I was cooking lunch for my husband when it happened. I was listening to ER on TNT when suddenly there were planes crashing into a building and I walked into the living room wondering why the program had switched to another episode. There was no show, only reality. And yet, how unreal that this could be happening in the US, in New York City, of all places. Then the Pentagon and the plane crashing here in PA.
My dad was in the hospital that day, so a long drive to Tunkhannock with the radio relaying the news of dust and fires and the dead. For days, the tragedy of the towers was the only news. As a nation we were angry that this could happen. That an enemy, most of us weren't even aware of, could kill so many in such a short span of time.
And yet, life churned on, but never quite the same ever again. Not only had the skyline of NY changed forever, but the hearts and minds of the people in this country would never again take their safety for granted.
There have been many disasters since then that have turned the world as we know it upside down, but none with the nationwide, no, worldwide, impact of 9/11.
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