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Topic: 7 years ago...
Posted By: BugTeeny
Subject: 7 years ago...
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 7:18am
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An article in yesterday's Herald had people saying what they were doin the first time they heard various Beatles songs...
Got me thinking.. What were you doing when you first heard of the Terror bombings in the US? I was woken up by DH (it was my first day of a much awaited two week holiday) shaking me saying "WW3!! WW3 is here!!" Nice. My Dad lives in Chicago and my sister was travelling (by car) from NY to LA at the time, and I had no idea where she was (having a bath in a New Mexico motel room, I later found out). I spent the day glued to the TV, eating chocolate, hitting the redial button on my phone to try to get through the jammed phone lines in the States. What was everyone else doing? ------------- 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 7:23am
it was my day of and i spent the hole day glued to the tv and crying (i,m a big sook,i blame my mum)------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 7:35am
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DH had just moved to CHCH to be with me, I rang him as I was on my way to work to get up and watch it and keep me informed.
We sat at work with the radio on listening to it ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: NeoshasMummy
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 7:36am
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I had gotten up to get ready for school and saw my grandparents just staring at the T.V in silence... watching what I thought at the time was a movie.
Never thoughht anything like that would happen ------------- https://secure.fertilityfriend.com/home/30c4ec/" rel="nofollow">  Mrs Te Kani ❤️ Neosha 26/5/2007 |
Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 7:56am
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DH and I both had the day off and we both spent the day glued to the tv screen too. I still remember watching the live cam of the 1st tower smoking away when suddenly another plane came into view and crashed into the 2nd tower - it was so unexpected, so shocking.
I also clearly remember the weeks of fall out that followed and had an affect (even on us in little old NZ) for years afterwards. I work for a finance company and we weren't even able to provide fund values on our clients investments for weeks afterwards because until American markets recovered we had no idea what everyones money was worth. Funds took a huge plummet. -------------  
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 7:58am
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I was fast asleep!! We got a phonecall at around 6am from MIL telling DH to quickly turn the t.v. on. He rushed out to the lounge & turned it on, then called out to me to come & look. I was half asleep & couldn't work out what was going on, thought they were showing previews to a blockbuster movie coming out!! It took a while for it to sink in. And the reality hit and it completely freaked me out. I was wondering what the world was coming too. ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: hooper
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 8:04am
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i was on a fishing boat, knocked off shift to see it all on tv, very scarry. ------------- Desiree 
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 8:04am
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DH and I woke to the alarm clock news.... We both looked at each other in disbelief and bolted to the telly. Much to our horror it was true....
I was late to work (kept being drawn back to the telly) and everyone at work was quiet, watching the telly in the boardroom. I still remember that pic of the fire engine racing over some bridge with the towers in the distance. I hate the thought that so many people died. :( ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 8:24am
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We were getting ready for work and had the TV news on, our bed was set up in the lounge as we were replastering out bedroom at the time. We sat on our bed for most of the morning and just watched. Having been in the middle of London and caught up with the July 05 bombings, I can imagine (but obviously never to the same extent) the horror of those poor people in NY. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 8:27am
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I was on my Honeymoon. DH turned on the TV in our room and I thought he was watching a movie. When he said it was the news I just about fell over!
A very close friend was in NY at the time and no one knew where he was and couldn't get hold of him so we spent the day worrying and glued to the tv as well. I will never ever forget the pictures of the people throwing themselves out of those towers  Those poor, poor people.
(BTW, turned out our friend was in his hotel room on the actual day, but has photo's of himself on the observation deck of one of the towers the afternoon beforehand! To close for comfort if you ask me!)  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 8:37am
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Was in the cowshed milking the cows... when I heard what had happened, I was in shock and disbelief.... so so sad ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 8:46am
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Was in my room listening to the radio but didn't understand what they were talking about, so I turned the TV on. I had a placement at Starship that day and spent the day seeing patients/watching the TVs in their rooms. ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 8:53am
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I was 16 and getting ready to go on a school concert band trip to Rotorua. I got up in the morning and my parents had the tv on watching the news (they didn't usually). It was freaky. Everyone at school was talking about it and I remember worrying if all these attacks were gonna keep happening, and imagining what it would be like if NZ was attacked too and we lived in a war zone (dramatic I know).
