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Join Date: Jan 2007
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What a choking thread; almost enough to make we weep.
I was in my office in Corby, UK. Got a text from The (London) Times about a terrorist attack in the US. No internet, no phone to the US. A mate had a car with a TV inside; we all sat in it and watched. Our secretary Lucy got out of the car and threw up on the pavement. I drove back to London, wanting to be with my family. (There were rumours of attacks on London at the time, but I did not care).
I just arrived in LHR this morning, pure coincidence that it was September 11. No special feeling or fear at all.
I still have to pinch myself that it really happened. For me the biggest impact was that it showed the IRA that they were really just amateurs in the world or terrorism; they have largely given up. Irish terrorists had a huge impact on my life as a young person, none of it good.