 8yrs they still have footage I have not seen.

Oh & now they are saying there was a conspiracy theory with bringing down the twin towers & showed footage of what looked like explosions lower down.

I find it hard to believe.
So will be watching more tonight.

Do you remember what you were doing when it happened???? I was BF DS1 & watching sky they were talking about a plane crash. Then went back to bed, got up early with DS1 & was watching it when the planes crashed into the towers, DH was due to fly home from a work trip that day, luckily he was in NZ. But I remember being glued to the TV for updates all day......

I was at work (was still living in the UK at the time) and had been out working on the machine floor and came back to the workshop and one of the guys told me world war 3 had started, then most of us spent the afternoon glued to the radio listening to what was happening and then watched more on the tv when I got home.

The footage of the planes going into the buildings still gives me chills.

My DH has read loads of stuff about the conspiracies, he is convinced the Americans where behind it. I honestly don't think they could be that organised or that intelligent to manage to keep it under wraps properly.

I was still in auckland (two days before due to fly back lucky me i was scared enough without that)and my BF and I woke up and watched the news coverage all that day..

then the next day i had to get on a plane..believe me noone was happy about it..i hate flying!!:(

I was asleep and my flatmate burst into my bedroom yelling 'AMERICA IS UNDER ATTACK' I was like "WTF?" and went back to sleep thinking he was just being an idiot..

And yeah an hour or so later I knew what he meant.

My dad woke me up for work (was still living at home at that stage) and said America is under attack. Didn't beleive him so rolled over. He turned my TV on and showed me what was happening.

I also remember my neighbours were flying back from the UK on the 12th (their time) and were delayed a few days as their flight was going via LA, wasn't a happy time.

Yeah I agree Bobbie - not that any of us could forget those images, but yes a lot of it has been pulled.

I've watched a few doco's about possibilities of controlled explosions as the towers fell too evenly - we'll never know.

I was still living at home, mum woke me up early and we watched it on the news. Then went to school and the whole school spent the whole day glued to TV's watching the news.

DH was on exercise at work when the boss came up and told them and what the possible responsibilities would be for them if it turned into a major war, all the guys just thought it was part of an exercise so they brought a TV out to the field for the guys to watch so they'd believe their bosses.

My cousin was driving his truck through NY on that day and sightseeing etc on his way and because of overloading his family didn't know if he was OK for days. I can't even imagine what it would have been like for the families that actually lost people.

This sounds terrible, but Sept 11th is the reason I met my DH (his mate joined after it and introduced us), the reason why I was able to get married, buy a house and have a family at this stage in life, all because the Americans chose to use it as an excuse to ruin other peoples lives. Crazy when you think about it.

Oh and do you know what the operation is over in Afghan (well was before the Brits took over) - 'Operation Enduring Freedom'. The US is one of the most restricted countries in the world now! Makes me sick whenever I see DH's t-shirts the Americans gave them all because our guys are only over there to clean up the mess.

Sorry rant over! But it is amazing how something you think is over the other side of the world can affect your life so much.

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