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The Major Life Decision Shonda Rhimes Made After 9/11

Season 6 Episode 624
Aired on 11/15/2015 | CC tv-14
Everyone of a certain age remembers where he or she was during the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. In the days and weeks that followed, many people saw life in a different way and decided to make major changes.

Shonda Rhimes, the TV producer behind megahits like Grey's Anatomy and Scandal, cites 9/11 as the pivotal moment she chose to adopt her first daughter, Harper Lee.

"It's the thing that made me, once again, wake up and say, 'If the world's going to end tomorrow, there are things that I need to do,' and that's what drove me to sort of adopt my first daughter," Shonda says.

In the video above, Shonda, who recently released the memoir Year of Yes, describes how her life changed overnight.

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