9-11-01

I was 18 and 3 weeks into my freshman year of college.

I was born and bred New Yorker.

I was majoring broadcast journalism.

I truly experienced an instant loss of innocence watching those towers fall in my tiny dorm room tv.

I now live less than 5 miles from the Pentagon.

I’ve read the names and dates on each of the benches at the hauntingly beautiful Pentagon Memorial.

Not a day goes by when I don’t remember that two cities I love were dramatically changes on many level by the events of that day.

My thoughts are with the family and friends of all those who were lost or injured that day.

And I have immense gratitude toward our first responders who are heroic, brave, and selfless every single day.