On the fateful morning of September 11, 2001, I was a student at New York University commuting to class (hungover, but well, tuition is too expensive to actually miss class). When we heard something was happening at the World Trade Center, a friend and I started jogging down Broadway to see what was going on. We were a few blocks away when the first tower started crumbling down. We didn’t know what to do, how to help, or even what was really happening. We just wanted to do SOMETHING. We ended up helping a local store owner as he was distributing water to emergency workers and met a number of heroes that day. It was a day that changed how we, as Americans, felt. For a while, there was a sense of patriotism that had been missing for far too long. Sure, with time, that sense of unity has faded (whether as a result of our foreign policy or leftist agendas or our fickle nature, it could be a million different reasons).\u00a0 This anniversary, take a moment to remember where you were when you heard, how you felt, what you did. I know I will.<\/p>\n
Sorry, this post isn’t about NAR politics or how to better convert leads or the future of SEO, it is merely a random rambling from a Bloodhound. Mahalo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On the fateful morning of September 11, 2001, I was a student at New York University commuting to class (hungover, but well, tuition is too expensive to actually miss class). When we heard something was happening at the World Trade Center, a friend and I started jogging down Broadway to see what was going on. 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