http://www.outbursts.org/2006/09/11/five-years-later/ Apologia kai Polemikos Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:48:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.outbursts.org/2006/09/11/five-years-later/#comment-66373 Six Years Later: War, Not Tragedy | Rhetorical Outbursts Tue, 11 Sep 2007 15:34:28 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2006/09/11/five-years-later/#comment-66373 <p>[...] Five Years Later | Four Years [...]</p> […] Five Years Later | Four Years […]

]]> http://www.outbursts.org/2006/09/11/five-years-later/#comment-17617 A bit to the left Tue, 12 Sep 2006 03:20:48 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2006/09/11/five-years-later/#comment-17617 <p>I spoke at event today and mentioned that my day 5 years ago, when I was still in the Navy, had been quite different than today. Since I worked at the Navy's Personnel Headquarters, my "regular" day on 9/11/2001 started at 0730, but what had become quite an irregular day just a couple of hours later didn't end until 0330 the following morning. We spent the better part of 9/11 following the attacks getting a comprehensive list of the Navy casulaties, active duty, civilian, and family members, who had been killed or injured in either the plane crashes or the Pentagon, then another very dedicated group of people began lining up chaplains and other officers to make next of kin notifications. For the next two weeks I sat in meetings where the Admiral was updated everyday, and sometimes more often, about the status of the injured and the care of the deceased victims' families. That same Admiral, right after the Pentagon was hit, came out of his office and said, "Call your family members and tell them you're OK first. Then let's get to work." We did.</p> I spoke at event today and mentioned that my day 5 years ago, when I was still in the Navy, had been quite different than today. Since I worked at the Navy’s Personnel Headquarters, my “regular” day on 9/11/2001 started at 0730, but what had become quite an irregular day just a couple of hours later didn’t end until 0330 the following morning. We spent the better part of 9/11 following the attacks getting a comprehensive list of the Navy casulaties, active duty, civilian, and family members, who had been killed or injured in either the plane crashes or the Pentagon, then another very dedicated group of people began lining up chaplains and other officers to make next of kin notifications. For the next two weeks I sat in meetings where the Admiral was updated everyday, and sometimes more often, about the status of the injured and the care of the deceased victims’ families. That same Admiral, right after the Pentagon was hit, came out of his office and said, “Call your family members and tell them you’re OK first. Then let’s get to work.” We did.

]]> http://www.outbursts.org/2006/09/11/five-years-later/#comment-17616 Rex Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:09:37 +0000 http://www.outbursts.org/2006/09/11/five-years-later/#comment-17616 <p>Thanks for your reflections on this terrible day in our history. We remember the many lives who were lost on this day five years ago and the many families and friends who are mourning their dead.</p> Thanks for your reflections on this terrible day in our history. We remember the many lives who were lost on this day five years ago and the many families and friends who are mourning their dead.

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