9/11/2001

Every year at work, we lower the flag to half-staff at sunrise. Then we don our dress blues and gather at the flagpole at 0659 western time (0959 eastern time is when the first tower fell), and the entire fire department is alerted over the radio to observe a moment of silence in honor of the 343 firefighters, 71 police officers, and almost 3,000 civilians who perished. A very somber day.