The Day I Became a New Yorker

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I've been struggling with this post.  9/11 was one of the most difficult experiences I've ever had.  And it's been 10 years.  What could I say that hasn't been said?   But as I'm watching the images on the television that resurface every year on CNN tonight, the memories of the day are flooding into my mind like a tsunami.  It was the single most terrifying day of my life, one that changed everything as we know it.  But it was also the day I became a New Yorker. I say that because I'm not a born and bred New Yorker, but you'd never know it if … [Read more...]