Memories from Sweden
1. "I vaguely remember it, I had just got home from school. It would've been around 15.00 local time, and 7 year old me wanted to watch MTV or something, but my mom said that she had to watch the news. So she did, for hours.
She tried to explain to me what was going on but I probably either didn't understand or didn't really care at the time. We held a minute of silence in the following days at school. It was one of three silent minutes that we held at our school during my time there, with the others being for the murder of then Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh in 2003 and the victims of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.
She tried to explain to me what was going on but I probably either didn't understand or didn't really care at the time. We held a minute of silence in the following days at school. It was one of three silent minutes that we held at our school during my time there, with the others being for the murder of then Foreign Minister, Anna Lindh in 2003 and the victims of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami.
Here is the front page of Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet, Wednesday, September 12th. The whole paper was dedicated to cover to attacks.
[TRANSLATION:]
THE WORLD HOLDS ITS BREATH
Thousands dead in the USA - President Bush: America will hunt and punish the perpetrators - Flight ban over Brussels - NATO ambassadors in emergency meeting - French Air Force raise its readiness - Israel closes its borders - Charter flights to the US cancelled - Raised readiness at American bases in Japan - Civilian aircraft banned from London airspace - Russian Military in emergency readiness - US border to Canada and Mexico closed - Stock exchange in free fall all over the world.
- A. C.
[TRANSLATION:]
THE WORLD HOLDS ITS BREATH
Thousands dead in the USA - President Bush: America will hunt and punish the perpetrators - Flight ban over Brussels - NATO ambassadors in emergency meeting - French Air Force raise its readiness - Israel closes its borders - Charter flights to the US cancelled - Raised readiness at American bases in Japan - Civilian aircraft banned from London airspace - Russian Military in emergency readiness - US border to Canada and Mexico closed - Stock exchange in free fall all over the world.
- A. C.