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2002-08-20

I was traveling from Fort Worth to Dallas that morning to attend a seminar on metals and metal materials for specifiers. As I was about to enter the parking garage of the Dallas Regency, the music I was listening to was interrupted by the news people and they cut in as the first tower began to fall. The news anchor recounted the preceeding few moments and the eye witness at the scene described what he was seeing. I could not believe what I was hearing and pulled into a parking spot.
Upon entering the lobby of the hotel, there were scores of people standing around the T.V. in the Lobby. There were men in tears, and, as I'm an architect, I was in a state of unbelief, for other reasons. Then the second tower fell and my heart fell along with it and I cried. Mighty structures, those were mighty structures.

I've become more attuned with the fragility of life and of expression of life itself.

I think that architecture should spend more time understanding the root and spirit of what America deserves prior to developing the replacement facilities of that site. Now, there are the greatest and most bright minds on that subject but America's soul was touched and to build on quazi-holy ground will be, for the most part, beyond the current abilities of American architects, in my opinion.

I have a permanent flag displayed at my Home and Design Studio. Yes, my flag went to 1/2 mast until the President's office indicated otherwise.