Yep, it's one of those times in your life you will always remember where you were and who you were with. The world changed that day.

I was in bed asleep and woke to a Hawaiian friend of mine that was living with me at that time screaming and going "NOOOOOO WAAAY!". Here I am thinking f'en noisy Seppo, shut up.

I get up to see what he is doing this is about 5am. The $h^t had hit the fan real hard.

After a couple of hours I could not process it any longer, my now wife and I took a walk on the beach. About 30 knots howling Northerly and there was a humpback the closest to shore I had seen around here ever and to this day ever again. Doing the full show, breaching, jumping right out etc.

People you didnt know where just in shock walking around like Zombies.

I got to work about 12:30, we normally started at 8:30. I was first to arrive and we spent the rest of the day just blowing out, watching TV etc. Nobody cared that nothing was done.

Saying all of that though, I have never been to the U.S. It is still a mythical land I see on Telly.

The Sari Club bombings however rocked me harder, I had spent many nights in that inescapable place.

Crazy that 9-11 was 10 years ago. Still feels like yesterday the memories are that clear.

Went to Bali few weeks after the bombing, was at the Bounty hotel 5 min walk to the Sari club. The site was very moving, a lot of Balinese died in the inferno as well and the ground was covered with little offering to the Gods. My son in law's sister was in the club when it blew apart and escaped with no major physical injuries, they were there for a wedding and they never found the body of the groom. The Bali attack was close to home and moves me more than the Trade Centre attack .
Who fears they will be some terrorist action on Sunday?

sorta over all the 911 coverage . Bali bombings are more relevant to australians . I'm sick of seing **** in the paper with a celebrity telling us where they were when the towers got hit. Really who gives a ****

Also been 10 years since the fall of building 7.

you know, the 650 ft giant superstructure that fell symmetrically at free-fall speed down on it's own foot-print at approx 5.25pm on the afternoon of Sept 11.

''the smartest thing to do was pull it,and they made that decision.'' Larry Silverstein

later Larry did say he mean't by pull it.....pull the firefighters out the building.

not saying,unlike this 15% of Brits that it was a you know what,only saying it's a tad suspicious.


www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/14-support-911-conspiracy-theory-28651531.html

For me, I watched it live at the time with my son. Don't think I got much work done the next day.

Won't forget it but like others have said, I'm pretty much over it.

petermac33 said...

Also been 10 years since the fall of building 7.

you know, the 650 ft giant superstructure that fell symmetrically at free-fall speed down on it's own foot-print at approx 5.25pm on the afternoon of Sept 11.

''the smartest thing to do was pull it,and they made that decision.'' Larry Silverstein

later Larry did say he mean't by pull it.....pull the firefighters out the building.

not saying,unlike this 15% of Brits that it was a you know what,only saying it's a tad suspicious.


www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/14-support-911-conspiracy-theory-28651531.html

I undersatnd and belive what you are saying PM33 but this is not the time

Spare me the conspiracy theorys. That's what I've had a gutfull of.
The one about Bush blowing up the buildings for oil.

doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

Spare me the conspiracy theorys. That's what I've had a gutfull of.
The one about Bush blowing up the buildings for oil.

You have done it now.............

That's cool. Out of the woodwork they come.

lotofwind said...

The girl interveiwed on JJJ whos grandfather was on one of the planes that hit the tower..............talking about how she has to watch/cant get away from seeing images of the plane with her grandfather in it crashing,again and again.

Said it makes her sick watching her family member die over and over.

Still cant comprehend in my little peanut brain that it actually happend....

Yea I heard that last night, how horrible

I was thinking how much the world has changed since then. And there have been lots of changes. So much paranoia around now. The world's hasn't become a better place since it happened.

lotofwind said...
I was listening to it in my car on the way home from work.
Hearing her choking back the tears talking about it,
made me choke up a bit.
Imagin watching it over and over,,knowing you are watching your family member getting killed. Cant even think how I would cope.

+1

petermac33 said...

Also been 10 years since the fall of building 7.

you know, the 650 ft giant superstructure that fell symmetrically at free-fall speed down on it's own foot-print at approx 5.25pm on the afternoon of Sept 11.

''the smartest thing to do was pull it,and they made that decision.'' Larry Silverstein

later Larry did say he mean't by pull it.....pull the firefighters out the building.

not saying,unlike this 15% of Brits that it was a you know what,only saying it's a tad suspicious.


www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/14-support-911-conspiracy-theory-28651531.html

I did watch the NIST video....lovely spin job.

relative to the entire size of the building the fires were small/tiny.

for the building to fall in the manner it did [straight down] ALL not some of the steel columns would have had to give way at the same time.....anyway fire does not melt or soften steel.

www.thesun.co.uk/news/

At the time we were moving back home from a work stint in the US.
Taking the plane out to Oz on Sept. 17th.
We were closing up the house the very morning this happened.

For the few days we were there until we left, people in the streets were going: "I don't care if you're aussie or english or euros - if you're not with us, you're the enemy." (It still is a bit like that, IMO.)

The missus didn't want to fly anymore after that, but held my end that I was leaving with the kids anyhow.
Kissed the tarmac in Sydney upon landing - never thought I'd do something this corny.

1535ºC (2795ºF) - melting point of iron
~1510ºC (2750ºF) - melting point of typical structural steel
~825ºC (1517ºF) - maximum temperature of hydrocarbon fires burning in the atmosphere without pressurization or pre-heating (premixed fuel and air - blue flame)
Diffuse flames burn far cooler.
Oxygen-starved diffuse flames are cooler yet.

The fires in the towers were diffuse -- well below 800ºC.
Their dark smoke showed they were oxygen-starved -- particularly in the South Tower.