 promised our Jack Curry joins us now and Jack this date in history will be remembered forever 19 years ago everything changed today we honor those lost and their families and reflect on the role baseball played in standing up strong in its return 10 days later that night at Shea Braves Mets no dry eyes in the house so well said Nancy today is a sad and sobering anniversary as I watched and listened to the names of the deceased being memorialized today it was a chilling reminder of how much we lost on 9 11 with every name that was read whether it was someone I knew like Mike Armstrong or someone I wish I had known like Victor Sarasini or Patrick McGuire I thought about the dozens and even hundreds of people who love them and miss them Nancy we all know where we were in that agonizing day I was at Newark Airport heading to Houston to try and interview Barry Bonds after the first plane hit the World Trade Center there was an eerie feeling at the airport after the second plane crashed there was an announcement telling us to evacuate there was panic there was confusion but that was absolutely nothing compared to the devastation several miles away in New York City those early days we all remember them they were gut wrenching for so many amidst a lot of praying and hoping I remember wondering if baseball could eventually provide a modest distraction for many traumatized people after then Commissioner Bud Sealy declared that baseball was returning 10 days after terrorist attacks that met game that you referenced that Shea Stadium I interviewed him since I was based in New York Sealy said to me do you think we're coming back too soon I said no I think people need this in times of utter distress I do think sports can be a diversion even if it's only for three hours at the 9 11 Memorial Museum which I recommend highly people go and visit there's a quotation from the poet Virgil it says no day shall a ratio from the memory of time I think those words are beautiful and so appropriate thousands of lives were lost on that awful day but the impact those people had and will continue to have has not been erased they will never be forgotten beautiful tribute of course as always from you Jack thanks so much in this day of course remember throughout baseball today