fllbrent
Hurricane Magnet
My grammar is awful, grammatical errors are abundant so read at your own risk.
It was two years ago, and I was working on a project directly under the Ft Lauderdale Airports West flight path. The project was building an on campus daycare facility for Broward Community College. I had gone to the Facilities Management Building to check on some RFI’s (Request For Information). When walking by the break room, the College Architect asked me to come in and see “the plane hit the World Trade Center”. When I walked into the break room I was expecting something like a Cessna had hit the building. By the time the magnitude of what had happened registered, I witnessed the second plane hit the north tower live on TV. It was devastating to see. It was as surreal then as it is today, two years later.
I went back to the jobsite and advised each trade foreman what I had seen. Most were caught by surprise, and some had heard something on the radio. Everyone keep working but stopped when new information was relayed on the radio. By now it was approximately 11am. The radio was announcing school closings, business closings, and airport closings. By 12 noon everyone knew something big had happened because plane after plane were overhead and landing at Ft Lauderdale airport. 747’s, DC-10, 727’s, etc. from every airline imaginable (Alitalia to UPS Cargo).
By 4pm the jobsite locked up. When I arrived home and turned on the tube, the collapse of the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon were the main topics. FLT#93 was still not defined. It was unbelievable. To think of all the innocent civilians that had died, and all of the firefighters, policemen & women that were missing or dead. To date, the most grief I have ever had.
In the following days, weeks, months, as more information about FLT #93 and the Hero’s onboard, was made available the grief changed. It became anger & fury. Then it changed again to patriotism. By that time it was clear, there are regular Joe’s that will step up to the plate & defended freedom. Those regular Joe’s had a rally call “LET’S ROLL!”
My life is forever changed as is yours. We will have to explain these tragic events to our children, and for many generations to come. Simple words and phrases have new meanings now, i.e. fireman, policeman, ground zero, let’s roll…
I can’t say anymore, even though I haven’t said enough. It’s midnight September 11th time to put the flag on the front porch. Hopefully you won’t forget your flag.
A toast to those that are no longer with us. May they never be forgotten.
Brent
It was two years ago, and I was working on a project directly under the Ft Lauderdale Airports West flight path. The project was building an on campus daycare facility for Broward Community College. I had gone to the Facilities Management Building to check on some RFI’s (Request For Information). When walking by the break room, the College Architect asked me to come in and see “the plane hit the World Trade Center”. When I walked into the break room I was expecting something like a Cessna had hit the building. By the time the magnitude of what had happened registered, I witnessed the second plane hit the north tower live on TV. It was devastating to see. It was as surreal then as it is today, two years later.
I went back to the jobsite and advised each trade foreman what I had seen. Most were caught by surprise, and some had heard something on the radio. Everyone keep working but stopped when new information was relayed on the radio. By now it was approximately 11am. The radio was announcing school closings, business closings, and airport closings. By 12 noon everyone knew something big had happened because plane after plane were overhead and landing at Ft Lauderdale airport. 747’s, DC-10, 727’s, etc. from every airline imaginable (Alitalia to UPS Cargo).
By 4pm the jobsite locked up. When I arrived home and turned on the tube, the collapse of the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon were the main topics. FLT#93 was still not defined. It was unbelievable. To think of all the innocent civilians that had died, and all of the firefighters, policemen & women that were missing or dead. To date, the most grief I have ever had.
In the following days, weeks, months, as more information about FLT #93 and the Hero’s onboard, was made available the grief changed. It became anger & fury. Then it changed again to patriotism. By that time it was clear, there are regular Joe’s that will step up to the plate & defended freedom. Those regular Joe’s had a rally call “LET’S ROLL!”
My life is forever changed as is yours. We will have to explain these tragic events to our children, and for many generations to come. Simple words and phrases have new meanings now, i.e. fireman, policeman, ground zero, let’s roll…
I can’t say anymore, even though I haven’t said enough. It’s midnight September 11th time to put the flag on the front porch. Hopefully you won’t forget your flag.
A toast to those that are no longer with us. May they never be forgotten.
Brent
) and was by the computer and the tv was on showing a 24/7 newschannel... and i saw these planes crash one after they other. Awful. And when the towers collapse! Oh my...