On this ten year anniversary of September 11, 2001 - we honor those we've lost:
Where were you on 9/11/01 when the Twin Towers fell, when the Pentagon was attacked, and when Flight 93 heroically crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania?
I was holed up for the night in a desert motel with my then-boyfriend, Bryan John, as we were driving from Texas to California. Our hearts broke as we watched the towers crumble one by one through the static of a cheap TV. "Wait a minute! I know people there!" was my first response. Only three months prior I was working as a journalist for a financial publication in Manhattan that had since moved to the South Tower. I left my beloved NYC when I was accepted into graduate school at UC-Irvine; my decision to move West protected me from being part of the 9-11 death toll. The sober realization that I was one of the lucky ones is still bittersweet.
I would love to hear your stories: Where were you? Did you lose anyone? Feel free to tell your story on facebook or below. . .
Where were you on 9/11/01 when the Twin Towers fell, when the Pentagon was attacked, and when Flight 93 heroically crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania?
I was holed up for the night in a desert motel with my then-boyfriend, Bryan John, as we were driving from Texas to California. Our hearts broke as we watched the towers crumble one by one through the static of a cheap TV. "Wait a minute! I know people there!" was my first response. Only three months prior I was working as a journalist for a financial publication in Manhattan that had since moved to the South Tower. I left my beloved NYC when I was accepted into graduate school at UC-Irvine; my decision to move West protected me from being part of the 9-11 death toll. The sober realization that I was one of the lucky ones is still bittersweet.
I would love to hear your stories: Where were you? Did you lose anyone? Feel free to tell your story on facebook or below. . .
May God Bless the families, friends, responders, co-workers and distant mourners of the fallen.
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