Remembering September 11,2001

I remember that day very vividly because the next day me and my college friends, Arun(rep), balaji, and lokesh were supposed to leave for tirupathi. as i was preparing in the evening to think of a way to lie to tell why i was taking my bike to my friends place to catch a bus from there. we were plannning on going on the bike all the way.

it was supposed to be a fun trip actually with friends. as we all saw the news breaking on the twin towers we called each other to verify whether we still wanted to go or not. everybody felt we had to go. so on sep 12 we all started early and went to tirupathi.

my dad found out i had gone on my bike all the way, i forgot to remove the odo connection, so when dad how far was my friends place and asked tongue-in-cheek if it was more than 300 kms, i knew i was caught.

i still preserve the stub given to me in the tirupathi with the date saying sep 12 2001 to remind me of the day.