21 years ago today

[HarryVegas]

Where were you? I'd been running a Shakespeare workshop in a school in Cumbria, came out, switched on the car radio and thought I was hearing a Radio 4 play. Things would never be the same again and I just wanted to go home and see my kids.

 

[breakthewallsdown]

Primary school - I remember seeing the news when I got to my uncles house after school

 

[redjohnnie]

Home on leave and watched it all happen throughout the day

 

[Stocko]

Coatham Stob, working outside a property, old woman come out of her house to say “someone had crashed a plane into a tower in America“, shortly after she came out to say a second plane had crashed, turned on the van radio and couldn’t believe what was happening, especially when the first tower collapsed, absolutely wasn’t expect that.

 

[Cress]

At the arms fair in London..

 

[The Ruthsayer]

Living and working in Amsterdam. Rumours and more rumours and then the desperate truth.

 

[NYboro]

At work - 7 blocks from the twin towers.

 

[Teesste]

I was at work, in a high street bank and a customer came in and said a plane had hit the first tower.. thought nothing of it. I had a half day for study leave as I had an exam the following day but when I got home I couldn’t take my eyes off the TV.. I still have a morbid fascination of it to this day.

 

[Linthorpe_Exile]

Was at home, couldn't get any internet access so thought something was up, so switched on TV - saw most of it unfold in real-time. A very grim day.

 

[boroboy6872]

Was working at Slade Green sidings replacing wooden sleepers, jumped in the work van at break and it was on the radio

Didn`t make sense until I was able to watch the evening news......horrific

 

[Mr_Fridge]

At home, watching Neighbours. Was in New York for 9/11 the memorial is quietly spectacular. We got onto the roof of the apartment for this.

 

[MancErimus13]

At work and someone said a plane had hit a building in US. Watched it on a tiny black and white TV in my lab. Then loads of others huddled round the TV in shock. Felt so surreal.

 

[Norman_Conquest]

I was getting ready to go to Ted Cocker’s funeral. I came down to put my shoes on and thought the mother in law was watching a film.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Yes it felt unreal, like watching a disaster film.

 

[TheYorkshireTerrier]

Coming home from school and being annoyed that they’d took CITV off for the news.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

At work - 7 blocks from the twin towers.

That must have been a truly horrendous experience.

 

[red_clowne]

Just been on the phone with Ray192 and switched on the TV. I couldn't believe what I was seeing and just sat and watched it all go off.

 

[Corcaigh_the_Cat]

In the office in Cork, the news broke on this site for me and everybody else at work, unusual because there was always a radio on, they just hadn't put it out. Flew back to see the kids the day after, airport security had changed completely.

 

[Chisel]

At work in London, news broke and office full of people all went silent watching news updates on their screens.
Ride home on the tube was eirie and unnerving

 

[NYboro]

That must have been a truly horrendous experience.

It was. Unfortunately, completely unforgettable. I had to take 2 families home with me as they lived too close.