09/11/2021
20 Years...
This is probably one of the first pictures I took, shortly after I found an interest in photography. For me, the Towers always represented NYC, and were always there during my youth. Coming out of subways, I used them to find direction, and used to meet friends there as a meeting spot. When I was growing up, I took them for granted. On that day, as I watched them fall I said goodbye to two childhood "friends." Today we mourn their loss, the loss of the lives we experienced that day and our innocence.
From Obama's Tweet today - "For Michelle and me, the enduring image of that day is not simply falling towers or smoldering wreckage. It’s the firefighters running up the stairs as others were running down. The passengers deciding to storm a cockpit, knowing it could be their final act. The volunteers showing up at recruiters’ offices across the country in the days that followed, willing to put their lives on the line.
Over the last 20 years, we’ve seen the same courage and selflessness on display again and again. We saw it a decade ago when, after years of persistence, our military brought justice to Osama bin Laden. And we’re seeing it today — in the doctors and nurses, bone tired, doing what they can to save lives; the servicemembers, some of whom weren’t even born 20 years ago, putting themselves at risk to save Americans and help refugees find a better life; the first responders battling roaring fires and rising waters to bring families to safety. They represent what is best in America, and what can and should bring us together.
9/11 reminded us how so many Americans give of themselves in extraordinary ways — not just in moments of great crisis, but every single day. Let’s never forget that, and let’s never take them for granted. " - Barack Obama
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