The 9/11 attack continue to remaine one of the most traumatic tragedies and those who recall it, still continue to be hugely affected by it. Did you know that during 9/11, in 2001, Shah Rukh Khan was in New York. He was accompanied by his wife Gauri Khan, Aryan Khan, and also Karan Johar’s mother Hiroo Yash Johar. He had spoken about being in New York during the attack, when he was promoting his movie ‘My Name Is Khan‘.
He had said during a chat with DW News, “My director’s mother (Hiroo), my wife (Gauri) and my little son (Aryan) and we were to do an interview for the launch of a film called Asoka. And the rest of the crew was supposed to fly off to Toronto four hours before us.” SRK revealed that he was woken up to the news by Karan’s mother Hiroo Johar and he was shocked. He said, “I was woken up… Karan’s mother, Mrs Hiroo, she showed me the television and I thought it’s the plane that our crew is taking, that’s why she is showing that there has been an accident. There was press on floor below my room, waiting to do the interviews and I was like, ‘What has happened?’”
He added how they were stuck there but people understood and co-operated with him as he was with kids and a mother. “I was stuck there for 3-4 days with my family. Then, we kind of made our way out, went to Toronto and flew back because all the flights and everything was cancelled. So we asked for special permission and requested some people, and they kind of understood. Very kindly, they let the family go because the kids and mothers and everyone… so we got out of it. I think I was deeply affected by it, like everyone else was,” he said.
‘My Name Is Khan’ starred Kajol alongside Shah Rukh.