On September 12, 2001 I arrived in New York at dawn from my home in Boston to begin a journey of several weeks working as a grief counselor for an Employee Assistance Program. At the same time my brother Tom and his wife Jean were embarking on their own journey as first responders at the Pentagon site.

It took 9 years to begin to write a song about my experiences, the things I saw, the wonderful people I spoke with. I guess this was my way of making sense of my own experience hearing the stories of literally hundreds of people affected by this tragedy. I appreciate the opportunity to preserve these memories and share them with you. As the song says, "Each one had a story, every one of them was true."

In Peace,

Jim O'Connor