Episode 126 - Remembering 911

Do you remember where you were and what you were doing?

The picture associated with this podcast episode shows exactly where I was standing on September 11, 2001 at 9:37 a.m. This picture was taken approximately between 9:45 a.m. - 9:59 a.m. because at first there was no smoke.

I'm one of the lucky ones.

I was supposed to be walking on the sidewalk right at the Pentagon crash site at that moment, but I was delayed about 15 minutes when I turned on the tv to see what all the commotion was about in New York.

My life was spared. Others lives were not.

Some years I don't spend more than a minute thinking about that day.

This year is not one of them. Against my desire, it suddenly hit me that I wanted to delve into some of the memories and emotions of that day and the year that followed (e.g. remember the anthrax attacks and then the snipper all part of the Washington DC experience in 2001 - 2002).

This episode was recorded spur of the moment this week after I read an old journal entry and blogpost that I decided to share. And, I tuned in to watch a funeral of a family friend that worked very hard a a dispatcher these past few years which somehow brought to the forefront gratitude and emotions surrounding those that are constantly seeking to protect, serve, and help all the rest of us on a daily basis.

As I share in this episode, in the 30 minutes before the Pentagon was hit I had an overwhelming feeling that I would remember that day for the rest of my life.

Twenty years later, that feeling continues to prove true.

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