Active Users:1329 Time:18/08/2026 07:27:45 AM
In class in HS. Legolas Send a noteboard - 12/09/2020 11:04:28 PM

View original postSo, where were you when you first heard the news, 19 years ago today?

As Floffe said, it was in the afternoon our time. I don't entirely remember if I saw it on TV still in school, or only a bit later when I got back home. Definitely remember discussing it that night on wotmania, though.

The other big one over here were the terrorist attack on Brussels Airport and the subway, a couple of years ago, was in the office for that one. Of course nothing like 9/11 in terms of numbers or traumatizing live footage, nor can I say it left the same impact (couldn't even tell you off the top of my head what the date was...), but Belgium is a pretty small country and tons of people knew someone who, if not actually affected by the attacks themselves, had passed through that subway station or the airport that day and easily could have been.

Reply to message
Where were you when such and such happened? - 11/09/2020 02:31:33 PM 769 Views
I happened to be up early.... - 11/09/2020 07:16:01 PM 487 Views
9/11 - 11/09/2020 08:10:09 PM 537 Views
Yes - 11/09/2020 08:17:47 PM 455 Views
6th grade, just outside Ft Rucker, AL - 11/09/2020 08:54:03 PM 478 Views
Regarding the Space Shuttle.... - 11/09/2020 10:04:06 PM 438 Views
My kids watched the Challenger tragedy at school too. *NM* - 11/09/2020 10:10:48 PM 230 Views
I was in Manhattan at work on 9/11 - 11/09/2020 09:22:14 PM 484 Views
could you see what was happening from your office? *NM* - 12/09/2020 06:49:03 PM 227 Views
Yes - 14/09/2020 02:25:18 PM 472 Views
There was some rumor at school, our teacher said something strange had happened in NYC... - 11/09/2020 09:58:33 PM 540 Views
You were on wotmania then, right? *NM* - 12/09/2020 06:54:37 PM 234 Views
I had registered, I'm pretty sure - 13/09/2020 07:49:50 AM 469 Views
In class in HS. - 12/09/2020 11:04:28 PM 468 Views
My first day of teaching - 14/09/2020 12:38:22 AM 515 Views
You’re not wrong - 14/09/2020 01:09:01 AM 421 Views

Reply to Message