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Ronen Netanel

A Year Later I Still Remember

A year has passed, and still memories from that journey

Another year after, and the memories and pictures from that journey are still strong. The preparing, the

flight, the visit, the people I met, the events, the hole which was created by the airplane, the aircraft

that hovered above me a moment before, the nonstop telephone ringing, the willing to back home for

the New year Holiday , the people who decided to jump out of the burning building to their deaths. I

dont know why I am writing these words, I think it is mostly that I wish you to understand the events

which happened before and after.

The preparations

When I decided to visit in Manhattan, it was after long desions making process to decide

whether to travel to Ireland, Helsinki or Manhattan. The plan was to take a flight in August 26th, but the

I.D.F had different plans for me. A short military service from September 2nd till September 4th, delayed

my journey, despite my requests to not participate in this drill. I was determined the day after the drill

to take a flight to New York, so I found myself packing a luggage with hope to get on board to El Al flight

019 on Sep 5th. Since I work in an airline I can have a low fare tickets on standby basis, I couldnt make a

reservation to hotel in New York. It was a very strange feeling of mixed emotions, mainly fear, before

the flight. I had travelled a lot to Europe but I felt it is different traveling to U.S.A , I wondered whether

it was safe enough ? But, since I am not the first passenger and not the last one in the morning of

September 5th, I arrived to Ben Gurion Airport in order to get on board in LY 019 flight.

The flight

In the airport I met Dalit, she and I studied together in the tourism school and she used to work

at the airport. Since I had a standby ticket basis I had to wait to the end of the check in before I get a

seat, so I had long time to spend it the terminal, Dalit has an American nationality and she didnt hide

her missing to New York, just before the end of the check In she back to work and I got a seat in the

plane. Although my many flights, it was the first time I flew in the New Boeing 747 400. At 11:45 the

engines set powered and time and mileage countdown has started. Nearly 11 hours flight, more than a

day work, nearly half day to cross the world in 900 1000 kph speed.

Fortunately, the flight was not boring, as for most of the flight I had a very interesting

conversation with Ofra, who sitting next to me. Ofra is a Psychologist who worked in the most

problematic places: Africa, Kosovo, and beside her work she used to explain the Israeli policy as part of

the Foreign office program. Of course most our conversation was about politics as well as social issues

and security Issues. Ofra was very happy when I told her about the news report that a young terrorist

who intended to blow himself up and become a shahid, a holy martyr, but he was caught in a

checkpoint before he could follow through with his operation. He said that he meant to do it for the

money but he was very glad that he was caught and didnt succeed and actually had regrets in regards

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to what he meant to do because he wanted it for the wrong reasons, which was not because an

ideologies reasons, but because of a bad economic situation. Another interesting conversation I had on

the plane was with religious Jewish people from Brooklyn in regards to the differences between

religious and secular Jews. At about 17:00 the 747 landed at the Newark airport in New Jersey. Long

lines greeted us, the 450 El Al passengers to the passport control, attendants from different origins and

different accents directed us to the lines. I was sent to the line were American passport holders were

going through, and perhaps it is a faster way than the foreigners line, and I have been saved of

answered many questions regarding my attention to visit in the U.S. Through the windows I saw

airplanes landing and taking off every moment. The controller was very surprised when he realized that

I have visa to the U.S for two years and this is my first visit, maybe that the reason why I crossed fast to

the baggage claim. After I booked a hotel and did lottery I caught a bus to the city.

New York New York City

Through the windows of the bus, I could see the skyscrapers of Manhattan over the river, but I

didnt notice the exact location of the main places. The explanations given to me by the taxi driver

didnt help either in regards to that. When I arrived to the hotel, I got a room, and after more than two

days without sleeping I found myself suddenly on Thursday morning September 6th. It was real exciting

when I stepped out of the hotel with the map in my pocket and found myself on 5 th avenues, 6th, 7th, and

the Empire State Building. I felt New York, the tumultuous streets, the steady stream of pedestrians on

the pavements and it always seemed to me that I was walking against the stream.

