Big B unravels the treacherous incident of 9/11 in his latest blog

9/11 is a date that no one would ever be able to forget. Two hijacked planes rammed into the twin towers in America and crushed the lives of many. Amitabh Bachchan, in his latest blog has revealed how it was being in a foreign land when the incident occurred.

“9/11 was most tragic and sad and frightening? I was shooting for ‘Kaante’ in Los Angeles and had taken a couple of days off to travel to Egypt for the International Film Festival in Alexandria, where they were honouring me with a special award,” he recalls.

Post the event, Big B was supposed to fly to Los Angeles via London and when he reached London, he got a frantic call from Shweta Nanda asking him to check the TV asap. “I did not have time to ask why, and I think it was quite obvious that something important and serious was happening … also immediately there was a sudden commotion in the entire airport … people were moving about rather rapidly in all directions, some with muffled screams and a large portion of them running to the large TV screen at the terminal,” he quoted then.

He further added, “Motionless and in shock and stunned silence, people watched the second one go in too and it was a most inexplainable situation .. some had anger written all over them, some were in tears, others were frantically making calls …”

“I just stood there for a while stunned and then quietly walked across to my gate to board the flight … boarded, taxied off and then the plane turned back … announcement … all flights to and from US blocked and stopped.”

The airlines then arranged for accommodation for the passengers and Amitabh Bachchan spent three days in London post the incident. “Those three days at the hotel were treacherous … did not move from the room and only watched TV giving news of the incident and talks and debates and details of what and why and where and how. A sad moment.” (Also Read: When Amitabh Bachchan continued shooting, even after getting injured)

Inputs from IANS

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