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The 22^nd Anniversary Commemoration of the 9/11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center will be observed today.

I remember where I was on September 9, 2001. I was climbing the stairs at the hospital on my way back to my office. I was on duty on the psychiatry consultation service. I happened to glance at the television in the lobby from the landing. A news story was showing one of the Twin Towers on fire.

I couldn’t believe my eyes. The rest of the day there was talk of the attack on America.

We visited New York City in 2017 and viewed the Memorial & Museum Plaza. We saw the Survivor Tree, the Callery Pear.

It seems like there is almost nothing else to remember about the date except the disaster and the tragedy.

But one of the local fire stations not far from our house has a Flag of Honor on the wall. It honors those killed in the terrorist attacks on 9/11.

Even if we can’t go to the Memorial in New York City, we can remember it and honor the brave.