Oh yeah… I forgot to mention what happened the night before school started. If you’ll recall, I said that I heard sirens, etc. and saw police tape, NYPD, FDNY, and people in American Red Cross blankets the next morning. There was a four-alarm fire in an apartment building very close to where I live around 3 a.m. on September eighth. Three people died. Others were hospitalized for smoke inhalation and burns. All surviving residents are now homeless. Police suspect this fire was a case of arson. It’s truly terrible what people have been going through these last few weeks. I know that people are hurting in every city on any given day in this lifetime, but what I’ve seen recently breaks my heart.
And now it’s September eleventh.
