Sad day for sure. I live in western NY and drove to NYC two months after 9/11 on business . As I drove into the city the smell of burnt wire insulation was still in the air. Our office was still under repair. It was two blocks away, and they told me the windows had blown out and the ash in the building was knee high. Also the site of soldiers on street corners, in full gear with weapons was something I won't forget. There were posters everywhere, people looking for info about their loved ones who were missing.
May God grant them and their's peace, I will never forget. I don't know anyone who doesn't pause this day.