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Posted by Dragonfly on September 13, 2009, 12:41 pm
I remember turning to rctq on that day for news and updates. The DH of one
of us was a NYC-area traffic controller, who experienced seeing those radar
blips headed for the towers, first hand. Another rctq'er posted photos of
the towers on fire, taken from her house across the water. Another...Lauren
Bartl or something like that?...was in the towers when the first plane hit.
Left the meeting half set-up and started down the stairs...and lived to
write about it later. When I think of 9-11 I think of her descriptions of
the firefighters she passed on the way up, as she was on her way down.
My boss at the time was stranded in Florida when all the flights were
cancelled, and ended up renting a car to get home. He lost about a dozen
friends at the Pentagon that day. He also essentially lost his business as
the DoD started paying for the war on terror and cut the project we'd been
working on, although that didn't manifest itself till months later.
Dragonfly (Pam)
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> Memories of that day will always be with many of us. My husband had
> often been in the Towers for meetings in earlier years. He still
> visited offices in the general area. Being so familiar with the area
> made the news broadcasts very personal. He leaves for New York next
> Monday. Memories never make the trip as carefree as they used to be.
> Susan
> On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:11:22 -0700 (PDT), Ginger in CA
>>I am heading off in a few minutes to a treat-to-me quilt retreat, in
>>Buellton with my favorite quilt shop. Will be sewing red-white-blue
>>today.
>>On the road, I will be recalling the day 8 years ago, of the attacks
>>from terrorists. That day was a day off for me from my job with the
>>Sheriff's Dept, and I was sewing/quilting like I will be today.
>>It wasn't until three days later I learned my twin brother had not
>>been at a meeting he was scheduled to attend at the Pentagon on 9/11.
>>He had gone the day before instead.
>>Ginger in CA
>>stash is guarded, no need to rootle
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>Buellton with my favorite quilt shop. Will be sewing red-white-blue
>today.
>On the road, I will be recalling the day 8 years ago, of the attacks
>from terrorists. That day was a day off for me from my job with the
>Sheriff's Dept, and I was sewing/quilting like I will be today.
>It wasn't until three days later I learned my twin brother had not
>been at a meeting he was scheduled to attend at the Pentagon on 9/11.
>He had gone the day before instead.
>Ginger in CA
>stash is guarded, no need to rootle