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I was round a Turkish friends house in the days after, they had Turkish TV on. It was showing people falling/jumping from the building to the tune of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana 
9/11 20 years on
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9 years since this tweet.
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
Took the day off work to spend the day in bed with my girlfriend. Saw it all happen live. Proposed to her a few days later. Today is our 19th anniversary. On a non-personal level it did feel like the end of all that hope from the nineties and time to batten down for hard times ahead. Probably why it felt like a good time to choose to stay together. It still pisses me off though that 3000 dead caused untold needless slaughters of innocents by a vengeful USA.
I was off work after celebrating my birthday the day before. My sister rang me to ask how our evening had gone. She then said there’s something happening in New York, a plane crashed into a tower, she had the tv on and was watching. We put our tv on and were horrified to see the second plane fly into the second tower.
I confess it’s the most shocking event I ever witnessed. I couldn’t comprehend the amount of lives lost in the towers along with all the first responders.
My thoughts immediately came to the conclusion that it would be the beginning of many decades of conflict.
I confess it’s the most shocking event I ever witnessed. I couldn’t comprehend the amount of lives lost in the towers along with all the first responders.
My thoughts immediately came to the conclusion that it would be the beginning of many decades of conflict.
weltweit
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I was working at home as was my then wife, she called me to the TV, you need to see this, shortly afterwards the second plane hit. The BBC were quite hesitant to show the full carnage, jumpers for example weren't really shown, but there was a lot of discussion on how many people there might have been in the towers that morning.
Also I remember masses of people walking away from ground zero, just walking away crowds of them..
Also I remember masses of people walking away from ground zero, just walking away crowds of them..
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
There were three or four small mobile PA rigs that I thought it came out over rather than a megaphone is how I remember it, but I may be wrong.
There was a bit of a cheer because it sounded a bit Mathius Rust-type eejit in a Cessna splatting into a brick wall, plus something about 'World Trade' at a time when the WTO was a prominent bête noire...
...But different people added titbits of extra information they'd gleaned from newswires and radio - "Apparently the PLF has claimed responsibility" "people are dead" etc.
I headed over to where the OB vans for the TV reporters covering DSEi were, realised how serious it was as the (ITN Channel 4 News?) camera crew was all huddled around a live feed on a tiny screen... We watching disbelieving as the second plane hit.
After that people slowly drifted away from the protest, police half-heartedly went back to battering people, the journos all evaporated, and every airplane overhead took on an ominous bearing.
Eventually there was but a handful of us left to witness some children mocking and taunting the cops who seemed oblivious to the 'POLICE AGAINST THE ARMS TRADE' banner under which they had formed their phalanx.
Then I left.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Amazing TV. Should have won an Oscar or a Golden Globe at the very least.
Yossarian
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9/11 got all the attention but you never hear that much about the original al-Qaeda attack on the World Trade Center, which was an underground hit in 93.
VWT2GEL
Way down by the sea
Last day of the holiday in Majorca sat in the hotel along with everyone else just watching it for hours on loop.
Flew home the next day the airport was bonkers they wouldn't let passengers take ANY hand luggage on the plane so people were just dumping handbags rucksacks ..etc there and then no arguing and just wanted to get the f***k home, the flight was deadly quiet and I seem to remember you were not allowed to leave your seat either.
Flew home the next day the airport was bonkers they wouldn't let passengers take ANY hand luggage on the plane so people were just dumping handbags rucksacks ..etc there and then no arguing and just wanted to get the f***k home, the flight was deadly quiet and I seem to remember you were not allowed to leave your seat either.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
My mum was worried about that when we invaded Iraq in 1990 , she wanted me to get an Irish passport , I did call the embassy but it was all over before I could apply .
Indeliblelink
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I was working at a school, it was afternoon so most teachers and pupils were doing games. I'd been downstairs to talk to a colleague and saw it on the news she was watching, I think at that point people still thought it was an accident. I went back to my department and put one of the tellies on in my room (this was back when class rooms still had TVs hanging from the ceiling) I had a few pupils coming in and out watching it with me. one of them was a young Laurie Penny.
I phoned a female friend to talk about it and we agreed to meet for a drink that weekend where we finally hooked up after having a mutual crush for a while, think the events of 9/11 had made us appreciate life a bit more.
I phoned a female friend to talk about it and we agreed to meet for a drink that weekend where we finally hooked up after having a mutual crush for a while, think the events of 9/11 had made us appreciate life a bit more.
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
I was at work when reports started coming in, we had an office in New York.
I had a small personal radio with me and was listening to the updates on that then later I had a rehearsal in Wimbledon and sat in a pub beforehand watching the news on the telly.
One of my biggest memory was a woman at work, who I didn't really like. Most of the staff, like a lot of people, were shocked but she just kept dismissing it by saying there were probably very few people in the Twin Towers so wasn't as bad as we all thought.
Maybe it was her way of coping and, as I said, I wasn't her biggest fan so I'm sure my prejudice came into it, but I just remember her slight derision that we were all overreacting.
I had a small personal radio with me and was listening to the updates on that then later I had a rehearsal in Wimbledon and sat in a pub beforehand watching the news on the telly.
