Our sense of safety melted. Anxiety rose. Distrust. Suspicion. A sad chain of events. I so miss the world back in the days when we could afford to be naïve. Wishing you well.
The loss suffered by friends and family of the fallen are echoed in the sense of loss by not only the American people but all right thinking peoples around the world
I called my parents, living in Oregon at the time, they didn't have the tv on. They turned it on and my Dad said, "This will change everything." xoxo :-)
At the time, I lived in Jersey City, 3 blocks from the Hudson River. When I opened my door to the street and looked south I could see the left side of Lady Liberty, looking to the east. Who could imagine I'd have an apartment where I could actually see the statue from my front window?!
When I stepped out on the side walk and turned left the Twin Towers were right in front of me, across the river. Before it happened I would walk the 3 blocks to the river and tell myself I had the best view of Manhattan that anyone in Manhattan could wish for. Oh, the way it looked at night!
And then it was gone.
I think of the handsome guy who was on the Path train from WTC at rush hour one afternoon who was sitting and using his stylus to play a game on his phone while I stood next to him and watched. And the others on the same train who one day maybe wouldn't make it home one day in September.
What happened twenty years ago I believe had the same impact of epochal events as the fall of Rome, when in 410, it was brutally sacked by the Visigoths, after an inviolability that lasted eight hundred years. And I think everyone remembers where he was and what he was doing when he heard and saw what was happening in the USA on September 11, 2001.
I always like your insight Xersex. It was a day for sure. And while I was at work that morning and no where near NYC, still lived in Harrisburg then, I can still remember everything unfolding so vividly like it was yesterday. Our store never even opened that day, because I think we were all is such shock a plane hit, but never thought the building would come down, let alone. a second plane...and then the towers did collapse, and then the pentagon and then Flight 93, which for a time, we didn't know what it was going to hit, then went down..it was a lot.
The idea that people in the US seem to have that this country is invulnerable always makes me cringe. Far from it. NYC especially has been sacked multiple times. Folks don't remember the previous ones. We should never forget attacks on our country. Hope you had a lovely time at The Woods.
Our sense of safety melted. Anxiety rose. Distrust. Suspicion. A sad chain of events. I so miss the world back in the days when we could afford to be naïve. Wishing you well.
ReplyDeleteThe loss suffered by friends and family of the fallen are echoed in the sense of loss by not only the American people but all right thinking peoples around the world
ReplyDeleteThink of all the significant History we all have witnessed and lived through (gosh...).
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Everything. Changed.
ReplyDeleteHard to believe it's been 20 years already.
ReplyDeleteI called my parents, living in Oregon at the time,
ReplyDeletethey didn't have the tv on. They turned it on
and my Dad said, "This will change everything."
xoxo :-)
Great photo, very powerful
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on and stay safe
At the time, I lived in Jersey City, 3 blocks from the Hudson River. When I opened my door to the street and looked south I could see the left side of Lady Liberty, looking to the east. Who could imagine I'd have an apartment where I could actually see the statue from my front window?!
ReplyDeleteWhen I stepped out on the side walk and turned left the Twin Towers were right in front of me, across the river. Before it happened I would walk the 3 blocks to the river and tell myself I had the best view of Manhattan that anyone in Manhattan could wish for. Oh, the way it looked at night!
And then it was gone.
I think of the handsome guy who was on the Path train from WTC at rush hour one afternoon who was sitting and using his stylus to play a game on his phone while I stood next to him and watched. And the others on the same train who one day maybe wouldn't make it home one day in September.
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Brian...thank you so much for your moving recount. I cant even imagine the scene you saw unfold. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteThank you for sharing, Brian.
DeleteLiving in Manhattan at the time, it was scary as hell. I some days still can't believe this all happened.
ReplyDeleteAll my friends who lived there....including yourself...I couldn't even imagine.
DeleteHow can anyone forget. And what a poignant, remarkably stirring picture.
ReplyDeleteOne of my all time favorite photos of the Twin Towers.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe it's been 20 years already. I left the US the next year for the Netherlands.
What happened twenty years ago I believe had the same impact of epochal events as the fall of Rome, when in 410, it was brutally sacked by the Visigoths, after an inviolability that lasted eight hundred years. And I think everyone remembers where he was and what he was doing when he heard and saw what was happening in the USA on September 11, 2001.
ReplyDeleteI always like your insight Xersex. It was a day for sure. And while I was at work that morning and no where near NYC, still lived in Harrisburg then, I can still remember everything unfolding so vividly like it was yesterday. Our store never even opened that day, because I think we were all is such shock a plane hit, but never thought the building would come down, let alone. a second plane...and then the towers did collapse, and then the pentagon and then Flight 93, which for a time, we didn't know what it was going to hit, then went down..it was a lot.
DeleteThe idea that people in the US seem to have that this country is invulnerable always makes me cringe. Far from it. NYC especially has been sacked multiple times. Folks don't remember the previous ones. We should never forget attacks on our country.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a lovely time at The Woods.
I have long said the same thing. And I don't think that will be the last attack on this soil either.
DeleteAlways a good reminder. Always.
ReplyDeleteXOXO