I Remember

Photo by Bill O'Leary / Washington Post

I remember that it is was a Tuesday. It seemed like any other Tuesday. But it wasn't. It was a day that would change the world.

I remember the crisp, cloudless, crystal, bright blue sky that morning.

I remember watching the unbelievable scenes on TV with colleagues.

I remember finally reaching my family because the phones weren't working right away.

I remember the eerie three plus hour drive to get home.

I remember the voice of my best friend when I finally reached her.

I remember thinking that we would know people who had lost loved ones.

I remember we had just moved in to our house the weekend before.

I remember watching TV the rest of the day with friends.

I remember the scenes on TV from the Pentagon and Shanksville, PA.

I remember watching the head of Cantor Fitzgerald weep over the loss of so many employees and friends.

I remember seeing on TV the signs posted on lamp posts seeking news on loved ones lost.

I remember every time I visit our headquarters that is right across from where the World Trade Center Towers stood.

I remember the 11 employees I never knew, but were lost that day.

To all the families who were impacted on that day, seven years ago, I remember.

Also see Eleven Tears and In Remembrance