9/11: Dindorf recalls baseball trip on 9/11 weekend

HART’S LOCATION — Selectman Mark Dindorf, now 63, is grateful that he, his then-young son and his son's friends were able to return home safely from an birthday baseball trip to Yankee Stadium that found them in the middle of New York City just as the planes hit the twin towers of New York City on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.

“I am grateful for the quality of life we have and an acknowledgment that our democracy is perhaps more fragile and our country too than perhaps I realized prior to 9/11,” said the 31-year Hart’s Location resident this week, reflecting on the horror of that day. "I think we have to work to maintain what we have and care about most in this country.”