Seven Years Ago

Regardless of where you were or what you were doing seven years ago this morning , there's a pretty good chance that-even as time has continued to pass-your life has been changed. The attacks had immediate and overwhelming effects on all of us.

There I sat, in the third week of my sophomore year of high school, in Mr. Herndon's U.S. History class with Dave Black sitting to my right and Rachel Vogt to my left.

That afternoon, I had a dentist's appointment and watched the events unfold and the questions begin to be answered on network cable news while having my teeth cleaned. Today, I hate going to the dentist. I associate it with an act of terrorism.