Diane Sawyer started reporting that there was an incident at the World Trade Center. Sitting there with my chin in my palm I sat in disbelief. I knew I was now behind schedule but I didn't care. What she was saying couldn't be true. A plane ramming into the tower. Huh? I was glued to the tv. Then a second plane hit. And they were showing it on live television. WTF?! I ran upstairs to wake up my Aunt Pam and when she opened the door tears were streaming down her face. Up until that point I hadn't shed a tear. But seeing my aunt, opened the flood gates. She rarely cries and seeing her in that state made me realize that things were forever changed.
On that Tuesday September 11, 2001 prior to 8:45 am I was in a state of elation. It was Super Tuesday. I worked at BMG and some of the music industry's biggest artist were releasing albums. Although Jay Z wasn't a BMG artist I was super excited to see how he did. To this day I still cannot think about that fateful day when I hear music from the Blueprint album. I often think about what the title means as a societal term and how it correlated to that day. On this Monday September 11, 2017 16 years later the memories, feelings and thoughts remain. It feels otherworldly but it's not. All I can do is continue to pray for those that lost their lives, those who lost someone, those continuing to suffer emotionally and physically from that day and our country as a whole.