Twenty years ago.
It seems as if Sept. 11, 2001 was yesterday, that morning when I sat at my desk in the big daily and we newspaper folk heard and saw that first emergency alert break into the always-on TVs peppered throughout the newsrooms.
We watched, listened, couldn’t believe it, had to believe it, were forced to work, talk to people, craft stories, collect all that horror and disbelief and make some sort of sense for the next morning’s paper. Well, take it all in and turn it into stories and photographs, anyway.
Twenty years later I still can’t quite wrap my mind around the loss of life from the falling towers and the fact that somebody, somewhere, other human beings planned it and prepared it and made it happen.
Sigh.
So sorry and horrified I still am, 20 years later.
Mark Bialczak 
I understand, Mark.
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It sticks with us, Karla.
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What evil must be in the hearts of those who wish to take innocent lives. Our brains are so full of constant information overload, so packed to capacity these twenty years later, but we can’t forget what happened to that day.
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We are together on this, kerbey, forever.
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All the people, all the love ones left behind. It will never make sense to me.
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It is forever senseless, MBC.
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I hadn’t really thought of how hard that day was for journalists. ❤
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The newsroom was shocked into action nobody wanted to take but had to take, pk.
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Thank you for this profound, heartfelt, and unforgettable post, my good friend.
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We are together still, Ann.
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We will never forget, Mark! Peace and light to those who lost their loved ones 😌
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Well said, Patricia. Very much so.
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Some things are meant to never be forgotten. How we remember events is the important part.
Eight months ago something happened that many are telling us to forget and move on. Like it was nothing.
We survived 9/11. I hope we survive January 6,2021.
I like your happy faces better.
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Thank you for your perspective, ladysighs.
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i so understand this, mark
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A day that shudders for our generation, Beth.
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