The day no one wants to remember, but will never forget.

There's construction going on in our building right now, all in preparation for the influx of new staff heading this way in about two weeks. It's so unbelievably loud and I really don't know how I'm working right now. All I've been able to do is edit some stories and write a few myself. Making a phone call, however, is out of the question. I can't even hear myself think let alone hear someone on the phone. So vexing!! Couldn't they have done this over the weekend, when our office wasn't full of reporters trying to work? Oh no. It has to be Monday morning, when I'm hungover from the Patriots season-opening game, and cranky, and sunburned, and hungry, and
tired. Waaaah!!

So in an attempt to rid my ears of the noise of construction, I've been listening to Howard Stern's rebroadcast of his radio show from Sept. 11, 2001. Since he's on Sirius, I'm able to listen online with my headphones. It was tough to listen to, but I think he did the right thing by rebroadcasting it. I was at work when planes hit the World Trade Center towers five years ago today. I had listened to Howard earlier in the morning on the drive down to work. He was talking about how he kissed Pam Anderson and was getting razzed by the guys about how he didn't "close the deal." I wanted to hear the rest of the story and remember being ticked that I was going to miss it to go to work.

Then, we were attacked.

We watched the coverage on TV in the newsroom, looking on in horror as the unthinkable happened. Of course scared, confused and angry, I'll admit it was a little easier to take because I was so far away from it. That was not the case this morning listening to Howard. Hearing him and his staff and people who called in all experiencing it right then and there was unbelievable. They were so confused and so unaware of what was going on. Hearing that now, knowing what we do, was insane. Listening to them try to take it all in and try to figure out what was happening then, knowing what was coming next was surreal. They revealed to me what it was like to be in New York City on that horrible day and it was so gripping. It was a very moving morning to say the least.

How are you dealing with today?