Re: Remembering 9/11. Never Forget
I am sitting here in my office in NYC, 8 years later. Luckily I was not in the office 8 years ago but at home recuperating from surgery. I watched the whole thing unfold on TV. One of my brother-in-laws worked in the World Financial Center next to the WTC. We didn't know what happened to him until he was able to get a call through at 4:30 in the afternoon. He was in the WTC during the first bombing in the 90s so he went through this twice. As soon as the first plane hit in 2001 he wasn't sticking around. He immediately got up and ran out of his office not stopping until he got to Midtown several miles north. Needless to say we went most of the day not knowing where he was. We were lucky.
Over 30 graduates and family members of my high school perished in the 2001 attack. The town I live in lost a number of people including some first responders. My nephew's best friend worked for Cantor Fitzgerald, just out of college. Nothing was ever found of him. It affected every family and person in this area and still does.
As I was walking back from lunch today past the firehouse next to the office, the trucks were out and tables for family members were setup with food and drink. That firehouse lost 10 members that morning and there is a permanent memorial to them right inside the doors that is visible every day as one goes by. 9/11 is never far from our minds here.
Just say a prayer for everyone today.
I am sitting here in my office in NYC, 8 years later. Luckily I was not in the office 8 years ago but at home recuperating from surgery. I watched the whole thing unfold on TV. One of my brother-in-laws worked in the World Financial Center next to the WTC. We didn't know what happened to him until he was able to get a call through at 4:30 in the afternoon. He was in the WTC during the first bombing in the 90s so he went through this twice. As soon as the first plane hit in 2001 he wasn't sticking around. He immediately got up and ran out of his office not stopping until he got to Midtown several miles north. Needless to say we went most of the day not knowing where he was. We were lucky.
Over 30 graduates and family members of my high school perished in the 2001 attack. The town I live in lost a number of people including some first responders. My nephew's best friend worked for Cantor Fitzgerald, just out of college. Nothing was ever found of him. It affected every family and person in this area and still does.
As I was walking back from lunch today past the firehouse next to the office, the trucks were out and tables for family members were setup with food and drink. That firehouse lost 10 members that morning and there is a permanent memorial to them right inside the doors that is visible every day as one goes by. 9/11 is never far from our minds here.
Just say a prayer for everyone today.
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