Nine-Eleven Remembered

To have lived through a catastrophic event of dire danger inevitably produces personal recollections of a time and place in history in which one was either a firsthand or secondhand spectator, if not a victim, of an immediate transformative disaster, the anniversary dates of which prompt recollection. In the case of the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, New York City itself remains emblematic of a nation imperiled by an ideology given expression through terrorism. Having watched at a lofty distance and then taken stock among the scattered coteries of shocked citizens who, like me, were finding solace in the balm of nature within its green heart, I was prompted this year to write a narrative of what I experienced on that terrible day. READ MORE >