Do Not Let Your Hearts Grow Cold - Reflections on Sept 11th, 2001 with Rosangel

Listen here to my reflection /meditation by the waters of Brooklyn overlooking NYC Freedom Tower #sept11th

On Sept 11th, 2001, my sister was on the 20th floor working for VH-1 “Save the Music” and I was on floor 22 working for VH-1 News and Docs in Times Square at 1515 Broadway in New York City.

Experiencing the crippling fear, emotion, chaos, and confusion of that day is something we will never forget. It is forever marked in our being.

We were trapped in the city. We didn’t know if we would live to see another day. We didn’t know if we would make it home.

For those of us who found ourselves on the island of Manhattan that day, whether we wanted or not, we looked at death right in the face.

Everything stopped. The trains stopped. The bridges closed. The telephone lines were jammed up for hours.

Remember, we had no cellphones. Some of us had pagers. We all took turns using public payphones to try to call loved ones. It didn’t work… Busy signal.

I would not know about my sisters’ whereabouts till after 8pm that evening.

I was never the same. My sister was never the same. Many mark this day as…