Like most, my 9/11/01 day was spent far away from NYC but my mom called to be sure I was watching live TV and saw the 2nd plane hit and then the towers fall. At the time I worked for several startup companies (all sponsored by IQT that "Q" has directed us to) that then became the first gen of technologies transformed to homeland defense. By the time I got to the office we knew what we needed to do but also pondered what could we possibly. While on one company trip I went to Ground Zero ... at the time most of the debris had been cleared but they were removing the fallen via the ramp while the fires still raged below ground ... and you've no doubt heard about the long remaining smell (a combination of old cement dust, burned up electrical wiring & death)
While I was extremely active during the Clinton impeachment era, I lurked but didn't actively post much on FR during that time and I didn't tell anybody about anything for 8 years. But, in the years since, I've made a point of telling folks that what I remember most from that experience was:
As you came out of the pit you came across St. Paul's Cathedral, a tiny colonial era church. Aside from a severed tree in the courtyard and some broken tiles on the roof ... it was barely touched. Everything else was gone.
You will remember this was the location where mementos were placed on the fence of the church as tributes to the fallen and since presented as exhibit in the memorial.
A believer since long before then, but I've never seen a greater testament to the powers of good and evil.
I live in CA & have not been back to NYC or DC since that time.
NEVER FORGET.
WWG1WGA! :)
https://www.911memorial.org/blog/remembering-%E2%80%98-little-chapel-stood%E2%80%99
IT'S TIME. RELEASE THE HOUNDS!