This photo of my fiancée was taken by me on a sweltering July 3, 2001. We stayed at the WTC Marriott, with a 17th-floor room overlooking the WTC plaza. I remember that when I took this picture, I literally had to get down in a complete crouching…
I recently came across this photo, taken back in the 1980's. It no longer sits in an album stored in the closet, it is framed, hanging in our home. We see it every day and remember those who were lost in the tragedy.
My husband is a band director at a high school and every year the music department takes a trip to New York. This picture was taken from the ferry in February 2001, 7 months before the attacks. We stayed in the Marriott at WTC and visited the top of…