It’s all about time

A baby born on this day in 2001 is probably taking cupcakes to her first-grade class today.

A first-grader then could be making the big transition to middle school.

A high school freshman who watched the Twin Towers fall on the homeroom TV could be on his or her second deployment in Iraq.

A high school senior who enlisted in the patriotic fervor of the day could be among the nearly 4,500 U.S. fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan confirmed by the Department of Defense, about 50 percent more than the number of civilians who died in the suicide airliner attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

Any member of the Colorado Congressional delegation on Sept. 11, 2001, has been re-elected three times.

The man who would like to be called President Giuliani at the commemoration ceremonies in 2009 was New York City’s mayor that day, while his rival for the honor was still called Senator Thompson, better known as a real-life lawyer than for playing one on TV.

A savvy investor who bought stock in Exxon Mobil once Wall Street reopened would have doubled his or her investment on a nearly straight upward ride to about $85 at today’s opening bell.

Investors in Halliburton haven’t done quite so well, with the upward surge only beginning in 2002, so what was a $20 in September 2001 is now a $35 stock. They would have been better off with Whole Foods Market shares, which have doubled in price to more than $40.

It’s all about how you measure it.

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