How Fictional New York City Captured September 11th

The "Friends" episode that wasn't, the "Sex and the City" episode that was, and a moving tribute over on "Sesame Street."

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Exactly one month after hijacked planes hit the twin towers, killing almost 3,000 people, a hastily revised episode of Friends aired on NBC.

Viewers tuning in to must-see TV that night watched as Chandler (Matthew Perry) and Monica (Courteney Cox) headed to their honeymoon destination, navigating the lines at a New York City airport and growing increasingly irked by the newly married couple in front of them who are being showered with perks, including first-class seats.

That wasn’t how the story was supposed to go.