They had the radio news on in the mini van during the drive to Rotorua and then on the tv when we got to the motel. I was so sick of seeing the plane crash over and over again, there was so no point, so me and a few others asked for it to be turned off. Everyone was just getting more worried by seeing it time and time again. But yeah it was a freaky day. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: MissAngel
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 8:54am
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Heh, I got up, got on the internet to talk to my american friends and they said to that a plane had crashed into the world trade centre, and I was like 'oh lol, some noob doesnt know how to fly a plane.' Yea, turned the telly on and omg. Had to go to my course in town (auckland) and i've never had such a silent bus trip. No-one spoke the whole way in. Didnt end up doing any course work as someone had hauled the telly in and we watched it all day. I spend most of that day on the phone to my friend Elaine who lived in NYC and could see the towers from her apartment. ------------- Alex, Thomas and Lily http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 8:55am
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I was on the way to work and heard it on the Edge they were trying to get the flight numbers, I had no idea what was going on - but thought it must be terrible as JJ sounded SO upset.
When I got to work I asked what was going on, so we turned the TV on and saw, it was just terrible wasnt it. One of my good friend from school was over there at the time, it was a very scary time waiting. Thank goodness he was ok. I agree seeing people throw themselves off was just heart breaking. I still see the image now when I think of it. Wow Mum2sam - that is FAR to close for comfort! ------------- TTC 6 years IVF it is IVF/ICSI round one 10 eggs, 8 mature, 3 fertilised BFN IVF/ICSI #2 = 22 eggs! 20 mature, 15 fertilised, 1 fresh transfer and 2 frosties BFN 2 Frosties still in freezer thank god |
Posted By: Phat_Cat
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 8:56am
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cant remember exactly what i was doing but I do remember going into the BNZ in takapuna to put some $$ on my credit card and stood there with everyone else watching it unfold on the TVs
Today is my husbands work collegues daughters birthday she is 3. ------------- Tristen - 24/06/07 Rylan - 11/12/08 Angel Babies -14/08/05 & 21/01/2010 Curtis - 26/02/12 |
Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 9:02am
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Oh duh now Ive just clicked today is September 11!
That means my friend flys out for London today - shes a bit scared! Only going for a month but she wishes they chose another date! ------------- TTC 6 years IVF it is IVF/ICSI round one 10 eggs, 8 mature, 3 fertilised BFN IVF/ICSI #2 = 22 eggs! 20 mature, 15 fertilised, 1 fresh transfer and 2 frosties BFN 2 Frosties still in freezer thank god |
Posted By: gemsmum
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 9:04am
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I was living in London so it all happened mid morning ish for us. I was 7 months pg with dd and at work. Spent most of the day ducking into the tearoom to catch up on developments. Spent the day wondering what kind of world I was bringing a child into!!
DH was working for a large US investment bank in central London so they all got evacuated......you'd think they'd head far away in case they became a target (which was why they got evacuated) but no, they headed to the pub across the road. Hmmmm. I also lived thru the July bombings in London and have never forgotten the terror of either of those times. Thank goodness we now live in little old NZ. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 9:11am
I'm not that random 
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BooBoo wrote:Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 9:13am
| I was at The Papatoetoe Nanny Centre doing training along with other Nannies and we spent most of the day watching the tv about it too |
Posted By: Genie
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 9:22am
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I was home with my then 4yo and 2 1/2mth old, turned the tv on mid-morning (breastfeeding mums entertainment lol) and saw, didn't believe it was real at first. I remember crying and trying not to for the kids' sake. I also remember thinking how strange it was that major events happened just a couple of mths after the births of both my children - Princess Diana died after my first child was born, the world stopped and cried then too. Sure hope nothing happens after this one is born! ------------- 
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Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 9:50am
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I woke up to my alarm clock and heard Paul Holmes talking about it but didn't really click (this is where I admit the embarrassing truth that I didn't know what the twin towers were). Thought it sounded pretty serious so I went and turned the TV on in the lounge and couldn't believe it. DH was away for work and I rang him and woke him up to tell him and we both watched on TV together over the phone.
