I know you don’t care what I was doing the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and I’m not going to drag you down memory lane. Fine for those who do, but that’s not me.
Ten weeks to the day before Sept. 11, I was at Windows on the World at the World Trade Center, preparing for a major client news conference that morning. I’ve never been one to play “what if,” but maybe being there so soon before the terrorists’ attacks makes 9/11/01 mean a little different to me than it does to you. Not any better or worse. Just different.
Let me indulge in a couple points before you leave, if you please:
One fact about those killed on Sept. 11 that I rarely ever hear about is the diverse nationalities of those victim. It was an attack on America, but it wasn’t an attack only against Americans.
The 2996 people who were killed represented 37 countries, based on the victims’ known citizenship. Yes, the bulk were Americans, but 36 other countries felt the attack that day.
If you want to learn more about those killed on Sept. 11, 2001, — and I just learned of this today — go here or try here. There was a call for bloggers to profile each of the 2996 victims. (As of this posting, the DCROE site was down or slow; likely do to heavy traffic.)
In the meantime, you can read about Edward (Ted) R. Hennessy, Timothy Patrick McSweeney or Julian T. Cooper.
– Mike
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