• Three weeks before 911, I was in New York to curate & set up an art exhibit with Country Living Magazine at Penn Station . I had lunch at Windows on the World, and went about the day . Never would I have ever dreamed it would be my last time there . On September 17, 2001, I took this photo of my little brothers, Dan & Alex, we were on top of Dan's (left) apartment building in New York with my best friend for life, @betsymcbr who helped me pioneer to collect donations of food, water, diapers, dog food & beyond to donate to shelters in the NYC area . In this pic, behind them, the broken Towers smoldering in the distance, acrid air & fumes ....everyone extremely disoriented and shattered. They looked cool as a cucumber in this pic, however, we were on the brink of insanity . It was absolutely a time of extreme uncertainty . Dan worked for Brooks Brothers Corporate office, which faced the Twin Towers, he was stepping out of the subway when the first plane hit, he was missing for hours & we didn’t know where he was, he walked home safely to LIC . Days later, Brooks Brothers would become a morgue for the victims . We didn't know our next step. We cried so much, I thought the grief would consume us . We sat in St. Patrick’s Cathedral with wailing people, posters handed out of people trying to find loved ones & utter chaos . When I think back now, we were guided by extreme optimism & God . When people write, ‘Never Forget’ , for us, it’s impossible to . 20 years later, when I sit in silence, I can still recall every detail of the days that followed . . . . #911memorial #9112021 #hardestdaysofmylife #neverforget #impossibletoforget #911memorial #september11th #i❤️ny #nyc #love #forevermylove #iwillneverforget ❤️💔❤️ (at New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTrqNCNrj88/?utm_medium=tumblr
