This is extremely important for your California audience to hear. Although many of us had tragic connections to the flights and New York, many more did not, and I think sometimes we think that talking about it sounds performative if it wasn’t something we lived. Of course all Americans experienced 9/11, but not with the specificity that you’re talking about. But what you ask, to remember the names and tell the stories, is something we have to do, out of respect and to keep these people living in all of our memories.
I held my emotional ground for the most part that day in LA while watching the events unfold 3000 miles away. It was brutal to observe from afar, just unbelievably sad, but I knew damned well every New Yorker was going through a total horror-show, one that wasn't going to end anytime soon.
But that night -- or maybe the next -- I was watching the PBS News Hour when they broadcast a clip from Britain of the Royal Guard outside Buckingham Palace playing the Star Spangled Banner ... and that's when I lost it. Totally.
Our first (and, at the time, only) child was 13 months old when it happened. I was here in Orange County as all this unfolded, and I wrote a letter to our toddler that night, which I’ve shared with the kids as they grew up.
This is extremely important for your California audience to hear. Although many of us had tragic connections to the flights and New York, many more did not, and I think sometimes we think that talking about it sounds performative if it wasn’t something we lived. Of course all Americans experienced 9/11, but not with the specificity that you’re talking about. But what you ask, to remember the names and tell the stories, is something we have to do, out of respect and to keep these people living in all of our memories.
Remember them always…
"Never Forget" 🙏🏾🇺🇸
I held my emotional ground for the most part that day in LA while watching the events unfold 3000 miles away. It was brutal to observe from afar, just unbelievably sad, but I knew damned well every New Yorker was going through a total horror-show, one that wasn't going to end anytime soon.
But that night -- or maybe the next -- I was watching the PBS News Hour when they broadcast a clip from Britain of the Royal Guard outside Buckingham Palace playing the Star Spangled Banner ... and that's when I lost it. Totally.
I still get choked up when I think of that.
❤️🩹🇺🇸❤️🩹
Our first (and, at the time, only) child was 13 months old when it happened. I was here in Orange County as all this unfolded, and I wrote a letter to our toddler that night, which I’ve shared with the kids as they grew up.