One of my biggest memory was a woman at work, who I didn't really like. Most of the staff, like a lot of people, were shocked but she just kept dismissing it by saying there were probably very few people in the Twin Towers so wasn't as bad as we all thought.
Maybe it was her way of coping and, as I said, I wasn't her biggest fan so I'm sure my prejudice came into it, but I just remember her slight derision that we were all overreacting.
weltweit
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One person living not too far away, saw the news and decided as a photographer he should get out and document what he could see. HIs cameras were recovered some days later, his film developed and his images shown as part of the travelling exhibition "This is New York" .. of the photographer himself there remained no sign.
Zapp Brannigan
Built like a steakhouse, handles like a bistro
I once flew into New York/Newark Airport on a lovely clear day, giving a gorgeous view of the Manhattan skyline on final approach before legging it through the airport to get my connecting flight to Washington DC. I even remember the date for some reason - September 10th, 2001.
The Falling Man picture seems to be doing the rounds again on twitter after years and much controversy. but Esquire has the story behind it. it's quite heartbreaking.
www.esquire.com
edit: it does make you wonder what you would do in their position. not the publishers, the people jumping.
The Falling Man
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.
edit: it does make you wonder what you would do in their position. not the publishers, the people jumping.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Was in a multi agency team in a government building in London. Someone had got a TV we used for presentations running as the internet had completely stopped working for us. Always remember as about 20 of us were standing around just watching one of the guys with an appropriate military background saying “ fucking hell, it’ll be war for 20 years” which seems amazingly prescient.
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planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
One of my bosses at work has proper old school developed at Boots pictures of it. She was 19 and it happened on her second day in New York.
It was her first ever trip abroad, anywhere.
It was her first ever trip abroad, anywhere.
Peter Painter
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I was in that crowd too. And you're right, we cheered when we first heard the news.
As I remember it the police kettled us very quickly and then took us to some kind of designated protest zone. I remember the mood being pretty glum but then we started hearing reports from the few people who had mobile phones that the States was under attack. As you say, we had little information and we greeted the news by cheering and dancing.
I saw the pictures on tv later in the day and it was only then that the horror got a hold of me. Like you, I've learned a lot more a out world politics since then.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
I was at work, first I knew of it was the thread on here. Then turned on a TV and everyone in the open plan office saw the second tower fall.
What was amazing was how little info was coming out compared to what we’d see today. It was the first time U75 was my primary news source.
What was amazing was how little info was coming out compared to what we’d see today. It was the first time U75 was my primary news source.
weltweit
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Could easily have fallen rather than jumped.
When the interior became unsustainable due to fire, many tried climbing out onto the outer structure. As the fire advanced there could have been a choice, burn or jump or just lose their grip and fall.
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DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
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kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
I remember the BBC saying that although people are saying they are bodies falling they are in fact pieces of the building... and believing it.The Falling Man picture seems to be doing the rounds again on twitter after years and much controversy. but Esquire has the story behind it. it's quite heartbreaking.
The Falling Man
Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.
edit: it does make you wonder what you would do in their position. not the publishers, the people jumping.
I wonder why they'd say that? There were so many raining down apparently. Just awful. That particular guy, if the story has it right was a worker at the top restaurant. I watched this film last night, which was really good:
Which is the story of the lawyers who were tasked with figuring out how much each family should be paid in compensation. And figuring out a formula for it. People like that guy would have been worth much less than the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald or instance, not a job I would like, telling a family their janitor dad was less valuable than a banker.
weltweit
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I assume that sort of thing did happen then? Gruesome if so!
Yeh. It's a true story. Well worth a watch. I won't spoil it but the main lawyer (Michael Keaton's character) did his best, but a thankless task
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
I was on the Eurostar in France, shortly to go into the tunnel back to the UK. The atmosphere in the carriage went odd. A few people on phones seeming upset, and strangers asking each other what was going on.
I heard there'd been some sort of attack or protest, but didn't really get what sort or where, and found it nervously amusing. Then I got more of it (just after the second plane, I think) from a woman who was in tears.
Then I realised it was a major terrorist attack, and had my one and only panic attack to date, just as we were going into the tunnel. I thought it would make an ideal target.
I heard there'd been some sort of attack or protest, but didn't really get what sort or where, and found it nervously amusing. Then I got more of it (just after the second plane, I think) from a woman who was in tears.
Then I realised it was a major terrorist attack, and had my one and only panic attack to date, just as we were going into the tunnel. I thought it would make an ideal target.
kenny g
Sheeple Awake!
Too long article about an interview with OBL in 1996 but still worth a read:
www.esquire.com
Was aware of this one by Robert Fisk which is interesting as well:
www.independent.co.uk
Greetings, America. My Name is Osama bin Laden.
A conversation with the most dangerous man in the world.
Was aware of this one by Robert Fisk which is interesting as well:
Robert Fisk's close encounter with Osama Bin Laden
To mark the anniversary of the 2001 attack on the Twin Towers, today we republish Robert Fisk's enlightening account of a meeting with Osama bin Laden
www.independent.co.uk
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
World Trade Centre terrorist attacks, 11th September 2001
Have you heard, a plane has crashed into the world trade centre in New York? (you can always rely on me for ground breaking news can't you!)
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