It was a severe clear day and I marveled at the spectacular view of the twin towers that morning from the center of the Throgs Neck Bridge which I took to work on Long Island every day. I never made it home that night.
2 mornings later, that same vantage point provided a view of the smoldering rubble and the smoke that was blowing in my direction filling my lungs with an acrid burning smell.
Forget?....it would not be possible to ever forget that heinous cowardly act that took the lives of so many of our fellow countrymen.
I just wish we could recapture that spirit of unity, civility and patriotism we all experienced in the following weeks and months instead of the rabid individualism and lack of respect that is dividing our country today!!
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Denis in NJ
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