NYC 031
Originally uploaded by carlindesigner
Yesterday morning I had breakfast with a friend I haven't seen since September 2001. We met in Duesseldorf, Germany - both expats from the US. She was there on a writing assignment for her Seattle paper but working with the WSJ at the same place where I was teaching English classes.... Die Handelsblatt - Germany's financial paper.
We met on a train - I could tell she was American because she was fumbling with her make up, applying it on the train and tubes of mascara and eyeliner falling all over the seat next to her. She stood up hurriedly and tried to open the door. It wasn't the stop exactly but just a pause before crossing a road. I spoke to her in English and we walked together towards the same destination.
She and I became friends for the remaining months before I left. We both watched the twin towers collapse on CNN International while in the WSJ Handelsblatt office. We watched her colleagues point at the TV at streets and buildings nearby the WTC and freak out at the devastation. We went out into the streets that night and found a local bar for her to interview the man on the street about the terrorist attacks.
I went home and met my other friend from Canada who was just flying in from Greece - barely able to make her layover flight out of Switzerland before the airports were shut down.
Yesterday I met with my friend in NYC, and we talked life since 9/11.
