9/11

This is the first time I have had a blog on the anniversary of 9/11. I know everyone will be remembering today. I have not political views on this I just want to document what was going on in my life on that day and how I remember it.

I was working at a major university in the city we live in now and my daughter was starting her freshmen year. It was probably the second week of classes, it was her first time living away from home and she was in turmoil about her curriculum. It's an engineering school and she was accepted into the engineering program. I was getting a full tuition benefit as an employee so she new she had not other option but to try to find a niche at this school. That was not happening. Even though we new she could do the work and the school new that too when they accepted her into the program, it was just not her thing. She was on the verge of dropping out when my best friend who also works there told me to send her to the Learning Center. I did and they immediately put her int he Business Management program. One of the best in the country. In the end she graduated with a 3.2 GPA and did very well.

We had a TV in the conference room in our office. The staff had just gone to another building for class. I get a call from the Vice President of the University. I should say here that the school had Air Force ROTC classes and I worked for the officers and enlisted men and women of the Air Force who were assigned to teach the classes. I was the only university employee there. Dr. P. says, where is your staff. I tell him that they all just went to a Leadership Lab in another building He said turn on the TV and have one of them call me ASAP. Luckily one of my staff walked in the door and the news unfolded before us. The school went into lock down and the students were sent to their dorm rooms. Needless to say it was not a very good start to an already rocky road ahead for my daughter's first year of college.

This is what I remember of this day, in addition to coming home and not being able to take our eyes off of the TV. Like I said I have no political views on this subject and I only wish that whoever did this to us will be found and punished.

My cousin's son had a girl friend going to school in Manhattan at the time. He and the girls father jumped in their car and drove all the way until they could go no further and then got out of the car and walked all the way into the city across one of the major bridges to get her and bring her home. The superintendent of the city schools where I live lost a son and a son in law in the towers. So I terrible thing. I can't even put into words how I feel.