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2002-09-11

On that fateful day, having accepted another job within my company, I was in a training class attempting to learn a new computer system. Needless to say all of us in that class did not learn that much about our computer, except to use the internet (or attempt to as they were clogged up with thousands of users all trying to do the same thing)to get news of what was happening in New York. We did not have a television only a small radio to which we all listened intently. Most of the employees working that day left and went home or to church to be with their families. I remember feeling rage at whomever did this and then an empty feeling, kind of numb as I tried to work. I could not. I was completely engulfed in the situation and even today 1 year later I still am. I ended up leaving work and going home to be with my wife and son.