Thats how I started my visit in Manhattan, walking through the various areas, walking down the

avenues, exploring the village, and perusing the shops. I remember running after the the FedEx

employee who dropped an envelope when he took out the many envelopes from his box; I was the only

one who ran after him and returned the envelope. He was very surprised and thanked me. It was very

interesting to understand the people in New York, every morning I sat and had coffee in MacDonalds,

and I watched the people who left their homes at 8:00 or 9:00 am, or even later and were buying

breakfast or lunch, I couldnt understand why cant they peeper food at home and take care about

nutrition, and they found the answer in MacDonalds. But this is the routine in their lives, and who I am

to change it? Before

the trip to the U.S I knew that I wanted to buy a camera for myself, and I found one that fit my budget

on Saturday morning, September 8th, and right away I started to take pictures of the streets and the

people of New York. It was very interesting to see how people respected the law, the police. New York

City is a mix of people from many countries and every place I have been treated as local and not as

foreigner, with full respect in the stores or from the people who sold watches in the streets

(approaching me with yes sir, no sir, I am sorry sir).

On September 8th it was Labor Day. Everyone participated in the parade, no matter his opinion,

associations, or institutions; a few people who called for a justice trial for someone who was in jail in

Michigan even came. During the parade I had an interesting conversation with a police officer about

New York. Part of the 7th avenue became a mall and no one thought or expected what would happen.

Later that day I visited the U.N gardens, and even though it was a place that fully hoped for peace, I

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couldnt stop thinking about the Non action of the U.N soldiers in regards to the three kidnapped Israeli

soldiers by Hizbolla, a terrorist organization. In the morning of Sunday September 9th I went to the

harbor area, where I saw the Statue of Liberty, then I made my way to Clinton Castle, where there was

an old man who collected money and sang- from the old testament I assume A man most love his

brothers before he dies and clapping hand three times. How ironic it was that in this area these words

were sounds, less than 48 hours before the shocking day.

Then I continued to the Wall Street area and on the way to the twins building area, I entered to

a kiosk to buy a soft drink. I realized that the two clerks in the store where Muslim, and later brothers.

At the beginning they thought that I came from the Dominicans, but I decided to tell them where I was

really from, that I am from Israel, and I was very surprised from the knowledge of Fuad Benjamin Ben

Elieser (formerly a minister), that his origin is from Iraq, that Ariel Sharon is from Russia and Benjamin

Netanyahu is the most hated person and that we are killing a pregnant ladies and children. When I told

him that the violence comes from both sides he agreed with me that there is also Palestinian terror but

that only the Israelis are killing pregnant ladies and children. He told me that he has Israeli friends and

that he doesnt have any problem with Israelis as long they are not in Israel. Moreover he said thatThat Yasser Arafat gets no respect at all and even the pedestrians are not interested in him, but the

detriment is in Muslims, one question I asked him make me understand this person and what he

represents was when I asked him if he believed that Jews have the right to our own state and his silence

was the answer. Before I left as a friend, he told me that the war with the Jewish is commanded by the

Quran, and so will be all the time. I could see the poisonous hate came that came out his moth, and he

couldnt look in to my eyes, he just looked straight on the wall.

After I proceeded to the World Trade Center area, I was impressed by the buildings, I knew that

there is a view point in top of the building, but I thought to myself if once there a terror attack, I can

never know what else can be. So I decided not to go up to the view point and I just entered to the shopcrossed the street Century 21. On Monday September 10th, I chose to visit the woos-bury outlet,

located in New Jersey. There was a light rain that day, and continued in the evening, and I went to the

Empire state building in order to go up to the view point, but because the clouds, I have been told that

the visibility is0, and when I looked up I couldnt see the top of the building, however I decided to go

up, and when I arrived to the view point, all the clouds dispersed. The visibility was perfect, and it was a

spectacular view of New York at night.

September 11th, the day I was supposed to return home, I had two choices, to take the flight from J.F.K

at 15:30 or to take the flight from Newark at 20:00. After I packed the luggage and stored it in the

luggage room, I was heading to the mid town, to a sports shop I have seen before, it was on 12th or 14th

street, between the 4th and 5th avenue, and as I remember it was at about 8:45, when a strange noise ofa jet plane cause me to lift my head and see an American air lines plane. I didnt think about the fact

that commercial airplanes are not allowed to fly over Manhattan, but certainly the strange noise made

me think that the airplane is going to crash and the pilots are trying to make an emergency landing in

Newark. A few seconds later I heard an explosion, at the beginning I refused to believe that it was the

airplane and I thought maybe this noise came from the people who fixed the road. A minute later, when

I turned left to the fifth or sixth avenue, I saw the north tower with the hole that the plane made.

