What were you doing on 9/11?

I was at a lawyers office with my soon to be ex husband when the first tower was hit.

Went home and watched the news and watch all the reports I could, and saw the second tower hit. Then saw Building #7 be demolished too!

We lived in Battery Park City, which was in the shadow of the World Trade Center for the first 18 months of Edward’s life, 1989-91. He took his first escalator ride in 1 WTC the day of this pic. We will never forget his wide eyed awe from the moving stairs. Fast forward to 2001. We had just moved to RI from Mt. Vernon, NY. Edward was in 7th grade, new school,. All schools were on lockdown and in his school, they put on the TV. I would say that Edward was probably the only child who spent his first 2 years in Battery Park City, and one of a handful who knew exactly where the buildings stood. My Mom was living in Greenwhich Village on East 10th Street, far enough away from the tip of Manhattan, but her windows were facing South. The wind was blowing North and she received many frantic calls that morning to keep her windows closed. When we went to pick up Edward at school, he insisted on calling Grandma. All he could say was, ‘Grandma are you okay are you okay are you okay?’🥹😥😭