It’s 9/11 twenty years later. Today, now.

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We’re all still a bit clueless. What a mess.

Cant believe it's 20 years.

Still sends shivers.

Still remember ths day so clearly.

The start of the "war on terror" ended really well for arms manufacturers, the world is so much safer now hmm.

I remember it very clearly. I was sat in the living room at my parents house flicking over to find something to watch, flicked to a news channel, saw the plane hit one of the towers, thought it was a film and flicked past. My boyfriend said, go back! and then we all sat and watched the news in shock.

We went to the 9/11 museum a few years back and it was really emotional. They play recordings and people talking of their loved ones and it really got to me. I remember having to leave the room because I saw someone’s broken glasses who didn’t make it and that broke me for some reason.

I also can’t believe it’s 20 years.

Twenty years gone too quick.. remember this so clearly as if yesterday...vvv sad

I’ve got a terrible memory but my reflection of this day is crystal clear. Sitting in a building in Canary Wharf watching the news and looking out at the sky, while listening to the American company in the upstairs floors evacuate.

Have you watched the documentary on iplayer? Very interesting.

RIP and thoughts of those who mourn and the many others affected - survivors, emergency services, hospital staff and many others.

I too have vivid memories of the day and days after and some of the changes that happened immediately after.

We were on honeymoon in The Maldives. Sat in paradise whilst desperate people across the world were jumping out of burning buildings.
Will never forget. God rest their souls.

I worked at a Travel Agents at the time, it totally changed all of us

I was 12, and my mom was 8.5 months pregnant with my little brother. So I find it weird that to me, it's such a major memory and to him it's this abstract thing. I have a before world and an after world.

We watched "inside the president's war room" last night and I highly recommend it. They had everyone, including Bush, on.

I've never really been interested in American presidents, but last night watching him in those moments, his humanity, and seeing how he put the game face act on, was mesmerising.

I was in my final year of primary school, & had no idea what had happened until I got off the school bus to find my mum (and others) in tears.

It’s just awful.

Today is a beautiful clear blue-sky day as well.

I heard it on the radio before going to a course. Then went home to watch the news for most of the rest of the day.

20 years 😔

I can't watch any if the footage. Dh has been watching the documentaries in tears.

I remember trying to explain - why? to my primary aged dcs, and how for weeks after, ds would fly his planes into the table legs.

I was reading about the cancers, asbestosis and other illnesses that have emerged in people who were in the vicinity and rescue workers. Many are battling and many have died. Then there are the mental illnesses. The suffering continues 💔

I remember being at work with the radio on giving the updates. Everyone else was really upset but I didn’t know what the trade centre was. When I got home and saw it I realised it was those buildings that I’d seen loads of times. Then it hit me.
Unbelievably sad.

It's incredible that it's been so long already.

It's still hard to grasp the scale of it. I spent much of the night thinking about those poor people getting up, getting ready for work or to catch a flight not knowing that it was going to be the last day of their lives.

One of the positives from that day was the incredible courage and love of humanity so that so many demonstrated.

I can't watch documentaries on the subject but I have The Only Plane In The Sky and Fall and Rise to read.

Such a tragic loss of life.

I’m glad though that we still take the time to remember their lives. It must be meaningful to their families to know that people still care.

I was at work, we had a tv in a customer area. And the bbc news website. I didn’t even know what the world trade centre was.
It was such an odd time of conspiracy and mis information.

We went out for lunch a group of us from work. Was such a beautiful day we went to pizza express. Had recently moved to London and was loving working in the City and had met so many interesting people. When we got back to the office everyone was shocked and watching it.

My lovely friend was in tears and said we should all go home as we could potentially be a target being so central. She was in shock. I didn’t go and stayed and worked until 3 am. My friend that went home has died since (breast cancer at 43) but none of us knew it then

This:

I finished work at 2 and went home. Switched TV on and it was all over the news. I admit to being a very naive 18 year old and not realising the significance of what had happened until months, maybe even years later. I didn't realise the WTC was an office building full of people, i thought it was some sort of monument like Statue of Liberty or Shard in London.

I watched the documentary and recognised footage that was shown on the day and days after the event. President Bush's face when he was told - that image has stuck with me. When I heard that people had jumped out of the buildings as the heat from the fire was intense and they showed footage of people falling to the ground, that was horrific. I also looked at the death toll from that day - not counting all those who died as a result of that day either from mental health, or asbestosis etc. Similar to Chernobyl, the real cost will never be known.

I am hoping to visit New York in the next few years - Ground Zero is one place I really want to visit

I was at secondary school. I remember being called into a room with a projector, the teachers explaining what had happened and showing us the news. I don’t remember what time we were told, but I remember being at home afterwards with the news on with my mum, in complete disbelief and crying. It still makes me cry to think of now. Sick, sick people.

Like it was yesterday.

Terribly upsetting to look at the footage.
I always recall sitting on the phone taking shite with a friend about her boyfriend and sky news being on and watching it and trying to figure out wtf was I watching.
I couldn't take it in.
I rang my husband and told him and he couldn't take it in or believe it an said it must be a mistake.
His office was empty within the hour, people rushing to get home.

For a small bit I did think WW3 was imminent which was just terrifying having just had a another baby.

So awful.

I watched the documentary on ITV the other night - all footage from people living and working in the area, odd news report. Could not stop crying.

I remember sitting on my sofa for hours and hours just watching it in disbelief. Those images and those feelings are still so clear and vivid.

Watching that presidents war room.

Why the fuck did he give that speech in the school assembly with the kids?!?