The 15th anniversary of 9/11 attacks inspires me to recall a 9/11 Love Story.

A 9/11 Love Story? The love of my life, Fran Davis, and I were married in GPPC 45 years ago on 9/11/1971. We honey-mooned in the Outer Banks. All of television and the newspapers were full of the Attica Riots in the New York prison system. I can’t swear that I was worried about our anniversary carrying that association forever. It turned out it didn’t.

There came to be another 9/11. On our 30th anniversary we were vacationing with friends in the Outer Banks. On 9/10/2001 we made a day trip to Ocracoke Island where most of our honeymoon took place. Had a good time. I bought a hat like I usually do on vacation. The next morning Fran was walking on the beach with our friends. I was watching morning TV. When Fran got back from the beach I said “You better come see this”. We wound up leaving a little early. We kept our radio on to follow events and learned of the attack on the Pentagon. We took the precaution of avoiding the bridges and tunnels around Tidewater and traveled on US460 to I-95.