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I vowed I would not watch any of the news/television coverage of the anniversary events. I just didn't want to face it again ...
but this afternoon I had to go to the bank for personal business, and of course there was a TV on in there. When I finished my transaction at the teller window I stopped for a minute and watched it. They were discussing communication problems that day with the firemen, and one of the fire commissioners was saying how hard it was for him at one point to give the evacuation order to the firemen in the North Tower because the building was unsavable, knowing full well there were still hundreds or thousands of civilians trapped inside. Many firemen on the upper floors either didn't hear that order, or refused to evacuate in order to help civilians get out. Of course they perished. And in watching all of this I got all teary-eyed and had to walk out, on the verge of balling. Several people looked at me with knowing glances.

I still can't believe it happened. It was so huge, so catastrophic and unprecedented. And I'm proud to be a New Yorker.
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