9/11 Anniversary Tag

I never have been able to erase that sound from my memory

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2013 13 Comments

9/11/01 and Memory ...

9/11 + 11

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2012 18 Comments

For my thoughts, see my post last year, 9/11/01 and Memory This audio still is what I remember the most. We can add Melissa Harrington Hughes to our memory, along with Johnny “Mike” Spann, Cpl Jonathan Daniel Porto, U.S. Army, Spc. Dennis Weichel and Lt. Roslyn Schulte....

I’m glad Krugman gave voice to it on this day

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2011 79 Comments

Paul Krugman has a shameful column today, shameful even by Krugman standards. Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued? Actually, I don’t think it’s me, and it’s not really that odd. What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right...

9/11/01 and Memory

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 11, 2011 8 Comments

Memory is a strange thing. There are many things I remember about the attacks on 9/11/01: The first announcement when I was at my desk in Providence that a "small plane" had hit the World Trade Center, the announcement of a second "small plane" and then...