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Remember 9/11
occy
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I can't believe it's been 11 years since the tragic day. I still remember to the day I was out in the garden mowing the lawn and wife called me to tell me a building was on fire in New York, and that's when it all started to happen...
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I was at school when it happened, and in the days of no Facebook/Twitter and fast mobile internet, I and the rest of the students didn't find out until we got home. These days the news would spread like wildfire across people's phones instantly. That more than anything makes it seem older.
by 11th of September 2001 I really dont know how people on dial up was able to do anything as even I was unable to download the BBC news page so I had to switch to all sorts of sites.
I had ONdigital { ITV Digital } and that was already set to BBC 24 News so it was a big shock when they switched to New York and knowing the World Trade Center complex I knew that it was not on a flight path so could not work out why they ' at first ' were claiming it was a accident.
I sent my brother a e-mail telling him to get to a TV {as he was in his office} as I was sure it was deliberate - of course its only later did we find out there was innocent passengers aboard who must have been terrified.
The World changed that day so it should never be forgotten.
As the people in the office gathered round me, to see what was happening, the MD walked in, so I went to hide the TV, but he just said "No, don't put it away. Keep it on".
There we were, the whole office, managers and all, gathered round a pocket TV, watching the events unfold.
And later today I'll forget about it again.
I thought my parents were there - all I could remember was them saying 'we're coming back from NYC on 11th' and I didn't know if they meant landing home on 11th or actually leaving. It was a frantic afternoon trying to get in touch not knowing if their mobiles were switched off or if they were over there with no phone signal.
Two guys were there dressed as skyscrapers - elaborate costumes fashioned out of cardboard boxes.
Another guy at the party (who was Muslim, incidentally) was dressed as an aeroplane.
At various points throughout the evening, the Muslim guy ran towards to the two skyscraper guys with his arms outstretched and crashed into them.
They won the prize for the best costume.
No you will not.
Not thinking about something actively all the time isn't the same as forgetting. Else when I started this thread I forgot not only my birthday date but my own middle name. Neither of which I have thought about in ages.
I thought occy started the thread?
I meant post
Oh My God!!! That gave me such chills!!!
I was nine months pregnant and watching it live and the people waving from the windows drove me to tears, seconds later the tower came down
Ah I see.
I won't forget it 100% like a mind wipe, I just don't think about it and hadn't done for a good while until yesterday when it was mentioned so in essence I did "forget" but I'm not arguing semantics.