Thank you. This is needed every year. Gd knows the mainstream media won’t relive that day. We need to.
By 6:20 NY time FReepers were already calling it bin Laden.
The officials shut down the bridges and tunnels so I couldn't take the bus back home. I hitched a ride with a colleague who drove in...we drove north through the Bronx and took the Tappan Zee Bridge back to NJ. As we drove over the bridge and looked back toward Manhattan, we saw a formation of what appeared to be F-14s flying toward the City. Manhattan looked like a cloud was emanating from its depths, and with the F-14s flying overhead it looked like a monster movie. Truly horrible.
A few months later when you could get a close look, I walked to see "the Pit." What struck me was the looks on the faces of EVERYONE walking back from the former WTC site: mostly people had incredible sorrow in their eyes and tears streaming down their faces, while a few looked just dazed. And then...there were those who had this look of anger I'll never forget. Not just your average anger. I mean ANGER, sometimes mixed with resolve. It didn't matter if the person I saw was black or white or whatever, in a suit or rags, EVERYONE waking back was moved.
It doesn't matter where I am or the DoodleBob family members are each anniversary. We always remember. Requiescat in pace