Sunday, September 30, 2001 - LOS ALTOS HILLS, Calif. - Several days passed before Khadija Ibn-Lahoucine finally viewed the sun again.

The still, lingering dry heat in the South Bay Area takes its toll on Ibn-Lahoucine, who dons Islamic dress that reveals only her face and hands. But the after effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, not the arid temperature, was the reason the wife of Denver Nuggets guard Tariq Abdul-Wahad was staying inside her nearby Los Gatos home.