To the Editor

7th

anniversary

of 9/11

To the Editor:

It's hard to believe that it has been 25 years since the 9/11 attack. It was a day I'll never forget and more than just ‘something on the news.’

I was living and working in the Washington, DC, area on 9/11, though I grew up in New Jersey, just a few miles from Manhattan. My parents knew I was flying that day, so when I realized what was happening I tried to call them repeatedly, hitting ‘redial’ for over an hour and a half. Obviously, the communications trunk lines in and out of the New York City area were saturated, but I finally got through to my paren...