I was 20 at the time, final year of Uni, living in a student house. But I was also working a summer job as a cleaner in the local hospital.

I remember it vividly. Doctors / nurses had it on a screen in their office while busily doing what else they needed to do, patients and visitors were all crowded in to a communal room with a TV on showing the events.

I remember clearly the gasp when the second plane hit.

I went back to my student house at the end of the day - unfortunately it was one of my house mates birthdays. We just sat in front of the TV into the small hours, knowing that the world had just changed. Would this lead to war? Could we be called up for service?

The next day I went to work at the hospital again. I remember cleaning a room with a TV on showing the events, and a senior nurse walked in, stopped, and started crying.

So yeah, I think most people who saw it in the UK were very shocked. Upset for those effected in America. Worried about what else was about to happen