It's been 15 years.
And watching the video still brings back the horror for me. The absolute call to action. A lot changed for me that day. And during that long day and into the night there was a rubicon crossed. By noon the next day, we were that much readier to pack up and head for high ground, rallying point for the kiddos... and figure things out from there.
I wound up playing a combination of "operator", Dear Abby, and some kind of Red Dawn leader that day. My kids kept calling... working their way through OMG, what do we do to... Mom, I'm getting a crew together to head to NYC to help anyway I can... to dealing with completely selfish, self-centered faculty & students... trying to do my part to keep the network bandwidth from crapping out... all while not being able to reach my hubs via pager, text or phone. He was in the state office building under total lockdown and didn't even know what happened until later that afternoon. I didn't talk to him until 6 pm that day.
I think back over those 15 years, about how many changes we made to our lives... and how the overall awareness and mindset changed. Skills learned and practiced. Decisions made. Life lived... and lives lost. And it's been a long strange trip we've been on.
How about you? How did this change you and how have you adapted?
And watching the video still brings back the horror for me. The absolute call to action. A lot changed for me that day. And during that long day and into the night there was a rubicon crossed. By noon the next day, we were that much readier to pack up and head for high ground, rallying point for the kiddos... and figure things out from there.
I wound up playing a combination of "operator", Dear Abby, and some kind of Red Dawn leader that day. My kids kept calling... working their way through OMG, what do we do to... Mom, I'm getting a crew together to head to NYC to help anyway I can... to dealing with completely selfish, self-centered faculty & students... trying to do my part to keep the network bandwidth from crapping out... all while not being able to reach my hubs via pager, text or phone. He was in the state office building under total lockdown and didn't even know what happened until later that afternoon. I didn't talk to him until 6 pm that day.
I think back over those 15 years, about how many changes we made to our lives... and how the overall awareness and mindset changed. Skills learned and practiced. Decisions made. Life lived... and lives lost. And it's been a long strange trip we've been on.
How about you? How did this change you and how have you adapted?
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