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I was in NYC during 9/11; it happened on a Tuesday, I was on stage Thursday. It was a small crowd, but it took about 10 days and comedy clubs were packed.

I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11.

I was living near the Twin Towers on 9/11, so I saw the attacks, and I had friends who were killed in the attacks.

I'm a New Yorker. I was there during 9/11 and I saw how, not only New York City stopped for a moment, we all took an inhale and exhale at the same time - the world united at that time, and it changed my life.

I was a war correspondent and journalist for a long time, and I was very near the towers on 9/11 and very shortly after in Afghanistan.

Eleven days before 9/11, I was on a plane with the 9/11 hijackers who were carrying out a dry run.

Like most New Yorkers I was shell-shocked immediately after 9/11 and couldn't put into words what I was feeling.

I was 30 when 9/11 happened and I had lived exactly 15 years of life in America, so I was half American. I was a full-fledged New Yorker.

After Sept. 11, New York wasn't the same, and that's part of the reason why I left.