Highlights

September 11, 2001 is a day, as a New Yorker, I will never forget.  The question has often been asked “where were you when the towers were hit?”  Well, I was driving along a Long Island, NY beach road on a beautiful, sunny day, headed to work at a federal courthouse.  The day quickly turned into a day no one will ever forget. (Read More)

I was working for a multi specialty doctors office and off that day. Was talking to an online friend and the friend asked 3 times if i watched the news around 9:00 am eastern time by the third time the friend told me to turn on the news… (Read More)

I remember finding out when I arrived at work in San Francisco at The San Francisco Chronicle that day and then spent some time in a conference room alone watching the horror play out over and over on a large video screen. I was shocked and wanted to leave and return to the safety of home but decided I would be needed if there were any system issues so remained until the end of my day. I was concerned that BART could be a target but then made my way home. My heart goes out to those that lost friends or family.

I was in my office at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Andover, MA. There was suddenly a commotion in the cubicle area so I went out to see what was going on. People were talking about a plane hitting the world trade center. I went back to my office to call my wife who was at home with my 3 yr old and 6 month old  sons to see if she knew what was going on. (Read More)

I was near Frankfurt in a town called Wetzler. I was to fly back to India the next day 12/11 via Amsterdam to New Delhi. In my hotel room I was seeing TV news of the twin towers collapsing and also about the attack on Pentagon on 9/11 evening German time (Read More)