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Today is 9/11. It was 21 years ago today when the towers fell. I remember seeing the smoke and fire from Broad Channel. I was in kindergarten at the time. Most of my early days are a blur. I don’t remember a lot of what happened long ago. But I do remember 9/11. I was sitting in class, and I remember the teacher dismissed us early. My grandma came to pick me up. We then drove to Broad Channel to look at the smoke and fire coming from the towers. The smoke was thick and black. It was very surreal. You cannot really see much of the city from Broad Channel, because Broad Channel and Manhattan are separated by Jamaica Bay and Brooklyn, which was miles. But on that day, the smoke cloud was so big and thick it could be seen all the way from Broad Channel. It was surreal. I still remember that day clearly. I did not understand what was going on back then. But looking back in hindsight, that was a really scary day.