Even this week, more 9/11 remains are being identified

In the past week, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York announced that two sets of September 11 remains have been identified using DNA advanced techniques. The identities of the man and woman have not been made public at the request of the families. These are the first identifications made in over two years. I cannot wrap my head around it. Twenty-two years ago today, our world changed. Two decades later, the world has moved on. An entire generation has been born that has no concept about that day. It’s like reading about when JFK got shot. Words on a screen. About 1,100 remains from September 11 have not been identified. I try never to think about it. The visions of the horrors of that day are too much for my mind to contemplate.

My husband worked for AON Corporation on the 102nd floor of the South Tower. He had worked for Towers Perrin at 45th and Madison for years. AON was offering piles more money. A lot. When you work in Midtown, you live in Westchester, NY or Connecticut. When you work in Lower Manhattan, you live in New Jersey. I didn’t want to live in New Jersey, so I pouted for a few days before I put the house in Fairfield, Connecticut, behind Fairfield University, on the market.