At work that day I remember nothing got done, just everyone watching the TV's around the office and checking the internet. Every email I got from a client started with 'such a sad day'. It was surreal. ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 9:53am
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I was getting up for work and turned the radio as I did every morning. The morning show on the station I listened to was always full of p!sstakes and I didn't really pay much attention to them talking about it.
When I got to work and heard it for real I burst into tears. Its one of those huge, world changing events in history, that you never forget where you were and what you were doing at the time eh? I think the whole world stopped and went into shock for a little while afterwards. ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 10:00am
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Conor and I were in Wellington staying at a friends place, I was asleep and the son called me and told me to get up and turn the TV on, just as I turned it on the second plane flew into the tower. Conor and I sat glued to the TV for most of the morning. Back then I used to go on to a NZ Chat Room and I remember sitting on that talking to people about what we were seeing.
We had to fly out of Wgtn the next day and I was really worried, but we made it back to Auckland ok. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 10:04am
Pretty much exactly that, without the band trip to rotorua 
Oh and up untill then I had no idea what the Twin Towers were either. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 10:22am
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i was just back from uni and was living with mates in papamoa, 1 of them turned the stereo on REALLY early and loud and i remember listening to the edge going on about planes flying into buildings and we all thought it was the radio crew joking around like they usually do, untill someone turned on the tv around 6am we were glued to it all day, i cried :(
and . . . 2 days later i flew back to dunedin! the security was unreal, army & police searching bags and ppl it was freaky, and on the plane everyone looking sideways at eachother. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: ohanlon82
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 10:50am
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i was at home sleeping then got up and ready for work.. DH rung me (we did not live together then) he had flicked on TV at his house... Told me to watch.. Started to watch which then made me late for work not that anyone cared
So sad - cant believe it is 7 years WOW ------------- http://lb2f.lilypie.com/TikiPic.php/RPaODBg.jpg |
Posted By: kakapo
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 10:57am
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DH and I found out when we arrived at work at 6am, and didn't believe the guy that told us initially. We finished work at 2pm back then, so spent the rest of the day glued to the TV. My penpal from England arrived to stay a few days later and (understandably) was terrified about her return flight home to the UK. |
Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 11:12am
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My mum called me and said "America's under attack", I remember the words exactly and from then on I was glued to the tv all day. I couldn't believe it was happening either, especially when another plane hit, then the pentagon and it seemed like it kept going on. It was truely horrible imagining all those people that were in those buildings and planes and what they must've gone through. I remember being quite scared at what it would mean as well. Obviously America would do something about it and it was just a matter of how big would it get and how many countries would it affect.
It was actually the morning of 12 Sept for us here in NZ. I remember that because it is my BIL's birthday. Needless to say, nobody forgets his birthday now -------------  
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Posted By: DzinerGirl
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 11:39am
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I remember hearing something on my radio when it came on as my alarm but I must have thought I was dreaming as it wasn't until I got up much later (being the design student I was at the time) and saw it on TV..spent the rest of the day doing my project with the SKY news on....I can see why people thought it was a movie..so unbelieveable and so sad
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Posted By: clover
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 12:09pm
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I woke up to it and then went to work but spent most of the day following it.
For the London bombings on 7 July I was on the underground which was a bit too close for comfort! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: sally belly
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 12:14pm
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I was listening to Sports Radio as I woke up & I remember Martin Devlin saying that today they were going to read the "normal" news before the sports news. I knew something big must've happened & sure enough it had.
DH was leaving for the UK a few days after & was going via America so I was a little worried about him flying. -------------    
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Posted By: febbabe
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 1:17pm
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I was teaching In London and we had just let the kids go for the afternoon when an american teacher came into the playground and told us a plane had just gone into the first tower. We really didn't believe him, as we turned on the tv in one of the classrooms the 2nd plane hit. Scary stuff. London was a no fly zone for the next few days. |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 2:15pm
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I had just got up to get Lesieli ready for school and saw it on TV, Mercedes was nearly 8mth old. Me, Sades and DH spent the day glued to the TV. VEry very sad this morning listening to Zm as they played some of the phone calls to family from cell phones and the sound of everything going on at the twin towers that day. Me and the girls were in tears on the way too school. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 3:26pm
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My Mum rang me, I was getting ready for work and she said that the world trade centre had been attacked. I flicked on the TV and burst into tears. Went to work, late, and we had an American girl working with us who spent the whole day crying in the corridor feeling very very homesick.
