Today, Tuesday, September 11th is definitely a day to remember and honor those who lost their lives... I remember parts of that day clearly. It was also a Tuesday. That morning I was at work in a meeting with my supervisor as she talked about planning a conference in the Washington, DC metro area. As she talked she mentioned that maybe she should hold off her plans for a bit because of what had happened. She realized by my lack of reaction, that I did not know what was going on. She actually suggested I go to our big conference room and see for myself and I did. I was shocked. I was not sure if the world, our world was coming to an end (like America is under attack) or what. I watched for a few minutes, completely stunned. I to promptly called a few family members and friends to inform them (if they had not already heard) what was going on in New York. A few had not heard. That night I was teaching, the first night of a night session and my students alarmed me with their level of apathy (or maybe they were in shock). I actually informed them early on that I would be letting them out earlier in light of what had happened earlier that day and that I too (like many other Americans) wanted to rush home and hear the president's address to the nation.
Anyways that was a really surreal day, not to be repeated but definitely to be remembered.
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