It was my wife's birthday, and she was due to give birth to our first child in about two months. We were shattered - I felt physically sick to my stomach all week. What kind of world is this?
Being in a Manhattan bar a few years later, where NY police and firemen frequented, and to see the pictures on the wall, was heart-breaking. It was spooky seeing Ground Zero, and so many speechless people trying to make sense of it.
Now, the "truthers" make me sick.
http://videos.nymag.com/video/Paul-S...HVK4C21&t=Paul
Simon Performs 'The Boxer' on 'SNL' After 9/11
As Mayor Rudy Giuliani and members of the NYPD and NYFD look on
(I will never forget the expressions on their faces - the hurt, the resolve, the loss of innocence)