Today is the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. These are just some of the replies our Managing Editor Gareth O'Connor got when he asked his Twitter followers #wherewereyou?
@garethoconnor I was getting ready to leave home to edit in the Dail. Saw 2nd plane as it hit tower.. Thought it was a replay of the 1st.
— Joan McKenna (@joanmckennaTV) September 11, 2013
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@nikkihayes @garethoconnor worked in a busy restaurant in Rathfarmham, that night we had less than 10 customers. #wherewereyou
— GeorgieSpin1038 (@georgieSPIN1038) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor the green dolphin getting a haircut assuming I was watching a movie on the TV with no sound
— paul hayes (@paulhayesman) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor Sons pal was here as his bro was getting JC results. Remember turning on TV & saying you're watching history
— Siobhán (@carnsoreboxer) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor 9/11 also showed power of tv news. As was morning in California, radio on, thought was Mid East attack. Needed tv 2 c 4 real.
— Mary Mc (@Msjuly31) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor #wherewereyou was in canaries...didn't find out till next morning...saw pix in papers. In shock for rest of hol. RIP
— Rachel Watchorn (@RachelWatchorn) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor Attending an antenatal class with my wife, expecting our first child. Life and death.
— Stephen Oman (@stephen_oman) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor was getting ready to go to work, heard it on @todayfmofficial went downstairs put on TV; went to work & watched it all unfold
— Emily (@MisiJenkins) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor Was at home on lunch from visiting school. Flicked on sky. Went back to staff room as they tried to hook up a TV to watch.
— Pat Greene (@Mister_pat) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor Working on my computer from home (then Exeter), listening to the radio, thinking "Hang on, what did they just say?". Surreal.
— Britt Warg (@Britt_W) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor Just started first year of secondary school, the teacher turned on the TV and we all thought it was a film #wherewereyou
— Karin Carthy (@KarinCarthy) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor At work, watching with a colleague who had a brother in one of the towers. Thankfully he was one of the lucky ones.
— Joanna Morrissey (@RosieJosie76) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor At school. The first we heard of it was the hit on the Pentagon. We assumed it was caused by some sort of radio comms failure
— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor On the PC, remember clearly reading it first in a chat room and quickly turning on Sky News. #wherewereyou?
— Aoife Sherwin (@TweetieSherwin) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor In Singapore. Expecting 1st baby. Watching a colleague on his new TV show. Ticker-tape msg at bottom of screen informed me.
— HazelKatherineLarkin (@HazelKLarkin) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor In Berlin, working behind the counter of a backpackers' hostel. Glued to screen all day with travellers from around world.
— Conor Hallahan (@conorhallahan) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor media centre, Bloody Sunday Inquiry in Derry with room full of journos lost for words #wherewereyou
— Patricia MacBride (@patriciamacb) September 11, 2013
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@garethoconnor In sixth class, arrived at home and sister was watching it on TV. 2nd plane had just crashed.
— Brian Byrne (@_BrianByrne) September 11, 2013
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