Memories from Norway
"I was job hunting in Oslo, going bar to bar asking for a shift. I walked into a basement bar, I think it was the Theatre Bar, and as I came down the stairs I remember thinking that it odd that there were only three customers and a bar man with their eyes fixed on the TV. I glanced at it and saw video of a plane hitting the second tower and a smoking building to the left which I thought was a movie ad. I walked to the bar and asked the bar tender for work, he said,
'Don’t you know whats happened? Look at the TV.'
I looked back and saw the screen and noticed now for the first time it was CNN and the anchor was talking. I watched for five minutes - walked back up the stairs - and went straight back to my accommodation. I turned CNN on and watched the whole next 48 hours straight flicking between BBC and CNN."
- Simon M.
'Don’t you know whats happened? Look at the TV.'
I looked back and saw the screen and noticed now for the first time it was CNN and the anchor was talking. I watched for five minutes - walked back up the stairs - and went straight back to my accommodation. I turned CNN on and watched the whole next 48 hours straight flicking between BBC and CNN."
- Simon M.
2. "I was just a kid, at our family's cabin. When it came on the news and my grandma at first thought it was an American action movie."
- D. R. B.
- D. R. B.
3. "The first plane hit the North Tower at 8:46 am, which would've been 2:46 pm in Norway. At that time I was in the first grade, and would've been on my way home from school with my older sister. I remember playing with my toy cars in the living room when my parents came home and immediately turned on the TV before taking their jackets and shoes off, which was very unusual. I asked what was happening and my dad just said,
'Some tall buildings in America are on fire.'
'Some tall buildings in America are on fire.'
We only watched the news for maybe two or three minutes before the North Tower collapsed. I remember sitting there in silence with my parents watching the constant replays of the second plane hitting and the towers collapsing. I think the footage was the live CNN coverage, but with Norwegian commentary on top of the footage.
The next day all the students and faculty at my school gathered in a big circle in the schoolyard and held a minute of silence. I remember hating Osama bin Laden.
To six year old me he was the most evil man in the world."
- F. O.
The next day all the students and faculty at my school gathered in a big circle in the schoolyard and held a minute of silence. I remember hating Osama bin Laden.
To six year old me he was the most evil man in the world."
- F. O.
4. "I was having a driving lesson. I came back to my brother all pale, telling me something awful had happened."
- T. O.
- T. O.