It’s one year after the 9/11 attacks.

Usman Farman (“ibr0w”) is probably the closest person to the incidents that I have known. He was actually there when it happened. CNN also has a story.

In case you’re wondering, Usman was a co-worker at VA Linux Systems (now VA Software) for a while. He worked on redesigning SourceForge.net (before it got redesigned again).

Also, someone else I know, Paul Summers (“Simba”), was in the area, and he immediately went to “Ground Zero” to help out.

I’m sure that even people who were not directly in any of the areas attacked directly will remember where they were on that fateful day.