On the day the planes flew into the towers, she was in a Boeing high above the Atlantic, and he was asleep. This is how the story of Laura and Paul begins, whose love and life undergo a sudden test against the backdrop of the world-changing terrorist attacks in New York. Laura is a flight attendant, and Paul is a university lecturer. The world is their home. But this way of life now seems to be in question. Repressed fears and real dangers erupt with force. And above all looms the uncertainty of fate for the lovers who are separated during these days and could not be more different. The cheerful, open-hearted Laura, with her down-to-earth wisdom, stands in contrast to Paul, with his measured, cool reason. Yet it is precisely now that his rational self-control fails him. The breakdown of all communication possibilities.