Never forget ❤️
9/11/01 was my freshman year of college. I was a recently minted 18 year old from Long Island, NY. My parents and I had just crossed the bridge to CT less than 3 weeks earlier to drop me off at college and I remember taking in the skyline one last time before my college journey began. Little did I know this would be the last time I saw the towers.
My college community pulled together that day and I believe that day really connected me to my university. So many of us were from the greater NYC area. Thankfully I didn’t know anyone personally who passed, but many in my wider circle lost loved ones.
I remember my Dad coming to get me the weekend after 9/11, crossing that same bridge and seeing ground zero still smoking in the distance. For so many years 9/11 was a New York event for me, however moving to the DC area in 2012, I gained a new perspective. In the years since, I’ve been to all 3 memorial sites, each unique and powerful. Today I remember all who died that day and all those who lost loved ones that day or as a result of that day ❤️
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