Like many of us, Robin Lassen remembers exactly where she was on Sept. 11, 2001.
“I was living in California getting ready for work. We had the TV news on in the background and went to see what the talk of a plane crash was all about. That’s when I saw the second plane hit. We all saw the second plane hit that tower. Then, they were interviewing a military official about the attack when a plane hit the Pentagon; then, the crash in Pennsylvania. “It’s something I’ll never forget.”
Lassen, who started drawing at age 10, is turning that defining moment into a stunning painting in the station lobby of the Orcas Island Fire Department.
The floor-to-ceiling mural, painted in the deep rich hues of sunrise, pays homage to the men and women who sped to the scene of one of America’s most horrific tragedies.