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`Arianne
(ToThink)

I just came across this post from @kirstenwright which is a song I love. Thanks Kirsten!

I was at the gym that day preparing to go to a hospital to do a presentation on team building when I heard the news.

Being from the Jersey / NYC area, we learn to ‘deal with things” and to forge forward in your day. Afterall, we had been attacked before in the early 90’s when they bombed the car park of the World Trade Towers.

But then… the trade towers came down, and life forever changed for all New Yorkers and all Americans.

That day was amazing to watch all Americans pull together, help each other cross the bridge by foot to get home, rides given to complete strangers – all in the effort to get back to their loved ones.

I was glued to my TV looking for my cousin, my mother-in-law or any face of a friend I’d recognize.

My close relatives were all ok. My cousin missed her train into the city that day b/c she kept “forgetting” something else on her walk to the train. Thank you God for fogging up her memory that day.

But the days and weeks and months that followed, reports of yet another memorial service came in from friends I said goodbye to back east when I moved to Hawaii on Oct 1st to start a new life.

I tell you – as many people who warned me of the dangers living in Hawaii before 9/11 were just as many who wanted to follow me here after that event that shook our lives forever.

Thanks for sharing your story & this post.

Keep up your great blog! I love connecting with you on Twitter.

I remember being shocked and numb. They let us go early from work (I still worked a corporate job), and I remember coming home and being G-L-U-E-D to the TV.

I was 7 months pregnant and after the shock wore off, I was just absolutely terrified about the world that my daughter was going to be born into – what would it look like?

I remember how they grounded planes for what seemed like eternity – and when they lifted the air ban, I actually would wince every time I heard a plane in the sky.

It’s amazing though, how the events brought us all together and I think on a deep level made us realize how connected we all really are. And every year, on the anniversary, that’s what I like to remember – that connection.

Thank you for sharing and remembering 9/11. We never think that we can be hurt but when an event like this occurs it makes such an impact. The fear, the loss and the tragedy no one was prepared for.

Having everyone share their memories is a nice way to connect and continue remembering that what happened to all of us is not something to forget.