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It was raining so hard that school had been cancelled, so I sat on my grandparents’ bed, the day stretching out quietly ahead of us. 

Then Grandpa called from work. 

His voice carried a weight I had never heard before as he spoke of a “terrible accident in New York.” 

Grandma changed the channel. 

I still remember the horror of watching the second plane thundering across the skyline and slamming into the second tower.

Twenty-five years later, that moment remains vivid. 

The rain outside, the muted television light, the sudden fracture between ordinary childhood and something far larger. 

For millions of Americans and people around the world,........

© Detona