Being in Manhattan on 11th September 2001
Setting the Scene I realised the other day it was going to be twenty years since the terrorist attacks in New York on 11th September 2001. It was not something I had thought much about in recent years. It was though an event that has had a big impact on my life, and I have been reliving my memories a lot over the last few days. 2001 was a big year for me. I was twenty-two years old and I had graduated from University in June and was planning to be away from home for at least a year, travelling and working in the United States, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia and Thailand. I started my trip in late June flying into New York and taking a bus out to Lake Greeley Camp in Pennsylvania. I had done two previous summers (1997 & 2000) at the same camp and it was a place of real magic for me. It was my second summer as the Tennis Director and we had five brand new courts to use. I had two friends, John and Rob, from my University also at the same camp. My girlfriend at the time also wor...