Shah Rukh Khan Was In New York With Gauri Khan, Aryan Khan During 9/11 Attacks: 'Was Stuck For 4 Days'
Shah Rukh Khan needed special permission to fly home.
Shah Rukh Khan was in the US during the 9/11 attacks. He was with Gauri Khan, Aryan Khan and Karan Johar’s mother. In an old chat with DW News, the superstar recalled how he was stuck in America and needed special permission to fly out of the country.
Shah Rukh recalled his time in New York and said, “My director’s mother (Hiroo Johar), 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."
related stories
- Shah Rukh Khan Was 'Shooed Away' From Mannat During Yes Boss Shoot, Said 'Kharid Loon Kya?'
- Shah Rukh Khan To Move Out Of Mannat For 3 Years, THIS Actor Will Be His Neighbour In Bandra
- Allu Arjun To Play A Villain In Shah Rukh Khan's Pathaan 2? Netizens React To 'Strong Rumours'
- Delnaaz Irani Says She Was Going To Skip SRK's Iconic Death Scene From Kal Ho Naa Ho: 'Like A Stupid Girl…'
Hiroo woke Shah Rukh in shock, and they thought that the plane carrying the film crew had crashed. 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 the floor below my room, waiting to do the interviews, and I was like, ‘What has happened?’"
“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.
Shah Rukh Khan once opened up about how he was regularly stopped at the airport in America for security checks. “Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always take a trip to America. The immigration guys kicked the star out of stardom," he said during his address at Yale.
- Location :
- First Published: