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I remember clearly the day 7 years ago, where I was, what was going on and the feelings that we all shared staring at the TV in our basement office of the hospital where I worked.Today, 7 years ago my feelings are much the same yet different. In 2001 I didn’t know anyone in NY and although it was real I was still removed from the full extent of the tragedy. Now, it seems so much more real and a different connection. I have a friend now that was there the day it happened and have talked with her about the struggles she has faced with the memories. Also, now working for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. it changes things. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. had offices on the 88th and 89th floors of the South Tower (second to be hit) and the company lost 67 people (60% of the company). The President of the company lost his son, and so many in the company lost people they knew and worked with, to them these people were people they knew.
I took time today to participate in the company wide moment of silence at 9:03 today, the time when the second plane hit. After that I went to stand in the conference room of our office to look at the capital building with the flag flying at half mast. How can I not take a moment to look our remembrance wall in our office that shows pictures and shares the names of each KBW employee that was lost.
Today will go on for each of us much the same way. I am grateful for the perspectives I have gained and for the opportunity to think and remember all that were lost 7 years ago. I hope as my children grow they will be able to learn of this day, a day marked in history as tragic but also as a time that we all came together in prayer and strength. I hope today we can reflect and remember the things in our life that are the most important and precious.
If you have some time, go to www.kbw.com and go to the 9/11 section and read about just a few lives that were lost on 9/11/01.
