Story #26 in the Covenant series

There are defining tragedies for every generation, and those who live through them never forget what they were doing when the news broke. Pearl Harbor was like that, as was president Kennedy’s assassination. The people of this generation will never forget where they were when they heard that planes had flown into the World Trade Center towers.

Not only do we not forget where we were when a national tragedy happened, we never tire of telling the story. On the anniversary of these events, people tell each other what they were doing when they heard. It is a ritual that clearly helps us deal with the pain and grief.

On September 11, 2001, I was coming home from dropping off my oldest at school. I heard on the radio that a plane had hit one of the towers of the World Trade Center. By the time I...

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