Native New Yorker David Duchovny and then wife, Tea Leoni, were in Los Angeles on September 11, 2001. Duchovny was starring in the popular tv show “The X-Files”. David, Tea and their 3 year old daughter were all asleep when the phone started ringing persistently around 6 AM.
David’s immediate thought: someone died. Duchovny grew up in New York City but says he was never a New York cheerleader until 9/11. He never before felt so much New York pride and kinship. Duchovny says the numbness he and Tea felt all day turned into a need for closeness that night. That was the night their son, Kidd, was conceived. Together, they share one of the few 9/11 stories to end in joy and happiness.