I cannot believe that it has been 9 years. I remember the day clearly, more then any other day, I was 21 and about 8 hours from home. Its just one of those things that just burns a vivid image into your mind for ever.
I was upstate with friends and watched it all on TV, minute by minute wondering what in the world is going on, in disbelief that it was real.
Our drive back to Long Island only 2 short days later was like driving through a war zone, stunned faces and smoke every where, big dark billows of it still. People stopping on the Throgs neck bridge to look at the city skyline, and just stand still, shocked. It was quite that day, almost surreal, NYC and its boroughs are never quite, always moving with cars, people. It was unbelievable and still is, to think that there are people out there who can commit such horrendous acts of terrorism against innocent people, people who had no clue when they left their house that morning what would happen to them just a few short hours, minutes later. Wow, it is mind blowing, what drives someone to kill themselves and thousands of others? What force? And what did they prove?
You don't have to be a New Yorker to feel connected to it all, it happened to all of us, we were one nation being attacked, scared, heart broken. For the rest of our lives on this day we will always remember the tragedy that impacted our country and thousands upon millions of people, no matter their race or religion. The New York skyline will never look the same, and families of loved ones lost will never be the same but life goes on and we just always remember. I will always remember.
I was upstate with friends and watched it all on TV, minute by minute wondering what in the world is going on, in disbelief that it was real.
Our drive back to Long Island only 2 short days later was like driving through a war zone, stunned faces and smoke every where, big dark billows of it still. People stopping on the Throgs neck bridge to look at the city skyline, and just stand still, shocked. It was quite that day, almost surreal, NYC and its boroughs are never quite, always moving with cars, people. It was unbelievable and still is, to think that there are people out there who can commit such horrendous acts of terrorism against innocent people, people who had no clue when they left their house that morning what would happen to them just a few short hours, minutes later. Wow, it is mind blowing, what drives someone to kill themselves and thousands of others? What force? And what did they prove?
You don't have to be a New Yorker to feel connected to it all, it happened to all of us, we were one nation being attacked, scared, heart broken. For the rest of our lives on this day we will always remember the tragedy that impacted our country and thousands upon millions of people, no matter their race or religion. The New York skyline will never look the same, and families of loved ones lost will never be the same but life goes on and we just always remember. I will always remember.
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