I'm not trying to be all sentimental nor am I trying to be all patriotic, but I do have several memories from a year ago that are just bouncing around in my mind...
I remember first hearing about a plane flying into the World Trade Center from the call center at CISP. I think I was over there with Ken Reau...or I was looking for him at least.
I remember people thinking it was an accident at first.
I remember hearing the second plane had hit and thinking this is not good.
I remember getting a TV out and putting it into one of the small conference rooms so we could see what was going on...this was all done w/o management approval.
I remember being the first one at CISP who was able to get through to CNN.com and get a media file of the second plane's impact...and everyone watching it at my cube.
I remember thinking this was too much like Die Hard...this couldn't be real.
I remember Barry, in that truest of American traditions, trying to reprogram a card so we could steal DirectTV and get more than just ABC, CBS, and NBC on our little TV.
I remember Barry saying "Ragheads" for a long time following the incident...and all his conspiracy theories.
I remember Chad becoming a Conservative Republican for a while following 9/11.
I remember Greene brought in his little tv...portable thing...for over in the call center.
I remember Tom Martin being pissed that we were watching the events of the day on TV...there were probably 10 - 20 people in and around that little conference room in the back watching...just stunned.
I remember Dustin's dad made these little posters with an eagle, a flag and the WTC on them.
I remember talking to someone at WorldComm or someone talking to someone at WorldComm who said they dealt with people who worked down there every day.
I remember the Internet was swamped...CNN changed their home page to mostly text.
I remember thinking the world would never be the same again.
I want to learn more about DirecTV and period 4 technology. Please guide me!
# Posted by: onur at January 4, 2003 09:23 AM