... I was in a plane in Germany about to fly back to Chicago. After 30 minutes of standing in the runway the pilot finally gave us an update on what was going on in New York. He told us that the FAA had closed the skies and no inbound flights to the US were allowed to take off. We taxied back to the terminal to get our luggage and finally got to see all the screens in the terminal tuned to CNN. Within minutes the first building went down. By the time we got our luggage the second building had collapse. My best friend and I were stuck in Düsseldorf until Sunday morning. I guess looking back it makes me realize how small the world is. No matter how far we are from each other technology can put you any place in the world in seconds. I got to see what was going on in Europe as the USA was dealing with it. It was the headlines for the entire time I was there. I could not understand what people were saying but the news cameras did not leave the airport the entire time. When it was time for our flight to leave it was escorted by a tank and two huge trucks with military guys. The entire airport was being guarded by guys with machine guns and about a dozen dogs. I will always remember nine eleven.