Monday, September 12, 2011

A Small Tribute

Ten years ago yesterday started as a typical fall day for me, early in my senior year of high school.  We first heard the news about the attacks on the World Trade Center in Mrs. Weissberg's English class, I think.  I remember it being confusing and shocking, but not quite scary.  It wasn't real at that point, not until we watched the towers come down in a plume of dust in NRHS' smokestack area.

Seeing pictures still gives me a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach -- so no customary image to lead off this post.  But I know I was lucky.  The tragedy avoided me, my family and the closest circles of our friends.  Its impact on me at what already seemed like a very significant time in my life remained abstract.  And with the slow turning of the decade since then, it doesn't feel like I've lived through the changes that have so clearly taken place across the world.

Without any more words to add, here's my small tribute to the memory of what happened ten years ago:


And a slightly bigger tribute...

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