Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)?

I was watching the "Today" show in Chariton, getting ready for the drive back to Mason City.

Then about two months later, sought out and listened for the first time to Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)," performed live on the CMA awards of Nov. 7.

It remains, to my ears at least, the most effective among the various musical efforts to capture some of the emotions generated on Sept. 11, 2001.

Here's the original performance: