September 11, 2001 occurred on a Tuesday

For the first time since 2001, September 11th this year falls on a Tuesday. For those who don’t know or can’t remember, Tuesday was the particular day of the week in which the catastrophic events of September 11 (for which the date and year are known for) occurred.

I can remember that day so vividly still. Seeing people crying in the halls in between 1st and 2nd period and not quite knowing what was going on. Being very confused. Watching my English teacher leave class and go out to the local hardware store to buy a portable TV to watch the news unfold. Having the lab teacher go nuts and declaring we might be in World War III. Hearing the first official announcement of the events on the PA system from the Principal. These are just a few of the things I can probably replay over and over in my head without having the memories deteriorate over time. It is so clear in my head. I even remember Lee Silver sharing the news from his portable radio during OP. And every year since 2001, I’ve “celebrated” (yeah, odd word to use) the day I met Cindy in the halls as we were both sitting across from each other and talking to our brothers on the phone.

Since that day, there’s been a somewhat bitter battle between organizations, families, and government on how the former World Trade Center site should be revitalized. It took a while to decide, but work on the site has finally commenced. The image below is supposedly what the WTC site will look like once it is completed.

If you want to see more photos of the construction project, you can see them at the WTC website.

The September 11 Memorial & Museum website has an interactive timeline of the events before, during, and after September 11.

TIME magazine has an entire page (in their old page layout) dedicated to photo essays on the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Aftermath: World Trade Center Archive is also a great photo book on how this event changed the face of the world. Joel Meyerowitz, the photographer, was one of the only photographers given access to the crime scene at Ground Zero. He stayed there and documented the aftermath and recovery and rebuilding procedures at Ground Zero for about 9 months when no other photographer was allowed to go inside the site.

See also: My post and pictures from the Tribute In Light during September 11, 2006 (the Tribute In Light photos in that post are from 2005).

NOTE: I know it is not technically Tuesday yet in New York City at the time of this post’s publishing, but remember that I am posting on Melbourne time, and according to that, it is Tuesday, September 11 already.