9/11: 5 years onward
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For me, that was the morning I was starting to pack to move to Chicago from Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX.
My Mom called me and woke me up as soon as things were heppening, but can't remember if she said "They're crashing planes into the WTC," or "There ARE planes crashing..."
It was impossible to concentrate on packing. We left early on the 12th to drive to Chicago and the highway was eerily lacking much traffic.
September 13th was the first day we were in the city, and that night we did the candlelight vigil walk in our neighborhood.
It was such a tragic time (and that's an understatment) but there was something about being new to this huge city and instantly feeling this sense of togetherness with total strangers, all of us focused on remembering those who lost their lives.