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I was heading to a philosophy class on Long Island, running late, so I didn't watch any news or TV in the AM beforehand. I remember looking forward to rugby practice later that day, since it was so gorgeous out. Before class started, another student said that she had heard in her car that a plane had hit the first tower, but the prof said something like, "well, we can discuss that after we cover... (Plato?).

I feel like they let us out from class early, before the towers fell but after the second plane hit. So many kids who went to my school were from the city or their parents worked there. A TV was set up in the student union, where I met up with a friend. She was afraid because she couldn't reach her parents on her cell, and both of them worked in Manhattan. We went to another teammate's dorm room, where four of our teammates were sitting on the couch in the common room, crying. We watched the second tower fall in disbelief.

Later that day we met out on our practice field, the sun still shining away, as if the world hadn't turned upside down. Our coach canceled practice for the next few days, and all games that weekend were canceled out of respect for the tragedy. But we wanted to be there together, anyway, to comfort each other. My friend's family was okay, but many others were not as fortunate.

Like a few others on the list, our winter comfort food at home has a lot to do with bringing summer in. For V-Day we had hot sausage and peppers on kaiser rolls with a spring mix salad. Not exactly romantic, but we pretended the sun came out for a little while. For breakups, I agree with anyone who put down grilled cheese sandwich and soup, but I also remember spending an entire month eating saltine crackers and celery sticks with peanut butter. And Guiness. Lots of Guiness.