September 11th: Six Years Later
September 11, 2007 
Here we are again, on the anniversary of that day that evokes such terrible memories of chaos and death and smells, sounds, and sights that no one should ever have to experience.
For each of the past five years, I have returned to Ground Zero as a way of mourning and as a way of trying to make sense of what I witnessed out my NYU dorm room window that had such a great effect on my life. I also visited the former World Trade Center site to witness the progress of the previous year’s construction of the Freedom Tower and the future on-site memorial.
But, as I wrote a year ago today, while I will never forget what happened on 9/11, it was time I should move on. Dwelling on and trying to comprehend the destruction of 9/11 would only serve to hold me back, thus it was just time to move on.
So this year, I stayed home.
I still watched some television news coverage during the day, but I definitely didn’t tune in for MSNBC’s re-airing of their 2001 coverage of 9/11.
And I was okay with that.
Today, I was able to put my blog posts from 2000 through 2002 back online on BlogSpot. I will eventually reintegrate them here, but for now, feel free to take a look at my original posts over there, including one about my experiences on a free movie day following the attacks, which I found interesting looking back.
