It was late at night on September 11 in Beijing when my mom called me from the U.S. to tell me about the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Internet was super slow back then and the local Chinese stations were not yet covering anything. I ran next door and woke up my teammate, […]
Newfoundland and 9/11
On September 11, 2001, there were hundreds of planes flying from Europe and other parts of the world towards the United States. Within hours of the attack, the airspace over the US was closed and all in-bound flights had to either turn around (if they had enough fuel) or land. Thirty-eight of those planes landed in […]