12/09/2024
It was a busy day, so I didn't get to post earlier. But, I can't let September 11th go by without giving gratitude.
๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก.
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23 years ago today, my dad, Alford Hunte was staying on one of the top floors at the Millennium Hilton across from the World Trade Center. He actually was supposed to have breakfast in the restaurant below the WTC that morning, but decided to take his food to go because he forgot his camera.
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He heard the first plane hit and was taking pictures of the smoke from his hotel window, when he actually watched the second plane hit the building. He was able to successfully make it out of NYC on one of the last running trains before the complete collapse of the towers.
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๐/๐๐ - ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ญ. ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฒ.
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23 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ 246 ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด.
2,606 ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ.
343 ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ต.
60 ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ. 8 ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ต 10:00๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต 11, 2001.
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In one single moment life may never be the same. As you live and enjoy the breath you take today and tonight before you go to sleep in preparation for your life tomorrow, kiss the ones you love, snuggle a little tighter, and never take one second of your life for granted.
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