September 11th: Four Years Later
September 11, 2005 
Today marks four years since the terrorist attacks of September 11th.
As many of you know, I was attending NYU at the time and saw the whole tragedy unfold from my dorm room window in Union Square.
It’s weird to be four years after that day looking back. At the time, I can remember wondering if I’d get four days away from it. Now it’s four years later somehow.
I was forever changed that day, seeing all that destruction firsthand, feeling a fear and dread not only immediately, but for weeks following, that I had never felt before. But then there was my family and my friends surrounding me at NYU who became a source of support in coping with what had happened. I’ll always be thankful for that.
I have many memories associated with September 2001, most of which I won’t go into today, but which I remember very clearly. I’ll never forget what happened that day.
Like the past three years, I’ll be returning to Ground Zero today to again photograph the people who return to the site and also the progress made in rebuilding and memorializing. There has been much improvement there and I hope to publish a comparison of the levels of progress from year to year at the site sometime in the future.
I’ll also be going to reflect on all the feelings I still experience about that day and what I and the City went through and to remember Scott Bart, a family friend that we lost that blue-skied September day.
I won’t be there to see the Towers of Light tribute at night, but I’m really happy they’re doing it again this year. I’d love to see some photos at the lights’ new location this year if any of you get some good shots. (Edit: Tien has a good photo here.)
RELATED: I found these various blog posts interesting concerning September 11th, and you might too: Here, here, here, here, here, here, and a list of more here.
ALSO: Four years after September 11th, President Bush’s approval rating is at it’s lowest ever — 39% and Halliburton has been awarded no-bid contracts to rebuild New Orleans.
