Curt 1 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Just been watching a documentary type thing on History Channel of lots of peoples footage from New York on 9th September. There is lots of the footage I hadn't seen before from just normal people with cameras, not the footage we have all seen on the news so many times. The images of those planes slicing into the towers and what happened after are all still as horribly vivid as they were. The impact really does not fade. What a time that was. It will be repeated tomorrow and probably a few other times as well. (* Thread made without any real with for wanting this to get into any Bush/conspiracy theory argument) Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I was a final year physics student at University of Technology Sydney at that time. We were shocked. A friend couldn't take the elevator to our classes on 16th floor and studied a while at the cafeteria on the ground floor. The student diary for the year before had a picture of a plane going into our uni building. I thought it's gonna be ww3. Is it only me ? but I noticed more recruitment for military for grads. The class that started with a dozen students had only 4 showing up. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 That was a beautiful September day in Scotland, real Indian Summer, I was working gutting a house out down by the beach, the women downstairs came up and I thought, wow she's early today with the tea.....nope it was the towers getting flown into....pretty vivid stuff Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Thanks for mentioning that, will give it a watch. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Huge impact on people. My phone rang (and it was quite late at night here), and I heard my Dad's voice - I was concerned as my brother had some serious health concerns at the time, so I jumped out of bed and ran to phone. I missed the call. It wasnt my Dad, but Papa's business partner at the time saying turn on the TV there has been a really awful crash in the US. I turned the TV on just in time to see the live event of the 2nd plane and the realisation that this was no accident. I think everyone was walking around in a dream like state the next day. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I was up late watching TV and saw the first reports come in after the 1st tower was hit. Then pretty much saw it live when the next tower was hit. Kept watching most of the night until both towers had finally collapsed. Certainly something I'll never forget. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I was over in NZ snowboarding. I had to fly out the next day. I'll never forget sitting in the departure lounge, watching the TV monitor as footage of planes were shown smacking into the buildings over and over again. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 ohhh scary stuff Mantas. Bet you couldve done with some valium on that flight!! Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 You wanna hear something scary ? My fellow student then, she joggs over Sydney harbour bridge most days came acoss a middle-eastern gentleman who drops his wallet. He thanks her very politely and says " You are a very honest person. Let me advise you, don't cross this bridge around this time next year " Come to think of it, it is a neat target isn't it? Drop a bomb from a bridge down on a crossing oil tanker or some thing. After that the government put cameras there. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Was at work in Canary wharf. Within 2 minutes - yes that quick - had been evacuated underground. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Originally Posted By: Jynxx You wanna hear something scary ? My fellow student then, she joggs over Sydney harbour bridge most days came acoss a middle-eastern gentleman who drops his wallet. He thanks her very politely and says " You are a very honest person. Let me advise you, don't cross this bridge around this time next year " Come to think of it, it is a neat target isn't it? Drop a bomb from a bridge down on a crossing oil tanker or some thing. After that the government put cameras there. Jynxx that story is an urban myth, I've been told countless similar stories all by friends of friends who got told this....these stories didn't happen Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. At least we are the source of it. Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Did anyone watch that doco Loose Change. That was scary. I never thought about conspiracy but after seeing that I must say now I am very sceptical. Link to post Share on other sites
yamayamayama 2 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Gave it a watch last night - very interesting and lots of images I hadn't seen before. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 poor basterd Link to post Share on other sites
funky chickenster 0 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 And the photographer too. Unless of course it was self-timer. Unless of course made up. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Originally Posted By: snowhuntress Did anyone watch that doco Loose Change. That was scary. I never thought about conspiracy but after seeing that I must say now I am very sceptical. That's the beauty of conspiracies. With a bit of twisting of the truth and presenting 'facts' that are impossible to verify yourself they can appear quite reasonable. Of course they are also near impossible to disprove as much of their 'evidence' is supposedly locked away by the government. To me conspiracies are a bit like religion, they can't actually be proven or disproven and require people to suspend a bit of rational, logical thinking to believe in them. Link to post Share on other sites
Rag-Doll 0 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Just did a wiki search on Loose Change - There is a section which lists information that appeared in early versions and which is omitted from later versions of the show. It would seem that bascially LC is a melting pot of crank ideas and junk that they don't really test before offering it up as supporting the main argument. Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 For those without History here it is Thats the first part, the other parts can be seen from there Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Just been looking at some clips, this one is from various news broadcasts as the second plane goes in. Scary. "This seems to be on purpose" Link to post Share on other sites
pickled mushhead 0 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I was pretty pickled at the time - but that lot soon sobered us all up. When I woke up the next morning with a mushhead, thought it was all a dream. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I reckon that there's Stephen Speilburg type block buster in this somewhere down the road. Still a bit too raw for some people at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 That news station compilation clip sure was interesting, seeing how they all reacted. I think I was watching CNN at the time, or it was on in the background. Link to post Share on other sites
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