New York skyline in the back. On 9/11/2001, Gail & I were in West Orange. After watching the tragedy of the twin towers on tv, I drove up to Eagle Rock Reservation and looked out from this point and saw the smoke from the towers.
Retired educator - taught mathematics in high school, went back to graduate school, worked in research labs, and finally went back and taught computer science...
I had just started seminary when this tragic event happened. My son was also in his first year at Adelphi University. I have not been to any of the memorials yet-it's such a deep loss. A friend who was in the Transit Authority Police at the time lost all but 1 person from his unit. He and the other man were on their way to a seminar when the planes hit. The stories- both good and sad are still hard to imagine.
Beautiful memorial. It must have been horrible to watch such a tragedy when you could do nothing to help. I remember coming home for lunch and couldn't make myself to return to work and stayed there gazing at the tv to see what was happening.
