 John
Lloyd
Director of Cargo
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.
(On September 11, 2011) I was
playing golf! We were hosting some Japanese customers
in London and we were being soundly beaten. We took
a break after 9 for drinks and that’s when the
barman said “a plane has flown into the World
Trade Center.”
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Nalin Rodrigo
Executive Manager Sales & Alliances
Air Niugini
On 9/11, I was in Colombo,
Sri Lanka. To be honest, I could not believe what
I was seeing – I thought I was watching
a movie.
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Gabriela
Ahrens
Director Passenger Sales Management
Lufthansa
I
was sitting in a Restaurant in HKG when I received
the first message (that the Towers had been hit)
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David R. Brooks
President Cargo Division (retired)
American Airlines
I was driving to the airport when
the news started to break; I turned around and
headed back to the office. I remember sitting
in my office with my then VP of Cargo Operations,
Kevin Diamonti – we just stared at each
other in disbelief as the second tower came down.
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John Ryan
Airlines Services International
I was living and working
for Virgin Atlantic Cargo in the UK at this time,
I had traveled to New York on September 10, on a
BAA (British Airport Authority) promotional to give
a speech along with other carriers (BA) and various
other UK airports/handlers to help promote the Airports
of Britain.
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Kay Kratky
CEO
Austrian Airlines
On September 11, 2001
I had met a friend for lunch at the Lufthansa Canteen
in Frankfurt and we were sitting at the table with
our meal in front of us as the news came in.
Someone said:
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Oliver
Evans
Head Of Global Business Development
Matternet, Inc.
I was in
the regional head office of my former employer,
we were locked up in a top level meeting which
was interrupted by the assistant who said "something
really big" was going on, and she thought
we should know.
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Oliver Neerfeld
Head of Commercial Operations Asia Pacific
CHAMP Cargosystems
I
arrived on the 10th of September 2001 in EWR;
my plan was to have a meeting with a potential
customer the next day in NYC, Long Island (at
this time I was still with Lufthansa Systems).
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Ram Menen
Divisional Senior Vice President Cargo (retired)
Emirates Airlines
I
was on a flight from LHR to LAX. The flight got
turned around as we were entering Canadian air space
and was diverted to Cardiff, Wales, U.K.
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