It's Been 11 Years

I had friends as high up as the 51st floor, good friends who were beneath the towers when the first plane hit, dear friends who were driving by when the assault occurred. All of them found ways out of their predicaments to safety. I had Hatzolah friends who were trapped for hours in debris before rescue and more who fought through oxygen-starving smoke as they battled their way out of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and into a new nightmare. So many people lost so many loved ones, but every person I know survived 9/11. I am grateful for that today.