dear photograph

there's a lovely website called dear photograph, in which people take pictures of old pictures at the same scene and write comments. today is the tenth anniversary of 9/11 and so today's one is particularly touching. i know that it was much more horrific for so many people, and i haven't begun to digest what happened that day. all i know is i was there on the phone talking to my friend about a fire at the WTC then, chaos, then 'no more WTC' what do you mean i said...
new york was my home like it was for so many and i wasn't watching the tv. i was there. the smell. the pile. the obituaries. Here is an interview from a fireman someone who was really there

my friends are still there and i am here in ireland. thinking about the day that time fractured. more than time, the world fractured. here in ireland they are talking about the aftermath of 9/11, what the US did after, how they squandered the opportunity to bring the world closer, squandered goodwill...