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Nine years ago

by Bryan Strawser · Sep 11, 2010

Six years ago, I wrote a longish essay about 9/11. It was titled Remember.

In it, I think I said everything that I ever wanted to say about the events of that day:

In the end, I think we all have the responsibility to remember what happened that day – to us – to our fellow man – here in our own country.

A few weeks ago, while having coffee with a peer in Minneapolis, our conversation steered towards the impact of September 11th on our lives – both personally and professionally.

She pulled out her PDA – tapped on it a few times – and spun it around so that I could read it.

It was her calendar – turned to September 11th, 2004 – and it showed just one word:

Remember

Nine years later, as the sun rises on an early morning in Paris, France, I still remember…

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