Standing outside of the Homewood Suites on Grand Avenue, watching downtown Chicago evacuate as quickly and as orderly as possible, as everyone was concerned that what was then the Sears Tower was another target. Most of the rest of that day was spent in front of the TV, same as other folks, with a quick trip to the Rock Bottom Brewery in the evening for a soft pretzel in what seemed like a ghost town.
[And yes, I know I tell this story every year around this time ... but like the Challenger explosion for my generation ... and the Kennedy assassination for the generation before that ... and Pearl Harbor for the generation before that generation ... and the stock market crash for the generation before that generation before that generation ... etc. etc.... it's all part of the healing and processing process.]
I went looking for a photo in the google to accompany tonight's post and I found this quote that appears in the museum (... and then I went looking for a link and stumbled on how it's actually more controversial than intended): "No day shall erase you from the memory of time."
Seems on point to me, despite the literary brouhaha.
BACKGROUND ON THE ALAN JACKSON SONG:
http://y108.cbslocal.com/2011/09/11/the-story-behind-the-song-where-were-you-when-the-world-stopped-turning/
BACKGROUND ON HOW THE QUOTE ENDED UP BEING CONTROVERSIAL:
http://www.businessinsider.com/911-memorial-virgil-quote-2014-9
A COLLECTION OF 9.11 QUOTES:
http://trendpictures.net/tag/remember-9-11-quotes
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