We know that strong emotions play a very active role in memory, many studies have shown it, and think about it, do you remember anything about any day in 2001? Probably the only day you will vividly remember about is gonna be September 11th. I almost cannot remember anything of this year, but I still have clear and strong images cemented in my brain about this horrific day.
I still see myself planted in front of the TV set watching the Twin Towers on fire, just coming out of the shower and unable to even dress up, I still see the faces of other people when going to work, some were crying, some had blocked their emotions, stuck in the stupor of the moment. Being on the West Coast has been a completely different experience than living the horror on the East Coast, and especially in New York of course. Here, it was like an unbelievably harrowing movie we were all watching on TV, first in complete denial, then totally powerless.
When it happened, I was at the gym before going to work, and I am pretty sure I was listening to music as I always do when I exercise. Strangely, the images of that part of the day are still intense and bright, stored somewhere in my brain, but I have no idea of the music I was listening to, I blanked out that part of the senses, there is no soundtrack for that gruesome day, it was a day without music.