In the Shadow of the Towers
I've spent more than a week compiling our reader response to a request for twin towers memories. Lon Gibby, president and CEO of Gibby Media Group Inc. in Spokane Valley, sent me a videotape response which he compiled that shows the World Trade Center -- before and after.
Here's the explainer:
I have been to the World Trade Center many times over the years on business to NY. On one of those occasions my company was shooting a news TV program downstairs in the lobby for a period of three days. During that time I had the opportunity to shoot some footage up on the roof , and in many locations within those towers, inside and out with lots of people in motion. The day 911 hit I was stunned like everyone else. I sat outside on our porch and played my guitar to try to calm myself. The chords to this piece that came to me at that time was based on the feeling I felt that day, as I thought about the people and places I had been within that building. I recorded the song and edited this video within a week of the event in 2001. I did it back then for personal therapy. I have decided to share it, on this 10- year anniversary with family friends and business associates, to pay tribute to this day in history remember the innocent people who died working in these structures. It is like a freeze frame in time for me.
Thanks Lon, for your creativity!