The fall of the Wall
Berlin
Our man disappears
As the wall was being torn to the ground, Manfred Wörner could not contain himself. The first German Secretary General NATO had ever had, jumped into his car and drove to Berlin to witness, with his own eyes, the fall of the Berlin Wall. A wall that had traumatised Berliners, wrenched families apart and claimed victims for over 25 very long years.
As the story goes, Wörner had not wanted to wait for the next flight to Berlin. However, in his haste, he did not warn anybody of his whereabouts. He reappeared at NATO Headquarters, Boulevard Léopold III Brussels two days later, tired but ecstatic. A page in history had been turned...and he was there!