9/11: Re-Aired and Really Disappointing

[ras2883]

This morning, major news network MSNBC re-aired The Today Show's original coverage of the September 11 attacks, which were broadcast in full, in real time, and without commercials. It was as if 9/11 was happening all over again

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[tomwalker]

As odd as it will sound, the rebroadcast made me very nostalgic for Fall of 2001 in a lot of ways

[ras2883]

It's interesting to me that our experiences after 9/11 are opposites. That year, my first year in college, was one of the best years of my life.

As for the day itself, I have three memories:

1. I stopped briefly in the lobby on the way to my 9:30 Repp class. The burning Towers were on the TV, and several of the van drivers were watching the coverage. I remember thinking "that's not good" and going to Butterfield. I was the only one in class, excluding Repp, who knew what had happened.

2. I came back to Shafer. The Towers had fallen, and I sat in the now-crowded lobby with Pudlak, and we bonded for the first time because we both knew somebody at NYU and hoped they were OK.

3. This memory is less vivid, but I remember calling my mother crying because "my city [had] been destroyed."

[tomwalker]

Thanks for this posting Rachel, I've been wondering what you thought... how does New York feel today?... i think about you lots,
and i miss your sarcasm---Jill

[ras2883]

Jill,

It was a very foggy and stormy day in the city, actually, so I didn't leave the house until 9 p.m., when we went to a nearby park to try and see the memorial lights at the opposite end of the island. The weather then was very tense and almost Halloween-like, (a front was moving in) and the wind was strong and the air was cool. I've never felt lonely or "afraid" in the city, but last night I did (even though I was with Aaron). I don't know if to attribute it to the weather or to the specific day. Perhaps a bit of both.

I hope all's well in Texas. Keep in touch.

[tomwalker]

My first semester of college was my best, don't get me wrong. I was surrounded by friends, music, good food and I could travel wherever and whenever I wanted.

Haven't had that since. Doubt I ever will.

Dobler.