Once in a while, I'll watch a DVD on my 17" laptop in bed with it on my stomach. The laptop's wide screen makes for a personal and immersive presentation. Tonight, my movie was Oliver Stone's World Trade Center. The film focuses on the story of the two police officers who survived being buried alive in the rubble of the collapsed towers their familes and key figures involved in their rescue.

It was a relief part way through the digitally reconstructed scenes of pain and destruction to be able to turn my laptop screen aside to notice my dog sleeping at my feet and the rest of the quiet bedroom (the fam was sleeping in the room behind me).

I could think back for a moment to my memories of that day, and the many scenes of Lower Manhattan when I worked there a year later. Though vivid in my mind, my 9/11-related memories and life experiences are feeble compared to the magnitude of those who were directly involved.

- mike lee, greenville, ohio