New York From Above
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 09.12.03 | 1:36 AM ET
Two years after planes toppled the World Trade Center towers, Salon columnist and airline pilot Patrick Smith marks the September 11 anniversary by recalling his own flights over New York City. Smith once piloted small turboprops around the World Trade Center and Statue of Liberty. Maneuvering there was always, he writes, “a unique and unforgettable procedure.”