tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875702678423574176.post4302021819460178957..comments2023-11-03T04:19:31.468-04:00Comments on PhoenixDown Farm: Do You Remember?WarPonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10971219221045217191noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875702678423574176.post-70011002255274768462010-09-25T21:26:02.100-04:002010-09-25T21:26:02.100-04:00I spent a good chunk of the day watching the news ...I spent a good chunk of the day watching the news and answering the phone -- people calling to make sure I wasn't down there. Then closing my windows when dust started coming in from the buildings collapsing and cleaning up the dust that had gotten in.... and trying to reach all the people I knew who worked down there, e-mailing, leaving voicemails... and worrying. Then wondering a bout a friend who works in the Pentagon once that plane had hit.... I was Lucky "my people" were all okay... traumatized, but okay. One was getting a donut from a cart outside the WTC when the first plane hit... she ran away from the buildings (smart move)... others were stuck on the LIRR or in traffic. If those planes had struck 20 minutes later, it would have been an entirely different story.<br /><br />~PlacidAirAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875702678423574176.post-56922438357799351112010-09-13T06:45:42.681-04:002010-09-13T06:45:42.681-04:00Yeah, I remember. I was in training that day and g...Yeah, I remember. I was in training that day and got called back into the office shortly after the 1st plane hit. We had techs and a data center located a block away from the two towers. Luckily, our guys were not in the area at that time... they were dispatched to another area to work on another issue on the network.<br /><br />I also remember seeing the first tower fall behind the reporters for CNN live on air, and they didn't even catch it... it took them several minutes and replays before they realized what happened.<br /><br />Footage of that day still makes me physically sick, as well.Tsurashinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875702678423574176.post-61131664358757685102010-09-11T11:30:41.348-04:002010-09-11T11:30:41.348-04:00I know SOOO many people with friends/relatives/lov...I know SOOO many people with friends/relatives/loved ones who (just as a fluke and for many completely out of character) decided to work from home, call in sick, or just go in late that day.WarPonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971219221045217191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-875702678423574176.post-49924692407280602362010-09-11T11:07:56.926-04:002010-09-11T11:07:56.926-04:00I do remember. I remember frantically calling fam...I do remember. I remember frantically calling family to find out where my SIL was working from that morning. You see she works for Microsoft and had an office in one of the towers.... <br /><br />After several hours we learned she had not gone into NYC to work that day. Instead opted to work from home and "go in later if needed".Jenihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906855143092978620noreply@blogger.com