I was working deck fishing Rockaway that morning. Could not believe what was going down. One of our customers onboard lost his wife in South Tower.
I found out a friend of mine was woking at the clean up/Search of ground zero as an iron worker and placed a call. He cut me 2 crosses from an I Beam out of South Tower. One went to my customer and I keep the other one as a memory of the Towers and as a memorial to those lost. I grew up not far from the towers and as a kid they were my favorite buildings EVER!
Used to take class field trips to them every year.
Each year I take my cross out and say a little prayer for those lost.
Its crazy how 12 yrs later, when ever I see a plane is overhead going to or from Kennedy airport, I watch it in suspect and instantly get reminded of that days events.
God Bless