Twenty lessons I learned from 9/11

David & Georgia — Georgia was born in 2001.

The 20th anniversary of 9/11 is upon us and I can hardly believe it. I wasn’t there, I wasn’t personally affected by it however somehow that awful day affected many of us globally. It was one of those moments when we could remember where we were.

I was in a house in Somerset filming for a regional tv series called The Bargain Hunters and I was really enjoying it. I’d been taken off the more hard-nosed current affairs series as I was expecting my second child Georgia. I’d had some problems in my first pregnancy and it was felt a gentler filming pace with less stress would be appropriate.

This was one of life’s great ironies because working in the field of antiques and collectibles (which I love by the way) led to far more personal abuse than in any filming I had ever done. Mainly because, at that time, it was a sector of smoke & mirrors, a lot of people making a lot of money and living through ‘cash in hand’. TV shows like this one shone a light on that and many dealers did not like it. This particular day though it was all about a family who had a quirky home and collected quirky items to renovate an old school.

I came downstairs to get some water and the tv was on. I saw the Twin Towers and it was on fire. I read the scrolling news feed which talked of an air plane crashing into one of the towers. I text’d my husband Steve to tell…