I was on a train back to my Dad's place in Essex (this was before he'd met my step-mum, who he's now married to, which is quite wierd!) & I got a text from an actiovist friend of mine saying something like "Someone's flown a plane into the Twin Towers - looks like the couldn't find an airport" which i just ignored as i had no idea what he was on about!
I got there and started reading the paper and my Dad got a phonecall from his work and next thing i know he comes flying down the stiars shouting something about planes and the US and turns on the TV news channel and we just sat there watching it. It was really bizarre!