Friday, September 11th, 2026, 2:34 am
I Learned or Found Out About 9/11 From the Taxi Driver at the Airport
Filed under: Many people still remember how they first heard about it (and where)
still remember how I found out about the 9/11 (2021) attacks. I was likely on a plane at the time, flying back to Manchester. After I had landed and picked up my suitcase the cab driver told me that a plane hit a building in the US. I assumed it was 1) a small plane (one person); 2) only one collision; 3) an accident.
When I arrived home I began to realise what happened. Maybe some of the collisions happened after my landing*. I never checked and compared the times; the media focused on entirely different aspects (not the exact times).
That was 25 years ago. I was a student at the time. The world has changed profoundly since then, and not at all for the better.
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* If the air crew (onboard in English airspace) knew about what happened, then they chose not to tell passengers. That’s understandable. Panic is a safety hazard.
