I was a young sports reporter at The Buffalo News at the time, six years into my newspaper career. That week, I was visiting friends in the greater Washington, D.C. area. I had slept in and my friend greeted me with, “Good morning, we’re under attack.”

We were glued to the television. I called my sports editor back in Buffalo and told him where I was. While we had an outstanding reporter, Jerry Zremski, as the paper’s Washington, D.C. bureau chief and correspondent, I offered to help if there was any on-the-ground reporting we needed.

There wasn’t, but I was ready to jump in and help in any way I could. When it was time for me to return to Buffalo, it was unclear if scheduled flights were back on. (Remember this is before every airline had an app to keep you updated!) Instead, I bought a ticket on Greyhound bus, which by the time we reached Cleveland, was standing room only.

Amy Moritz is a lecturer in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University. She is a 1995 St. Bonaventure graduate.

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