09/11/2026
🇺🇸 NEVER FORGT - September 11, 2001 🇺🇸. This photograph is very personal to me. My 35 foot double ended cutter “ Sihaba “ is the sailboat in the lower right hand corner of this iconic photo. Sailing on my boat, as I’ve done hundred of times in front of the World Trade Center. In those days I spent 4-5 days a week for over a decade sailing out of the Newport Marina in Jersey City during the Spring, Summer and Fall months. The harbor, the skyline, and those two towers were an integral part of my life. I loved the views of those magnificent towers. Two weeks after 911, I was still determined to go to Paris for my planned proposal for my future wife. While we were away, in Paris my office called and told me the boat that I loved was in a storm and sunk. It was on a mooring during a Nor Easter storm and broke free hitting a jetty in Sag Harbor . All intertwined emotions of the love of my sailboat, the love of those twin towers and the love of my finance, all wrapped into one special photo. On that day on 911 and afterwards the entire world changed for me and our country. Looking at this photograph now, knowing what was about to happen, is difficult to put into words.
We remember the lives lost, We remember the families, We remember the hero’s, we remember the New York skyline that once stood like this at the base of the Hudson River. I remember the strong feelings of “what is truly important in life.” I knew this area of the Hudson River intimately from the view from my sailboat. This area of NYC on the water was my life and will alway have a special place in my heart!❤️ God Bless the families, the hero’s and all the lives lost on this day. This year will also be the 25 th anniversary to my proposal to my beautiful wife, Daria. 🇺🇸NEVER FORGET - 911 🇺🇸. GOD BLESS our Country, God bless America 💪🏻🙏🏻❤️🇺🇸. #911
