A workmate of an uncle of mine went down in the 2nd tower.
Also there was a lens producer's trade show programmed in Tower 2 for September 12th which would have taken out a few of my ex work colleagues, including the company CEO who was going to be there, had it happened only a day later.
And in the grand scheme of things, it's not that big a tragedy, bigger tragedies are going on every day in West African Nations with the ongoing civil wars and genocide taking place over there, yet because it's not broadcast daily on international news services, or an instant 'act of ***' such as the tsunami in Indo, no one cares...