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A narrative: My 9/11 Story

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By Bart Freedman —

I made a major mistake on Sept. 11, 2001 and I will always regret it. This is my self-caused 9/11 story. It illustrates what happens when you make bad choices.

I was 56 and an in-house attorney for the former Brown & Williamson Tobacco in Louisville. My father, age 90, was dying in Fort Lee, New Jersey. I spent Labor Day weekend with him and knew he wouldn’t last long. We said our painful good-byes to each other Sept.