The tragedy of 9/11 is still fresh even 25 years later

9/11.I beg everyone’s pardon.

My tears are wetting my reporting.I love the United States of America.I love New York, or what it used to be.We’re approaching 9/11.

I remember that day exactly.I was awake.

In bed.Reading newspapers which get delivered to me early every morning.

Phone rang.A friend screaming.

Asking did I have TV on.I didn’t.Then I never shut it off.

The subsequent sounds did not stop.On my Manhattan avenue traffic was removed.Empty.

No cars, no trucks, no vehicles, no people, nothing.Sirens.

From closed curtained locked windows could be seen — and heard — only emergency vehicles.Ambulances.

Fire trucks.Police cars.

Official vehicles.No private transportation.

Emergency equipment.Hands to help.

Medics.Nobody out.Nobody walking.

Nobody talking.Nobody anywhere.Dr.

Robert Lahita, author and VIP in New Jersey’s medical team, ran his side’s lifesaving triage unit 24 hours nonstop.America invaded? New York City attacked? By haters? Mongrels?All night long.The sound of motor vehicles speeding past.

Always heading uptown.As one hospital filled up, it was onto the next.And — 25 years later — can we believe THEY are done? Over? Finished?No.

Never.Björk: “Iceland wanted to give me an island but I didn’t want it.I was going to buy myself a small island to get privacy.

In Iceland tourists poke me with their finger like they’ve just bought a trip to Disneyland.That’s why it’s great to be in New York.

Nobody here gives a f - - k.”Claire Danes: “I’ve been living in Santa Monica.My brother’s in New York.

I miss him.Suddenly I’m at the center of everything.

That’s really unhealthy.I always wanted to be an only child but he’s smarter, cooler.

He still has this power whenever I’m around.Also he’s 6-foot-5.” Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email.

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