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I will never ever forget but don't make me remember. 
--gina
--gina
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DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny
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on 9/10/11 9:23 pm
on 9/10/11 9:23 pm
I will never forget either Gina. In fact, I had to write something for my own sanity. Here is a copy of what I posted on another site where I am one of the moderators.
Where were you on 9/11/01 when the World Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked and United Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, PA?
I was working as an engineer at a nuclear power plant just outside of Detroit, MI. I was sitting in my cubicle in the cube farm. We were getting ready for our upcoming planned shutdown which was supposed to take place toward the end of October. My wife called me and asked me if I had checked the news. I tried to go to the CNN website and was unable due to internet traffic crashing the site. I asked her what was going on. She told me that the one of the World Trade Center towers had been hit by a jet aircraft. Liz was very upset so I knew it wasn’t a joke.
My first thought was remembering the ending of the Tom Clancy novel, Debt of Honor, where a Japanese pilot crashes a 747 into the US Capital. I called a friend of mine who was working just outside of Pittsburgh, PA. He thought I was joking and told me it was a sick joke. I told him to turn on CNN. There was stunned silence on the other end of the phone. Word of the events of this day were spreading like wildfire and all work came to a halt.
Another thing that made this day really creepy was our plant received all the new nuclear fuel needed to refuel the reactor on 9/11/01. In fact, all the new fuel was sitting in a roped off area about 75 feet from my cubicle.
We all gathered in a conference room about lunch time and turned on the local TV station and watched coverage of the national tragedy. It didn’t matter what channel we chose, they were all covering this. About 12:30 pm, our manager came in and said in light of the events of the day, all non-essential personnel were being sent home so that the security team could evaluate their procedures. We didn’t go back to wor****il 1 ½ days later.
By this time (around 3:00 pm or so), some of the details as to the particulars started to come out. Those of you who are from the Detroit area know that the Detroit metro area has the largest concentration of people of Middle Eastern descent outside of the Middle East.
Now how have the events of 9/11/01 changed my life? Professionally, prior to 9/11/01, if you drove up to that plant, the guards at the perimeter of the property would just wave you in if you were displaying the appropriate parking pass. In face, my wife was able to drop me off at the entrance to the Protected Area (the portion of the power plant inside a second set of fences where all the really important stuff are) without a hassle. After 9/11/01, every person had to stop and physically show the guard your side ID badge. There was also a second guard at the main gate armed with an assault rifle. The guard would look at the picture on the badge and compare it to your face. If you didn’t have a site ID, you didn’t get onto the property, period. Personally, 9/11/01 signaled the end of innocence.
That is where I was on 9/11 and how it affected me. How has it affected you?
Where were you on 9/11/01 when the World Trade Center and Pentagon were attacked and United Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, PA?
I was working as an engineer at a nuclear power plant just outside of Detroit, MI. I was sitting in my cubicle in the cube farm. We were getting ready for our upcoming planned shutdown which was supposed to take place toward the end of October. My wife called me and asked me if I had checked the news. I tried to go to the CNN website and was unable due to internet traffic crashing the site. I asked her what was going on. She told me that the one of the World Trade Center towers had been hit by a jet aircraft. Liz was very upset so I knew it wasn’t a joke.
My first thought was remembering the ending of the Tom Clancy novel, Debt of Honor, where a Japanese pilot crashes a 747 into the US Capital. I called a friend of mine who was working just outside of Pittsburgh, PA. He thought I was joking and told me it was a sick joke. I told him to turn on CNN. There was stunned silence on the other end of the phone. Word of the events of this day were spreading like wildfire and all work came to a halt.
Another thing that made this day really creepy was our plant received all the new nuclear fuel needed to refuel the reactor on 9/11/01. In fact, all the new fuel was sitting in a roped off area about 75 feet from my cubicle.
We all gathered in a conference room about lunch time and turned on the local TV station and watched coverage of the national tragedy. It didn’t matter what channel we chose, they were all covering this. About 12:30 pm, our manager came in and said in light of the events of the day, all non-essential personnel were being sent home so that the security team could evaluate their procedures. We didn’t go back to wor****il 1 ½ days later.
By this time (around 3:00 pm or so), some of the details as to the particulars started to come out. Those of you who are from the Detroit area know that the Detroit metro area has the largest concentration of people of Middle Eastern descent outside of the Middle East.
Now how have the events of 9/11/01 changed my life? Professionally, prior to 9/11/01, if you drove up to that plant, the guards at the perimeter of the property would just wave you in if you were displaying the appropriate parking pass. In face, my wife was able to drop me off at the entrance to the Protected Area (the portion of the power plant inside a second set of fences where all the really important stuff are) without a hassle. After 9/11/01, every person had to stop and physically show the guard your side ID badge. There was also a second guard at the main gate armed with an assault rifle. The guard would look at the picture on the badge and compare it to your face. If you didn’t have a site ID, you didn’t get onto the property, period. Personally, 9/11/01 signaled the end of innocence.
That is where I was on 9/11 and how it affected me. How has it affected you?
I think I've posted on this board every year abut what was happening around me on this day and the days after. For some reason, I just don't want to do it today. Maybe soon.
--g
--g
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DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny
I was in Washington DC, just a block away from the Pentagon. I drove home a couple of hours later. It was very eerie to be in the city, not a soul on the streets, with fighter jets flying low over the city. It was that way all up I-95 to Pennsylvannia.
My prayers to all who lost loved ones on 9-11 and in the subsequent war on terror.
My prayers to all who lost loved ones on 9-11 and in the subsequent war on terror.
Eliza
Consult:239 SW:217 1mo:195 2mo:182 3mo:169 6mo:139 9mo GOAL CW: +2 from underweight
Consult:239 SW:217 1mo:195 2mo:182 3mo:169 6mo:139 9mo GOAL CW: +2 from underweight
The 2 things I cannot dwell on or relive are the death of my father and 9/11.
I'm no****ching any of the memorial shows. I'll end up an emotional mess if I do. It may seem uncaring, but I don't visit my father's gravesite anymore, and I'm not mentally revisiting 9/11. Sometime after 9/11 I decided I had enough sadness in my life, and I try not to even watch sad movies.
One of these days I may be able to go to those places again, but I can't right now.
I'm no****ching any of the memorial shows. I'll end up an emotional mess if I do. It may seem uncaring, but I don't visit my father's gravesite anymore, and I'm not mentally revisiting 9/11. Sometime after 9/11 I decided I had enough sadness in my life, and I try not to even watch sad movies.
One of these days I may be able to go to those places again, but I can't right now.
Kim
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