My 9/11 Story — and beyond

I was at work at the Chase Manhattan Bank, when both of the WTC attacks occurred. On the first one in 1993, I was in the lower-level cafeteria at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza (1CMP) when I felt the bomb blast. I do not recall there being too much short-term or long-term impact for me personally, as I lived in Staten Island at the time and had no physical connection to or through the World Trade Center (WTC). It is amazing how solid the bedrock of Manhattan Island is–and even though these two sites are so close together geographically, they were practically worlds apart for me. Fast forward eight years later, and…