While there are other things on my mind today , it is hard for me to ignore the fact that today is September 11th and that I used to work for Cantor Fitzgerald Securities and spent June 1993 thru June 1996 working on the 32nd and 104th floors at One World Trade Center . There were plenty of times when I was at my desk at 8:47 AM and never did we ever expect to have a plane come thru the windows . I still have a hard time thinking about the people , their families and everyone who went to work on 9/11/01 just like any other regular day in their life , not knowing how everything would change , in some cases forever , afterwards .
Answer the following question: What event is the narrator referring to for most of the passage ?

a terrorist event

Back in the lobby , I noticed a sign : ELEVATOR TO OBSERVATION TOWER . Was it possible for us to go up ? Used to Washington , DC , I expected to be challenged , or searched by a bored - yet - hostile security guard , but no one seemed concerned by the sight of me , Mr. McP and Mad Scientist waiting for the elevator on the opposite side of the lobby from where there elevators were for citizens with legitimate business in City Hall .
Answer the following question: What may be the reason why they did n't get searched ?

They did n't look suspicious .

At least I could do all my push - ups . I am hoping if I get all my complaints out here , I wo n't have to think about them all night long . There are lots of good things about life , too . My friend gave me a big bag of clothes for Erik .
Answer the following question: What was in the bag I recieved ?

clothes

When I was younger I had good feelings about my dad and mom . We love them more now . When I was in foster care people said bad and mean things to me and my brother . I have learned that the case worker Cheryl Hyink would tells my parents we did n't like them or feel safe around them .
Answer the following question: What may be a valid fact about me ?
I like my parents a lot .