That frantic 9/11 day!

I have watched through a window a world that has fallen.

– W. H. Auden It has been twenty four years since terrorists attacked the Twin Towers in New York City. I was there last week to commemorate this terrible event in America’s history.

The date, 9/11, turned into the frantic dialing of 911. A surreal feeling of shock and helplessness enveloped me back then as I watched the day’s events unfold. A friend called at home a little after 8 a.m. central time to tell me about the first plane crashing into the World Trade Center. Like millions of Americans, I turned on my television set just in time to see the second plane hit the second tower.