Lethbridge woman recalls being at Boston's Logan Airport during 9/11
Chelsey Peat, then 16, was travelling to the U.S. for a medical procedure when the September 11 attacks unfolded around her. Twenty-five years later, she still recalls the chaos of that week.
Chelsey Peat, a Lethbridge community advocate, was 16 years old and flying to Boston for a medical procedure when the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks occurred. She says she arrived at Logan International Airport only 20 to 30 minutes before the second hijacked plane departed, meaning she may have been near passengers who were later on that flight.
Peat recalled that she and her mother believed the world was ending as news of the attacks spread, describing the following week as chaotic and frightening. The pair eventually made it back to Canada, but not before flights across North America were grounded for two full days in the aftermath of the attacks.
Peat has written about the experience in her book, Two Sides to a Face, which also chronicles her life living with Sturge Weber Syndrome. The account was shared as part of coverage marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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