Into the Fire by Bruce Springsteen

In 2001 I was 12, just old enough to understand what was going on at the moment, but not old enough to understand how that day would impact me for the rest of my life. I only remember bits and pieces of that day. Because I was so young, it some times feels more like a dream then a memory. Bruce Springsteen’s album, The Rising has for the last 10 years been a Lyrical memorial. Ten years later Into the Fire still makes me cry and Mary’s place still makes me smile. I know even ten years later we are still processing that day. Every morning form New York to Afghanistan, Americans feel the effects of that day and it sits heavily on our shoulders. There is a gap in the skyline and a gap in all our hearts.

Olivea Virta