September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks

Post by **oche balboa** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:34 am

Well we all know what happened and a certain Irishman claimed he watched the Hurling lnstead lol

Does anyone (22 years ago now) remember the day? Some were too young or not born

And what about the conspiracy Theories surrounding the day

Post by **Captain Hobo** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:36 am

The news broke late at night here but I was already in bed.

Remember waking up and seeing it all over the news.

Post by **Randall** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:37 am

I was stocktaking

Post by **The Thorn** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:47 am

Randall wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:37 am I was stocktaking

I was 2 years old so not much

Post by **oche balboa** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:56 am

I was off college at the time, So watching trash TV and playing Championship Manager 00/01 when the news broke. Went to Albion vs Swindon in the night time and that was a weird atmopshere

Post by **Rogg** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:57 am

I got home from school and put on local radio to hear some music.

A song ended and the DJ said in a horrible tone something like 'We'll be getting the latest from what's happening in New York' and then the ads came on as usual.

They weren't in the habit of letting real world news interfere with their shows so this sounded serious.

I put on the BBC on TV and there it all was. This was around 4pm. Even given 2001 levels of tech I'm surprised I'd not heard a thing about it before that.

The first plane had hit around 2pm UK time I think. Some people around me probably would have known something about it but I'd heard nothing.

Post by **tungsten tossers** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:58 am

Randall wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:37 am I was stocktaking

Sleeping in the stockroom again

Post by **oche balboa** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:59 am

1:47 pm i think the 1st plane hit, 2nd plane was captured live at 2:03 i think

Not sure of the times but it was around lunchtime

Post by **Rogg** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:04 am

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:56 am I was off college at the time, So watching trash TV and playing Championship Manager 00/01 when the news broke. Went to Albion vs Swindon in the night time and that was a weird atmopshere

I'm surprised the game went ahead.

It was a sunny Tuesday. I had had the new edition of Match magazine, which always came out on Tuesdays.

I was looking forward to the Champions League football that night. Liverpool were due to play I believe. Bayer Leverkusen maybe, hmm. Not too sure, but all those games were postponed.

I hope to get the TV listings later. The schedules were in tatters of course and the BBC showed a random OFAH in the evening, if memory serves.

Post by **oche balboa** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:15 am

Rogg wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:04 am
oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:56 am I was off college at the time, So watching trash TV and playing Championship Manager 00/01 when the news broke. Went to Albion vs Swindon in the night time and that was a weird atmopshere
I'm surprised the game went ahead.

It was a sunny Tuesday. I had had the new edition of Match magazine, which always came out on Tuesdays.

I was looking forward to the Champions League football that night. Liverpool were due to play I believe. Bayer Leverkusen maybe, hmm. Not too sure, but all those games were postponed.

I hope to get the TV listings later. The schedules were in tatters of course and the BBC showed a random OFAH in the evening, if memory serves.

Liverpool were playing their 1st home game in the European Cup/Champions League since 1985 that night. Mallorca beat Arsenal 1-0

They discussed cancelling the League Cup matches but i assume the schedule couldn't really allow it. Might have been different if it was League matches.

I remember Match magazine. Used to get that and Shoot

Post by **Cooking with Sanchez** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:28 am

I was in school, they didn’t bother telling us so we found out when we got home.

Conspiracy theories, LOL.

Post by **ChrisW** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:29 am

Driving to the coast to visit in-iaws.

Post by **sennafan24** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:04 pm

I was in high school.

I heard about the attacks just after the school day ended around 3.45pm. Other pupils were discussing it while leaving the school.

Post by **Cooking with Sanchez** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:05 pm

My Spanish teacher was crying and wouldn’t tell us what was wrong

Post by **Rogg** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:40 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:15 am
Rogg wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 10:04 am
oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 9:56 am I was off college at the time, So watching trash TV and playing Championship Manager 00/01 when the news broke. Went to Albion vs Swindon in the night time and that was a weird atmopshere
I'm surprised the game went ahead.

It was a sunny Tuesday. I had had the new edition of Match magazine, which always came out on Tuesdays.

I was looking forward to the Champions League football that night. Liverpool were due to play I believe. Bayer Leverkusen maybe, hmm. Not too sure, but all those games were postponed.

I hope to get the TV listings later. The schedules were in tatters of course and the BBC showed a random OFAH in the evening, if memory serves.
Liverpool were playing their 1st home game in the European Cup/Champions League since 1985 that night. Mallorca beat Arsenal 1-0

They discussed cancelling the League Cup matches but i assume the schedule couldn't really allow it. Might have been different if it was League matches.

I remember Match magazine. Used to get that and Shoot

So the games went ahead on 9/11, but all CL/UEFA Cup games scheduled for the day after were postponed for a week.

Liverpool drew 1-1 at home to Boavista on the day itself, for the record.

Post by **TheMalteseDart** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:55 pm

I was in pre school / nursery so wasn’t arsed tbh

Post by **sennafan24** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:16 pm

Cooking with Sanchez wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:05 pm My Spanish teacher was crying and wouldn’t tell us what was wrong

I have a very vague memory of hearing a rumour in the days following that a teacher at my school had cried after hearing the news. However, I recall everyone I interacted with that day being pretty chilled.

It was different for others. I remember someone telling me a few years later that they were watching Crossroads and were baffled when it didn't return from adverts. After a delay the feed apparently switched to coverage of the attacks. The same person told me they thought the world was ending when they saw the footage of the planes hitting the towers.

Post by **oche balboa** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:27 pm

Every channel (Non-News or mainstream) was continuing with their programming but with a banner at the bottom saying to turn over to breaking news even the music channels

Post by **sennafan24** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:52 pm

oche balboa wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:27 pm Every channel (Non-News or mainstream) was continuing with their programming but with a banner at the bottom saying to turn over to breaking news even the music channels

What are your views on the conspiracy theories you alluded to in the OP?

Post by **Cooking with Sanchez** » Mon Sep 11, 2023 2:01 pm

sennafan24 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:16 pm
Cooking with Sanchez wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:05 pm My Spanish teacher was crying and wouldn’t tell us what was wrong
I have a very vague memory of hearing a rumour in the days following that a teacher at my school had cried after hearing the news. However, I recall everyone I interacted with that day being pretty chilled.

It was different for others. I remember someone telling me a few years later that they were watching Crossroads and were baffled when it didn't return from adverts. After a delay the feed apparently switched to coverage of the attacks. The same person told me they thought the world was ending when they saw the footage of the planes hitting the towers.

Christ.

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