When I first moved into Westchester about a year ago, a friend of mine (memory expert Jim Kwik) told me about this guy, Art Zuckerman and his wife Susan who are business owners of three IT companies, teachers, run the Times Square Improv Group, columnists and just also happen to have two radio shows in Westchester that air on WVOX. One is called Z' Travel & Leisure which airs on Mondays 8:00 PM, and the other is "45 Minutes to Broadway". Always looking to make friends with others in the business, I called Art up.

Art invited me on his show to co-host. I brought the whole Capo clan down to the taping and we had a blast. I even got my then boyfriend, Steve to go on air - something he has NEVER done since he's a behind the scenes kind of guy.

Anyway, while on the show they promoted my books, especially my "It Happened in New York" book. Why? Well it turns out Art and his wife run a city tours operation. They have written numerous articles and their expertise on New York has been featured on Inside Edition, The Travel Channel, The BBC and numerous other shows both taped and live. What they do is take corporate clients, schools and adult groups ranging from a couple of individuals to 100 plus people on jaunts throughout the neighborhoods of New York City. They have 36 different areas of Manhattan they cover personally, seven "talk-walk" tours where individuals can show themselves around, and if the water is more someone's speed, they even have a boat tour. They are avid book readers and have a collection of 1,473 books solely on New York City and mine was one of them--long before we met.

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Well I gotta say I hit a first, even for this comic explorer. I, Fran Capo, the woman who still owns a Clark Gable T- Shirt from sixth grade, went to Fashion Week.

Yes, this comic who still wears her butterfly belt on stage and on television interviews, a belt that is easily 15 years old (which everyone always compliments me on by the way - proving that if you wear something long enough it comes back in style), got a special invitation to see the Pamela Roland Fashion Show on Monday during Fashion week. Personally, I didn't even know Pamela Roland was. But I got the special invite, so I figured what the heck! Not everyone gets invited, so let's see what all this hoopla is about.

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When the attack on 9-11 occurred I kept a journal of my thoughts. I was able to see the towers from my balcony apartment in Queens. Back then, I turned the diary into an article, and now, 5 years later, I'd like to share my thoughts and feelings as they happened to me on that day with my readers.

AMERICA UNDER ATTACK
One New Yorker's Story
By Fran Capo

Tuesday September 11, 2001 - D DAY

A week ago, I woke up to what I thought was going to be a glorious day. A day bright and sunny, the kind that one is thankful for but at the same time, takes for granted, as we get on with our lives. I dropped my son at school in Floral Park Queens, and kissed him goodbye, happy as I drove off. All was right with my world.

But that feeling was instantly shattered with a click of the radio switch. "The World Trade Center has been hit". At first I thought I was listening to some second hand rendition of War of the Worlds. But as I listened on, I realized one of the most glorious days had just turned into one of the worst days in American History, if not for the free world. The United States was under terrorist attack.

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