11/09/01

[Sir C]

I quite enjoyed it, really. It felt like proper news.

We'd never heard of Al-Qaeda, had we? I remember syaing to someone, "It must have been the PLO, the yanks are going to have to ask Israel nicely if they can nuke 'em."

[Burney]

The collapse, I think. While the twoers were burning I was thinking about the casualties on the flights and wondering how long it would take the fire brigade to put the flames out; at the point the buildings collapsed it hit home that thousands of people were likely to be dead.

The first collapse did have the advantage of surprise. No-one expected it, did they? :jetfuelcan'tmeltsteelbeams:

[IUFG]

Plane no.2 was the most dramatic because it was captured live

In second place were the collapsing towers

Agreed. I remember thinking it must have been an accident until the second won. As b says, at that point you knew...

[Pat Vegas]

Agreed. I remember thinking it must have been an accident until the second won. As b says, at that point you knew...

and at that stage they didn't report what type of aircraft it was.

[Rich]

and at that stage they didn't report what type of aircraft it was.

Were they all 777s? Makes you wonder why a 747 wasn't selected. Harder to access the flight deck, what with it being upstairs, perhaps?

[Burney]

We'd never heard of Al-Qaeda, had we? I remember syaing to someone, "It must have been the PLO, the yanks are going to have to ask Israel nicely if they can nuke 'em."

I remember we'd only just heard of the lad Bin Laden. He'd been doing some shiz in Africa, hadn't he?

Imagine how pleased they all must have been that evening, though. There's no way they could have been expecting to get a result as good as that. Bet they cracked open a few bottles that night.

[Pat Vegas]

Were they all 777s? Makes you wonder why a 747 wasn't selected.

they were all domestic flights where it was bit more chilled.

[Burney]

Were they all 777s? Makes you wonder why a 747 wasn't selected.

Two 767s and two 757s.

[Pat Vegas]

also another part was you didn't know what was coming next or where.
could it be going on all day?

[IUFG]

Bet they cracked open a few bottles that night.

Bottles of what, b?