The world hasn't been the same since! I went there a couple of years ago with DH. The area is silent, and very very eerie. It was very humbling. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 3:30pm
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Freaky eh...I had just got off a bus that was bound for Russel Square. I heard the bus bomb blow, but didnt give it a second thought until I got into work and we started hearing all these stories...at first it was reported as a massive power surge that has shut down the underground. Then my colleague who sat next to me came into the office covered from head to toe in soot (he looked like he had been down a mine). He had been on the underground train that had been bombed at Kings Cross, he said he didnt realise what was happening and his survival instincts kicked in - so he kicked out a window and walked up the tunnel and out an emergency exit, as he was walking out all the rescue crew was heading in. He was so dis-oriented and in shock that he just walked to work and sat down at his desk like it was a normal day. (needless to say someone took him to the hospital...)...but all jsut a little close to home for us. I think that was prob the day that we decided to head home to NZ. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 4:19pm
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i was in japan. got home from work and turned on the tv ans said
"hey, there is some crappy programme on tv - what terrible special effects...hey, it's on every channel..." |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 5:38pm
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I was sleeping off Jetlag at home after having just got back from the States a couple of days before it happened. My boyfriend at the time called home and told me to turn on the tv and I thought it was some sort of movie preview or something..
We were in LA so at worst we would have been stuck in the US for another week or more since they closed the airport down, so we were thankful we had left the country already. |
Posted By: AliaDawn
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 7:07pm
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I would have been in intermediate... so I don't have a clue! Probably in class. -------------  
 
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Posted By: shaz
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 7:18pm
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It was actually the morning of the 12th here.
I remember it because it was DH's birthday. I'd got up to have breakfast and get ready for owrk and turned on the news to see it all unfolding. I ran back and woke up DH. Not one of his best birthdays It was such a sad day my whole work was quiet and we spent allot of the day watching TV in the cafe. ------------- Mum to Natasha Aroha 9/12/1995, Alexandra Makareta Waimarie 22/4/1998 and....Alyssa Frances Hopaea 18/03/2007 
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 8:01pm
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I was in 1st year at uni and living in the Halls. One of the guys said something about America being "under attack" at breakfast so after we finished our toast we all piled down to the TV room. I didn't leave my seat till about 4pm that afternoon, I don't think any of us went to class that day.
Mostly I remember that we had 3 guys in our Hall from New York - two of whom had Dads in the fire service. It was sickening to think that something had happened to people they knew and they couldn't find out anything for ages because of the lines being jammed in the US. The manager drove him down to the US Embassy in the afternoon and I remember us all being really nervous about what was going to happen. Turns out one of the guys' Dads was late for work as he missed his train - his shift were the one's that went up the tower and didn't make it back down But this guy's Dad was OK. Still get goosebumps thinking about it. Can't remember what happened to the other guy's Dad but he was all right too.
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 9:33pm
| I was in 6th form math class and our teacher wheeled in a TV and we spent most of the period watching the news. |
Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 9:38pm
I went round to my friends house to pick her up on the way to uni and she had the TV on- we never got to that lecture! Spend the day in front of her TV in shock. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 10:15pm
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Gosh , this brings back memories...
I was in bed and my alarm went off , i remember that cos it was tuned to songs , and the song it came on to was "crash and Burn " no sh*t then dad came in to my room and told me very somberly , "the twin towers have collapsed " I didnt even know what they were at first, til he (very huffily ) put on one of my Friends videos and showed me the trade centers at the start ... Even now, if i ever see footage of it (and as i enjoy watching sad things i often see footage of it ) part of me still gets a surprise and i think "did that REALLY just happen ?did i really see that ?" think its one of those things ,you'll always remember what you were doing, just like i remember so clearly what i was doing the day Princess Diana died ------------- 
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Posted By: katie1
Date Posted: 11 September 2008 at 10:36pm
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I was in Africa in Zimbabwe and remember getting such a shock. Quite a lot of people were huddled around a TV watching and people were all worried and wondering what would happen next.
I agree it is one of those things you will always remember where you were. |