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Reports are coming in on the internet and radio and now TV set up in dispatch. Several planes in the air still. One headed toward Camp David. One hit Camp David. One headed toward the White House or Capitol. The Capitol is on fire. Etc.
My boss tells me the decision is for now to leave the phone lines open for all calls but if things get too crazy then we need to be ready to switch to gas leaks and other emergency calls only.
It didn't matter. By now the phones had gone eerily silent. America was too busy watching events unfold and talking to or trying to contact their loved ones.
Another call from my mom. No one could contact my cousin's fiance. She was supposed to be staying at the hotel between the towers for a conference there.
My aunt was trying to reach my uncle. He had a business appointment in D.C.
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I didn't really get to talk to my wife much during that day. A call early "Did you see what happened in New York?" Another "Do you know if they're closing the schools?" An uncharacteristic call to my buddy and hiking partner working near Philly....
- It Was A Beautiful Morning Of Mile High Blue Skies. . .
It was a beautiful fall day, wasn't it? That's what everyone says. The crisp air that morning. Clear mile high blue skies.I was still dealing with Lyme disease and my course of doxycycline so maybe I didn't appreciate the day as much as usual....
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the NSA would never abuse its awesome surveillance power, right? Wrong. In 2008, NSA workers told ABC News that they routinely eavesdropped on phone sex between troops serving overseas and their loved ones in America. They listened in on both satellite...
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I didn't really get to talk to my wife much during that day. A call early "Did you see what happened in New York?" Another "Do you know if they're closing the schools?" An uncharacteristic call to my buddy and hiking partner working near Philly....
- Mumbai Hits Home
My cousin works for a REALLY BIG American Corp. that does a substatntial amount of business in Mumbai and he has spent many months there. When the attacks hit yesterday I recognized the hotel he stays at from his pictures and it's name. My first action...
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United Flight 93 Shanksville, Pa. 10:03 a.m.
Reports are coming in on the internet and radio and now TV set up in dispatch. Several planes in the air still. One headed toward Camp David. One hit Camp David. One headed toward the White House or Capitol. The Capitol is on fire. Etc.
My boss tells me the decision is for now to leave the phone lines open for all calls but if things get too crazy then we need to be ready to switch to gas leaks and other emergency calls only.
It didn't matter. By now the phones had gone eerily silent. America was too busy watching events unfold and talking to or trying to contact their loved ones.
Another call from my mom. No one could contact my cousin's fiance. She was supposed to be staying at the hotel between the towers for a conference there.
My aunt was trying to reach my uncle. He had a business appointment in D.C.
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I didn't really get to talk to my wife much during that day. A call early "Did you see what happened in New York?" Another "Do you know if they're closing the schools?" An uncharacteristic call to my buddy and hiking partner working near Philly....
- It Was A Beautiful Morning Of Mile High Blue Skies. . .
It was a beautiful fall day, wasn't it? That's what everyone says. The crisp air that morning. Clear mile high blue skies.I was still dealing with Lyme disease and my course of doxycycline so maybe I didn't appreciate the day as much as usual....
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the NSA would never abuse its awesome surveillance power, right? Wrong. In 2008, NSA workers told ABC News that they routinely eavesdropped on phone sex between troops serving overseas and their loved ones in America. They listened in on both satellite...
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I didn't really get to talk to my wife much during that day. A call early "Did you see what happened in New York?" Another "Do you know if they're closing the schools?" An uncharacteristic call to my buddy and hiking partner working near Philly....
- Mumbai Hits Home
My cousin works for a REALLY BIG American Corp. that does a substatntial amount of business in Mumbai and he has spent many months there. When the attacks hit yesterday I recognized the hotel he stays at from his pictures and it's name. My first action...