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Ottawa remembers 9/11

Ottawa residents share memories of where they were and how their world changed after Sept. 11, 2001.

9/11 memories: Steve Fischer

13 years ago
Duration 4:16
Steve Fischer looks back on his memories of covering 9/11 from Ottawa


Ottawa residents shared memories of where they were and how their world changed after Sept. 11, 2001.

Click on the links to see videos of their stories, in their words:

Maher Arar, the Syrian-born engineer who became the face of "extraordinary rendition" after Sept. 11, talks about what the daymeant for him. Former intelligence officer Michel Juneau-Katsuya learned about the attacks on the same day his wife hadnews of her own.
John Manley was the Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs on Sept. 11, 2001. He tells ofsharing a cockpit with pilotson his plane listening to news of the attacks. Vince Bevan,was thechief of the Ottawa Police Service at the time of 9/11. He talks aboutthe city's responseafter the attacks happened.

Paul Benoit, the president of the Ottawa International Airport Authority,looks back on his memoriesof the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.

Ottawa resident Christie Halpenny describes what it was liketo give birth to her daughteron Sept. 11, 2001
Ottawa mayor Jim Watson looks back athow Sept. 11, 2001 changed the world. Ottawa resident Sheilagh Darcy Mcgee recalls what it was like for her to beliving in Manhattan when the World Trade Center fell.

Hassan Ibrahim was living in London, Ont., when the 9/11 attacks occured. Now an Ottawa resident,he talks about what it meantto be Muslim at the time.

Opera singer Richard Leech remembers 9/11 andthe performance he had to give soon after.
Former flight attendant Rebecca Menarddescribes how she learned about the Sept. 11 attacks. Ottawa bike courier GaryWatson sayshis industry changed after security levels rosefollowing 9/11.