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I was the MIS Manager for a large corporation that most of you have recieved mail from.
The CFO of the company called me in his office because cnn.com wouldn't load. I noticed none of the news channels wouldn't load so I turned on the TV in the corporate officers lounge. To my horror I watched the second plane hit the building.
I was then charged by the company to hook up every television set they had and make sure the news was on. I then did what I could to keep our network up as anybody that was online knows the internet came to a crawl that day.
After I made sure everybody was able to see the news I went to my office and started going through my phone messages from my family all trying to see if I had any contact with my brother or sister inlaw through thier cell phones.
Later that night I talked my volunteer fire company into going to NYC to help in the rescue effort seeing we were only 3 hours from NYC. After I explained to my fire chief that my brother and sister in law worked in the world trade center he put a crew together and we went to help out for 7 days.
To this day no remains of my brother or sister inlaw have been found. Thier son lives with us now. And days like today when it was normal for me and my brother to get together really brings back sad memories of 9-11.
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