Its been 15 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the US and a lot of documentaries on it have been airing this weekend. Where were you when it happened and what were your initial thoughts?
I woke up a little before 9am EST and as was my habit I turned on the TV news. There were reports coming in of a plane hitting the World Trade Center with live feeds of the tower and interviews with witnesses who saw it happen.
I watched as they spoke of theories, pilot error, joyriding, medical emergency? Terrorism was not a common word back then and they weren't even sure what type of plane it was, most thought it was just a small private plane.
...and then it happened, live on TV, another plane clearly a large commercial passenger plane hit the second tower. It took a minute to grasp the reality of it but that was when you knew it wasn't an accident and we were under attack.