Thomas Griffin 9/11/24 (For National Catholic Register)
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I was in fifth grade when the Towers fell.
I remember our teacher being asked to come out to the hall and she returned to ask the class if anyone had parents who worked in New York City. (I was raised on Long Island about 40 minutes from the city.) A few classmates raised their hands. We later found out that we would have a half-day and would be picked up by our parents even though we normally took the bus.
On the way home my dad told my brothers and me what had happened. The video loop on the news channel depicting the crumbling of the Twin Towers will be ironed into my mind forever. I remember seeing my dad sit in a chair outside staring into the sky, just thinking to himself. I went over to see him and all he said was, “Tom, you will remember this day for the rest of your life.”
He was right.
Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and two sons. He has a masters degree in theology and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine. He is the author of Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World.
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