I was working in a call centre in Glasgow.

I went to the break room and everyone was talking about the first plane hitting, when we watched the second plane hit live. There was some debate about if it was a replay or not, before one guy pointed out that one tower was already smoking when the plane flew by. 

Went back to the call centre and the place was silent, hardly any calls for the rest of the shift. Went to the pub after work with a mate and remember the pub also being eerily quiet.

Was at work, seen it on the tele there.  Customer came in asked what it was, I answered “it’s the start of world war 3”.    Was scary at the time, but now with a bit more experience of the world, I realise war will never end anyway, the rich and powerful won’t ever let that happen.

Was in college - Constitution Road campus - I mind the lecturer went out the class to get something from his office, came back in a few minutes later and told us what had happened.  Queue the whole class spending the next hour or so scouring the Internet for news.  Then went home and sat and watched it all unfold until the early hours. Mental day.

Tek wrote:

Had this conversation in my work yesterday.

That 'JFK moment' as they put it. Where were you when you heard about the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers?

 

 
I recall this one as though it was yesterday. I was a trader with a company called  Blackwood in Gresham Street, in the City. It was an offshoot of a much larger NY trading firm. We had a couple of Americans, but, most of the rest were ex LIFFE traders (the last open outcry pit to close), then there were three of us who had made the grade on our own.

I recall some guy coming into to have a look round. He knew all the ex LIFFE guys. He had been a pit trader and was considering making the switch. Exactly seven minutes after he walked in one of the wall mounted screens, showed a picture of (what looked like a tiny plane) embedded in a large tower. The guy sitting opposite, wee Phil, began laughing his head off and said "Harvey just arrived and look what happens..."He was in the process of calling round other trading rooms, to share the joke about Harvey, when the second plane hit. Everything changed.

I found out, Harvey, or Harvey Stephens to give him his full name, had been a child actor. He only starred in one film: The Omen. He played Damien.

The rest of the afternoon was spent at the pub watching a newsfeed. Blackwood's NY office was below Cantors. Many friends were lost.

blackandtangerine wrote:

...Couldn't go into the room that had pictures of all the poor people that died. That was just too much...

Yeah, much easier to go into the room and look at the pictures of all the rich people that died!...😁

I was on holiday, in a bar/restaurant that had a walkway to the beach. Great way to get custom as the next entrance was a fair trek away.

A couple stood up an we intended nicking their seats, but they never moved. Then the groans and screaming started. I thought it was a film They were watching, then the news cuts in...

I suddenly began to panic, selfishly, because I hate flying, and if you can imagine what I was like after any Hampden defeat, multiply it by 1000! We were leaving next morning, and it was hectic. How we left that airport with a very minimal 4 hour delay, I'll never know. No alcohol to calm the nerves, no sitting down etc, just herded into a corner. Panic, fear, people crying and hugging each other...

What a feeling to get back home safely. Went to the Euros after that, and never been in a plane since. I just didn't like flying, and after witnessing that, I'm petrified...