I flew out of Dulles a couple days after 9/11...
It was the first day they scheduled flights after 9/11 about three days later. (They had scheduled practice flights the day before to try out new safety procedures...) I was the only one in first class on a flight to Italy. (the irony being before 9/11 all the regular seats were full so I had to burn more points and moved up to first class, which, darkly I didn't need to do i retrospect) I somehow managed to find my tour in Italy. The guy at the hotel I booked for after the tour looked at me in shock when I showed up. (that is, I found the hotel after I landed let the guy know I'd be showing up a week and a half later...as I said he had a very surprise look)
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Was supposed to take a flight to the Middle East next Thursday...9/11
-- AirborneHokie96
Sep 05, 2025 at 08:15 AM ET
AirborneHokie96
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09/05/25 08:15 AM ET
I don't blame you.**
-- BleedinOandM
Sep 05, 2025 at 09:00 AM ET
BleedinOandM
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09/05/25 09:00 AM ET
I flew on the 1 year anniversary of 9/11. I've never been on a more empty
-- Late 80s Hokie
Sep 05, 2025 at 08:51 AM ET
Late 80s Hokie
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09/05/25 08:51 AM ET
I flew out of Dulles a couple days after 9/11...
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-- `lag
Sep 05, 2025 at 02:05 PM ET
`lag
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09/05/25 02:05 PM ET
Same here. It was eerie. Jets were flying figure 8s over Pearl Harbor
-- pburg_hokie
Sep 05, 2025 at 04:21 PM ET
pburg_hokie
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09/05/25 04:21 PM ET
I flew from Charlotte to Boston on 9/11/02
-- GobblerCE
Sep 05, 2025 at 09:51 AM ET
GobblerCE
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09/05/25 09:51 AM ET
You, sir, are the honey badger of air travel.**
-- MP4VT2004
Sep 05, 2025 at 07:07 PM ET
MP4VT2004
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09/05/25 07:07 PM ET