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It is very difficult to describe the feeling of that moment, when hundreds of people lost their

lives. The streets were empty, and the curiosity took me towards the buildings, and the few people who

went out and saw the building, the first respond was Oh My god. The first thing I did was to call to my

brother . He is a police officer and at the moment I called him, he was in a toast in the central police

headquarter toward the Jewish New Year which was on September 18th that year. It took not to long

until the telephone lines had collapsed, fortunately my father reached me at the moment he heard in

16:00 News (in Israel) that a plane crashed in to the World Trade Center. During my run towards the

tower, people got out and asked what happened? I told them that it was an American airlines plane

that crashed. At one moment I just stopped when something inside told me to stop here, dont

proceed. Of course with the very unpleasant situation as a devotee to photography, I wanted to get

closer, to take better shots, but something told me Stop here, it was in the corner of the 6 th Av. and

Minetta. More and more shocked people gathered where ever I looked there were people and held

each other, crying, and knew someone in the building. The strange thing that I told to people who stood

next to me that I though it was an accident but everyone knew that it was a terror attack.

The sirens of emergency vehicles got stronger and so was the number of people who got out the

street, when I told to people that I am from Israel, suddenly they understood me and the situation in

Israel. A man who parked the car next to us turned the volume high so we could hear the news updates,and we heard that there were two hijacked planes, and later that there are four hijacked planes, and

even they told that there might be eight hijacked airplanes. Eighteen minutes past since the airplane

crashed in to the building, the smoke curled up and the fire got stronger, and the people around me and

I couldnt believe that the top of the building would stay, and there was a chance that this part would

fall down. Suddenly we heard another strong explosion, and a huge fire exploded out of the second

building, and we understood that it was another airplane, and we updated from the radio. In that

moment as a foreigner, I tried to find what closer to me, and I found it in Jeremy Epstein, an American

Jew who lives in New York. Jeremy was on the way to jury duty, when the train stopped and gave an

order to all passengers leave the underground and the station. The news about another airplane who

crashed it to the Pentagon and the knowledge that there are more hijacked planes, made me fear that

one plane will crash in to the crowd in the fifth or sixth avenue. I told to Jeremy that it was not a war

between the Israelis or the Americans and the Palestinians, it was the beginning of a civilization war. The

fire expanded to the lower floors, and people who couldnt get out and save themselves from the

burning buildings decided to jump to them death, hundred floors or more, I saw dozens jumping from

the building. Astonishment caught all the people in the street when the second building that was hit

collapsed. Dust replaced the tower, and even when I knew it collapsed I asked if it is true, while we saw

a people with dusty suit waking back to the city, ambulances with broken windows, and then the first

building that was hit, disappeared. In one moment, a tower of more than one hundred floors

disappeared in a dusty cloud.

After an f 15 of the American air force started to fly in the area, I wondered why the army

didnt send it earlier, why couldnt they find the planes before they crashed. I dont know if the shock

and screaming were for the faith of the people in the building or for the buildings themselves which wasa symbol of New York and U.S.A. it was like a horror film which had come true, like a bad show or like

when someone described her sons pc game that needs to destroyed the World Trade Center! After the

buldings collapsed, all the people turned, downed his head, and walked back to his place. Even after few

days I traveled in New York, it was strange to me to not see the two towers, the missing buildings

created a strange space, even for me. The lives in New York City stopped, Jeremy who gave me a

secure feeling, offered me his help in case that I will not find a place to stay. I went back to the hotel and

fortunately the receptionist was Ali. He is originally from Turkey and has been living in New York more

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than 30 years. During my stay at the hotel I had the opportunity to speak with him a lot, of course the

hotel could except every other guests in any price, but since I was a guest of the hotel, Ali gave the

choice to stay or not, and since the airspace of the U.S.A had closed he warmly recommended me to

stay. As I heard all the people needed to get out from the offices, shops and all the bridges and

tunnels were closed and Manhattan isolated.

What now? For how long the air space will be closed? For one day? Three days? Three weeks?

Is America going to attack Al Qaida tomorrow? Is the terror attack finished or should we expect more

surprises? Maybe they responded with a chemical weapon over New York? In such situation I can never

know, my budget is limited and finally my flight ticket is on standby status.

Manhattan was isolated, all the bridges and tunnels were closed and all the people called to

leave everything and step out. Like a young guy from Quincy who came to Manhattan to 42nd street for

his work, and when he got the order to get out immediately he left his wallet inside the building. Since

he couldnt get out from Manhattan, he had to stay in Manhattan without money and personal

equipment. This person arrived to the hotel and Ali provided him a room after Ali was promised by

phone with this mans employer that the payment will be arranged.

