story11753.xml

story11753.xml

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2005-08-23

I was driving to work, listening to the radio, and following the developing story. I was not aware of what really happened until I arrived at work to find everyone thoughout the building huddling around every TV set present. Working where I did, I was use to disasters, but 99.9% are natural, and this was something totally different to the US. The whole morning was a blurr of activity, but I remeber after both towers fell, we had a meeting, and the whole operation shifted gears. I visited the pentagon about and hour after, and was directed to travel to NYC. I drove myself, and an entire entourage of ARC employee's and volunteers to NYC in 3.5 hours. The following 3 weeks are something I have blocked out of memory, few of us received any sleep for almost a week, and the rest is history and something I will never forget.