FabSwingers.com forum: Who told you, where were you

By *egabristols OP Couple
11 weeks ago

penarth

About 9/11/01?

I was managing a shop in Cardiff.

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By *aveyougotmymarblesMan
11 weeks ago

3rd rock from the sun

Day 2 of a new job

Didn't find out till I was listening to the radio on the drive home after 5

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By *ools and the brainCouple
11 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

Driving to Bilston from Portsmouth got to my company depot loaded up my materials for the week listening on the way home, stopped at Warwick services on M40 watching it on the telly screen with about 40 others in total silence and disbelief.

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

Fuck knows.

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By *eo PublicMan
11 weeks ago

Lincoln

I worked in a home entertainment shop so it was on all the TV screens as it unfolded.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
11 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

Some people I was working with told me about it, to be honest I was busy and had other things on my mind and wasn’t really that interested at the time.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
11 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

"Some people I was working with told me about it, to be honest I was busy and had other things on my mind and wasn’t really that interested at the time. "

I assume you are referring to 11/9/01 OP, haven’t got a clue what I was doing on 9/11/01.

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By *INTMan
11 weeks ago

Minutes from Somewhere Else

Had just come home from shift work. Switched on the TV, saw the first tower fall.

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By *urves and MischiefWoman
11 weeks ago

North West. Sometimes London/Cambridge

Was in the office and the director had the news

Coverage on the tv in his office. We all stood round watching in disbelief

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By *ynamicnatureMan
11 weeks ago

Doncaster

I was managing a bar in Bristol at the time, it was shocking to see,☹️

The world has not been the same since.

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By *vaRoseWoman
11 weeks ago

Ankh-Morpork

I was working at the time, before heading back to uni. We had the radio on and it was announced. My area manager and the assistant manager from our nearest branch were also there in New York.

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By *oughmanMan
11 weeks ago

Sunderland

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By *oughmanMan
11 weeks ago

Sunderland

Playing Legend of Mir on my PC in the bedroom. It was an mmo and it came up in the world chat.

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By *anSMan
11 weeks ago

Shrewsbury

I worked in retail back then, and there were tv’s in the shop with MTV playing, my colleagues and I stood watching it all unfold on the American news channels 🙁..

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By *ealitybitesMan
11 weeks ago

Belfast

In a social club in the city centre servicing equipment when it came on the news.

Complete silence in every bar and club I went to for the rest of the day with no-one talking and just watching.

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By *onnyJohnMan
11 weeks ago

Doncaster

In the office, been at work around half hour, boss told me to go home watched the rest of it throughout the day.

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

In my kitchen in my student house in Birmingham. Heard it on the radio and thought initially they were talking about about a little private plane like a Cessna, not a passenger jet.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
11 weeks ago

East Sussex

I was driving home from work. It was initially too shocking to believe

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By *anderingArtistMan
11 weeks ago

an abstract world

I came home from school and remember being fuming that the news was on every channel. I couldn't watch CBBC or CITV. I had to go outside and play football all evening instead.

FYI, this will make more sense when I say I was 9 at the time.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
11 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

I was working for a company in Johannesburg. Someone came in and said a plane had crashed into the World Trade Centre in New York. At first we thought it was a light aircraft, then the seriousness became apparent, and the internet just shut down as news sites were overwhelmed. I phoned my wife, who was at home pregnant. She'd been snoozing in front of the TV. I asked her what was on, and she said it was some disaster movie, before realising she was watching CNN live...

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By *ai Hard 2 - Dai HarderMan
11 weeks ago

Manchester / Cardiff

In the office of the factory I was working in at the time. Everyone who wasn't tied to the production line was huddled around the office computers watching it all unfold.

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By *a LunaWoman
11 weeks ago

o o OO o o

I can’t remember the bit before, but I know I watched the towers burning and people jumping live as it happened as I remember being sat on my own on my sofa, horrified, crying.

Not sure if I was off work ill at the time?

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By *oodmessMan
11 weeks ago

yumsville

"Some people I was working with told me about it, to be honest I was busy and had other things on my mind and wasn’t really that interested at the time.

I assume you are referring to 11/9/01 OP, haven’t got a clue what I was doing on 9/11/01. "

I was thinking that was me waking up.. For UK readers.. 11th Sept

And I was watching it on the TV.

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By *herrybakewellCouple
11 weeks ago

Staffordshire

In college working on my apprenticeship.

To say we we're stunned would be an understatement.

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By *rtickleyourfancyMan
11 weeks ago

Barton-upon-Humber

Was a chef. That day was stupidly quiet. Went upstairs to the bar. Saw the second plane hit. The bar was silent.

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By *viatrixWoman
11 weeks ago

Redhill

It was morning as where I lived was -2hrs Eastern US time. I was teaching an English class (to adults) and we’d popped out for a coffee break. There was a little TV in the reception and we were 😳😳😳😳😱😱😱

I was meant to be married on Sept 7, 2001 and going to NYC for my honeymoon on the 8th. But I called it all off like 2 weeks before. Whoa. This made my head spin!

I still wish I could have seen the Twin Towers. Selfish, I know. Sorry. 🖤

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By (user no longer on site)
11 weeks ago

I was in the south tower when the north tower was hit

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By *issmorganWoman
11 weeks ago

Calderdale innit

I was at work, our boss was off sick and phoned us to tell us to put the staff room TV on.

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By *ature curvyWoman
11 weeks ago

Sheffield

I was at work, one of the managers heard it on the radio.

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By *bi HaiveMan
Forum Mod
11 weeks ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

At work. I watched the second plane live. 😥

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By *eroLondonMan
11 weeks ago

Mayfair

I was driving on the M4 from Reading to London, listening to xfm when the news broke.

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