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Re: It's that time of year again [message #349313 is a reply to message #349187]

Thu, 04 September 2008 14:12

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That was the longest day of my life. My dad woke me up in the early morning to tell me to turn on the news. In my sleepy haze, I asked him which channel was carrying the story and his reply was "ALL OF THEM". That's when I realized the gravity of the situation and I was glued to the TV until I had to go to work. I listened to the radio the whole way to work, since there was no way of knowing when and if the attack would end.

I worked at Charles Schwab in tech support at the time. My department handled customers with problems on the website or software products, but my job was on a special team that handled escalated issues. No one was calling in, and my team was instructed not to bother calling anyone at this time, so we were sent home, though I stuck around for an hour or so, glued to the TV there. It was so strange to know that if I looked up, I wouldn't be able to find a plane in the sky unless it was military.

When I got home, I didn't really want to be alone so I went to my dad's house and hung out there for the rest of the night.

I felt guilty being happy for about a week. I wouldn't even listen to music - just talk radio... found out my radio gets AM channels. I don't live in fear, but I will never forget how I felt that day, where I was, and what happens when you don't take national security seriously.

I'm the bawss.

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		It's that time of year again By: BlueThen on Wed, 03 September 2008 19:23
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Rocko on Wed, 03 September 2008 19:28
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Starbuzzz on Wed, 03 September 2008 19:48
		Re: It's that time of year again By: R315r4z0r on Wed, 03 September 2008 21:42
		Re: It's that time of year again By: DarkKnight on Tue, 09 September 2008 04:52
		Re: It's that time of year again By: CarrierII on Thu, 04 September 2008 03:16
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Memphis on Thu, 04 September 2008 04:22
		Re: It's that time of year again By: R315r4z0r on Thu, 04 September 2008 09:30
		Re: It's that time of year again By: CarrierII on Thu, 04 September 2008 11:02
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Crimson on Thu, 04 September 2008 14:12
		Re: It's that time of year again By: u6795 on Thu, 04 September 2008 15:11
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Muad Dib15 on Thu, 04 September 2008 17:50
		Re: It's that time of year again By: u6795 on Thu, 04 September 2008 18:55
		Re: It's that time of year again By: R315r4z0r on Fri, 05 September 2008 08:47
		Re: It's that time of year again By: NukeIt15 on Fri, 05 September 2008 12:08
		Re: It's that time of year again By: XCorupt69 on Sat, 06 September 2008 14:48
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Muad Dib15 on Sat, 06 September 2008 19:20
		Re: It's that time of year again By: nikki6ixx on Sun, 07 September 2008 01:16
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Goztow on Sun, 07 September 2008 03:21
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Ryu on Sun, 07 September 2008 04:43
		Re: It's that time of year again By: w0dka on Sun, 07 September 2008 14:05
		Re: It's that time of year again By: NukeIt15 on Sun, 07 September 2008 18:07
		Re: It's that time of year again By: R315r4z0r on Sun, 07 September 2008 20:06
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Rocko on Mon, 08 September 2008 21:24
		Re: It's that time of year again By: renalpha on Wed, 10 September 2008 10:56
		Re: It's that time of year again By: R315r4z0r on Wed, 10 September 2008 11:59
		Re: It's that time of year again By: u6795 on Wed, 10 September 2008 12:04
		Re: It's that time of year again By: DarkKnight on Wed, 10 September 2008 17:11
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Starbuzzz on Wed, 10 September 2008 17:41
		Re: It's that time of year again By: cheesesoda on Thu, 11 September 2008 05:17
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Starbuzzz on Thu, 11 September 2008 05:22
		Re: It's that time of year again By: R315r4z0r on Wed, 10 September 2008 17:44
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Starbuzzz on Wed, 10 September 2008 17:49
		Re: It's that time of year again By: R315r4z0r on Wed, 10 September 2008 17:53
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Starbuzzz on Wed, 10 September 2008 17:57
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Dave Anderson on Wed, 10 September 2008 23:17
		Re: It's that time of year again By: R315r4z0r on Wed, 10 September 2008 23:43
		Re: It's that time of year again By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 11 September 2008 00:09
		Re: It's that time of year again By: cheesesoda on Thu, 11 September 2008 05:39
		Re: It's that time of year again By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 11 September 2008 05:57
		Re: It's that time of year again By: cheesesoda on Thu, 11 September 2008 06:27
		Re: It's that time of year again By: u6795 on Thu, 11 September 2008 11:48
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Starbuzzz on Thu, 11 September 2008 13:10
		Re: It's that time of year again By: u6795 on Thu, 11 September 2008 13:12
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Starbuzzz on Thu, 11 September 2008 13:13
		Re: It's that time of year again By: GEORGE ZIMMER on Thu, 11 September 2008 13:16
		Re: It's that time of year again By: BlueThen on Thu, 11 September 2008 13:19
		Re: It's that time of year again By: [NE]Fobby[GEN] on Thu, 11 September 2008 14:04
		Re: It's that time of year again By: BlueThen on Thu, 11 September 2008 15:01
		Re: It's that time of year again By: Ryan3k on Thu, 11 September 2008 14:23

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