‘Horrific’ 9/11 memories reverberate with Frazier

CHICAGO — Todd Frazier had just begun his freshman year at Toms River South High School when the atrocities of 9/11 took place 15 years ago, marked by a day of remembrance and commemoration around Major League Baseball Sunday to honor those whose lives were lost and affected on that tragic day.

Toms River, N.J., stands about 1 hour, 15 minutes away from the New York site where two planes crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.

“God, it was horrific,” Frazier said. “It was just, that was the talk. We didn’t know what the heck was going on.

“We find out another plane was going for the Pentagon. It was a tough time, not only for the people in New York, but for everybody in the world.”

Frazier was in disbelief when a friend first mentioned a plane crashing into the Towers. He happened at that moment to have American History, taught by one of his baseball coaches, and they sat and watched …

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