We will not forget. I have the U.S. Flag flying outside my house. My X5 has the U.S. Flag as the hitch cover. I am wearing a U.S. Flag patterned tie today at work.

I remember that morning, I got up at 6AM (PDT) which was 9AM (EDT) and heard the radio stating there was a plane crash into one of the WTC tower. Turned on the TV and saw the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower. I told my wife (who was working in L.A. at that time) to not go to work.

I went to work because my office is over 80 miles away from the major metro area. I remember seeing how very little traffic it was on the freeways.

We had a TV in our office and everyone was watching it in between patients.

I went home early because it was a light day and the freeways were pratically empty, all the malls were empty, parking lots were empty, no planes in the skies. It was quite eerie....

I remember the last time I was on top of the WTC was in 1990. I found pictures of myself and my family on top of the WTC back in 1977 and it is still hanging up at my office.

I had visited Ground Zero a few months later and I still remember that acrid smell.

I also have visited a memorial site in NJ which actually had steel pieces of the WTC erected.

We all prayed for all the family and friends who had loved ones that we lost in NY, DC, & PA on that terrible tragic day.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET!

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