In Memoriam.. Year Six.
Due to current operations, I was unable to post my annual 9/11 EMS memorial on time. I hope fighting in a war to prevent its recurrence is a reasonable excuse. I had planned on making it the index of this site for the whole day. Unfortunately, computer access was not anywhere nearby, or a priority, so I am posting it now. The memorial page has now been made a permanent part of this site as well.
It was six years ago yesterday that I heard the news. I was offshore and read the news on Slashdot first. I made it to the dayroom TV just in time to see the second tower fall. I didn’t know who, or really why, but I knew immediately that it was terrorism. The unfortunate side effect of being in the Intelligence Community for 9 years. Nobody moved from the TV that day. Operations on the rig continued, but everyone at work got updates as often as possible. I sat there and watched it all develop on CNN and listened to others comment on the unfolding situation. It was surreal, and a lot of them didn’t believe what they were seeing and hearing. People were leaping from the buildings to their deaths, and as fire engulfed the buildings, they collapsed trapping thousands of people inside, killing most instantly.
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