question: While there are other things on my mind today , it is hard for me to ignore the fact that today is September 11th and that I used to work for Cantor Fitzgerald Securities and spent June 1993 thru June 1996 working on the 32nd and 104th floors at One World Trade Center . There were plenty of times when I was at my desk at 8:47 AM and never did we ever expect to have a plane come thru the windows . I still have a hard time thinking about the people , their families and everyone who went to work on 9/11/01 just like any other regular day in their life , not knowing how everything would change , in some cases forever , afterwards .
Q: What event is the narrator referring to for most of the passage ?

answer: a terrorist attack

question: At least I did n't miss my flight this time , which has happened in the past . This is also the first time I ' ve had to show my US passport to get back across the border , which is unfortunate because my picture has me scowling , not wearing my glasses and sporting a full beard . No joke , I look like I ought to be shouting " Death to America ! " and burning a flag .
Q: Where may the narrator have gone on their travels ?

answer: They went abroad .

question: I had 3 neb treatments with oxygen . Then I had chest x - rays done and they showed I had an infection in my lungs . I ' m just so happy to be home where people actually treat me well and care about me .
Q: What happened after I left the hospital ?

answer:
I was just happy to be home .