Where were you during 9/11/2001?

[Ronin13]

I was in India on a businsess trip. Came back from the factory only to turn on the TV to watch the second airplane hit. Needless to say, I cancelled my business dinner that night. That very morning, India time, I had found out I was going to be a father for the first time. Very mixed feelings for this date. Took a while to get back to the States, but I was lucky enough to get out of India right away on British Air. I spent my downtime in London, which is a million times better than New Dehli.

I feel the pain there, my grandparents were vacationing in Greece that day, they were supposed to fly back on the 14th but instead didn't fly back for another 5 days. They always said that was a very scary time to be out of the country- even if it was a moderately friendly/safe place.

[Rucker61]

I feel the pain there, my grandparents were vacationing in Greece that day, they were supposed to fly back on the 14th but instead didn't fly back for another 5 days. They always said that was a very scary time to be out of the country- even if it was a moderately friendly/safe place.

I remember the graciousness of the British and Indian people during that time. The French newspaper Le Monde ran a headline stating "We Are All Americans", and it certainly appeared that the world felt that way. I can't remember how many times, upon finding out I was American, that total strangers came up to tell me how sorry they were for the events of that day.

I also remember the incredibly long lines at Heathrow Airport, and more incredibly, the sight of so many heavily armed British police walking around everywhere (By heavily armed, I mean MP5s, sidearms and body armor, but that's a big step for the normally unarmed Bobbies).