Where were you on September 11th 2001?
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I was at home sleeping, and got a call from my girlfriend to turn on the news because a 'small airplane' had hit one of the towers(that's how the news reported it) I turned on the tv to see a tower on fire, then 10 seconds later, a very obviously large airliner hit the 2nd tower. I think I stood front of the tv for the next 4 hours... lost track of time. I think I watched about 10 hours worth of TV that day.
Still as fresh as if it had happened yesterday.
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I was at work (IATA) here in Geneva. It was 3pm local and my homepage:
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Airlines
Started showing stories of a plane hitting the towers. Within ten minutes, we were upstairs in our conference center with TV footage played on a giant movie screen. About sixty of us werein there watching the second plane hit the tower.
http://www.newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Airlines
Started showing stories of a plane hitting the towers. Within ten minutes, we were upstairs in our conference center with TV footage played on a giant movie screen. About sixty of us werein there watching the second plane hit the tower.
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I was finishing my Multi IFR ride at the same time the first plane hit. By the time the second plane hit I was applying for a job at the home depot because thats where i spent the next 3 months because of the incredible job market that followed that act.
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Was at the caf. in school, a buddy came up to me and told me a plane hit the twin towers and peopel were jumping. It sounded so unbelivable, I thought he was slinging some bullshit. I said "ya sure, and the CN Tower is a giant missle thats being launched now. He looked at me kind of funny and walked away. When I got to my science class they had the tv on and showed the towers burning, and the people jumping. I didnt say much after that.
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I was at work at the airport when we were told 'something' was happening in the states. There were fragments of reports during the day. I had to refamiliarize myself with SCATANA rules as faxes started coming in closing all airspace in North America. The last flight I saw after the next few hours of returning aircraft was a couple of CF-18's launching from Inuvik to intercept an asian carrier inbound to Whitehorse. They had just arrived to begin an annual exercise and we never saw them again. I have to say I was a bit peeved at the way the Americans closed their airspace and expected Canadians to accept all remaining airborne flights (and possibly terrorist controlled flying bombs) into their airspace. Thankfully there weren't any and our air traffic system were able to handle all unexpected arrivals.
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I was in tech class at my highschool. The teacher just rolled in the tv and turned it on. Thats how i found out. It was a nice sunny day at the time and then i just went home to watch the tube. I was at the airport later that day planning my first cross country trip within the next few days. I was the only one there with my instructor. very odd.
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2 weeks prior I was in NYC standing underneath those towers, and when they hit I was in my first week at aviation college in T-bay. Terrible day for the world.
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I was doing annual First Aid training with the rest of my unit in Kingston. The base was in an uproar that day as our civvy support staff was on strike, picketing the front gate. Traffic backed-up all the way down Highway 2, and tempers were short.
During a break, one of the students tells us that a plane just crashed into the WTC. Grim, I thought...We carry on with class, next break, we hear the same thing..."The same plane?"..."No, ANOTHER plane!". Needless to say, our mind wasn't on training after that, and the Union wisely ceased it's job action later that day...
By March, I was in Kandahar with the rest of my detachment, living in a 3-man recce tent, eating MRE's and getting rocketed by the Taliban...
During a break, one of the students tells us that a plane just crashed into the WTC. Grim, I thought...We carry on with class, next break, we hear the same thing..."The same plane?"..."No, ANOTHER plane!". Needless to say, our mind wasn't on training after that, and the Union wisely ceased it's job action later that day...
By March, I was in Kandahar with the rest of my detachment, living in a 3-man recce tent, eating MRE's and getting rocketed by the Taliban...
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Re: Where were you on September 11th 2001?
was gettin ready for my 1st day of classes at college.