I will never forget the moments 10 years ago on 9-11-2011 while standing in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York when a friend told me that a plane had gone into the World Trade Center. In the following minutes an eerie and deathly calm seemed to settle over New York as regular traffic stopped settled ,thick black smoke filled the air, and a raging sea of sirens and emergency cars all streamed by our Eastern Parkway location on the way to the WTC. From our own community nearly every volunteer paramedic jumped into their cars and drove in a never ending flow towards the smoke. The full scope of the disaster was not yet known but the horror quickly became apparent as I stood with NYPD officers on the roof of 770 the Chabad Headquarters in NY and watched the buildings burn.
There is a lot to write about this subject and I hope to share an article in the next few days. In the meantime please watch this beautiful 3 minute video tribute, spiritual message, and remembrance to 9-11 and the USA.
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