Vermont Public Radio | By Melody Bodette, Published September 8, 2021 at 6:00 AM EDT SAKhanPhotography / istock Sunset view of capital of Islamabad, Pakistan. I'm Sam Nelis and I live in Winooski. On September 11, I was in seventh grade. And at the time, I was living in Islamabad, Pakistan, with my family. My dad's originally from Belgium, my mom's originally from Montreal, and they're international teachers. So they were teaching at an international English-speaking school in Pakistan.