Like almost every American who was old enough to remember back that September day in 2001, I remember too well where I was when I first heard about the attack. I was back in the United States after returning from Australia in 2000. I was working at the Saratoga Resort for the summer and returning to Taiwan in October.

I had left my townhouse in Saratoga and was renting it out while I lived in my home in Hanna.