Comments on: Remembering 9/11 http://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/11/remembering-911/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joel McLaughlinhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/11/remembering-911/#comment-49295 Joel McLaughlin Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=47427#comment-49295 It's funny. In the last year, the room I watched the second plane hit on TV on 9/11 was torn up. It's no longer there. I remember crowding around the only TV between 2 buildings. Then the word came down that we were closing early and yet it was payroll day. We rushed payroll to completion and then my boss at the time drove me home (rode the bus back then too). Sometime after the air travel shutdown, I remember walking around and just getting the feeling of a eery silence. I looked up into the sky and there were no planes that I were accustomed to seeing and then I saw 3 sets of contrails at a VERY high altitude. AT the end of those was a larger plane and 2 smaller military planes. That was probably President Bush or VP Cheney. The very next day, life was semi back to normal, but not really. My son went to a Early Childhood Education center that was close to the airport. We went to go pick him up and as we drove past Port Columbus Airport, the runways were quiet. There were no planes landing or taking off and no activity on the tarmac. That is the weirdest feeling when your used to seeing all sorts of activity. A year later, I was training at a IBM training location in the DC Area near Crystal City and the Pentagon. I took my wife and kid with me on that trip and we got off at the Pentagon to see it. The repairs had been made and it looked perfect. In a tower on the Metro side there was a couple soldiers guarding this side of the building. I had a pair of binoculars with me and handed them to Luke and when he looked at the soldiers, one of them waved at him and he thought that was the coolest! I will never forget that year of memories. I will NEVER forget. The It’s funny. In the last year, the room I watched the second plane hit on TV on 9/11 was torn up. It’s no longer there. I remember crowding around the only TV between 2 buildings. Then the word came down that we were closing early and yet it was payroll day. We rushed payroll to completion and then my boss at the time drove me home (rode the bus back then too). Sometime after the air travel shutdown, I remember walking around and just getting the feeling of a eery silence. I looked up into the sky and there were no planes that I were accustomed to seeing and then I saw 3 sets of contrails at a VERY high altitude. AT the end of those was a larger plane and 2 smaller military planes. That was probably President Bush or VP Cheney.

The very next day, life was semi back to normal, but not really. My son went to a Early Childhood Education center that was close to the airport. We went to go pick him up and as we drove past Port Columbus Airport, the runways were quiet. There were no planes landing or taking off and no activity on the tarmac. That is the weirdest feeling when your used to seeing all sorts of activity.

A year later, I was training at a IBM training location in the DC Area near Crystal City and the Pentagon. I took my wife and kid with me on that trip and we got off at the Pentagon to see it. The repairs had been made and it looked perfect. In a tower on the Metro side there was a couple soldiers guarding this side of the building. I had a pair of binoculars with me and handed them to Luke and when he looked at the soldiers, one of them waved at him and he thought that was the coolest!

I will never forget that year of memories. I will NEVER forget.

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]]> By: familypittmanhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/11/remembering-911/#comment-49294 familypittman Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:48:02 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=47427#comment-49294 I can still remember exactly where I was when I heard the news of the first tower... and how I watched the second one get hit on live tv before my own eyes... God Bless those you lost their lives that day, and even more the people who contiually work today to keep us safe... I can still remember exactly where I was when I heard the news of the first tower… and how I watched the second one get hit on live tv before my own eyes…
God Bless those you lost their lives that day, and even more the people who contiually work today to keep us safe…

]]> By: Christopher Sperahttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/09/11/remembering-911/#comment-49285 Christopher Spera Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:50:58 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=47427#comment-49285 If you look very closely at the avatar I use, you will notice I am wearing a blue, 9/11 commemorative hat. Semper Retenio... we will always remember... If you look very closely at the avatar I use, you will notice I am wearing a blue, 9/11 commemorative hat. Semper Retenio… we will always remember…

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