A few days ago, we asked a simple question on our Facebook page. Where were you when you first heard the news about the 9/11 terror attacks?
Today marks twenty years since that awful day. A day that none of us will ever forget and hundreds of you responded to our question and here are some of the most interesting replies.
Where were you when you first heard the news about the 9/11 terror attacks?
Victoria Smith: “At my Aunts house in Napa, California. She came home from work early and we watched the news. The patriotism of the people was so moving I will never forget.”
Sam Fish: “By a pool in Rhodes, we had to fly home that evening!”
Becs Ford: “Working in the student union bar at Chichester. Someone came in to tell us to put the TV on. We watched the plane fly into the tower, the bar was silent and the one American student was frantically calling home to find out where a relation was because they worked in the towers.”
Catherine Turner-Joll: “Working in theatre recovery at the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton.”
Dale Martin: “Having a pint in The Herdsman before heading off to Dagenham to watch Hereford play.”
Mats Jonason: “At work in Stockholm. Watched the second tower getting hit live. Weirdest day of my life.”
Luci Woodward: “I was 15 I walked into my house and my Mum said ‘have you seen this?’ I was like I’ve been at school all day, then looked at the TV and saw the 2nd plane crash. Awful Memory!”
Steven Morgan: “Studying for my charter ship exams, with the news on in the background. I thought it was a movie at first and then I put the volume up 2 minutes before the second plane it. The realisation it was true made me spontaneous cry. RIP to all those who lost their lives.”
Philip Barrington: “We were on holiday in Florida when it all kicked off, I was actually swimming in the pool at the villa when the first plane hit. What a shock to see this happening, I soon got out the pool to watch their reporting on the news.”
Stefan Davies, Director of Your Herefordshire remembers the day well.
“I remember the day well, I was 10-years-old and at Holmer Primary School. I can remember the teachers telling us that something major had happened and can remember walking home and turning the TV on and watching it all unfold.
“It’s still so hard to believe and every time I watch it I feel like I’m watching a film, but the truth is that 9/11 changed the world we live in forever. We’ve seen countless attacks since, with terrorists changing their tactics after aircraft security was improved as a result of 9/11.
“I live in hope that one day we will live in a peaceful world, but I do feel after recent events in Afghanistan, that a peaceful world is sadly as far away now as it was back in 2001. Let’s hope I’m wrong.”
