9/11 10 years ago

I didn't know about it until I got home from school that day and my mum had the news on. Had vaguely overheard people talking about it on the bus on way home and went in and said, "Mum, has there been a plane crash or something?"

I actually just ordered the DVD of the documentary "9/11" that was made by two French brothers called Gideon and Jules Naudet, it was shown on the 1st anniversary but I don't remember having seen it since.
The brothers were there by accident - they were making a documentary about a rookie firefighter at one of the firehouses, following him through his training, and Jules got one of only two videos IIRC of the first plane crashing, the firefighters were investigating a gas leak and heard a roar above them, Jules panned the camera up to see the first plane hit. The firefighters let him go with them to the towers and he just kept his camera rolling, as did Gideon both back at the firehouse and on the streets, trying to find his brother and just knowing that his camera was capturing epicly historic events.

The most poignant and haunting account of that day that I've ever seen.
 
I feel old thinking it was 10 years ago, where has time gone ffs

I was at college and came home and someone told me on chat thing icq/irc I think
 
I remember being sent home early and then when I finally got there my mother (who was quite ill at the time) was just sat infront of the TV crying.

The world changed from then on, and we must remember those people who lost their lives.
 
Was at school in a big assembly.. I feel it was about the events that had just started but don't remember exactly.
I do remember however going straight to a friends from school and seeing the second plane hitting, watching it all unfold.
 
vicisthebest said:
I didn't know about it until I got home from school that day and my mum had the news on. Had vaguely overheard people talking about it on the bus on way home and went in and said, "Mum, has there been a plane crash or something?"

I actually just ordered the DVD of the documentary "9/11" that was made by two French brothers called Gideon and Jules Naudet, it was shown on the 1st anniversary but I don't remember having seen it since.
The brothers were there by accident - they were making a documentary about a rookie firefighter at one of the firehouses, following him through his training, and Jules got one of only two videos IIRC of the first plane crashing, the firefighters were investigating a gas leak and heard a roar above them, Jules panned the camera up to see the first plane hit. The firefighters let him go with them to the towers and he just kept his camera rolling, as did Gideon both back at the firehouse and on the streets, trying to find his brother and just knowing that his camera was capturing epicly historic events.

The most poignant and haunting account of that day that I've ever seen.
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What's the DVD called?
 
I was meeting a friend in a bar and he came in and said a plane has crashed into the one of the twin towers and its all over the news. I asked the girl behind the bar if she'd put the news on and she said no because she's watching MTV so we left and went to another pub.

We'd just bought a pint and sat down watching the mayhem from the TV when the second plane hit and we couldn't believe it. We sat there for the rest of the day getting drunk and watching it all live. Throughout the day loads of people were coming out of offices into the pub and stood around the small TV we were watching in disbelief. Must have been 20-30 people crowded around us.
 
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