Re: September 11th 2001
 

I was sitting at my desk at work. I had just called AT&T because there was a problem with our last phone bill. The rep on the line suddenly told me that a plane had just hit the world trade center in New York. I tried to log on to CNN but the site had been crushed, there was only a small picture that showed the building on fire. I went down to our cafeteria, which had the monitor tuned to CNN, everyone was watching in horror. In our group of about fifty, there were only three arabic gentlemen, I remember them looking around nervously as a few people made comments that it must be "arabic terrorists." I went home a short while later and spent the entire day watching TV with my wife who was three months pregnant.

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I was in town UK with 1 year old son and hubby rang and said get home now and put tv on some thing bad has just happen

Re: September 11th 2001
 

I'll never forget it.. I was in hospital recovering from surgery.. a family member came to visit me to tell me that my brothers young wife had died of a blood clot to the lung.. then this..

Re: September 11th 2001
 

was coming back from kent, heard it on radio,

Re: September 11th 2001
 

What goes around comes around........... I was in Riyadh working for the same bank in the same room that I returned to work for just three weeks ago.

We had live TV on (CNN, Bloomberg TV, etc) and the coverage was unforgettable - fragmented, presenters in shock, clearly nobody knowing what to say etc etc.......

The French documentary someone mentioned was poignant in itself - they were filming a New York fire dept rookie on his first day at work - all that survived was the camera - rookie and filmmakers perished.

From a personal point of view, I felt the shock in reverse - it was over a year later that I found out a former colleague from a bank in the City of London had been a Cantor employee, and had died that day.

And the best 'lucky escape' story? Australian wonder swimmer Ian 'Thorpedo' Thorpe who was on holiday in NYC at the time. He got up especially early to go up to 'Windows On The World' but as he reached the towers at about 8.30am-ish, he realised his camera wasn't in his holdall. He turned round and went back to his hotel to fetch it......... :ohmy:

Re: September 11th 2001
 

I remember thinking life would never be the same...but somehow it is, or maybe I should say we have adapted in such a way that it is...

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i think we just learn to accept these things and move on, hoping it will not happen again

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which is good...cause what point is it to live in fear every day of things that might happen...

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It hasnt been, for millions.

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that's true, but it doesn't work that way does it...in the end you look at your own life, your kids, family etc...

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god we would never leave our houses if we lived in fear of what might happen,

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I do feel safe here behind my little screen...

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i think we all do,

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I think things have changed, but at a deeper level. Before 9/11 the world felt more stable. The Cold War was over. Terrorism was a minor annoyance. 9/11 brought fear and a general feeling of insecurity. Whatever our beliefs about who was behind it and the fallout, it can't be denied that there has been a shift in opinion. Less people trust the governments, and more people dislike Muslims. Sad, but true.

Re: September 11th 2001
 

I think "was" is the operative word, LJ.

It ain't over, it was just having a fag break.

A hard rain's still a gonna fall......