My annual 09/11 remembrance

It will never not be a core memory

I was there, but not there, on 09/11

Meaning: I was in NYC (on business), scheduled to head home on that day. but I was in a hotel midtown, far from the on-the-ground horror.

Obviously, I didn’t head home that day. I stayed in NY four more days before taking a pre-dawn several-hour cab ride to Philadelphia to make the journey. I experienced lots of little things…and a few years later, I write them out, moving from oral history to written record, so I would truly #neverforget.

Every year, I share my story, just one average person’s story, as my memorial to what was lost that day and the days that followed. [Click on each date to read the corresponding story.]

09/10/01:
22 years ago today I was thinking, “this is the best trip I’ve had to NYC in a while.”

09/11/23:
22 years ago today my bag was packed and sitting on my hotel bed…where it stayed for four more days

09/12/23:
22 years ago today I was one of many turned away at the blood donor station, and heard a cat’s meow that has haunted me ever since.

09/13/23:
22 years ago today I was starting to get starved for human contact.

09/15/23:
22 years ago today: Escape from New York

Thank you for remembering with me. And please share your story if so moved.