September 11, 2001

It's still hard to watch footage from the 9/11 attacks. Five years ago I was in my senior year of college taking a course on literary criticism. Someone came running down the hall frantically yelling that the U.S. was being attacked. The professor let us go early, and I ran to my apartment where I watched the events unfold. My friend E called because she was extremely worried about her dad--he was in a plane. She came over, and we sat in the floor watching the TV and crying. Thankfully, E's dad was all right.

Another scary thing to think about is the fact that I was in New York City less than a month before 9/11.

I'm saying a prayer for the families that tragically lost loved ones five years ago.