Former Nollywood Star Regina Askia Recounts How Her Lateness To Work Saved Her From 9/11 Terrorist Attack

Former Nollywood Star actress Regina Askia, who now practices as a nurse in the United States has revealed how she escaped the 9/11 terrorist attacks on American soil.

The 9/11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

The attacks resulted in 2,977 fatalities, over 25,000 injuries, and substantial long-term health consequences, in addition to at least $10 billion in infrastructure and property damage.

Recounting her escape from probable death or injury, Askia narrated during her appearance on Funmi Iyanda’s Public Eye show that Just a few months after relocating to the United States, she was on her way to her workplace when the attacks happened.

“I was late for work and because of that I didn’t go in,” she said. She did not state if the office she worked at was at the World Trade Center or the 10 other large surrounding structures that suffered significant damages from the attack.

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Askia was one of the most sought after on-screen divas of the late 90s after her acting debut in the then-popular NTA series Fortune as Tokunboh Johnson, a role which earned her critical acclaim.

She went on to appear in some of the most defining movies of the 1990s and early 2000s like Most Wanted, Suicide Mission, The President’s Daughter, Festival of Fire, Dangerous Babe, and Man Snatcher.

Source: GhanaCelebrities.Com