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25 Years After 9/11
To me, September 11, 2001, feels like yesterday. Correction: It's more vivid than yesterday, because I can't remember what I ate yesterday, but I can still taste the toxic World Trade Center smoke and dust given the right trigger. It overwhelms me on the anniversary date; when the sky is a particular shade of blue; when I hear a too-low plane or an ear-splitting metallic clang. By the way, you didn't have to be directly in the cloud of dust or on/near "Ground Zero" to smell and taste that dust. I lived more than 80 blocks away from the WTC and for weeks, that smell and taste hung heavy in the
Wendy Brandes Jewelry Blog — Sep 12, 2026