My September 11 Memories

***This is a repost from 4 years ago. ***

I thought my post from the other day would be enough for me, but with my kids asking questions while we are watching the football game I feel like making a post.  Instead of the normal paragraph form, I'm just going to list out random thoughts that I'm having...

• No I never worked in the WTC and in fact the first time I even ventured into the Path Station was probably in the mid-90s
• No I didn't know anyone that was there that day
• When I joined CSFBdirect and had my office "downsized" I chose a cube by the window because at least when my AT&T friends called me I could say I had the greatest view in the world
• WTC became my beacon when I finally came out of the covered roadway after being stuck in traffic on my way to the Holland Tunnel
• I absolutely loved heading over to WTC during lunch to browse the Border's Book Store
• For some reason, I still carry a Hale and Hearty Soup frequent buyer card in my wallet, punched last on 9/7 at the kiosk that used to be in front of the Path
• I was supposed to have a meeting the morning of 9/11 in AOL's lower Manhattan offices that was canceled the day before - I still keep the copy of my calendar from that week
• We used to go for drinks in Moran's some times after work even though it had over priced drinks
• My last time through (9/7) I was in a hurry and didn't stop by the Warner Brother's Store to pick my son up a stuffed Bugs Bunny; 5 years later I don't let time get in the way any more
• My wife had a doctor's visit to determine whether she was pregnant (which she was); that still creeps me out when you hear about all of the people that didn't know they were pregnant that day and lost someone  
• My last normal time in NYC was watching the ladies US Open Final between the Williams sisters on 9/9; I haven't watched tennis live since then
• It helped me to write down what little things changed that day so I could remember what it was like before 9/11

PardonMyFrench,

Eric

P.S. 2010 update.   I think a lot of folks have wiped from their memory how horrific these attacks were.  So I added this photo from my own personal collection of pictures. As you can read above, I worked right across the river and a week after the attacks I was down at Ground Zero while everything was still burning; 9 years later I can still see the flames, the smoke and remember the smell 

Comments

[peter goldstein]

I don't think I'll ever forget the smell. great thoughts

[scoremore]

many innocent people lost their life's, and we will always remember that day and pray for their souls, and pray that this will never happen again...so sad because most of the firemen and policemen that went into that building to save people, now have cancer because of the things that were released into the air from the plane...