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My 9/11 memory

I spent all day on a Good Piece About 9/11™, but I wasn’t going to get it over the line in time, so it will come out next week. Here is just a memory.

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Ben Dreyfuss
Sep 12, 2026
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I remember 9/11 very well in terms of my personal experience. Everyone around my age does, I think. But I’ll tell you mine.

I woke up at 7 a.m., which was a little late. We had to be at school by 7:45, and I threw on some clothes, jumped into the car I’d only had for two months, picked up my neighbor Sarah, and started driving.

She told me something had h…

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