'Hours after my son's Sept. 11 birth, the world he was born into changed forever. The letters I wrote to him show the world only continued to shatter,' writes usatodayopinion contributor MitchNathanson
My son was born at 6:57 a.m. Of course, I’m not the only parent who remembers the precise moment their child entered the world, but the reason that time sticks in my brain has as much to do with what else took place that morning.
The fascination of finding out how we got from here to there was overwhelming for me, so I was determined to keep my promise to myself and write that letter every September 11th. And I did. My '04 letter focused largely on the birth of our daughter and my son’s cool reception to the reality that the spotlight was no longer his alone. It also remarked on the fact that “the Bush administration has succeeded in so thoroughly scaring the hell out of the American public that they’ll believe anything done in the name of national security, even if it makes no sense.” It also noted that Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” was the breakout television hit of the year.
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