Despite all the attempts to reach my family by phone only it was only by the late afternoon

(midnight in Israel) I succeeded to contact them. The screen showed live updates about the victims and I

thought about the police officer I talked to him during the Labor Day, is he alive? The fire fighters I saw

when I walked in a street one day. Half of the fire fighters lost their lives! And many police officers in

addition to civilians as well. I thought about the two Tunisians who sad that there will be no peace at all.

And in spite of their support for terror as I see it, I didnt wish they got hurt in the attack.

Of course I couldnt sleep at night and late in the evening I went out and headed to Times

Square to eat something. Only few shops were open and tourists came to eat. The screens in the Time

Square which usually is full of information and updates from the Stock Exchange, updated the names of

the victims from the plans and the buildings. T.V started publish the victims names: a CNN reporter, thecommander of the rescue forces who died during the collapsing building, and that America was in a high

alert under the title: America is under attack.

A whole division was sent to Manhattan while the victims were sent to Long Island. I couldnt

realize that in a place that people from all over the world who worked there, came beasts with no hearts

and did what they did. When will the hate stop? At midnight, when the sun rose in Israel, the

telephone started ringing every few minutes; my brothers, parents, friends. The ring tone as knows from

Toccata - sky (J.S. Bach) rang all the time and I couldnt sleep at night. The phone calls I did to El Al in

Israel and to the branch in New York did not provide me any answers. The air space in Israel and in U.S.A

was closed.

In the morning I went out, the dust that the wind carried headed to Long Island was felt on 32nd

street as well. Only few people and cars were in the streets, people with heads down, the news papers

sold out early and I felt it was like the day after the Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was murdered. The

American pride had been trampled, the New York city Break!

All the flights had been cancelled and many passengers who intend to fly to Israel to the Jewish

New Year eve. which was on Sep. 17th. became stuck in the U.S.A., so my when my brother called El Al

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about the possibility to purchase a ticket, got the answer: if he has a lot of money he can buy a ticket.On

Wednesday 12/9 at 23:00 I got a message that there is a special El Al flight that got a special permission

to leave Toronto, with stop in La Guardia and continue to Tel Aviv. Very fast like a refugee I packed

myluggage and left the newspaper, small change, and food I bought (dairy products) in the room.

The receptionist was in shock and told me that the airports were closed, but I was determinedto find a taxi to the air port, even if there was the smallest chance to get the flight. I went out to the

empty street almost and I tried to stop a taxi. The first Afro American very politely refused to take me

because if he left Manhattan he wouldnt be able to get back and also the second driver. The third taxi

driver, a white and blond person who refused I was so upset,I just banged the door. (I am sorry about

that- this is not my way) he proceed about 30 meters, stopped the car, stepped out the car and shouted

at me (while I was pretty sure he came to hit me) I know it is my duty to take you but I wont t ake you

because you are jerk, OK I thought to myself go away. The fourth driver from South America accepted

to take me but he said it will coast alot because the movement from state to another, Lincoln tunnel is

closed because an alert of an explosion, so the rate was double; 100$ this is the rate I paid for bring me

to La Guardia Airport. After few attempts to get out from Manhattan he succeeded from WashingtonBridge, big turn to the airport.When I arrived to the terminal there was a very long queue for the El Al

counters specially Ultra Orthodox.

The airport was open just for this flight and although the rest of the terminals were not working,

wardens pulled cars who parked when brought passengers to the terminal and left the cars without

supervision (probably because a security reasons). At the moment I arrived to El Al counters I heard an

announcement saying that the check in was closed and also for service (Air lines employees) and there

was no option to get on board. I heard sound of joy of Five El Al employees who got seats and been

asked to proceed to the gates. The El Al supervisor yelled that they open registration for more flights

expected, and many people ran to the counter on the other side of the terminal. One of Orthodox hit

the trolley and strongly hit another person who groaned in pain. As a human being I expect ed that theperson would stop to say he is sorry but he wouldnt. Only his friend said he is sorry. After two hours

most of the people went back home and the check in area looked empty. Suddenly the five employees

back ( five friend who back from trip in Mexico). They told me that they arrived to the planes doors, but

suddenly the captains and pilots came and of course they have high priority than regular employees.

What now, we all asked? Caesar, the El Al supervisor came happily to announce that two more flight

expected to be on Thursday at 14:00 and 16:00 from Newark. Two Boeing 777 were expected to depart

from Tel Aviv.

