2001

2001.
Got a new car, even though I originally got it for my Mom.
Got more work experience, both in projects, as well as mission support.

but as with any tragic day...I can play in frame-by-frame accuracy what happened the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Went to work with a white long-sleeved shirt and a blue necktie... was actually in at work by 7:50 AM... was talking with John D. as we normally did gathering by his desk... Derek was there... so was Falco, Keith, and Lee. Annie and Lorree were around, I think.

Kevin was in the MER. Wade came in and said, Hey, a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center. And here we thought, what fucktard crashed a plane in it? Maybe it was a small plane...like what had happened decades ago. So we went down to the 1st floor TV, looked, and were like, damn. what an accident. WTF, and then went back upstairs and chatted. Some time later, someone else came back into that office and said another plane crashed. By then, we were in a bit of scramble mode. We went through the motions as we were being instructed, recalled Kevin and finally we all left.

Sometime later, a large group of us gathered at Hooters and watched it all from the TVs.
It was a long, bad day for America...