New Posts For Thread: 25 years since 9/11, where were you and what were you doing ?https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31910755/25-years-since-911-where-were-you-and-what-were-you-doingdon't have an interesting story, just came back home to get my PE Kit, switched on the TV quickly to see latest sports news on teletext, then saw the live pics, switched down channels as I thought it was a film, then realised it really was real.StillPrior this date I had obtainded a mobile tv hand thing via my brother at sony. like a cb with a screen.THen in a depot in swindon for SSE, heard the news, then a few people watched it on my hnadheld sony tv.It was truly shocking. Still all cgi mind.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31910755/25-years-since-911-where-were-you-and-what-were-you-doing?post_id=565574847#565574847Prior this date I had obtainded a mobile tv hand thing via my brother at sony. like a cb with a screen.THen in a depot in swindon for SSE, heard the news, then a few people watched it on my hnadheld sony tv.It was truly shocking. Still all cgi mind.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:36:21 -0500I had a rare (in those days) quiet day at home so was giving the PC a major spring clean. No TV or radio on, just concentrating on the task in hand when my brother-in-law rang asking if I'd heard the news "Turn on the TV" he said. Suffice to say thehttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31910755/25-years-since-911-where-were-you-and-what-were-you-doing?post_id=565574819#565574819I had a rare (in those days) quiet day at home so was giving the PC a major spring clean. No TV or radio on, just concentrating on the task in hand when my brother-in-law rang asking if I'd heard the news "Turn on the TV" he said. Suffice to say theFri, 11 Sep 2026 15:17:09 -0500not all bad then...https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31910755/25-years-since-911-where-were-you-and-what-were-you-doing?post_id=565574769#565574769not all bad then...Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:39:50 -0500Yes and I booked a weeks Spa Resort holiday in St Lucia with free alcohol and treatments the week after for half price , the place was almost empty .https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31910755/25-years-since-911-where-were-you-and-what-were-you-doing?post_id=565574765#565574765Yes and I booked a weeks Spa Resort holiday in St Lucia with free alcohol and treatments the week after for half price , the place was almost empty .Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:37:45 -0500I was on holiday at the time in Menorca with my girlfriend and we noticed a crowd around the hotel tv as events were unfolding. She headed off to our room for a siesta whilst i tried to work out what had gone on. The rest of the week was spent worryihttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31910755/25-years-since-911-where-were-you-and-what-were-you-doing?post_id=565574727#565574727I was on holiday at the time in Menorca with my girlfriend and we noticed a crowd around the hotel tv as events were unfolding. She headed off to our room for a siesta whilst i tried to work out what had gone on. The rest of the week was spent worryiFri, 11 Sep 2026 14:26:59 -0500In a betting shop in Baldock, North Hertfordshire.It was surreal watching the second plane hit.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31910755/25-years-since-911-where-were-you-and-what-were-you-doing?post_id=565574719#565574719In a betting shop in Baldock, North Hertfordshire.It was surreal watching the second plane hit.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:22:38 -0500I was in the office working and a colleague called me over. He had the TV images on his PC. Only a few years earlier I had been to the top of the WTC and marvelled at the view over NY. It felt both horrific and surreal, hard to explain.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31910755/25-years-since-911-where-were-you-and-what-were-you-doing?post_id=565574703#565574703I was in the office working and a colleague called me over. He had the TV images on his PC. Only a few years earlier I had been to the top of the WTC and marvelled at the view over NY. It felt both horrific and surreal, hard to explain.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:08:43 -0500Almost convinced us that he wasn't in on it the whole time.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31910755/25-years-since-911-where-were-you-and-what-were-you-doing?post_id=565574631#565574631Almost convinced us that he wasn't in on it the whole time.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:42:41 -0500i was in hospital for a week ,they,d told the wife and my mam to prepare for the worse,came home on this day,switched the tv on sat down and watched planes flying in to the twin towers, the wife said today 25yrs to the day since you came out of hospihttps://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31910755/25-years-since-911-where-were-you-and-what-were-you-doing?post_id=565574615#565574615i was in hospital for a week ,they,d told the wife and my mam to prepare for the worse,came home on this day,switched the tv on sat down and watched planes flying in to the twin towers, the wife said today 25yrs to the day since you came out of hospiFri, 11 Sep 2026 12:33:38 -0500No comment.https://community.betfair.com/football/go/thread/view/94070/31910755/25-years-since-911-where-were-you-and-what-were-you-doing?post_id=565574513#565574513No comment.Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:16:13 -0500