Personal memories of September 11th from around the world

What memories do people in China or Chile, Saudi Arabia, Niger or Israel have of September 11th? And how did the day affect their lives? Here, seven people from very different countries report on their relationship to the attacks.

»I will never forget this day. I was living in the US at the time and had just returned to my apartment in Charlotte, North Carolina from a long night shift. As I was making breakfast, a colleague called. 'Turn on CNN!' he said. I saw the second plane hit the World Trade Center and had only one thought: 'If this had happened sooner, I would be dead by now.' Until 1999, I was still delivering packages in New York. I was constantly in the Twin Towers.