On September 11 , 2001 , her younger sister and sole sibling , Berry Perkins , widow of actor Anthony Perkins , was killed in the first flight to hit the World Trade Center . Marisa was also in an airplane during the terrorist attacks , flying from Paris to New York . In an interview with CBS , she told of the experience and how hours later she landed in Newfoundland ( flights were diverted to Canada ) , and was told of her sister 's death by a phone call with her daughter . Said Berenson : " I have hope and tremendous faith . I think that 's what gets you through life ... through tragedies is when you have faith . " Of her practice of Transcendental Meditation she said : India changed my life , because I was searching for my spiritual path , and I ended up in an ashram in Rishikesh with Maharishi and the Beatles . We ’d sit on the floor at night , and George and Ringo would play the guitar , and we ’d meditate all day , and have meals together , and become vegetarians , and live in huts . But it was just normal . It was n’t like , " Oh , here are the Beatles . " The most important thing was my transcendental meditation .
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