My wife and I were on vacation in England for our twenty-fifth anniversary. We had been out touring and stopped at a petrol station on the way back to our friend's home in Kingsthorpe. My wife went into the store while I was pumping petrol and the folks there said "American? We are sorry for your troubles." She replied, "which troubles?" They pointed to the television. We got back to our friend's, Max & Germaine, home in time to get the telly on and see the second plane hit the second tower. The next day we moved to our U.S. friend's who were both working at JAC Molesworth. The base commander locked things down and no one could get on without a security pass so their children couldn't get to day-care! We came in handy!
