Going to work today will feel odd because the weather reminds me so much of 2001. Gorgeous blue skies. Not quite summer anymore, but also not yet fall. The weather is one of my strong memories from 2001. The other memory concerns later in the day. We knew a horrific act of terrorism had been carried out that killed thousands of people. And yet on the Upper West Side where we were living a the time it didn’t feel entirely real as we saw much of it on television. I am experiencing that sensatio...

Going to work today will feel odd because the weather reminds me so much of 2001. Gorgeous blue skies. Not quite summer anymore, but also not yet fall. The weather is one of my strong memories from 2001. The other memory concerns later in the day. We knew a horrific act of terrorism had been carried out that killed thousands of people. And yet on the Upper West Side where we were living a the time it didn’t feel entirely real as we saw much of it on television. I am experiencing that sensatio...

Three years ago we went as a family to the 9/11 memorial which at the time was still surrounded by a fence. The museum had not yet opened. This year in June, when my mother was visiting from Germany, I went with her to the museum. I did not realize before entering that the museum extends underground around the reflecting pools and exposes the foundations of the Twin Towers as well as the bathtub wall. The museum provides a striking contrast between its cavernous underground space and the inte...

Three years ago we went as a family to the 9/11 memorial which at the time was still surrounded by a fence. The museum had not yet opened. This year in June, when my mother was visiting from Germany, I went with her to the museum. I did not realize before entering that the museum extends underground around the reflecting pools and exposes the foundations of the Twin Towers as well as the bathtub wall. The museum provides a striking contrast between its cavernous underground space and the inte...