Not just another Tuesday

There’s recently been some debate in NY around the appropriateness of continuing to have elaborate 9/11 memorial services. There isn't a clear answer. The effects of 9/11 remain very real for many people. No matter how/if you choose to commemorate the attacks, 9/11 is still a day when almost 3000 people died, including 2750 people at the World Trade Center. It's still a day NYC took a couple of huge kicks to the ribs and America lost some of its naivete.

I worry that we haven’t changed our processes enough as a result of 9/11, and that the country is still quite vulnerable to more terrorist attacks. But that’s another blog post.

For now, I pause to remember that day 6 years ago, and all the people whose lives ended so tragically.

Memorial outside my neighborhood firehouse for 2 of its firefighters who died on 9/11.