We were located in New Jersey, less than 10 miles as the crow flies from the World Trade center, on 9/11/01. There are only two days of my entire life that I pretty much remember every detail – the day I got married and 9/11.
I was minutes away from entering Manhattan from the Jersey side that morning when the first plane hit. Eleven people from our small town of 8,000 never came home again – one of them a neighbor from a few doors down. One thing I know, if I had not been a witness to this evil and arrogant, yes, arrogant, attack on America, I could not possibly now imagine what it could have been like.
I also know that many people in America, especially parts of our country far away from New York, view 9/11 as some weird tragic event that was totally unconnected to their own lives. But the terrorists themselves only viewed the World Trade Center and The Pentagon as symbols of America and the American people.
That’s why I’m glad to see that this flag has been saved and is being dedicated to the remembrance of the 9/11 attack on America.
Flag flies at WTC post office [The Associated Press]
An American flag that flew over the post office across from the World Trade Center was returned to ground zero Thursday during a rededication ceremony for the newly restored post office.
The flag, which was found in the rubble of the trade center after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack, will be mounted in the lobby of the post office at 90 Church St. as a memorial.
"This flag, covered with the dust and debris, became a symbol of hope — hope that this building would one day be restored to service — and hope that the people of New York and this nation would also be restored," said Postmaster General John Potter.
Potter presented the flag to station manager Lorenzo Richardson and postal union leaders.
The Church Street post office actually reopened Aug. 2, nearly three years after it was damaged in the attack that destroyed the twin towers.
The 15-story limestone building just north of ground zero was contaminated by asbestos, mercury and other substances. Workers had to demolish interior walls and replace some elevator parts to make the building safe again.