9/11: A Twenty Year Memorial: (The World Trade Center Mosque redux)
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On September 11, 2001, I was packing my bags and headed out of my parents' house in the southern New England suburbs of New York City, to go out West and begin college. In the aftermath of the tragic events of the day, it became known to me, I had lost in the ashes and rubble, three acquaintances, all from my hometown: the older brother of the freckled skinny kid I used to babysit for; one female friend's stepfather; and one friend's--one year my elder--father. This is in remembrance of all the roughly 3,000 souls lost that day.
9/11: A Twenty Year Memorial: (The World Trade Center Mosque redux)
9/11: A Twenty Year Memorial: (The World…
9/11: A Twenty Year Memorial: (The World Trade Center Mosque redux)
On September 11, 2001, I was packing my bags and headed out of my parents' house in the southern New England suburbs of New York City, to go out West and begin college. In the aftermath of the tragic events of the day, it became known to me, I had lost in the ashes and rubble, three acquaintances, all from my hometown: the older brother of the freckled skinny kid I used to babysit for; one female friend's stepfather; and one friend's--one year my elder--father. This is in remembrance of all the roughly 3,000 souls lost that day.