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I showed a friend the story below from the 3 October 1999 issue, and she found it way too hard to believe.
Bureaucracy
After 9/11: Flying the Friendly Skies
Exactly six weeks after terrorists turned several of our airliners into guided missiles, I flew again.
Sign of the Times
One of the disadvantages of writing a text-only column is the inability to realize the potential of “a picture is worth a thousand words”. But then, that’s what web sites are for! It can make a cute story a hysterical story.