Trump's insurrection, Jan. 6, 2021. | Journal News/NYT via AP On Sept. 11, 2001, I was a political appointee of D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, running a $17 million scholarship program. My office was just blocks from the Capitol, and I had a great view of the dome from my 10th story window. A member of my leadership team, Ken Howard, came into my office to tell me that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. I dismissed him, being quite busy at the moment and thinking that I didn’t have time to worry about a small private plane colliding with New York’s tallest building. Little did...