Reply #13: As a Brit, my feelings were initially immense sympathy

[bennywhale]

and shock. I was in a caravan in the middle of nowhere at the time watching it live on a portable telly. It was the way the fear spread around the world that frightened me. Reports of lost contact with planes came from all over Europe. Cities 1000s of miles away were shutting down. Canary Wharf in London was evacuated. It was a very strange experience making the world seem rather tiny.

I also thought, oh fuck world war 3