09/16/2026
Kiss the Sky for me; it's a beautiful day!
Filmmaker Nicolas Rossier shares the day of September 11, when I witnessed the attacks from his office a few blocks from the Twin Towers.
The sky was so blue and crisp that day. I went downtown to my office south of Canal Street. As I was leaving the subway on Canal Street around 8:30 am, my wife called me. As we ended our short conversation, she told me: “Kiss the sky; it’s a beautiful day.” A second later, a frightened man rushed down and yelled at me. Did you hear? A plane smashed into the Twin Towers.
The sky was so blue and crisp that day. I went downtown to my office south of Canal Street. As I was leaving the subway on Canal Street…