9/11/01--I was getting ready for work when I turned on the news and heard about the first plane. Saw the second plane. I grabbed an old, semi-portable B&W television set that we had and took it to work with me, kept it hooked up in the lobby all day. So most of my flashback images of that day are in black and white.
2001 was the year I discovered bar drinking and thought I'd found where I belonged in life so of course as soon as work was over I ran to my regular bar and spent the rest of the night getting drunk and saying the same things over and over again about the awful events of that day. I vaguely remember ending up at someone's house party after the bar closed.
Wishing everyone a safe and sober Friday. Thanks for being here and for keeping me sober one more day.