9.11.2001: I was getting ready to go to work, at The Wall Street Journal, right by the #WTC. Saw the second tower collapse as I biked downtown from my apartment in Chelsea. Oh, the horror... #911Remembered
Pierre was in France, hiking. He had no idea about anything until much later that night. I had a plane ticket to Paris for Sept. 13. I never made it, of course...
And two years ago, I spoke to @rivapa about the experience. Here’s me in full Cantinflas mode.
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"I dare you find a Black actor or actress (yes, there are Black people in Latin America) an Indigenous Mexican (oh, yes, we have plenty) unless – of course – they are shown as objects of ridicule.