The woman told her story with such clarity that she could have been speaking of something that was just experienced.
The details, the guts of any compelling story, had the ring of a yarn told and retold over the years. She spoke of her remembrances of September 10, 2001.
I was on my way home from work yesterday and had tuned in to NPR and caught their All Things Considered program: “The Day Before America Was Interrupted: Nine People Recall Sept. 10, 2001”
A man from Omaha, Nebraska was next. His story was just as detailed.
For those who lived through the horrors of September 11TH, the memories of that day are indelible. The chronology of 9/11 – where we were, who we were with, and what we felt at each point of that dreadful day are vividly replayed in our minds, especially when the sad anniversary nears.
Buy what about the day before?
As I listened, I strained to recall my “day before”. I could think of nothing. I realized that I had absolutely no memory of September 10TH. It’s funny how the mind works. It’s as if the immense sorrow of 9/11 has commandeered the available space of my brain for that period of time.
This is a three year old video that was recorded on a cheap webcam, so the image is grainy. Seven years after the attacks, I spoke of what I remembered about that day. I made no references to September 10TH.
Ten years later, what do you remember about the day before?
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