Amb. Quinn describes how a unique Austrian New Year’s Eve custom led him to hold his three-year-old son Shandon’s hand as they exited the train car on the Vienna subway, known as the U-Bahn. When Shandon stumbled and started to fall under the wheels of the train, which was about to depart, that custom made a crucial difference.
THE ARCHIVE OF AMBASSADOR KENNETH M. QUINN
FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE MEKONG