I never post anything on social media on September 11th. It's my way of remembering.

I am from New York City and happened to be visiting friends up there that very day.

My family is also filled with many generations of firefighters. That wasn't for me. As a kid, I could never understand why people would want to run INTO a burning building. As I got older, I began to understand exactly why they did what they did, and grew to have a huge amount of respect for them.

I have not watched any movies made about that day, nor do I look at any of the photos. I, like many other New Yorkers, lost friends that day. People who went to work in the morning and had no idea it was going to be their last day alive. It's a sad day for me because my country was attacked, my city was attacked and ravaged, and my friends died.

I don't forget about what happened in DC or Pennsylvania either. I just happened to be in my home town that day, so that's what my mind remembers.

No matter where you were that day, no matter what region of the country's tragic events weigh most on your mind, never forget.