I woke up to a quiet apartment on Sept 11th, with a little baby boy nestled in bed with me. I lazily stretched, and the boy open his eyes to smile at me. I patted his blond head and smiled as he closed his eyes again.<\/p>\n
As I carried him to the car to head to Grandma’s to drop him off, I could sense unease with the day. As I started the car, the radio started up, but instead of music, panic and confused voices were emanating from my speakers.<\/p>\n
“a plane has crashed into the side of one of the towers….”<\/p>\n
As I drove, I could feel silence in the world. Other drivers were all staring at their radio’s, or just looking blankly into the air. It felt like a world full of zombies.<\/p>\n
As I entered Grandma’s house to drop off the little boy, I saw the images on her TV for the first time. Grandma could barely speak, and I had to hug her to keep her from falling on the floor. The destruction and mayhem was too much to comprehend.<\/p>\n
As I arrived at work, I went straight to my girlfriend and we just sat and stared at the news on the television. We held hands and cried as the towers fell.<\/p>\n
I left work with her after only a few hours. We wanted our little family to be together, as if it may be the last time.<\/p>\n
Nine years later. A day that I will always remember with sadness for the loss of life, and also for the bravery of those few that saved so many. I was in NYC in 2008 and saw the memorial the city built to honor those that lost their lives that day. I then went the the firehouse station that was the closest to the World Trade Center,( most of the fireman at the station perished) which I tried to capture in this little clip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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