By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Sun Sep 11, 2011 at 12:47:35 AM EST
Tags: 9-11-2001, 19 terrorists, 2977 confirmed dead, American Airlines Flight 11 at 8:46 a.m. EDT, World Trade Center North Tower, United Airlines Flight 175 at 9:03 a.m. EDT, World Trade Center South Tower, American Airlines Flight 77 at 9:37 a.m. EDT, Pentagon, 2 WTC at 9:59 a.m. EDT, United Airlines Flight 93 at 10:03 a.m. EDT, 1 WTC at 10:28 a.m. EDT, 7 WTC at 5:21 p.m. EDT, New York City, Arlington, Shanksville, SCATANA, ATC Zero, Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Yellow Ribbon, Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Mohammed Atta, 9-11 Commission, NIST and Purdue University, Tribute in Light, Reflecting Absence (all tags)
My father, who was old enough to fly P-51D Mustangs for the USAAF during World War 2, can remember exactly where he was and what he was doing when he heard about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Likewise, my elder brother (the only one of my siblings who is legitimately a baby boomer) can recall exactly where he was and what he was doing when he heard about the assassination of President Kennedy.
In the exact same vein, a certain September morning a decade ago is irremovably burned into my memory.
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