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Thanks for your thoughts Mark. I may call you as well. I think we have it
worked out. I was able to change the return flight to tomorrow. I am working on putting together a quick trip out West as a consolation for Amanda. She always wanted to see Grand Canyon. I know that pales in comparison to a Paris cafe but it will have to do for now. I am generally dismissive of the risks of travelling but this event has affected me deeply. And I think you are right that Amanda hasn't felt that yet. I would love to ignore it or downplay it but I can't. Do you know of any spa/resort type places in the Southwest that would meet the Hayman standard? (I know you know what I mean by the Hayman standard). Thanks again, Bill. -----Original Message----- From: Mark.Taylor@enron.com [mailto:Mark.Taylor@enron.com] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 3:34 PM To: McGovernW@SEC.GOV Subject: RE: International Travel I'm surprised that under the circumstances American won't just do it. Linda and I both had to reschedule our flights and did it directly with the airline (Continental for me and Virgin for Linda). Of course, in our cases the original flights were cancelled. I don't have the Cunard reservations number here and haven't been able to access the web site this afternoon. I will get it for you when I get home. The fax number for the guest relations department is (305)463-3030. In a sense I felt safer in London than here. Once we got off the QE2 we weren't doing anything that would have made us attractive targets and I don't anticipate attacks against individual Americans overseas -- at least not outside of Muslim countries. While there was an increase in police presence around town, we didn't hear of any actual threats to Americans while we were in London. Airport security has been better there than here for a long time and now has been beefed up even further. The Europeans just have more recent experience at dealing with terrorists than we do. The sword rattling doesn't bother me too much. I've been overseas during some tense international times before and as long as you're in a friendly country it shouldn't be an issue. On the other hand, it REALLY feels good to be home and I can sure understand your wanting to have her with you. From her point of view, I think that while the Brits were all being very sympathetic and supportive, the tragedy just isn't as immediate there and so the impact on Amanda has been somewhat less than if we had been home. Given that, I think she doesn't want to waste this opportunity to do something fun in Europe while she has the chance and is already over there. For me I have to say it was hard to have any fun after Tuesday noon, although I tried to put a good face on it. I don't know when that will improve since I'm still pretty depressed. It's probably even worse for you since you were so much closer to things than I am. The lawyer in me sees two sides: (a) a trip to Paris is just the thing to take your mind off of events and (b) why waste a week of vacation and travel hassles when you aren't going to have a good time no matter where you go. Feel free to give me a call if you want to chat. Good luck! Mark -----Original Message----- From: "McGovern, William" <McGovernW@SEC.GOV<@ENRON [mailto:IMCEANOTES-+22McGovern+2C+20William+22+20+3CMcGovernW+40SEC+2EGOV+3E +40ENRON@ENRON.com] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:13 PM To: Taylor, Mark E (Legal) Subject: Mark -- I am trying to reschedule Amanda's return ticket. I understand from American that I have to do it through Cunard. Do you have a contact over there? If not I'll just do the 800 number thing. I want her to come home. We will take a stateside vacation over the next week and not linger over there. What is your opinion? Did you feel unsafe there? There is a lot of sword rattling going on right now. Bill ********************************************************************** This e-mail is the property of Enron Corp. and/or its relevant affiliate and may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient (s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender or reply to Enron Corp. at enron.messaging.administration@enron.com and delete all copies of the message. This e-mail (and any attachments hereto) are not intended to be an offer (or an acceptance) and do not create or evidence a binding and enforceable contract between Enron Corp. (or any of its affiliates) and the intended recipient or any other party, and may not be relied on by anyone as the basis of a contract by estoppel or otherwise. Thank you. **********************************************************************
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