9/11 anniversary: Your memories of that tragic day

Last year we asked our readers where they were on that fateful day and have shared some of their memories here.

Do you have any memories you’d like to share with us? Feel free to add to the article in the comment’s section below.

Where were you when you heard?

At work on the phone to a client who told me about what had happened, looking online to see what had happened and than a blind panic to get hold of relatives to make sure they were ok which took 3 days because all the phone lines to the US were blocked - Jane Voce-Long

On my way out the door with a suitcase about to fly to Boston from Heathrow I watched the whole thing unfold. I thought it was a film to begin with - Amber Law

Honestly? I had my head in a laundry basket as something vague was shouted up the stairs. I watched a lot of the events unfold live on TV and I was so utterly shocked that it still rattles me to the core to this very day - Hannah Harper

Working in a pharmacy. I, like many was in disbelief but my mind went back to exactly 10 months earlier when I stood on the roof of the South Tower taking in the amazing views. Shivers still run up my spine when I see pictures of both towers collapsing with all those poor souls trapped inside. R.I.P all those lost on 9/11 - Maggie Rizzo

At work as a soldier when it happened, we got sent to Boscombe down with our comms vehicles to help set up a temp airport for flights being diverted - Gavin Penny

Cooking tea when my late husband called me in to see what was happening on the TV. I thought it was a film, but my heart sank when I realised it was live. Absolutely horrific scenes. We were due to fly out on holiday the next morning, so we weren't sure what to do. Did get away after 4-hour delay and very strict security at Gatwick [...] it only feels like yesterday and will never be forgotten - Lynette Babidge

Australia! Just got married !!! Remember watching the news in the morning - Joy Goulden

I was working at Gatwick Airport. We went into shut down and all the passengers were watching it happening on the TVs in the pubs. They knew more than we did at the time - David Anderson

Had a driving lesson that evening - roads were completely empty - Jonathan Lockwood

I was in Canary Wharf. We were evacuated following a threat to our location. The whole area was gridlocked so there was no getting away. I sat in the newsroom and watched the whole terrible situation unfold - Dorothea Georgeson

At work SDH [Salisbury District Hospital] with Spire FM on the radio who broke the news, the world changed that day - Jude Woodford

I was sat on the floor playing with my grandson when the news broke, I was absolutely stunned like a rabbit in head lights. I could comprehend what I was seeing, totally tragic and so evil, heart-breaking!! - Barbara Robertson

Working for London Air Traffic control Centre, watching it all unfold as we all went into disaster recovery mode and started providing everything that the air traffic controllers needed to eat, sleep and work on site beyond their hours trying to manage the ever increasing volume of planes in the sky with nowhere to go, too much/too little fuel and deciding if any others may be a flying bomb that needed diverting to the airports that could accommodate that level of threat. Surreal! - Nikki Emerton

Having coffee with a friend when he received a phone call from his son in America to tell him he wasn’t on the flight (he usually would have been apparently) we just hugged - Mary Webb

Baltimore... it was panick stations. I was living on the 14th floor of a skyscraper. The guy i was seeing was at work. He called me to say turn on the Tv as i was in bed. He rushed home to get me, i packed a few things quickly as people really thought that all the cities could be in danger. My building was being evacuated as my fella arrived back. We jumped in the car and headed out to the countryside. It was gridlocked with people trying to leave the city. Like being in a movie. A very strange day I’ll never forget. We watched the whole thing roll out from my ex's workplace. His brother in law was supposed to be in the towers that morning for a meeting. Lucky for him the meet got cancelled last minute! - Kathy Rice

I'd just moved back from NYC and was working for Friends Provident. Had to leave mid job as I went into a blur. I was married one block south of the WTC and for a while used to take my lunch in the plaza between the towers - Gary Loader

On an American Airline plane, flying back from LA! Flew into Heathrow and had to wait an hour before they let us off the plane, we wasn’t told anything! Heard on the radio driving home! - Karen Palmer

In the main office BT directory enquiries, Bury St Edmunds. One of the managers came walking through saying a plane had gone into the two towers in New York. At that point, we didn't understand stand or know the full extent of it all as we were all sat at our desk call centre style. Then the emergency numbers started flagging on our systems for us to give to callers who asked - Ruth N Richard Dubery

I was on the 13th floor of a towerblock in Southampton, just under a flightpath. Horrified doesn’t describe how we all felt! - Fiona Humphries

I was at work absolutely gobsmacked at what was happening before me felt so very sorry for the passengers on the planes and the people in the towers and what all emergency services had to deal with that dreadful day it will stay with me forever. I also served with one of the victims - Andy Walker

Got a call from my son who was in NY to say he was ok. He said turn on your TV. We watched in horror and thanked God he’d phoned us or we would have been frantic - Ann Boot

Being picked up from school. Was only 5 at the time, but vividly remember looking for the children's programmes on ITV when I got home and seeing rolling coverage of the Twin Towers - Charles McGrath

I’m originally from Salisbury but have lived in Chicago for the last 28 years. I was in Chicago on that tragic day. I remember laying in bed and the phone was ringing relentlessly, eventually I dragged myself out of bed and it was my father “turn on the TV” he said urgently. I couldn’t speak once I had seen the images. I’m now a United flight attendant, every year I read the tributes and stories for my fellow united family and its heart wrenching. The overwhelming sadness from that day never lessens - Sarah Manahan

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