19 years ago...
What a day... what news... what an impact...
I still remember where I was when I heard the news, in a shop in town, and I cycled home like an idiot to watch the rest on the telly. I'd heard of the 1st in the shop, was home when the 2nd hit...

Sending Love & Light to everyone who got hurt that day...

Amen.
Now, how to remove those scenes from one's mind..

Several of my students lost loved ones that day. I was in the teacher's lounge on a break period for both strikes. We all thought the first one was some sort of tragic pilot error. After the second one everything changed. Teaching the subsequent classes that day was a surreal experience. Breaking the news to students who were going about their normal day is something I cannot forget.

However, the thing that sticks most in my memory was seeing the smoke from 55 miles away for DAYS afterwards. That day had a direct impact on my life that resonates until this day.

One last thought. I wish the unity that happened in the aftermath could somehow resurface. Does there need to be another unspeakable horror to make that happen?

Amazing how you remember those moments and that day, isn't it? I remember phoning my husband right away who was at work, then the 2nd hit, then the other attempts... Just one shock after the other. Totally surreal.
I am glad I wasn't a teacher then as I can understand how difficult it must be to deal with your own shock and then theirs and then go through the day after that...

And unfortunately one disaster is not enough to create a lasting sense of one-ness. People's memories seem to be selective, which in a way is good, but a shame when it comes to lasting change.
You see the same thing after every disaster, the 7/7 bombing in London and many other cities in both UK and other countries, natural disasters, plane crashes and so on.
They all raise sympathy and one-ness but so far never lasting change.
So far the only change that has come out of it is the strict rulings and checks at airports etc.

Anywho, this day is for 9-11 and all who were lost or lost loved ones or otherwise impacted by it. Which are many, not only in the US. The whole Western world was hurting on 9-11.

I was living in Idaho Falls at the time and watched on tv. The next year, I was visiting New York City and saw the sight up close. They only allowed a few people at a time to get near.