It was an eerily beautiful day in Kansas City. Sitting outside, the only indication that anything was wrong were the strange, looping contrails in the sky, as airplanes had pulled 180's in the sky.
I sat in my back yard, with a beer in one hand, petting my dog with the other, looking up at the loops in the sky........feeling...........i dunno....indescribable feelings. Thinking back to that moment just now, I'm able to feel that way again, if only briefly...and it's a bit terrifying. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jacob wrote: > > I remember watching it on TV at 5:50am. Breaking news about a plane > hitting > > the first tower. I thought it was your "typical accident." At 6:03am, > when > > the second plane hit, that was no longer a thought... > > > > I was working in the airline industry and hadn't left for the office > when I saw the first report on the news. I remember thinking, > "whaaaattt the fuuucckkkk?" I thought it was some type of massive > mistake, but I couldn't figure out how anything like that could > happen. > > I called my boss and he told me to "sit tight" because he'd heard all > hell's breaking loose and they weren't sure if any of the airports > were safe. The crisis management center was firing up, but since it > was located at the airport they quickly set up another one 10 miles > away. > > Within an hour we had to get 400 aircraft on the ground world wide, > deal with the logistics, passengers, etc. > > By the end of the day I was developing a company wide photo ID > database that would work at any airport web terminal worldwide. It > went online the next morning. > > Then, sometime after that they layed off 30% of airline employees and > security was crazy. > > The big story in MN was the guy who lead an attack on the hijackers by > saying, "let's roll" > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:268989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
