I could say it feels like only yesterday, but no, that's not true anymore. It now feels longer ago than that, and that's good.#
Thanks to blogging I can look up my notes from that day. "I just feel numb. I miss an eloquent President, who can express what I and the nation must feel, but cannot put into words."#
We do business in Hamburg-Harburg, just blocks from Marienstrasse 54, where the plot was hatched. It is still creepy to me that this began so (geographically) close to us.#
Almost immediately there were many expressions of grief and support from both German officials and ordinary citizens. This led directly to the German military involvement in Afghanistan that started a few weeks later. #
Candles placed at the US Consulate in Hamburg, September 2001#
Commemorative plaques placed at the US Consulate, September 10, 2021 (Source)#
I could say it feels like only yesterday, but no, that's not true anymore. It now feels longer ago than that, and that's good.#
Thanks to blogging I can look up my notes from that day. "I just feel numb. I miss an eloquent President, who can express what I and the nation must feel, but cannot put into words."#
We do business in Hamburg-Harburg, just blocks from Marienstrasse 54, where the plot was hatched. It is still creepy to me that this began so (geographically) close to us.#
Almost immediately there were many expressions of grief and support from both German officials and ordinary citizens. This led directly to the German military involvement in Afghanistan that started a few weeks later. #
Candles placed at the US Consulate in Hamburg, September 2001#
Commemorative plaques placed at the US Consulate, September 10, 2021 (Source)#