As you all have mentioned above, for me it has to be the Al Quaeda attack on the twin towers. I've never been all that interested in world politics until this event. I was only working for a few hours in the morning of that day. A colleague came into work and announced that the Pentagon and Twin Towers had been attacked by planes. I took this to mean fighter planes of another nation had attacked. Up until I got the car radio on as I left work, I assumed WW3 was perhaps now starting. When I got home, I watched the news for many hours and I did nothing else. Anger and sadness took control of me that day, replaying the scenes in my head of people jumping from the towers. 7/7 also made me stop and watch, as I was on day off when it all happened.
I just hope the Mumbai attacks do not get repeated. It seems that western intelligence fears something along this line is coming Europe's way.
On a lighter note, I do not think I will forget my home town (Northampton) beating Liverpool in the cup for a long time. No doubt we will get knocked out in the next round, same old Cobblers
