The Inimitable Sadie
6 min readSep 13, 2021
The best night of my life?
It took place in New York City twenty years ago, two weeks after the planes crashed into the twin towers, razing them to the ground. I was twenty-four years old, in desperate need of company on that September evening in 2001, someone who could offer her body as a balm against the acute pain and fear. Sadie, a friend from college, stepped forward.
