To the Editor:
I am writing as an LBI resident who worked in One World Financial Center and lived in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. I was there every day after the attacks as well, watching the thousands of pieces of office paper swirl on the sidewalks from the towers, riding the subway in fear, looking at the faces of the hundreds of victims on “missing, please help us” posters taped to every light post and bank window, and falling asleep at night crying for my fellow New Yorkers and for myself.
September 16, 2026
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