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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I was literally reminded of it just the other day.

One of my major memories of 9/11 was seeing smoke billowing out across the bay (because I live very close to NYC). I was driving around for work at the time, saw the smoke, had no idea what it was, and then started hearing the news reports via radio as everybody tried to figure out just what the hell was going on.

The other day I was out driving and I saw some black smoke rising across the bay (from Staten Island), and I just sort of had this moment where for a couple seconds I just suddenly had the skin-crawling memory of 9/11 come bubbling back up. Like for a moment I kind of remembered what it was like back then, and it was very unpleasant.

After the 10th anniversary, its trauma memory seemed to lessen for me.

Though I do recall watching some reality/news/doc show thing in NYC, mid 2010's, & someone going with the 'host' down to Ground Zero. A stranger overheard & spoke about losing ppl he'd worked with in Tower 1.
The lexicon of that 9/11 morning, 'Tower 1', 'Tower 2', etc rushed it back on me for a strong instant. Out of nowhere, years past any other notable account.