The first morning lights appeared and the El Al employees went back to the city to relatives and I

was left almost alone in the terminal. Only two Airlines operated flights that night. El Al and Air Canada.

The explanation was that the Americans trust the security procedure of those Airlines. In the morning

few passengers arrived to the terminal, part of them heard about the flight, part arrived without

knowing anything. Finally it was nice to know more people and switch experiences. The shock, the

shame and the fears about what happened in the World Trade Center looks on the Americans faces.

Twice we called to get out of the terminal, and when a car started burning in the parking space the caps

ran over frantically. During the day by the Cell phone I got information that the flights will land in JFK Air

port, after in Newark, later in JFK or in Newark, Finally in JFK. During the afternoon there were doubts if

the flights departed and at 17:00 El Al representative announced that both flights were canceled. I met

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all kinds of people in the terminal: The first was a 50 60 old man, with pilots sunglasses, his hair

combed to the side, slow talking, and probably work in the air port authority that know everything but

cant tell anything. Roy, about 20 years old afro American who worked as cleaner in the terminal was

very surprised that I came from the Holy land and his big dream was to visit Israel. I wish him his dream

will come true. In the evening a father and his daughter from Tel Aviv, Ori, a trader and me, decided to

find hotel close to the airport and in the morning to continue to J.F.K . On Friday morning El Al told me

on the phone that the two 777 are on the way to JFK. The departures expected to be at 14:00 and

16:00. We took a taxi to JFK air port and I hoped that because these flights get in to Saturday there will

be no religious people and I could have seat. There were long lines in the terminal, and when I passed

the security I said that there are about 40 50 employees (Stand by passengers with higher priority than

me). The few stand by passengers were the Captains daughter, service managers son and seniors

employees, as well as the employees I met in Newark who went to relatives in the city. The passengers I

know took off and I was againleft in the terminal. Police officers woke me up and very politly asked me

to get down to the entrance and clear the area. The Red Cross provided cots and blankets for the

passengers. The air space was still closed but we hoped it would open on Saturday. Except Muffins and

Drink, there was no other place to by food. Special editions of Time and Newsweek were in stands but I

didnt want anything to remind me the horror I saw. It was nice to know people from all over the world

like two young boys and girl from northern Israel, who came to see the Michel Jackson show. I thought

they were crazy until I saw two English young girls who dressed and had hats like Michael Jackson. I met

one from El Salvador; he came to united sate to become a chef. He taught to take washed grapes, dip it

in sugar and put it in a fridge for couple of hours. During Saturday the terminal came back to life and El

Al passengers from Los Angeles and San Diego got the message to take the early flight on Saturday. Part

of them flew on Saturday against their wish but, they didnt have a choice. In this situation everyone

wants to back home. I wanted to be at home before the Jewish New years eve in Sep. 17th. and

therefore I had a few options in case I couldnt reach a flight; I could ask Jeremy and I am sure he would

have helped me, and my father contacted our far relatives who invited me to their place. There was

also Sharon I know who came to visit her sister in Philadelphia or just rent a car and travel to Vermont

and return home after the holiday, but all I wanted at this time was to be back home, back to my family.

Fortunately, I had also a stand by tickets on Lufthansa Airlines, so I decided to search for the

counters that were in different terminals. When I reached the counters, the representative explained

to me very politely that there are three flights expected to land but they still dont know what was

exactly happening, and they certainly understood me since they are airlines employees themselves, and

they asked to come back and check every two hours if there is something news! Yes, these are the

Germans that people so love to hate.

The evening came and everybody had known that there was permission from the airport

authorities to open the sky for commercials flying. I arrived to the El Al counters at about 22:00, a very

long line was already there and when I approached the supervisor with another El Al employee, we were

told that he couldnt help with service at all at the moment. So I decided to take the luggage and cross

the other terminal and back to Lufthansa counters, there they asked me to wait and they believed that

everything would be all right. After a while I noticed that were calling for a stand by passengers (a

regular passengers who pay for the tickets full fare) the supervisor tried to help all the passengers, and

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when she came to me and asked what about me, immediately she sent to the counters to check in and

asked me to hurry to the plane. In the meantime, when I was on my way to the gate, I updated my

brother that I was on the way to Frankfurt. I got the last seat in the right side of the Boeing 747 400.

Half after midnight the airplane took off, rain started and from the window I could see the area

of the ground zero, despite the rain a cloud of dust that still hung over.

