On Sept 11, 2001 I was having an oil change on my car and while waiting, I saw on TV the first plane hit the Tower. My first thought was this cannot be, This is America.
The original version of my folk ballad, "Day of Ash", was composed on the third weekend of October, 2001. Slightly over a month after the tragic happenstances that occurred in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania.
While the lyrics of Martyrs of Manhattan were written the evening of the September 11th attack on the United States, a suitable melody was not found until nearly three years later.
I am an American who was living in Venice, Italy on September 11th. In the following days I purchased as many newspapers as I could find that explained what was going on.
Hello my name is Andrea Olshin and in June 1998 I took several amazing pictures of the world Trade Center’s Famous Twin Towers. I was delighted because I had never been to New York and only passed by on the way To Massachusetts for a summer trip.
