Monday 11 September 2006
9/11 remembered
5 years ago I like others around the world watched in utter disbelief events that unravelled in New York. The events of that day had quite an impact on me. I had spent some time in 2 World Trade Center, and came close to actually working there in 1996. 176 of my colleagues, some of whom I knew well lost their lives that morning trying to escape my companies offices between the 98th and 105th floor.
Yesterday I was in that vibrant city and its still hard to believe the magnitude of what happened that dreadful day, even though growing up and working in London I knew all to well about the threat of terrorism.
The downtown area has changed dramatically since 9/11, what was once an area of eagerness and hustle and bustle, it now has an erie feel to it as pieces of rubbish get blown across the gaping 16 acre hole of a terrible reminder, but like Londoners, New Yorkers have resilience in spades, plenty of which I saw yesterday walking around that great city. ¶ 11:29
5 years ago I like others around the world watched in utter disbelief events that unravelled in New York. The events of that day had quite an impact on me. I had spent some time in 2 World Trade Center, and came close to actually working there in 1996. 176 of my colleagues, some of whom I knew well lost their lives that morning trying to escape my companies offices between the 98th and 105th floor.Yesterday I was in that vibrant city and its still hard to believe the magnitude of what happened that dreadful day, even though growing up and working in London I knew all to well about the threat of terrorism.
The downtown area has changed dramatically since 9/11, what was once an area of eagerness and hustle and bustle, it now has an erie feel to it as pieces of rubbish get blown across the gaping 16 acre hole of a terrible reminder, but like Londoners, New Yorkers have resilience in spades, plenty of which I saw yesterday walking around that great city. ¶ 11:29