Lufthansa Frankfurt

Next to me during the flight sat a little fat person who reminded me of an Israeli comedian in a

costume (Eli Ytzpan) his name is Khan, from Pakistan, I told him that I came from Israel and all the flight

we just talked and laughed about everything. We talked without hate to each other, without caring that

was Muslim and I am Jewish, often he pushed his elbow towards me to look how one guy tried to close

the door of the luggage cabin over his head, but he pushed only from the side instead in the middle so

the door couldnt close and about other funny things. Also I talked to Egyptian guy who was returning

back home after few years and he is very open minded concerning the Egypt West / Egypt Israel

relationship. I assumed that many of the Muslims wear returning back home because the fear of what

can happen to them following the terror attack. Also in this flight I saw many Breslau Rabbi followers

who were heading to Ukraine for praying on Breslau Rabbi grave. We took off after midnight and we

started to descend at 12:30 in the afternoon and just before landing the captain demand from all the

passengers to return them seats immediately, at the moment I thought that something happened, but it

was a Breslau follower who didnt finish the morning prayer and refused to return to his seat.

When we landed I saw an El Al Boeing 757 that had landed minutes before. I was very glad for the

opportunity to back with that plane home. After the passport control I found my way to El Al counters.

The airport security lines were very long, but since I heard alot of people speaking Hebrew around me, I

was pretty sure the flight will be delayed because of the circumstances but when I arrived to the check

in the flight already left, 20 minutes before. Thirty angry passengers remained in Frankfurt (they cant

blame El Al, the flight must depart on time), so I asked the supervisor when was the next flight and if he

could accept me with a Lufthansa ticket after I explained to him my situation. He told me that day afterthere was another flight and he would make all the efforts to help me. Also I checked with Lufthansa

about the next flight, today at 23:30 but it was over booked so I dont have a chance. Since that was my

first time in Frankfurt, after the meal I left the luggage in a luggage service and went to the city. Since it

was Sunday all the shops were closed. The city was so quiet and peaceful compared to New York, it was

very cold that day (8 degrees Celsius) and I was very pleased again that I bought the coat that I had used

as a blanket at the airport and here in Frankfurt.

When I went back to the airport I have been told that there are 26 people over on the Lufthansa flight,

but, everything is possible. I arrived to the check in, just before they closed it, and very fast I got seat.

Also I was surprised to find among the passengers my Cousin and her husband who return from

Washington D.C.

The flight in the Airbus A 340 wasnt quiet; there was allot of turbulences and thunderstorms we just

flew in over Croatia I think. On Monday, September 17th, at around 04:00 we landed in Ben Gurion

Airport, after almost a week delay, and the terminal was almost empty. When I returned the cell phone

at the airport, I pasted though gate 4, and while I was waiting for the flight to New York, I remembered

that something bothered me, that I didnt had good feeling, and I even considered to take the luggage

and back home and not get on the flight to New York.

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Thats how I succeed to return home with a Stand by ticket, before the holiday. I see it as a miracle, but

I am sure that many other who wish to arrive home before the New Years Eve didnt arrive.

Thank God, I wasnt in a real dangerous situation, but it was very unpleasant experience.

10 years after

All my appreciations to the American people in particular to the people of New York City and to the

American Nation. You faced a very difficult situation during and after the horrible terror attacks. A

beastly people who thought by killing innocence people at work, on planes in order to increase

instability to the gentle social texture of America, the breath of people to live, work and succeed. I

appreciate the people I saw on T.V who helped each other, who understood that they are allowed to

cry, but in other hand you had to continue, to pick up the pieces.

Recently I visited (with help of friend of mine, a tour guide Mr. Jordan Horn) a new memorial site, the

site is on a mountain on the way to Jerusalem and it makes me strong feeling that we live in different

countries but we all here have the same wish: to live in peace, to succeed, to have a good life. No onehas the right in the name of any other religion: not Muslims, not Jewish, not Christians, and not

Buddhists to kill, to hate, to destroy other nations.

I would like to thank to my friend in America Mr. Jeremy Epstein, who reminds me, what we all forget

sometimes to help as you can.

Dear Reader,

Do not make any change or any commercial with the document without written permition from the

writer - Ronen Netanel.

Thank you

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A man most love his brothers before he die (and clapping hand three times)

World trade Center, 48 hours before the attack

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The North building, moments after the first hit

The second collapsing building

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The new Scenery

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